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Andrew Krinks

@andrewkrinks.bsky.social
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Educator, writer & movement builder at intersection of religion, race, carcerality & abolition. Book: White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism & the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization (NYU Press 2024). Nashville, TN. linktr.ee/andrewkrinks

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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The State of Tennessee is a monster in so many ways. Today, in this way.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/09/2026
Peter Thiel—the Palantir billionaire who created JD Vance from a bag of Cheetos and a bucket of eyeliner—is giving his Antichrist lectures in #Nashville. I just bought a ticket… What would Dolly do?
Peter Thiel Antichrist Lexture Nashville poster
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We’re talking spirituality and revolutionary struggle at @socialismconference.org 2026! w/ Joy James, Belkis Téran, @benjihart.bsky.social, and me. Join us! Register for the Socialism 2026 Conference >>> socialismconference.org#register
Insurgent Spiritualities for Revolutionary Struggle. Insurgent political spiritualities have been foundational to revolutionary struggles for another world. How do we train ourselves and our movements to discern and build upon the enduring unity of collective spiritual practice and political transformation? With: Joy James, Belkis Teran, Benji Hart, and Andrew Krinks. Session at Socialism 2026 Conference. Chicago, IL, September 7, 2026, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Register at link in bio.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/07/2026
The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said.
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‘The Government Hopes To Set a Precedent’: An Interview With the Man Charged for Allegedly Wiping His GrapheneOS Phone
The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to...
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SASSI South @sassisouth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join us for our next SASSI School where we will explore how the rise of AI is essential to optimizing the joint projects of counterinsurgency and state-making. Register at tinyurl.com/aipolicestate
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
if you shared this photo at any point, please consider a donation to bernita and her family: www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...
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Donate to Support Bernita and Her Family in Tough Times, organized by Paul Chosen one
I would like to get help for my sister and family she need ls she is a t… Paul Chosen one needs your support for Support Bernita and Her Family in Tough Times
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Bernita Bowlding's brother: "They say that 'We love you, we got you,' but the reality is that this woman is homeless." The white supremacy in the frame and the homelessness outside it. A distinctly American story.
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The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Don't miss July 3 early deadline for @socialismconference.org! Registering now increases likelihood my proposal—waitlisted, contingent on more registrations—will be accepted. It's "Insurgent Spiritualities for Revolutionary Movements" w Joy James, Belkis Teran, Benji Hart. Whole gathering will be 🔥!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
😎🥰 A reminder that another world is possible and we're building it brick by brick.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Imagine a campaign to organize a fan base to direct its destructive jubilance to deposing a billionaire owner instead of other working class people!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Can the NYC left seize the moment to build popular consensus to depose its billionaire owner and seize the team for collective/public ownership? The team already belongs to the people culturally and spiritually. How do you materialize it? Seems that the most viable window of opportunity is now.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC. Abolish celebrity row and James Dolan.
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Here's the transcribed zine of our interview with @andrewkrinks.bsky.social , author of "White Property, Black Trespass" ( @nyupress.bsky.social ) for easy reading, printing, sharing and translating. Find it and many more at tfsr.media/zines/#May2026
zine cover of our interview "The Religious Function of Whiteness and Mass Criminalization in the U.S. : An interview with Andrew Krinks, author of 'White Property, Black Trrespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization' | The Final Straw Radio - May 10, 2026" printed over the light profile of a police officer in a uniform hat
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hear more from @andrewkrinks.bsky.social , author of "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" ( @haymarketbooks.org ) in our recent interview thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05...
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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6 Books on Religion and Political Life - NYU Press
In these six books, our authors move beyond our traditional understanding of religion’s role in politics to answer pressing concerns about the relationship between church and state.
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Check out the rest of our interview with @andrewkrinks.bsky.social on studying white supremacy, private property and mass criminalization through a theological lens ( @nyupress.bsky.social 2024) thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05...
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
@andrewkrinks.bsky.social talks about his book "White Property, Black Trespass" ( @nyupress.bsky.social , 2024), and engaging concepts of private property, whiteness and mass incarceration in the US context through a theological lens thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/05...
the book cover for "White Property, Black Trespass" with a blue police offier head, plus "TFSR 5-10-26 | The Religious Function of Whiteness and Mass Criminalization in the US (with Andrew Krinks)"
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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Join our patreon for $3+ a month and get a preview listen to our interview with @andrewkrinks.bsky.social on "White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization" ( @nyupress.bsky.social , 2024) www.patreon.com/posts/religi...
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The Religious Function of Whiteness and Mass Criminalization in the US (with Andrew Krinks) | The Final Straw Radio
The Religious Function of Whiteness and Mass Criminalization in the US (with Andrew Krinks) by The Final Straw Radio on Patreon. Join The Final Straw Radio's community for exclusive content and update...
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Nashville
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Order my (signed!) book from @firestorm.coop!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you live in (or were recently displaced from) Nashville, take 5 min to complete this important survey (by March 23)!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Imperial war is always holy racial class war
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
James Baldwin said, “We are a racist society, racist to the very marrow, and we are fighting a racist war... My own condition, as a black man in America, tells me what Americans really feel and really want, and tells me who they really are. And, therefore, every bombed village is my hometown.”
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brentwood, Tenn.-based AMI Metals, a global aerospace materials manufacturer, has inked a $1.5 billion deal with the federal government to provide steel for a border wall. It's one of dozens of Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration's immigrant detention and deportation agenda.
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The Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration's immigration agenda • Tennessee Lookout
Dozens of Tennessee companies have landed contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Required reading for those of us organizing community defense in our own communities, which should be all of us. Gratitude and care to the people of Minneapolis helping to show us the way.
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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Warm up & build people power at our Feb 7 Community Assembly! 🔥 REGISTER: bit.ly/npbcassembly All are welcome to join us at this family-friendly event as we build people power to secure the permanently affordable housing and genuine community safety we all deserve.
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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.
There was a time before ICE—2003—and there will be a time after—in our lifetime. Abolish ICE. Abolish olice. Renee Nicole Good & all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The Right in Tennessee wants you to know that they are once again excited to be blazing the fascist trail. All signs point to this next legislative session being filled with terror.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There was a time before ICE (in my lifetime) and there will be a time after (in my lifetime).
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
If you're looking for a gift for the person in your life whose spirituality is abolition, I got you! Order ASAP to get by Christmas.
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Poster | 11x17 — Andrew Krinks
Screen-printed poster | 11×17” Poster designed by Andrew Krinks with art depicting two partially superimposed statuesque, cut-and-paste-style police heads—one fracturing, the other solid. The words...
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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
*URGENT CALL TO ACTION** Xinachtli's health continues to decline and his life hangs in the balance. After the devastating loss of Jamil Al-Amin, we cannot afford to lose another revolutionary to the jaws of the state. Plz sign up for a phone shift TODAY! bit.ly/xphoneblast
December Month of Action for Xinachtli
Texas is killing Xinachtli
Read and join us in taking action to prevent another revolutionary elder from dying in prisonWhat's happening
Xinachtli (Alvaro Hernandez) is a 73 year old Chicano revolutionary organizer who has survived 23 years of solitary confinement under the Texas carceral system.
Today, his health has collapsed under the weight of state violence: rapid weight loss, multiple falls, severe mobility issues, and increasing difficulty breathing. He is being held in the McConnell Unit infirmary under so-called palliative care, yet denied real medical treatment, denied diagnosis, and denied access to his own medical records.

During his time in the infirmary, prison staff threw away his belongings, "lost" his commissary card, and have intentionally given him incorrect forms to obstruct medical visitations and access to care. Xinachtli is hungry, isolated, and his health is rapidly declining. the state has made it clear that they intend to let him die.What you can do no. 1: phone and email blast
Call the McConnell to demand they give X access to commissary and his medical records immediately: McConnell Unit: (361)362-2300
Call TDCJ Health Services to demand X receive his medical records and get transferred to a hospital for treatment IMMEDIATELY. 
TDCJ health services: (936)437-4271
Call or email TDCJ State Classification Committee to demand they reclassify X so he can be transferred to a medical facility
TDCJ SCC: (936) 437-6231
classify@tdcj.texas.govOur Demands
Our demands below represent the minimum necessary steps to prevent the continued deterioration of his health and premature death.
We DEMAND:
1. Immediate re-instatement of his access to commissary so he can obtain food, hygiene supplies, and other critical items necessary for survival.
2. immediate transfer to the TDCJ hospital in Galveston for a comprehensive medical evaluation and treatment, with complete access to his medical records and full transparency regarding all procedure. 
3. Transfer to an ADA-accessible geriatric and medical unit, with Xinachtli requesting placement at the Richard P. LeBlanc Unit in Beaumont, Texas.
4. Approval of Medical Recommended Intensive Supervision (MRIS) in recognition of the severity and progression of his medical condition, ensuring he can receive appropriate care outside of TDCJ's abusive environment.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
One song, both categories: "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978) (bookended by "Silent Night") youtu.be/a1v7HakNz4E?...
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Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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American Academy of Religion @aarweb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
NEW EMERGENCY SESSION AT #AARSBL25 "Emergency Session: ICE Enforcement in Sacred Spaces" 4.00-5.00 PM ET, Hynes Convention Center 208 Join us for an emergency town hall to discuss steps to take in response to threats of increasing immigration enforcement, including on and around sacred grounds.
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Another year, another missed #AARSBL. Someone send me a photo of my paperback baby in the wild. @nyupress.bsky.social
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 21/11/2025
Ice melts in the South
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Nashville People's Budget Coalition @nashpplsbudget.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Mass Meeting / Interest Meeting tomorrow! We're a member-based organization, and we're excited to grow our membership to build community and power to transform how our city does budgeting, housing, and safety. Join us tomorrow (Thursday) to learn more!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
It was such a gift to be with students, faculty, and community members at Elon for the last few days. Dr. Maria Mejia and others across multiple departments and programs (Philosophy, Religion, History, English, more) are cultivating community-engaged scholarly + abolitionist community. More of this!
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"White Property, Black Trespass is more than an analysis of religion, racial capitalism, and the carceral state; it is also a tool for abolitionist scholars seeking to challenge the presumption that society 'needs' prisons and police." Gratitude, always, when folks take the time to engage the book!
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White Property, Black Trespass - Reading Religion
Uncovers the inherently religious structure of the criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and dispossessed peoplesMost popular critical accounts of mass crimi...
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is a wonderful and right-on-time conversation. I especially loved the recognition that fear clarifies what we value that we don't want taken away, and the invitation to connect with our fear, without shame, to let it show us what we love, and then to "think about possibility from that space."
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I'll be in North Carolina on Nov 12 to talk about criminalization, abolition, and political spirituality. The talk will move somewhere between the book I already wrote (on the religious function of criminalization) and the one I'm trying to write next (on political spirituality and abolition).
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous. This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The most recent gun manufacturer to relocate to Tennessee has direct ties to a military that a growing number of experts, a UN commission and other international groups have said is carrying out a genocide in Gaza.
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Tennessee Welcomes Israel Weapon Industries Headquarters - Nashville Banner
Israel Weapon Industries relocates its headquarters to Tennessee, investing $16 million and creating 72 jobs. The move is linked to the state's pro-gun stance.
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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“Fuck them kids.” That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
"When one witness asks why the man was arrested, the officer shouts 'Because he’s a criminal, how bout that?' He justifies his actions by telling witnesses 'I have to protect my people.'”
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Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I've been trying—slowly, for months—to write something on what I'm calling 'holy racial class war', the long trajectory that creates the conditions for the present...to try to help us interpret it all. But the manifestations of it won't stop reproducing daily. Chill out for 1 min plz! Too much!!
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
To June Jordan, Toni Morrison said, “You know there's always been a fascist strain, here: It's not even political in the sense of this party or that. It's like a virus that can attach itself to Democrats or Republicans… And we know it's around. We can tell because black people are the nexus.”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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