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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

HEY Bsky! We snoozed and failed to let you all in on the happenings over here as we gear up for our August book fair! 🐈‍⬛📚 First, this year's art by the famed @mossspiglet.bsky.social featuring flora native to our area up here in the midcoast. ☘️

BCBF 2026 poster in black and white: featuring text in a vintage Victorian Gothic font that reads "Black Cat Book Fair August 22+23 Penobscot Land Belfast, Maine 2026". At the center is an illustration of a black cat sitting upright on a stack of books, with ornagte vegetation of native flowers and plants surrounding it.

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📣📋 VENDOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! 🐈‍⬛📚 This year has 2 days of tabling, Aug 22 and 23rd. Deadline is May 31. We prioritize publishers & artists emphasizing liberationary, autonomous, community-based politics. Application and further info at tinyurl.com/BCBFVendors We're excited to hear from you! 🤓🏴

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📣 🗓️ AUGUST 22-23, 2026 is the 2nd annual Black Cat Book Fair, the biggest little rural radical book fair, held on Penobscot Land / Belfast, ME. 🐈‍⬛📚🏴 We've expanded to 2 days of tabling, with talks on Sat & gathering time on Sun (TBA!) Celebrating print media & the radical imagination. 🐈‍⬛

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 15/02/2026

=============== MAINE RESISTANCE SUN, FEB 15, 2026 ===================== MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989 ===================== #ORGANIZE #RESIST & #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved pg1/3 – REPOST & SHARE! #Maine #MEpolitics #AbolishICE

PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR
Events for Sunday FEB 15, 2026
Details confirmed 02/15 6:05AM

Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE!
Pg 1/3 Submit events to: ptactivism@pm.me

SUN FEB 15 -----------------

FEB 15, Sun 9-10:00AM (& every Sun) – Gorham
Sidewalk at Walgreens, 120 Main St, Gorham
ICE OUT OF MAINE – Join us on the sidewalk by Walgreens, across from OTTO's on Main St Gorham, for our weekly protest of ICE and their inhumane treatment of detainees.

FEB 15, Sun 12-12:30PM (& every Sun) – Belfast
Post Office Square, Franklin & Church Streets, downtown Belfast, Maine
TAKE ACTION for PALESTINE! – We gather in solidarity
with the Palestinian people and against the complicity of the US. Call for immediate permanent ceasefire; no further US funding or military aid for the Israeli government’s war crimes; demand that humanitarian and life-saving aid in both Gaza and the West Bank be provided. FMI: shorturl.at/44gQq

FEB 15, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Ellsworth
Union River Bridge downtown, Ellsworth, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

FEB 15, Sun 12-1:00PM (& every Sun) – Presque Isle
Route 1 Bridge (near mall), Presque Isle, Maine
LET'S STAND FOR PEACE
Rally for Peace – NonViolence – End War

Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of love and understanding.

Let's stand for peace. Every Sunday, 12-1PM.

FEB 15, Sun 1-2:00PM (& every Sun) – Waterville
1 Kennedy Memorial Dr Bridge (next to CVS), Waterville, Maine
STAND UP TO PRESERVE and RESTORE OUR COUNTRY
We hold up signs that demand:
*Restoration & Preservation of our democracy
*Support of Ukraine
*Opposition to the Musk/Trump administration

We are Mainers. We fix broken things to make them last. Indivisible Mid Maine
FMI: indivisiblemidmaine.com/take-action/weekly-events

(calendar cont'd in comments)

PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste.

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

TODAY!!! ART SALE for Community Relief Fund for immigration-impacted families! 🎨 2-6p @ The Commons in Belfast. Art from $2-$500 & delicious treats donated by @belfastcoop.bsky.social, Marsh River Co-Op, Downshift Coffee & Pulling Corks! 🍷☕🧑 Mainers know how to drive away the ICE and snow. ☃️❤️‍🔥🧊

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Last call!!! Want to send us art or make food for our fundraiser for ICE-related mutual aid? Get in touch!

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

BLACK CAT BOOK FAIR ART FUNDRAISER 🐈‍⬛🎨 Feb 14 2-6p The Commons 15 Main St Belfast Nothing's more romantic than mutual aid! 🩷 Bring yr sweeties to raise $ for Community Relief Fund to support ppl impacted by ICE. Music, food & drink. Come schmooze, buy art & drive the midwinter ICE & cold away. ❤️‍🔥🧊❤️‍🔥

Pale blue and hot pink flier, with a faded vintage photo in lavender tones of two white women in 1950s clothing and pillbox hats looking at art, two paintings featuring barns and a grain silo and a sculpture of two dancing figures. The text reads: Black Cat Book Fair Art Sale Fundraiser. Feb 14, 2026, 2-6pm. The Commons 15 Main St Belfast, Maine. To support Community Relief Fund.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family. It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support. Thank you for your consideration.

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"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

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The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

NLG lawyer Moira Meltzer-Cohen speaks about legal implications of the Trump administrations declarations on "antifa", plus a little chat about mutual aid in Gaza thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09...

photo of Trump signing a bunch of orders at his desk in the oval office

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KateInMaine @kateinmaine.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Anarchist organizing actually has a history in Maine. The successful 1904 anarchist IWW strike at Marston's Mills in Skowhegan was national news and a model for later IWW textile strikes in MA. The 1912 rallying cry in Lawrence, "Bread & Roses", still seems like a good goal in life to me.

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Abby The Cleric @abbythecleric.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

We're at Maine's first radical book fair and I've had to step out to just cry a little. It's so nice to be here with the folks doing the work and making art and being in community and we've made so many glorious connections. It's so invigorating.

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

All of us book fair organizers are a very happy tired from the fair this weekend. Thank you to everyone who made the space, volunteers, vendors, speakers, attendees, chefs! The enthusiasm and goodwill was absolutely palpable and we were blown away by the response. ❤️‍🔥 Until next year! 🐈‍⬛

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AruarianDance @aruarian-dance.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Incredibly cool experience to meet @margaret.bsky.social and hear her speak in person! Big thanks to @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social for organizing a wonderful event today.

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Sipunculist @ IC3 in RI @sipunculist.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Setting up today for the super awesome @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social in #BelfastMaine. What a blast…a great group of exhibitors and best convos with the attendees!

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

So pleased to participate in the @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social in Belfast, Maine yesterday. Appreciate all the engaged participats in my workshop on workers' inquiry and enjoyed local venders and publishers in attendance. Here is to the next one!

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The day after is the MOONBAT SKILLSHARE in Swanville, ME, just outside Belfast. 🛠️🦇 Sunday August 24, 8am-6pm PRE-REGISTRATION is required. Sliding scale entry fee. Catering from Finocchi included and on-site childcare available. Find more or sign up 👉 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📣TOMORROW is it! 📣 The first Black Cat Book Fair! 🐈‍⬛📚 Books, art, print media!! Talks, workshops, author readings!! Aug 23, 11am to 6pm. 📍First Church Belfast (8 Court Street) Everything you could need to know at blackcatbookfair.noblogs.org Masks required indoors. 😷 Tell your friends! 🤩🥳

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

UPDATE: MASKS WILL NOW BE REQUIRED AT THE BOOK FAIR. 🐈‍⬛😷 New data shows a COVID spike. Because we're striving to make this event as accessible as possible as well as safer for ourselves & the wider community, we've changed our mask policy from masks strongly recommended to masks required.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: New data this week shows a spike in COVID infections. To keep ourselves and the wider community safe, MASKS WILL NOW BE REQUIRED AT THE BOOK FAIR. For ages 7+, indoors in all book fair event spaces, except for kids in the children's area, where childcare volunteers will be masked. We will have some free masks available. Please bring your own if possible. Please do not attend if you are unwilling to respect these agreements.

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

We'll also have Samara Cole Doyon reading in our Children's Space her book NEXT LEVEL: A HYMN IN GRATITUDE FOR NEURODIVERSITY. Bring your little ones by this Saturday, Aug 23 at 11:15. 💫

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

We are SUPER GOSH DARN LUCKY (and pinching ourselves!) that these two fierce writers and inspiring movement thinkers, @margaret.bsky.social and Madeline ffitch, will be joining us THIS SATURDAY Aug 23, 4:30-6:00pm, to talk about the anarchist potential of fiction. ✨📣🌲

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"We handful of organizers include writers, poets, farmers, booksellers, two kinds of mill workers (woolen and saw), artists, arborists, editors, boatbuilders, activists, musicians and one arts administrator — all avid readers — living in Waldo County." Read us in the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛📚

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

On Sunday, August 24, you can join our sister event, the Moonbat Skillshare, in Swanville, ME. 🦇🛠️ To register and for event location 👉 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

📣 Our 2025 schedule is live!! We'll have talks featuring @hannahmatthews.bsky.social, @margaret.bsky.social, @americanwork47.bsky.social, @bytheseed.bsky.social, @aobrien2024.bsky.social, and more!! More program details at: blackcatbookfair.noblogs.org/schedule/ Aug 23, 11a-6p 🐈‍⬛📚

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Shirts are here! We can't get over how good the colors look! If you pre-ordered, we'll be in touch! If you didn't, there will be a limited number available at the Black Cat Book Fair on Saturday, Aug 23. 🐈‍⬛

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Bangor Daily News @bangordailynews.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Increasing property values have some people worrying that they won’t be able to keep their homes if their taxes jump. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/13/m...

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Property values are spiking in once-industrial towns on Maine’s coast

Places once known for smelling bad have become attractive to tourists and new residents.

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American Worker @americanwork47.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Excited to participate in the first @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social in Belfast, Maine, on August 23-24, 2025 with a workshop on Workers' Inquiry. Good peops with @akpress.org, @commonnotions.bsky.social, @pmpress.bsky.social and others will be attending too!

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AK Press @akpress.org · 29/07/2025

We're heading north! 📚

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Local blueberries, local bookstore, local Black Cat Book Fair. 🐈‍⬛📚🫐 Patches $5 at @boxcarbooks.bsky.social in Thorndike and Selkie's Pearl in Belfast. (And maybe if you ask real nice, we might even send you one by mail! 📬) 📣 📆 August 23 (11a-6p) is only a few weeks away!

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Isabella Rotman @isabellarotman.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

So many events 😵‍💫 See you there??

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MaineTransNet @mainetransnet.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Immigrant & Trans Mainers are facing escalating, unprecedented threats to safety, dignity, & basic rights. That's why the People's Coalition for Safety & Justice (PCSJ) - a collective of frontline organizations with deep community ties - is launching the Maine Solidarity Fund.

On an orange background, black text reads:
Our neighbors are under attack
Immigrant and Trans Mainers are facing unprecedented threats to their safety, dignity, and basic rights.
The Maine Solidarity Fund (MSF) provides direct, immediate support when our community needs it most.

On a black background, white text reads:
What the MSF covers
For immigrant community members:
• Bail and bond payments for those unlawfully detained
• Legal representation and defense attorney fees
• Emergency family support

On an orange background, black text reads:
For Trans community members:
• Life-saving gender-affirming healthcare costs when insurance won't cover
• Travel costs to receive necessary healthcare
• Legal support for vital identity document issues
• Emergency assistance during discrimination or harassment cases

On a green background, white text reads:
why a statewide fund?
Crowdfunding for individuals is inefficient and leaves many community members invisible and without support.
Maine is one of the few states without established funds for Trans healthcare or immigration bail or bond.
Until now.

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We've a lot to say about why organize the BCBF in our small corner of the world. But it's esp important to us that ideas, money & strategic resources circulate locally. $$$ raised will go to this & next year's fairs, then shared w/ local orgs Bomazeen Land Trust, Niweskok, & Maine Solidarity Fund.

A black and white poster, with small illustrations of cats in a line playing band instruments, that reads:

BLACK CAT BOOK FAIR FUNDRAISING

Operating on the principle of MUTUAL AID, BCBF funds raised go toward speaker travel & event costs and saving for future fairs, with the excess shared with local groups:

WABANAKI REMATRIATRION INITIATIVES
Bomazeen Land Trust
Niweskok: From the Stars to Seeds

COMMUNITY LEGAL SUPPORT
Maine Solidarity Fund

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Pickwick Independent Press @pickwickindpress.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We're gearing up to print Red Cards for folks: (small cards, sized to be kept in a wallet, that have constitutional rights that can be used when confronted by ICE agents) Fill out this form if you're interested: forms.gle/XTJY3E9zix6Y...

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

📣 ANNOUNCING the very fab folks you can find at the biggest little rural radical book fair in Maine! 🐈‍⬛📚 @akpress.org @commonnotions.bsky.social @sipunculist.bsky.social @hellohellobooks.bsky.social @llabc24.bsky.social

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

4wks till the first ever 🐈‍⬛ BLACK CAT BOOK FAIR 🐈‍⬛ 8 Court St, Belfast, ME August 23, 11-6 We're excited to announce vendors and the speakers program soon! Mark your calendars! 📆📚 Questions? Email in bio!

Black Cat Book Fair poster of a 1950s b&w photo of a man climbing into a freight train, given a hand up by someone inside.

Text reads: Black Cat Book Fair. Aug 23, 2025. Belfast, ME. Come on up!

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Today is the VERY LAST DAY to enter the raffle. We have beautiful prizes for those both local and not. Funds raised help us put on this year's fair. 🍀 Click through our thread to see the options—massages, weavings, artwork, birth chart readings, and more! Venmo @boxcarbooks 🎟️ 1 for $5, 5 for $20

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

📣 LAST CALL!! 📣 Pre-orders for Black Cat Book Fair merch close today. 🐈‍⬛ $25/ea for tees & spacious tote. (No pinks or yellows, sry!) Funds raised help put on the fair, bringing a full program of authors & activists to our corner of rural Maine. Announcements soon! 👉 Pre-order form: bit.ly/4eW0u5z

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Get yr 🐈‍⬛ merch! $25/ea for tees in one of five colors and a spacious tote. Helps us put on the event and has a cat in a bandana. What's not to love? In the spirit of anticapitalism, buy buy buy! Orders close THIS Friday July 18. 😱 👉 Pre-order form: bit.ly/4eW0u5z

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waxtablet @waxtablet.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

ICE horror story from rural Waldo County, Maine If you think these “deportations” are not happening here you’re very wrong This should be top line news statewide www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hLgVBP/

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The update many of you have asked for, and some context. https://donorbox.org/support-impacted-family-in-waldo-county #update #community #neighbor #politics #human #crime #usa

TikTok video by Jack

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Maine peeps, please consider supporting the newly formed Maine Solidarity Fund. It's a project of the People's Coalition for Safety and Justice, whose members include Presente! Maine, and others. presentemaine.networkforgood.com/projects/254...

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Support the Maine Solidarity Fund!

Stand with Maine's Most Vulnerable Communities Right now, immigrant and Trans Mainers are facing unprecedented threats to their safety, dignity, and basic rights. Families are afraid to leave their ho...

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Don't forget we've got a slew of amazing items up for raffle! A $5 ticket supports us putting on this community event. 📚🎉 In the Midcoast, we've got bodywork, clay classes, sauna gift card & more! If you're away, we've got birth charts, a gift card to @akpress.org & some items we can ship!

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Just reminding those of you who come to vacationland that all is not as it appears. Help us with your tourist dollars!

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

BLACK CAT BOOK FAIR MERCH preorder to raise funds for the fair in August! Share & help us put on this event! 🐈‍⬛ Tees are 100% cotton, come in 5 colors & XS-3XL. Totes are 100% cotton, 15x20x5" All feature a design by @mossspiglet.bsky.social and are $25. Order by 7/18 👇 cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

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Black Cat Book Fair @blackcatbookfair.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

3 days left to send us your vendor applications for this summer's 1st Black Cat Book Fair. 👇👇👇 📣 Please share and help us spread the word.🎉

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