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James R. Tracy

@jtofthebay.bsky.social
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jamesrtracybooks.org Author specializing in movement histories. Melville House | City Lights| AK Press | Manic D Press.

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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Come to our big book party December 7th!
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Inquest @inquest.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
This week Inquest launched a new series on abolitionist organizing and carceral geography from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, @craiggilmore.bsky.social‬ , Judah Schept, & @lydiajean.bsky.social‬ . Get the full recap: mailchi.mp/inquest.o...
Quote card of Ruth Wilson Gilmore from the series Abolitionist Lessons from the Prison Belts: "It’s crucial to successful movement-building to
be able to show to people who might join in solidarity with abolition movements that the accumulated harms of organized abandonment that they’re encountering are part of a continuum with the organized violence—including criminalization and incarceration—that got us all motivated in the first place." Background image shows the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge viewed through a broken chain-link fence at Alcatraz.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
You may know people who would gaslight you into thinking that objecting to starvation and extermination is anti-jewish. What times we live in.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
If anyone knows of defense funds for these medical workers, please share.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Apropos of absolutely nothing, it seems like a fine day to learn a bit about a big-city Socialist mayor. Daniel Hoan of Milwaukee was re-elected many times, with many exemplary successes and some challenges, none of which bear any resemblance whatsoever to the present day
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Susan Slusser @susanslusser.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing www.sfchronicle.com/sports/ostle...
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What should you do when ICE comes to the ballpark? Bay Area teams are already preparing
The Los Angeles Dodgers said when ICE showed up on their doorstep, they weren’t let in. Bay Area teams and restaurants are bracing for when their workers and patrons also face federal harassment.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The 5% are all op-ed writers.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
One of those issues that shouldn't need a study.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/06/2025
Saw this whole out doing errands today
Sign on a post saying Andrew Cuomo killed my grandma
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
No fucking war. The blowback from this day will curse this country for decades.
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No Fucking War
YouTube video by 7 Year Bitch - Topic
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David Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 22/06/2025
So... what are the Dems going to do now that Trump says we have bombed Iran?
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How Democratic Party Leaders Quietly Support Trump's March to War With Iran
Some Democrats are fighting to stop Trump's Iran war, but leaders like Chuck Schumer are quietly acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/06/2025
ICE picked the wrong neighborhood 💥
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Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
On June 13, 1980 radical historian & political theorist Walter Rodney was assassinated. To honor his life & legacy I worked w/ @bostonreview.bsky.social to publish Stuart Hall's previously unpublished 1974 speech in support of Rodney. Rodney and Hall speak to our conjuncture w/ remarkable clarity.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What Liz said.
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Howard Zinn Book Fair @howardzinnbookfair.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Black and pink text on a gray background advertises the Howard Zinn Book Fair on December 7 2025 in San Francisco. There is also a small line drawing of historian Howard Zinn.
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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
“A fascist society is one in which some people are deputized to do violence, and everyone else is forced to defend themselves.”
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Mutual Aid in the Age of Fascism - Boston Review
As people are being deputized to do violence, building connections is political resistance.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Truly that time when we can find out the answer to the question 'what would I have done?'
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This death should be an election issue for the Governor G. Podcast when he runs for the White House.
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'It's not fair': Marvin Boomer's family, friends grieve at open-casket service
"Had this happened in Mill Valley... Marvin Boomer would be alive," the family's spokesperson said at an emotional press conference.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This does it for my @nytimes.com subscription. I'll miss Wordle. Probably should have cancelled after the 50,000th headline obscuring genocide, but better late than never.
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Is It OK to Earn Rental Income From an ICE Holding Facility?
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Free David Huerta and free them all. #solidarity
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 06/06/2025
She hopes her legal fight will help others know they can speak out against Israel’s genocide despite ongoing attacks on pro-Palestine speech by both universities and the federal government. interc.pt/45alAdx
A photo of Dr. Rupa Marya, overlaid with the headline, "A Doctor Said Israel’s War Is Fueling Health Crises in Gaza. UCSF Fired Her."
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Keep protesting n fighting! #freemarcelo #impeachtrump
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That Green Union Guy @thatgreenunionguy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University
A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.
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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Today in #LaborHistory 5/16/1912: #StudsTerkel was born. Best known for his oral histories & his radio program, WFMT, #Chicago. Interviewed Bob Dylan, Big Bill Broonzy, Frank Zappa, Leonard Bernstein, Martin Luther King and Tennessee Williams, and many union & social justice activists
Terkel in 1979, looking to the side, cigar in his mouth. By New photo - ebay, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29215903
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Review of A Southern Panther in the Black Agenda Report. @akpress.org @blackagendareport.bsky.social
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Southern Panther Malik Rahim | Black Agenda Report
In “A Southern Panther,” movement elder Malik Rahim talks about his lifetime of battling racism and fighting for peace and environmental justice.
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#palestine
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Where Pro-Palestinian campus protests are emerging again
The new demonstrations are reminiscent of those on college campuses last spring.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This Sunday 10am, I'm going to be on @kpfa.org with two dear friends, Malik Rahim and Kate Jessica Raphael. Having just finished a book tour with Malik, I promise you a great combination of organizing insight, inspiration and the occasional corny joke. Join us. #books #environment #blackpanther
Flyer for Malik Rahim's appearance on KPFA 94.1, Sunday May 11th 10am.
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 09/05/2025
BREAKING: Rümeysa, our union sister who was snatched by ICE, is free today. We stood up for our union family and demanded justice! When you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. #4the1st ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Rumeysa outside, surrounded by reporters and her team.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thanks to everyone in San Francisco, Fresno, Los Angeles an Irvine who made the Southern Panther mini tour a major success. Get in touch if you would like to interview movement titan Malik Rahim or buy copies at a discount for your organization.
Cover image of book "A Southern Panther: Conversations with Malik Rahim."
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The band is back again.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New York City, come celebrate Ben Shepard's new book. I'll be there with Lynn Lewis. @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @akpress.org @melville-society.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social @akpress.org
Flyer for book release event "On Activism, Friendships and Fighting," by Ben Shepard with authors Lynn Lewis and James Tracy. Sunday March 9th, 3pm. 12 Saint Marks Place, NYC
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Jordan T. Camp @jordantcamp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I was very grateful for the chance to join Sasha Lilley to discuss Antonio Gramsci, Stuart Hall, and resurgent authoritarianism on Against the Grain Radio, KPFA Radio today: kpfa.org/episode/agai...
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Gramsci on Authoritarianism | KPFA
The far right has been on the march not only in the United States, but in Italy, Hungary, France and elsewhere, united by racist nationalism, authoritarian populist rhetoric, and a call for law and or...
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Critical read.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Respect.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
There is a word for working together with people who want to exterminate and expel marginalized groups.
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Opinion | The Truth About Democrats, According to Amy Klobuchar
The Minnesota moderate has thoughts on how her party can move forward.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
All true and does anyone have any faith in the dem leadership to do this?
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
AK Press has some bangers coming out this Spring.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Supporting political prisoners is probably one of the most painful areas of activism and organizing. Big love to all the long distance runners who do.
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James R. Tracy @jtofthebay.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Perfect analysis from @joolia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’
Aid was historically seen as a way to ‘restore the status quo’. Now the actor’s bid for help amid the LA fires raises a question: who deserves to crowdfund?
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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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Bench Ansfield @benchansfield.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I'm certain this is a mistake but my book is somehow on Barnes & Noble's list of "Most Anticipated Nonfiction of 2025" (link below). BORN IN FLAMES: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City is out Aug 19th from @wwnorton.bsky.social
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Lorraine Chavez @lpchavez.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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The Empire Burns The Middle East While US Homelessness Surges
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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