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Dropkick Murphys—organized labor’s favorite band—just brought out IUPAT President Jimmy Williams at Power to the People Fest. Big cheer for unions!

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Red Emma is tabling at the Power to the Peolple festival with a lot of great books. Like @kimkelly.bsky.social’s.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 8h

I’m down in MD today with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social where we’ll be covering Tom Morello’s Power to the People Fest for @therealnews.com! Watch the festival livestream here powertothepeoplefest.com/livestream?u...

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Livestream

October 3, 2026 • Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD • A Day of Peace, Love, Justice, and Music

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m back in the Cool Zone this week talking unions! Come for the labor news, stay for my terrible accent

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Melville House @melvillehouse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

⚔️📚 What We Do Now is out this week! “This offers hope,” @publisherswkly. Bold, rigorous essays by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, @doctorow.pluralistic.net, @harshawalia.bsky.social, @staceyabrams.com, @kimkelly.bsky.social, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social and more. new 🛠️⚔️❤️ bit.ly/what-we-do-now ❤️⚔️🛠️ new

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This one hit me hard, man. Without Cronos and Venom, my entire existence would be so much different (and so much worse). If there are any music pubs out there that want to commission an impassioned obituary for one of the most important heavy metal musicians of all time, hit my line. Venom forever

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

my one experience with a frat guy in college involved him pissing on my front door, me opening said door, grabbing him by the throat, and making him clean it up. not a big fan.

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...

image of 6 pentagrams around the text "A Short History of Nazi-Satanism - see link above"

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

guys my big talk at the Mütter Museum is coming up soon and I am EXCITED, there are a few tickets left so tell all your nerdy Philly friends! 🎪 muttermuseum.org/events/meet-...

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Meet & Geek: Strange Girls

Life, Love, and Disability in the American Freak Show

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cute! Hot2Vote is a new voter registration campaign led by workers in the adult entertainment industry, including performers, directors, producers, strippers, online creators, sex educators and advocates, who want “to defend our rights to privacy, free expression, and bodily autonomy.” hot2vote.org

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Hot2Vote — Check Your Voter Status

Use your power. Register to vote, verify your status, and join the Hot2Vote Artist Ambassador Program.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The worker who died was Patou Mpinda, a 44-year-old Congolese immigrant employed in maintenance. ...Reports said African immigrant workers then helped lead a walkout in which about 100 people left...and Smithfield only later said workers could leave without penalty." www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

yahoo.com

After employee dies, roughly 100 Illinois pork plant workers walk out over safety fears

Many day-shift employees arrived without knowing a co-worker had died after being told only that there would be a "late start."

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if you work for a union or labor org and would like to hire me to write/edit your newsletter, I’d love to hear from ya!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

great advice in general but doubly so if you're going to spend any significant amount of time on social media

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

PA folks, I’m coming up to Scranton for an event at the Anthracite Heritage Museum next month! (October 24, more details soon) Holler at me if you know of any bookstores, unions, or educators who’d like to have me come yap while I’m there :)

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Jídé Salawu @jidesalawu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One more Dolly Parton article from me won’t hurt! Fun-damental! Thanks to the homies @flaminghydra.com. flaminghydra.com/issue-651/#d...

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Fun-damental

One more bouquet for Dolly Parton, from Jídé Salawu

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Witching really is one of the best metal bands in the country right now and it ain’t particularly close 🖤 witching.bandcamp.com/music

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/09/2026

Holy smokes I fuckin' did it. As promised, I hard launched before Yom Kippur, with hours to spare! I am going to take a nap.

soraya.press

Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Look at me. I’m the publisher now.

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Alison Macrina @flexlibris.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

bring Library Freedom Project to your library to host these classes, or use our free resources at libraryfreedom.org/resources

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busy ☝️☝️☝️⛈️ @busyxb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

in another great story in the "what we're reading" section, this one by @kimkelly.bsky.social is excellent. check it out! --> Meet the Sex Workers Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection www.playboy.com/read/politic... via @playboy.com

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Meet the Sex Workers Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Packed house for the kickoff of the Library Freedom Project’s new AI literacy series at the South Philadelphia library! nodatacentersinphilly.com

A person speaking at a podium in front of a screen that reads, “Let's get a data center moratorium in Philly!
• Just launched - nodatacentersinphilly.com
• Demanding city council pass a three year moratorium on new data center construction”

List of upcoming events:

Upcoming events
• Oct 1, 3:30 pm, South Philly Library, Al game for teens and tweens
• Oct 5, 7 pm, Elkins Park Library, Al and climate
• Oct 192 pm. West Oak Lane Library.
Al scams
• Oct 23, 2 pm, Northeast Philly Library, Skeptic's guide
• Oct 24, 12:30 pm, SPL, Al scams
• Nov 2, 7 pm, Fishtown Library.
Skeptic's guide
• Nov 14, 12:30 pm, SPFL, Local Al use
• Nov 16, 5:30 pm, Roxborough
Library, Al scams

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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 16/09/2026

TODAY: @sarahweinman.com on the curious incident of Nancy Kissinger attacking a member of a little-known and very strange activist group at an aiport. "Nancy Kissinger would go on trial a few months later, but everyone knew who was really being judged in court." flaminghydra.com/issue-648/#p...

flaminghydra.com

Throttle diplomacy

Nancy Kissinger goes berserk in the Newark Airport: a vignette of 1982 by Sarah Weinman

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

just had a look at Ed Sheeran’s tattoos and wow man I didn’t realize they were THAT bad, truly what he deserves

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now that everyone has turned on Ed Sheeran I finally feel comfortable saying this: you shouldn’t be allowed to get a bunch of tattoos if you’re a musician who makes wuss music

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Philly! Me and @mattlieb.bsky.social are coming to The Punchline on October 13th for stand up (tix: bit.ly/standupPhilly) and October 14th for a LIVE edition of @bitchuationroom.bsky.social with @kimkelly.bsky.social and @nelini.bsky.social. Tickets here: livemu.sc/4yCvJuH

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For @playboy.com, I spoke with sex workers around the country who are organizing for self-defense with firearms education, carry permit classes, and gun clubs. As one organizer told me, “It’s very much this ‘stay ready so you ain’t got to get ready’ type thing.” www.playboy.com/read/politic...

playboy.com

Meet the Sex Workers Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

lemme just go apply for a Guggenheim real quick

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it really is that easy, fellas

A text message from my partner reading “look it’s us” with a photo of him holding up two intertwined orange carrots

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

ME AGE 11: pirates were cool, they found treasure and swore and had eyepatches and parrots ME AGE 41: pirates were cool, they were multiracial, distributed resources and responsibility, got drunk all the time, and turned the boomerang back against mercantilist empire, often killing the English

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“Learn the use of explosives!” 🧨 www.marxists.org/subject/anar...

A fresh tattoo of two crossed sticks of red dynamite with lit fuses and a blue background

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It always seems like it can't be true, but it is: American businesses often pay more to try to defeat a union drive or contract negotiation that they would if they recognized the union and agreed to better pay and benefits prospect.org/2026/09/08/u...

prospect.org

How Much Do Union-Busting Campaigns Cost? - The American Prospect

Is your boss making you sit through anti-union propaganda meetings? It turns out those are pricey.

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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 07/09/2026

“A 2022 report from the Center for American Progress found that Gen Z is the most pro-union generation in the US, and young organizers have been at the forefront of many labor actions in recent years, including the Starbucks union campaign.” @kimkelly.bsky.social www.teenvogue.com/story/what-i...

teenvogue.com

How Undercover Organizers Are Energizing the Labor Movement

Let’s talk about “salting.”

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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“As these sex workers see it, it makes perfect sense some of the most vulnerable people in the country would seek new ways to defend themselves in a world that seems increasingly hostile to their very existence.“— @kimkelly.bsky.social talks to sex workers who’ve decided it’s time to pick up the gun

playboy.com

Meet the Women Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Playboy @playboy.com · 07/09/2026

“People in marginalized communities are more at risk because of the way the administration is set up right now—especially sex workers... especially if you are trans or undocumented—so they out of everybody need to be able to be armed and have access to utilizing their Second Amendment rights.”

playboy.com

Meet the Women Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Playboy @playboy.com · 07/09/2026

“Alex [Pretti] died protecting women, and our whole shit is protecting women.” At its heart, SWOP Minneapolis’s pink-and-purple gun club is all about sharing knowledge, taking up space, and creating a safe, affirming, and welcoming environment for sex workers.

playboy.com

Meet the Women Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Playboy @playboy.com · 07/09/2026

“My hope is to get as many sex workers as possible armed." Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection in the face of ICE. @kimkelly.bsky.social reports for Playboy:

playboy.com

Meet the Women Forming Gun Clubs for Self Protection

Sex worker gun clubs are popping up across the country as a form of self-defense and community protection.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

the contrast between the Socialism 2026 attendees and the Romanian Pentecostal Church people uncomfortably sharing this conference hotel has been an ongoing source of hilarity

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube

Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Apple can go fuck itself, I will continue to charge this old bastard twenty times a day before I buy a new iPhone

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

wonder if any of the media people or politicians who have been screaming about socialism will bother to go to the enormous, public Socialism 2026 gathering in Chicago this weekend

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