Reposted by William C.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison. 441256443
Reposted by William C.Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 28/09/2026#OtD 28 Sep 1985 two days of rioting erupted in Brixton, London after police shot and paralysed Dorothy Groce, an innocent Jamaican mother, in her bed. The police did not apologise until 29 years later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1006... 07638
Reposted by William C.Marktropolis @marktropolis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nice piece here. As the kids would say "read theory." 031
Reposted by William C.Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#tdih 1961, Herbert Lee, a farmer who worked w/Bob Moses of SNCC @sncclegacy.bsky.social to help register Black voters, was killed in broad daylight by a state legislator (Hurst) in Liberty, Miss. 💔 Hurst was acquitted by coroner’s jury on same day. #terrorism🧵zinnedproject.orgSept. 25, 1961: Murder of Herbert LeeHerbert Lee, a farmer who helped voting rights activists, was murdered by a Mississippi state legislator in broad daylight. 13221
Reposted by William C.Kandist @kandistmallett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Aye! It’s at 48%! Keep sharing and supporting. I think about all the millions organizations have made on the backs of those who took the streets. It’s shame they have to crowdfund for resources. But here we are so let’s give what we can. 11310
Reposted by William C.Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 23/09/2026#OtD 23 Sep 1911 the Organising Council of the anarchist Mexican Liberal Party issued a manifesto declaring war against authority, capital, and the Church. It was later broadcast and published in their paper Regeneración stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9610... 04414
Reposted by William C.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A federal judge has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled.texastribune.orgTexas ordered to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned. 722872702
Reposted by William C.Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 39078
Reposted by William C.nonpareil @nonpareil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#BlackZionism #SettlerColonialism #SettlerMovesToInmocence bsky.app/profile/will... 085
Reposted by William C.Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is not a historical turning point. Settler colonial regimes contain from their inception the kernel of fascism that will sooner or later be their defining characteristics. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.com'Historic turning point' • Israel moves toward recognizing Austrian party founded by former NazisThe Austrian Freedom Party's leader gave a speech backing Israel's right-wing agenda that was welcomed by members of the Israeli government. Austria's established Jewish community vehemently rejects t... 311340
Reposted by William C.FERAL ORIENTAL 🔞🔪 @sealsona.bsky.social · 17/09/2026YEPPP like go online and beef with randos all you want but you're using time that could be better spent improving the lives of you and the people you care about. 1143
Reposted by William C.Ya Girl, Chimerelda E. Error @chimerror.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026This is so vital to say right now 296
Reposted by William C.Curious Georgette 🐒💀 @heartisthecompass.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We will always have critiques of others in our proximity, but it’s wise to be strategic about when and how we raise issues with one another. (imo, better to focus on collective & individual action on human & civil rights threats and violations. Infighting just ain't it for effective anti-fascists)🔥 193
Reposted by William C.omniality @omniality.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“While people are without power and food in major disasters, they’ll be online beefing. When families are being swept up into facilities and disappeared, they’ll be online beefing. When authorities are murdering people in the streets…” 041
Reposted by William C.jordy 🍞🌹 @whobenefits.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“Understand that whether you’re on the payroll or not, by engaging in the reality TV-like, cultish, chaotic conflict culture driving the online left, you’re cooperating with and actively aiding authorities.” Just left my job in cybersecurity over the surveillance of it all… This is accurate. 021
William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wrote about how sectarian leftists endlessly fighting online has become one of the most obvious methods to destabilize radical potential in the US. Social media is highlighting a deep disconnect and gaps in antifascist rigor. Read on @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2026/09/16/o...prismreports.orgAnother way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each otherPeople who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait 55627
Reposted by William C.sunmushroomgod | country by nature @penz87.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026… do something productive and read this here from @williamcson.bsky.social. learn something.prismreports.orgAnother way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each otherPeople who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait 0245
Reposted by William C.Prism @prismreports.org · 16/09/2026Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.prismreports.orgAnother way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each otherPeople who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait 111541
Reposted by William C.Sassy Black Neighbor Recognizes Your Patterns @sassyblackneighbor.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 031
William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026People reached out some time ago wanting to read the full text of my essay 'The Lingering Threat of Black Zionism' in @thefunambulist.bsky.social and it's now available on @offshootjournal.bsky.social! Go check it out and share if you'd like! offshootjournal.org/the-lingerin...offshootjournal.orgThe Lingering Threat of Black ZionismThis content is protected against AI scraping. This essay originally appeared in the March-April 2026 issue of The Funambulist titled “The No State Solution.” You can buy the full issue with a number ... 02311
Reposted by William C.Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Supreme Court is illegitimate. Period. I don't care how they rule on anything. It is illegitimate. 042265
Reposted by William C.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms. 7810132
Reposted by William C.Truthout @truthout.org · 13/09/2026More than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE.truthout.orgThis Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their ParentsMore than 200,000 children in the US are estimated to have had a parent detained by ICE. 69068
Reposted by William C.ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026at this point please don’t honor us 😭 818519
Reposted by William C.Prism @prismreports.org · 08/09/2026Despite the guardrails that were meant to keep Germany from repeating its Nazi history, the far-right AfD has brought fascism back to the polls. Last month, @williamcson.bsky.social warned us that governing fascism is a losing game: “Unrelenting oppression has to be met with unrelenting resistance.”prismreports.orgPragmatic governance will not defeat fascismSome people act as if they have to work with fascism, letting it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them 13015
William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026With news of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) gains coming out of Germany, I’m resharing my last column. I mentioned the AfD as an example while considering the risks of thinking fascists can be pragmatically governed away over time. 13817
Reposted by William C.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Apartments designated as affordable are sitting empty as the poorest of the poor in the U.S. cannot afford themnbcnews.comThe poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty“I just keep trying to swim uphill,” says Mathew Davis, 49, of the few hundred dollars he earns a month. 411477575
Reposted by William C.WIRED @wired.com · 04/09/2026More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...wired.comWikipedia Workers Unionize for the First TimeMore than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America. 51356355
Reposted by William C.Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/09/2026This is a very cool use of @tangled.org and a great way to mirror all the NoBlogs content that the Trump admin is trying to censor 012562
Reposted by William C.Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Many activists & organizers use the Signal app instead of regular SMS texting for increased privacy 🧵 Swipe for practical steps to: • limit records • lock your device • protect your identity • verify contacts • avoid scams Save & share with people who use #Signal! #DigiSec #SecurityCulture #OpSec 1133104
Reposted by William C.Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/09/2026"Bottom 60% of households" is a wild phrase 12559751618
Reposted by William C.Prism @prismreports.org · 31/08/2026“Louise Vincent was a movement visionary who sought to build the collective power of drug users to demand essential human rights.” @stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.prismreports.orgOne year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the piecesUnder Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue 0188
Reposted by William C.Charlotte Shane @charoshane.bsky.social · 31/08/2026For @readlux.bsky.social, I wrote about Epstein as meme, joke, and posthumous career-maker (for some men) lux-magazine.com/article/epst... 1227
Reposted by William C.Offshoot Journal @offshootjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“Can we sit with the discomfort that may bring, that revolutionary desire sent her out of her mind,” writes @tianareid.bsky.social in her essay about a sobering exchange between former Black Panther Party member Dale Rascoe and Kyera Singleton. Read and listen: offshootjournal.org/a-taste-that... 043
Reposted by William C.Katiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Fascism keeps coming back to life over and over. And over and over, people respond by acting as if they have to work with it and be nice enough to let it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them. Well, you cannot bargain with death, and fascists deal in deadly methods." 12311
William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Fascists who have no intention of compromising communicate through violence. Reflecting on the Confederacy and the rightward shift in Germany, I wrote about the dangers of thinking you can work around the far-right's relentlessness for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2026/08/27/f...prismreports.orgPragmatic governance will not defeat fascismSome people act as if they have to work with fascism, letting it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them 37132
Reposted by William C.Michelle @catfi9ht.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Unrelenting oppression has to be met with unrelenting resistance. Fascism being met with tolerating politics will only help it expand further." 0134
Reposted by William C.Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“Fascism keeps coming back to life over and over. And over and over, people respond by acting as if they have to work with it and be nice enough to let it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them.” - William C. Anderson 13718
Reposted by William C.Prism @prismreports.org · 27/08/2026What does “governance” do for people who use it as a synonym for concessions? Pragmatic governance will not defeat fascism, writes @williamcson.bsky.social in “Another way out.” Some people act as if they have to work with fascism, letting it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them.prismreports.orgPragmatic governance will not defeat fascismSome people act as if they have to work with fascism, letting it grow into the unstoppable beast that will devour them 25419
Reposted by William C.Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.blockclubchicago.orgGary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can HelpA South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr... 7038522954
William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026An open letter in the Guardian generating more backlash and anger than Black people being systematically abandoned without power for weeks in Gary, Indiana is US leftism in a nutshell 🎪 427469
Reposted by William C.Offshoot Journal @offshootjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Read a stunning and beautiful essay by Jessica Lynne following her conversation with the last editor of the Black Panther Party newspaper, revolutionary author, and activist JoNina Abron-Ervin. offshootjournal.org/what-should-... 0116
Reposted by William C.Offshoot Journal @offshootjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Thank you to our contributors: Mahdi Sabbagh, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, Ashanti Alston, Tiana Reid, Jessica Lynne, JoNina Abron-Ervin, Kyera Singleton, Dale Rascoe, Adam Barkan, Eunsong Kim, Grayson Lee, Carrie Nakamura, and William C. Anderson. 032
Reposted by William C.Offshoot Journal @offshootjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"We were honored to receive these writings, as well as those recorded conversations and their transcripts, which we’ll preserve in our growing offshoot archive. All of this and more will be made available to you for education, enjoyment, and application." offshootjournal.org/offshoot-iss...offshootjournal.orgoffshoot issue 1: introoffshoot A Community of Sense One could say that Black radical critique in the Americas began with the body, in the senses. By way of the terrors of the middle passage and what awaited on the other si... 131
Reposted by William C.Offshoot Journal @offshootjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Before Black August ends, offshoot would like to present you with our first digital issue: senses. We gathered a handful of our favorite writers, thinkers, and artists to put in conversation with Black radical elders we’ve been working closely with. offshootjournal.org/offshoot-iss... 166
Reposted by William C.Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 18/08/2026Missing our event last Saturday with Ashanti Alston and @williamcson.bsky.social? You can now stream it at youtu.be/GeGg75lAcGY 🎬 @akpress.orgyoutu.be"Anarchist Panther" Book LaunchYouTube video by Firestorm Books 03122
Reposted by William C.Libertarian Socialist of Portland @lumpyspacepdx.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Join us as we discuss The Nation on No Map by William C. Anderson. 8/29, 1-3pm @ NW Library (2030 NW Pettygrove Street Portland, OR 97209) Community Room 1H. Come even if you haven't finished the book! 162
Reposted by William C.Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“We are repeating past mistakes based on petty nonsense. We are regularly falling apart. If we do not want the failure of all this to keep falling on us, then we should move out of its way.” - William C. Andersonprismreports.orgWe need a mosaic movement, not fragmented ‘leftism’Instead of a call for resentment-filled “unity” or traditional fronts, we can look to what Russell Maroon Shoatz called “the mosaic” 12412