BREAKING: Staff union at @downhomenc.bsky.social files 9 charges w/ the NLRB in response to union-busting & retaliation within an org that claims to fight for working-class people. This is the 2nd time in 4yrs that DHNC is facing anti-union allegations. More: campaignworkersguild.org/press-release

“From The Holler To The Sea Anthology” “When the storm passes, how do we find ourselves—and each other—among the ruins?” I must add this to my reading list! @rednecksrising.bsky.social rednecksrising.com/en-usd/produ...

Is antifa in the room with us now, Mr. President? This kind of headline would be laughable if it weren't so distressing. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Ugh, the 2025 Global Carbon Budget Report just dropped and it makes me literally sick to my stomach to think that fossil fuels are projected to hit a record 38.1 billion metric tons this year. At this pace, the world is roughly four years from breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold.

The gov shutdown officially ended on Wed., Nov. 12. While we can find relief knowing millions of Americans will once again start receiving paychecks & food benefits, the agreement fails to address the central issue of 22mil. people losing COVID-Era enhanced subsidies for health coverage.

It’s hard for me to understand how folks can convince themselves that money is real or capitalism is a tenable concept given the fact that roughly 1.4 million federal workers have been furloughed or are working without pay. Why do we continue to consent to this social experiment of suffering?

While solid public health data's been difficult to come by the last few weeks, it's now clear that covid risks in the Asheville area have declined to SUBSTANTIAL, down from High. We may be out of this wave entirely in a week or two, but we're not there yet. Risks remain very real. #avlnews

The only thing the ADL’s ‘Mamdani Monitor’ documents is their own racism, Islamophobia, and defense of the genocidal Israeli government. 🧵

We’re calling on Parents in WNC to stand in solidarity with Parents in Palestine. From the Holler to the Sea isn’t just a tagline, it’s a call to action. Our team is fasting from Nov. 30 – Dec. 6. Join us by: 1) Sign up to fast at bit.ly/fast-signup 2) Then DM to let us know you’re on board!

1/ For no particular reason whatsoever here in NC, we'd like to highlight a couple members of A Killing Tradition, based in central Florida. Self-described as a "Shock Rock Supergroup," their shows draw crowds teeming with national socialists, racist boneheads, and other white power gang members.

Please purchase a book now through this Bookshop wishlist: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbanned... (Try using discount code BBW25 at checkout and you could save 20% on your purchase also!) #BannedBooksWeek #PrisonBannedBooks #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

AVL Prison Books have been doing amazing work getting books into the hands of incarcerated folks. This week is #bannedbooksweek, & you can purchase books that go directly to their program from @firestorm.coop, Malaprops, & @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social ! All 3 wishlists are in the tree in my bio.

Everytime someone buys from a company on the BDS list with an excuse like “starbucks is closer,” “it’s cheaper,” or “I needed something quick,” I imagine the dissociation they must force on themselves in order to ignore their moral injury. I imagine their spirit weeping, suffocated by convenience.

Ruminating this morning with a friend on the culture of social hierarchy and supremacy as it is replicated in movement spaces, and really feeling hopeful that the collective can shift away from disposability and transactional relationships while we weave this new reality of abundance together.

I don’t want to be confrontational, but I simply can’t be silent and someone has to say the hard things to get folks that are comfortable and well-resourced to rethink their positions.

This wasn’t a rhetorical question, I am really wondering where I can get paper atlases of WNC and surrounding states 🥲😬 Pls help, thank you

Please know that if you post any of those AI Ghibli abominations, I will block you without remorse. 😤🥰

Are paper atlases still a thing?! Where can they be found?

Feeling tired & sad today as wildfires cruise thru WNC, fueled by flood debris. Wore my MADR shirt to grocery shop & a neighbor stopped to ask me about it, “what does that mean by solidarity not charity?” Our convo was just the pick-me-up I needed. One day at a time, one foot in front of the other.

Israel killed 412 Palestinians in 12 hours. If this isn’t genocide, then genocide as a concept doesn’t exist

I will go so far out of my way to avoid Russ Avenue that I practically know every road in Waynesville at this point. These industrialists aren’t gonna keep me trapped in that single-file line of metal and misery. 😭

Most outside this city (and even far too many here) don't understand the massive destruction wrought by redlining and "urban renewal" here. It left Asheville hyper-segregated, something city hall has enforced with countless actions since: ashevilleblade.com?p=241 #avlgov #avlnews

The Trump administration has announced that it is seizing full control over which journalists have access to the press pool covering the president, taking the power from the organization that has represented journalists who cover the White House for over 100 years.

Me and my closest organizing comrades are stocking up on basic necessities, OTC medicines, hygiene products, nonperishable items — tariffs be damned, we are spiraling towards the collapse of late stage capitalism and WE ARE DETERMINED TO SURVIVE. Pls I am begging y’all to start organizing together❤️🖤

"[Siembra] praised the neighbors for their response, for using the hotline as it was intended, and pointed out that if the federal government had warrants to arrest people, those should have been easy to produce. They also discouraged people from spreading unverified rumors about ICE..."

Total rental aid on the Feb. 25 Asheville city council agenda: $0 This was the same amount that they considered at their Feb. 11 meeting too. #avlnews

The African People’s Socialist Party (2015) notes “A stand that fears Trump fails to recognize that when Africans in the US were subjected to public, mass lynchings, that terror was carried out by non-fascist ‘democratic’ states and ordinary white citizens.” 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Our neighbors in Central Appalachia are, once again, facing the consequences of the climate crisis. EKY were some of the first folks to respond and mobilize to the hardest parts of WNC to reach after Helene. It’s our turn now. Come hell or high water, we take care of each other.

The chicken nuggies of radicalizing content — I love this high key

People who’ve never been involved in the work perceive that nobody is doing anything because they don’t recognize what it looks like to be engaged in the work. They only recognize progress if it was born of the traditional paradigm… The one that got us here in the first place.

The moon and Jupiter are going hard tonight from the view in Western NC

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The first episode of the podcast for 2025 is a banger, featuring our comrades at @stopcopcityhershey.bsky.social In this episode, we explore the cop city project, the power of creative mutual aid and its role in abolition, and the need for intentional community building.

Asheville police are proudly announcing that Trump's FAA has waived previous restrictions on their use of drones, allowing them to fly higher, without usual safety observers. APD notoriously used drones to surveil an anarchist bookstore event and hunt homeless people. #avlnews

Based on the rapidly-rising rates revealed by the latest covid numbers, the Blade is raising the risk level in the Asheville area to Catastrophic. This means rampant spread of the virus and requires strict precautions to keep you and the wider community safe. 🧵

Friendly reminder that you can go do things in community instead of doom scrolling!!!! Grateful for the organizers of today’s RAD fair in Asheville today. ❤️🖤

WNC be like “get this fucking fascist off my lawn”

I made this and it was fun

Starting today, my team (News Editor Kyle Perrotti & photog Jeffrey Delannoy) will be in Washington, D.C. to focus on some WNC-specific Inauguration coverage. Find us on all the socials, or follow our updates at: www.smokymountainnews.com

"I recently entered an Israeli consulate and submitted papers to formally renounce my citizenship."

When I refer to “my people” across the region, or when I refer to this being “my home,” that’s not an expression of ownership. It’s an expression of belonging, of responsibility — I belong to these people, I am accountable to them. The people in this place are at the center of my guiding principles.

As soon as anyone starts to pull a “trust us bro” and bottlenecking / deflecting transparency around group processes, my 🚩go up cause every other time that’s happened it has led to me and my organizing circles enduring 💩 like:

He's being claimed by the motherland 😭

Today, the North Carolina State Legislature essentially said “yeah, fuck those rednecks out in WNC.” Never surprising, eternally disappointing. After all, I came of age when the NCGA was dismantling abortion access through “motorcycle safety” legislation back in the day.

A deep dive into the digital footprint of Luigi Mangione, a man radicalized by pain. shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...

A bus is leaving out of Asheville at 12:30 for this event — seats are free!

Power outages and freezing temps in Haywood County today 🤪 being inside the imperial core for the crumbling of the empire is a blast