Busby Berkeley's 'Gold Diggers of 1933' - featuring "Shadow Waltz", "My Forgotten Man" and more eye-popping stagings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpeN...

Joan Baez - 40 minute interview today on how to get over 'dictator phobia' and resist Trump's war on democracy www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_jN...

When the leaders are struggling. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-l...

Roger Hallam, just out of a year in prison, gives advice to Jeremy Corbyn. "Politics rots our souls" - to engage the public in a true spirit of service, focus on listening to them, rather than bullshitting them. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Astyk: "We all need to GET OVER party loyalty here, and do actual resistance. " ko-fi.com/post/Why-I-C...

In The Country of the Blind...

BANNON: 1/2: The whole service was muscular Christianity. NYT and MSNBC are gonna melt down. A form of Christian nationalism was put forward in the memorial for a slain American martyr. You had the DNI, Sec. of War, Sec. of State, POTUS, Charlie’s team, and the widow.

ACLU, which filed the lawsuit, described Alligator Alcatraz as a “black hole,” noting that some people were “missing,” effectively “off the radar” of the immigration system, and “their lawyers and families often don’t know where they are or how to contact them.”

Jaw-dropping testimonials from artists on how use of AI generated art has completely destroyed their professional careers.

Margaret killjoy on taking Collective action, and on not being a hot take writer who can instantly offer rage bait or reassurance in response to every political event or action.

Global hate speech roundup, energized by Charlie Kirk's death , with extremists calling for Civil War , and violence against political enemies , transgendered people and blacks.

World of Interiors is a website featuring photos of rooms in people’s homes and shops. [warning: rabbit hole] - www.worldofinteriors.com/story/uchron...

Project Carrot: convince three Republicans to defect as constitutional Independents, flip the house now and be heroes forever. Interesting List of Demands, including to oust Stephen miller, Russell Vought and project 2025. toddtelford.substack.com/p/democracys...

Weeping for police violence at the ICE resistance protests in Chicago.

SolarPunk plein air artist who paints live ecological makeovers, to imagine future possibilities and combat catastrophic thinking

Inaction on climate reparations and a just transition - rhetoric is free: a sweeping geopolitical analysis of global climate politics over the past decade by David Wallace Wells: "an atavistic age of competition, renewed rivalry and the increasingly naked logic of national self-interest"

Adaptable -

"for every step an individual took during The Wealth Walk, an imaginary $1,000 would be added to their personal bank account"

Small Acts of solidarity

How to get rid of a dictator, by Gene Sharpe

Anti-trans legislation

Government's ecological neglect is intentional and deadly: how Hurricane Katrina's Horrors Created a Generation of Climate Activists - In the 20 years since Katrina, combatting climate change, environmental racism, and structural inequality has become a calling for these young people.

Heavy lift Airship transport could support countless remote Indigenous communities, bringing in water-purification equipment, medical supplies, solar panel arrays and low-cost food.

Amygdala hijacking and The Lure of extremism: people need to belong more than they need to be right.

Drawing out perspectives in Us and Them activated spaces, with tolerance and responsibility: How to Lead Conversations within a Highly Polarized Political Context - Advice for teachers and leaders of all kinds about how to communicate for democracy JENNIFER MERCIECA

📌 45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People: from How to Resist, a blueprint for resistance based on nonviolence, mutual aid, and community building for ordinary people who want to save democracy. howtoresist.substack.com/p/45-acts-of...

THE INTERNING OF AMERICA'S HOMELESS: Will we be silent about our neighbors being removed from our communities? - Keith McHenry keithmchenry.substack.com/p/the-intern...

Margaret Killjoy on Kenneth Rexroth margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-hands-...

Helping Right-Wingers: When Mutual Aid Gets Messy - by Anarchist Jew substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Underground Economy Your Neighbors Are Already Building How mutual aid pods and decentralized economics create real alternatives thepeoplescommunity.substack.com/p/the-underg...

The People’s Community is a place where care counts, participation matters, and decisions are made by the people who show up. It’s a civic economy — built from the ground up — to support mutual aid, regenerative action, and real community power.

Inflating the Bubble of Trust - Richard D. Bartlett, of the MicroSolidarity Network: What exactly is the magic of a very good gathering? And what does it have to do with social change? Can we engineer a pandemic of hospitality? richdecibels.substack.com/p/inflating-...

A Global Call to Action for Mutual Support for All: The Urgency to Form Resilience Networks in Neighborhoods and Communities Worldwide - Bob Doppelt Sep 11, 2025 bobdoppelt.substack.com/p/a-global-c...

A new report from Global Witness documents 146 cases of homicides and kidnappings of environmental and land defenders during 2024.

Vance and Miller use Charlie Kirk's platform to call for destroying NGOs and domestic terrorist networks.

Sharon Astyk: Trump, MAGA and the Tech Bros CANNOT impose universal martial law to occupy, hold or control all the US. They might think they are running the show - but collapse is running the show.

YES! Magazine folded in May after 30 years. "At YES!, we never spoke of certainties about the future — only about possibilities. But possibilities are powerful magnets, drawing us to the hard but deeply rewarding work of creating a world together where people and the planet come first."

On Compliance and Noncompliance - ways to withhold cooperation from the current regime: Resistance to authoritarianism isn't always showy, organized, or even public. lakauffman.substack.com/p/on-complia...

Why are psychopaths and narcissists more likely to occupy positions of power? How can reorienting towards collective communication and cooperation help create guardrails against these ‘darker angels’ of humanity?

Sarah Cooper— "Jury Selection for the Trial of Luigi Mangione #sketch"

Some local businesses were worried about economic fallout of the festival and parade cancellation, as well as the potential effects of raids on Latino Restaurant Week in Long Beach.

Global Handbook on Hate Speech Laws futurefreespeech.org/global-handb...

If you are seeking a space where you can reflect individually & with others on your ongoing activism and organizing, feel free to join me on the last Sunday of every month through December on Zoom from 4 to 6 pm ET. The next drop-in session is on Sunday, September 28. Space is limited.

This Banned Books Week on 10/9, join For The People: A Leftist Library Project to explore how YOU can take real, specific, and immediate actions in your own community to strengthen and expand public libraries. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

One of the key forces enabling Trumpism are the oligarchic weirdos everybody hates: Big Law goons, Ivy League ivory tower types, corporate predators, and the tech-bro billionaire set. Donald Trump speaks at a White House “AI and Crypto” event alongside the billionaire tech-bro set.

Three organizers discuss methods and challenges of organizing popular assemblies as a vehicle for community empowerment and direct democracy.