Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/09/01/v... Words: @aaronburch.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social CHARLES GROSEL @patrickobrienstrickland.com @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social ALLISON ZHANG E. FERRELL CHRISTOPHER NOTARNICOLA Cover art: AL KRATZ

In an excerpt from her recent book, essayist and poet Adrianne Kalfopoulou reflects on borders, displacement, and the 're' in 'refuge.' inkstickmedia.com/on-borders-r...

Refugees and migrants are increasingly taking a new, lengthier, and more dangerous sea route from Libya to Greece. inkstickmedia.com/as-boats-sai...

Long read: For refugees and migrants trying to reach the European Union from Bosnia, leftover landmines and border violence haunt the journey. Words: @connellyandrew.bsky.social & @ahnidzara.bsky.social Photos: Maryam Ashrafi

"This is not random violence. This is a systematic war against Palestinian mothers of all ages — young mothers, elderly mothers, widows, and those still holding their children close — waged with no regard for women’s rights, no respect for motherhood."

The United States once supported groups clearing the life-threatening mines dotting Iraq. The Trump administration has changed that. By: @wrodgers2.bsky.social

Our small, independent team is digging into the defense industry’s influence on local politics — secretive deals, corporate subsidies, misinformation, and surveillance. But we can’t finish this work — or keep it free for everyone — without your support. inkstick.substack.com/p/award-winn...

"Across Gaza, life has become both a struggle to survive and a fight to live with dignity in a reality where even basic human rights are scarce. The Israeli war has taken everything people once cherished — homes, livelihoods, and dreams." inkstickmedia.com/postcard-fro...

Dotted Line newsletter: the latest news on the global far right, by @patrickobrienstrickland.com and ft. stories by: - @jasonaw.bsky.social & @stephenstarr.bsky.social at @theguardian.com - Enrique Anarte Lazo at @contextnewsroom.bsky.social - @ebazail.bsky.social at @politico.com

My latest @inkstickmedia.com:

Wild that Ted Cruz is seemingly on vacation any time there's a massive, deadly disaster in Texas. Even wilder still that he was vacationing in Greece after reportedly giving his full-throated support for slashing funding for weather forecasting.

Greek authorities have detained more than 1,200 refugees & migrants across a 3-day period on Crete and Gavdos islands as boats from Libya continue to set sail.

Near Greece's Kalamata, a 67-year-old opened fire on a vehicle carrying a Roma family, including a 9-month-old child, in what EfSyn calls a "savage racist attack." No one was injured, and the alleged attacker was arrested for attempted murder.

Greece's Institute for Educational Policy has removed a segment about the first Palestinian intifada, which was published as an article by the Kathimerini daily decades ago, from a textbook -- and replaced with "neutral," AI-generated text about children "growing up differently."

Some 750 refugees and migrants on boats from Libya have -- again -- reached Greece's Crete and Gavdos islands. www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koino...

A Greek court has ordered the release of Ilias Panagiotaros and Christos Pappas, formerly prominent members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that was dubbed a criminal organization in 2020. Meanwhile, a prosecutor has also favored a proposal to set free former GD spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris.

For a young Afghan named Ali, "the border was sometimes a baton, a clenched fist, a stick a soldier swung in the woods, a warning shot fired into the sky. … The border was also a routine." Read an excerpt of my new @melvillehouse.bsky.social book at @inkstickmedia.com:

When the Border Was a Buffer Zone, a Baton, a Bullet An excerpt from @patrickobrienstrickland.com's new book, 'You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece,' courtesy of @melvillehouse.bsky.social inkstickmedia.com/when-the-bor...

And in Voridis's place, the Greek government has picked a new migration minister in Thanos Plevris, another longtime far-rightist, who has claimed that "border security requires deaths," & whose father is one of the country's most prominent neo-Nazis in recent decades.

Greek migration minister Makis Voridis, known for his past in fascist activism, has resigned amid a farming subsidy scandal that reportedly took place when he was the agricultural minister www.efsyn.gr/politiki/kyb...

Inkstick's mandate is to focus on the humans at the center of every conflict we cover. Will you support our work? inkstick.substack.com/p/inkstick-w...

This morning Greek police arrested eight Palestinians who have been holding a sit-in in front of the Hellenic Parliament since late May. (Last month, they also detained 15 members of the New Left party for unfurling a Palestinian flag at the Acropolis.)

"In the Gaza Strip, we are dying silently. I came to this realization when my grandfather passed away last October. He needed medicine and food, and his chances of recovery would have been higher if there had been no war." inkstickmedia.com/in-the-gaza-...

US neo-Nazis accused of robbing military base, Greek police report sheds light on six new far-right groups, a far-right murder in France. Read & subscribe to Inkstick's Dotted Line newsletter for free: inkstick.substack.com/p/alleged-ne...

An excerpt from John Beck's new book, "Those Who Should Be Seized Should Be Seized: China’s Relentless Persecution of Uyghurs and Other Ethnic Minorities." Available from @melvillehouse.bsky.social‬: inkstickmedia.com/one-uyghur-w...

More than 731 refugees and other displaced people fleeing Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, and elsewhere have reached Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos in a 24-hour period… And local mayors are opposing creating shelters because they say it’ll harm tourist season. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1272981...

Inkstick is thrilled to announce that the Things That Go Boom podcast is one of the winners of the 2025 International Women's Podcast Award! See all of the winners and runner-ups here: everybody-media.com/awards

My new book is out. It's based on nearly a decade of reporting on neo-Nazis and border violence in Greece. For years, editors would tell me readers had "refugee fatigue." I always hated that. I think these stories still matter. Order it from my favorite indie shop, @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social

I'm really stoked to see that Ron Jacobs reviewed my latest book, You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave ( @melvillehouse.bsky.social ), and did so this thoughtfully:

Thanks a ton to @secretsandspies.bsky.social for having me on to talk about my book, You Can Kill Each Other After I Leave: Refugees, Fascism, and Bloodshed in Greece ( @melvillehouse.bsky.social ): secretsandspiespodcast.com/episode/s9-e...

Two years before Trump and Vance claimed Haitian immigrants were eating pets, Fox News was spreading similar claims in South Texas. By: @patrickobrienstrickland.com Read & subscribe to Inkstick's Dotted Line newsletter for free: inkstick.substack.com/p/are-your-p...

"Over 70 days into the blanket ban imposed by Israeli authorities on the entry of any supplies into Gaza – regardless of how critical they are for people’s survival – stocks have run out, bakeries have shut down, community kitchens are closing daily, and people are starving."

The Pentagon's budget request is out now, and it is for $1 trillion — sort of. inkstickmedia.com/when-a-trill...

A boat carrying 82 refugees and migrants, most likely having set off from Libya, washed up near the Greek island of Gavdos.

Thanks so much to @stuartpstevens.bsky.social & @lincolnsquare.media for having me on to talk about my new book, the global fascist moment, and all sorts of other interesting tidbits.

We're LIVE! Join us over at Lincoln Square for a V-E Day discussion between @stuartpstevens.bsky.social and author Patrick Strickland on fascists and vigilantes through the lens of those who fought against them. Tune in right now! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

In the ruins of Shuja’iyya, a neighborhood in eastern Gaza City that has faced Israeli bombardment during the ongoing war on the Strip, Samir Ferwana still remembers his daughter’s laughter. inkstickmedia.com/gazas-grievi...

Grateful to the folks at The.Ink for speaking to me about my new book, the global far right's border hysteria, and how neo-Nazis from Europe to the US have helped move anti-migrant batshittery from the fringes to the corridors of power. the.ink/p/borders-ar...

Grateful to the folks at The.Ink for speaking to me about my new book, the global far right's border hysteria, and how neo-Nazis from Europe to the US have helped move anti-migrant batshittery from the fringes to the corridors of power. the.ink/p/borders-ar...

"There is a hole in the vessel right now and the ship is sinking." This is what an organizer said shortly after a humanitarian aid boat setting out from Malta and hoping to break Israel's crushing blockade of Gaza was reportedly attacked by a drone, which caused it to set on fire.

According to the UN, Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank attacked Palestinians, injured many, and destroyed property at least 23 times in an 11-day period. In one incident, settlers assaulted a child and his elderly father in the village of Masaffer Yatta, causing "life-changing injuries."

Introducing Inkstick's Dotted Line newsletter, which will publish news rundowns, reading recommendations, and occasional dispatches about borders and the global far right. inkstick.substack.com/p/introducin...

"Adli looks disturbed as he recalls these events. Mansour sits silently, listening to his friend tell the story. Adli’s father arrived at the morgue to say a final farewell to his son only to feel Adli’s warm hand and realize his son was still alive." Courtesy of @orbooks.bsky.social

The US president has time and again shown he's willing to overlook human rights abuses in the name of weapons sales. inkstickmedia.com/how-donald-t...

Independent Journalism is in the Crosshairs: Will You Have Inkstick's Back? inkstick.substack.com/p/independen...

The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) says Israeli forces have abused and beaten its staff, subjected them to sleep deprivation, forced them to sign false confessions, threatened their families, and at times, Israeli soldiers have used the UN workers as human shields.

American airstrikes on Yemen hit a migrant center and killed at least 68 African members, according to "preliminary information" the UN has received, though it expects the death toll to keep rising. Trump, by the way, has called US attacks on Yemen "very successful."

ICE is seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Far-right protesters, among them neo-Nazis, turned up in Lisbon to protest against an annual commemoration of the uprising that ended a fascist dictatorship and brawled with anti-fascists. Police detained some of the fascists after the clashes.