Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!

In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails. proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...

I've often argued that radical organizing can happen not only in workplaces and neighborhoods, but also in all of the other sites in which people congregate. This is an inspiring account, from members of @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social, of people organizing through fandom!

Quite an honor to be on the podcast / show that I’ve listened to for more than 15 years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

Maybe the biggest REO List ever? Twenty-one radical events in Ottawa and online, ft. rallies against poverty and nuclear waste, a dance party, a renters townhall, a film screening, workshops, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

There is a lot to share in this week's round-up of radical events! Tenant organizing, book launches, incredible films and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Earlier this year, incarcerated firefighters in LA rushed headlong into the flames, fending off catastrophic fires (made worse by climate change). In their new essay, Abby Cunniff reminds us of the long history of their labor abolitionist politics. spectrejournal.com/the-abolitio...

Coming up in Ottawa and online - Challenging Canada’s Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Violence; Raise the Rates Rally; Street medics workshop; Centretown Tenant Power Official Launch and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Coming up in Ottawa! October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; CAFES Concert Series: 'Wanting to Start Again'; Rally for Democracy/no to Bill 33; Vigil for Gaza; NO TYRANTS rally; Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Even in a government shutdown, the 13th largest army in the world wages war in Chicago. ICE’s militarized raids & abductions are terrorizing communities—while billions are poured into their hands. @sarahlazare.bsky.social & @lindsaykosh.bsky.social report: inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

I loved listening to this interview @marcusrediker.bsky.social did on @kpfa.org about his new book *Freedom Ship*! Rediker tells the inspiring history of enslaved Black people in the U.S. deep South who escaped by ship with the help of free Black communities and abolitionist white sailors.

This week in rad Ottawa: October Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification; Rallies of Allies for Court Support - Solidarity with Kebaowek; Film Screening: Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019); Sexual Bereavement - Queer Death Salon; & more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

This will be great!

Alexis Shotwell on anarchism. New episode on podcast platforms & pls smash like & subscribe on YouTube: youtu.be/V3evGc0mF5Y)

Every year on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation I look to @miskoaki.bsky.social's assessment of how the Canadian government is meeting the TRC's calls to action. This year I'm reading their new report "Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC’s Healthcare Calls to Action."

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa, for the week of Monday, September 29, 2025 - ft. an art build for the upcoming Gaza solidarity demo, Orange Shirt Day events, a zine making night at the Trans Library, a workshop on how to organize a collective, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

A fascinating interview with Laura Hall in @canadiandimension.bsky.social: "If I’m saying horror is the genre of settler colonialism, it’s also a genre that can grapple with the hard truths of settler-colonial violence. Both things are equally true."

What happens when your landlord turns your home into a surveillance zone? From facial recognition cameras to automated fines, tenants are finding their daily lives policed in new ways. Hear Erin McElroy on Against the Grain unpack the rise of “landlord tech.” Full interview → kpfa.org #KPFA #BayArea

Robin D.G. Kelley: "defeating the fascism we face now requires much more than defeating the current administration or winning elections. It requires a deeper shift: the recognition that we need to always stand in solidarity and fight for others as if our lives depended on it."

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, September 22nd edition: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

An excellent interview with @lydiajean.bsky.social! "As a geographer, I’m really interested in thinking through the different scales of the carceral state. We often talk about the state as if it’s a monolith, instead of as a multi-scalar and contradictory assemblage of institutions."

The 1937 Oshawa GM strike showed how radical organizing and international solidarity could transform the labour movement. @tonyleah.bsky.social’s new history reminds us that the victories workers take for granted today were won through militant class struggle.

Can workers be fired just for expressing opinions the political class objects to? Lately, online attackers campaign to pressure employers to fire workers for political speech even on private social media pages. Here's how stewards can intervene: labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

Some good news: for the last four years, I have been quietly working on a new book titled *For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World*. I have signed a contract with @akpress.org and they will be co-publishing the book with @btlbooks.com. The book will be out next fall!

Another packed week in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, a day of action on ODSP/OW, letter-writing to political prisoners, a demonstration against anti-Black racism, book launches, Take Back the Night, the Draw the Line march, and much more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

What does gentrification have to do with authoritarianism? I talked with @xandrewleex.bsky.social about how displacement, surveillance, and “quality of life” policing function as tools of social control—and why housing struggles are class struggles.

Hey y'all! This week we have @alvagotby.bsky.social interviewing @reproutopia.bsky.social about Sophie's Enemy Feminisms ( @haymarketbooks.org ), the potential for liberatory feminism, and the necessity of reckoning with reactionary feminisms. spectrejournal.com/feminism-is-...

Last month, workers at Sugared + Bronzed locations in Los Angeles and Santa Monica voted to unionize with Communications Workers Local 9505—forming the first salon chain union in the country. @nataschaelena.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/09/how-...

So much coming up in Ottawa! Vigils for Gazans, community gatherings and a run for Palestine, a critical mass bike ride, an online session on grief and political identity, an art build for upcoming actions, a study group, and more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

another by @sarahljaffe.bsky.social on lessons from Southern workers on organizing under backlash conditions hammerandhope.org/article/trum...

September is gloriously full of collective resistance! Solidarity with Palestine in many forms, Bank Bloc Tenant support, grief work, reflections on encroachments on civil liberties in Canada, and much more! See you out there, fam! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

First new article of the year is in @hammerandhope.bsky.social, examining the solidarity work happening between Venezuelan migrants and long term Black residents at Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Chicago. Hope is so hard to come by, and I wanted to share where I'm finding mine.

In our Jul/Aug 2025 cover story, Aliya Pabani and Jody Chan reflect on the lessons they've learned through organizing with No Arms in the Arts for over a year and the importance of continuing to organize within the cultural sector for a free Palestine. briarpatchmagazine.c...

So much coming up! Vigils for Gazans, community gatherings and run for Palestine, Critical Mass, support for Bank Bloc tenants, grief, Art Build for upcoming actions, and more! See it all here: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online, starting August 18 - Ottawa Trans March, Ottawa Dyke March, actions for Gaza and Palestine, tenant organizing and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

As Trump and Putin wrap up their meeting—autocrats representing the two colonial powers that have occupied and traded Alaska—this is a lucid statement from Indigenous Alaskans about what the invasion of Ukraine has to do with the colonial oppression of Alaska. www.nativemovement.org/nm-blog/2025...

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online, August 11 and beyond: Ottawa Dyke March, Palestine solidarity, Socialism from Below bookclub, getting organized for Draw the Line Climate March and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Upcoming radical events in Ottawa and online: Monday, August 4th, 2025, edition, ft. Ottawa Run For Palestine, Pride is Political events, a Red Flags study group, Prisoners' Justice Day events and more: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Radical events in Ottawa and online -Monday, July 28th edition, ft. a vigil for Gaza, radical history walking tours, zine making, Run for Palestine BBQ, Prisoners' Justice Day, a study group, and Pride events: www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

For many years, I've been watching from afar what the Seattle Solidarity Network has been doing. They have developed a model for using collective action to win in very targeted fights with bosses and landlords. I appreciated reading these reflections, including some important self-criticisms.

New from my newsletter: I interviewed veteran antifascists Xtn and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social, who help run the @threewayfight.bsky.social and edited the recent anthology Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism from @pmpress.bsky.social. maiseh-review.ghost.io/three-way-fi...

This week and looking ahead in rad Ottawa! Tenant meeting on the heat crisis w/ Ottawa ACORN, lessons from Indigenous experiences of colonization and how to fight back w/ @cjottawa.bsky.social‬, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

This interview with longtime Florida-based environmental and anti-prison organizer Panagioti Tsolkas is one of the most illuminating analyses of Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" that I've seen.

Lots coming up in Ottawa: A Palestine solidarity protest, a bike scavenger hunt, a discussion w/ Queer Death Salon, a comedy show, art-making in the park, Ottawa's Walk for Recovery, a zine market, a community picnic for Palestine, and much more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Fight ICE. Build the Union. How Labor is mobilizing to defend workers from federal raids. by @nataschaelena.bsky.social and @sarahlazare.bsky.social, published in collaboration with @labornotes.bsky.social

This week's round-up of rad events in Ottawa and online - Queer Death Salon, Pride is Political and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar...

Although I haven't done accompaniment work myself, I have a lot of respect for those who have. This article by @moira.bsky.social‬ and Zia Kandler, two seasoned accompaniers, offers valuable guidance for organizing with intention in circumstances of repression and emergency.

Military members, families and Veterans have a powerful role to play standing up to authoritarianism and getting organized is the first step. We’re building a movement. Join us! Sign up to get involved. bit.ly/righttorefusecampaign #4thofJuly #RightToRefuse

Longtime Briarpatch contributor David Camfield has published a sharp anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian examination of the history of actually existing socialist societies through Fernwood Publishing. Read the adapted excerpt below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ briarpatchmagazine.c...

Savannah Kosteniuk honours the ways in which the Hampton Hub (2022-2025) drew on Black anti-fascist traditions and cultivated coalitional networks of care, modelling an ethics of abundance on the Prairies. Read now ⬇️⬇️⬇️ briarpatchmagazine.c...