I read this course description, & the fact that it's only $20 is astoundingly accessible. If this sounds at all interesting to you, it's going to be well worth your time. You can also pay more, hire a course/workshop for your group or org or classroom... I think this will be really fortifying.

This is obviously a big generalization, but radical art and/or art made by radicals can sometimes be a bit "all brain, no heart." That's one reason I've included Assata Shakur's "Affirmation" in just about every workshop I've facilitated. The HEART: thefeministwire.com/2013/05/affi...

For both creative writers looking to engage more deeply with political/social issues, AND organizers looking to explore creative writing as a tool in their toolbox: An asynchronous course - and there's no application, no requirements, no taking out a loan to pay for it: guante.info/meetingthemoment

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply." me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

"I don’t believe that art is ever going to be enough to get us to the world that we want to live in. But I also do not see us getting to that world without it." For anyone who missed yesterday's announcement: a new asynchronous workshop:

Will share more later, but for now, an announcement: "Meeting the Moment: Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse" is open for registration now. An *asynchronous* class sharing questions, tactics, examples, etc. that have been useful to me. More info: guante.info/meetingthemoment

URGENT MUTUAL AID NEEDS! TCDSA Street Corps is calling on you to support the community! Tap into your networks; ask your family/friends, neighbors, faith community and local businesses. Tips on open lots to [email protected]. Cash Donations buff.ly/EZGbS3A

For any MPLS friends who haven’t been following the mayoral race, this matches how I’m voting/ranking the candidates. Early voting just opened up: vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-...

Last reminder for tonight's (9/18/25) virtual workshop: we'll be sharing tools and tactics for making our work... not necessarily "better," but more *memorable*, weirder, stickier. Not just for poets! In this moment, this topic could be relevant to comms folks, narrative strategists, zinesters, etc

A list of ways to donate to Sanctuary Supply Depot: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

“It’s not about truth or reality. It’s about demonization and easy targets and reaffirming their own rhetoric.” - @leximcmenamin.com breaking down a concept critical to understand for anyone serious about the danger of political violence, who is most likely to be harmed, and what we do about it.

I am technically still on a social media break finishing up a big project, but I wanted to pop in to share this one-session virtual workshop I'll be facilitating via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social on Thursday (9/18). Registration info: buttonpoetry.com/product/butt...

Taking a brief social media break to focus on a project; some 2025 stuff so far: • Art & Activism Mini-Zines: guante.info/zines • "Things to do after a big march" newsletter: guante.ghost.io/whats-next-things-to-do-after-a-big-march • Bring me to your college, conference, etc: guante.info/booking

"In the midst of the genocide and without any pretense, the charcoal that remains from burning wood to prepare food is the drawing tool that saved me from the whirlpools of drowning while waiting for a ceasefire." - Esraa El-Banna

NEW: Since giving NYT hacked info from a Nazi and sending a swastika push alert, Substack's extremism is in the spotlight again. An investigation finds Substack is a haven for newsletters dedicated to white supremacy—with the co-founders' blessing. A collab between @katz.theracket.news and me:

It's official. I am making a comrade card chapbook. (I am going to be winding down my comrade card daily practice as I try to turn to more writing, so this seemed like the right time to make something to memorialize these 5 years of watercolor cards.)

Today is this project's one-year anniversary. For any liner notes nerds out there, here's a deep dive into process, influences, references, etc: guante.info/adunf And here's a live in-studio performance of the opening track, "Whatever You Do, Don't Put the Words 'Climate Crisis' in the Title."

Open Books announced that their Sealey challenge to raise funds for Sameer Project already has 175 participants and more than $10k in pledges & direct contributions. You can still join any time 🌿 (to support us put W4G in the notes!) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/sea...

(1) shirt ad: "t-shirts: pure, untainted, traditional... white." (2) random individual on social media: "hey that ad is kind of messed up." (3) right wing propaganda machine: "the LEFT is WEEPING tears of BLOOD over an ad?!?!?" (4) mainstream media: "democrats' hyperfocus on t-shirts dooms them"

This will be our thread for W4G's Sealey Challenge. To support us, fill out the sponsor pledge form or contribute directly now. Include W4G in the notes section so we can keep track. Our goal is $1k in pledges and contributions this month: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/sea...

I should be better about mentioning: this kind of "counter-narrative masculinity via art & storytelling" thing is more-or-less my day job, and you can bring me to your school, conference, community space, etc. to facilitate conversations, share these kinds of resources, etc: guante.info/booking

When "man discourse" pops up online, it often feels like (for better or worse) high-level academic analysis of what we "should" be doing. I set up this counter-narrative masculinity resource hub as a more down-to-earth tool for parents, coaches, educators, advocates, etc. who are actually doing it:

What if we won? Eman Abdelhadi (@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social) will offer "Writing Liberatory Futures: A Workshop on Speculative Fiction" on August 21st to benefit Gazan refugees in Cairo. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...

These guys are fantastic. When I travel around the country, facilitating workshops on writing, performing, etc. I always bring up Alexei as one of the most ferocious, creative, brilliant emcees I have ever known, and it isn't even his day job. He's a teacher! And he's great at that too.

"I didn't believe in the fight / the fight made me a believer" is a load-bearing lyric on this album. Find a political home. Experiment. Try. I think hope grows from that, not the other way around. Art by @hellodollywho.bsky.social. For Bandcamp Friday: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...

What is ironic about digging up a politicians support of defunding the police as some sort of trap, is that police have given you chapter and verse since then on how reasonable that position was and is. Its like digging up a politicians support of universal healthcare.

As always: making printable, shareable zines/handouts out of reports and other important information is the kind of people-powered indie media that can reach our family, neighbors, etc. in ways that social media posting often can't. Good example here from @convergencemag.com:

Doing another fundraiser raffle for another friend in a bad spot. A little purple dumpster fire crocheted by @utranmyhre.bsky.social. Crochet pattern by Twinkie Chan, used with permission. Enter to win it, while doing something nice for a friend of ours: bit.ly/crochet-raffle

Great collection of resources - well worth bookmarking.

The Sameer Project has been doing crucial work to get food into Gaza. Gaza is facing mass, created starvation- people are dropping in the street from lack of food and water. Never again is now. Donate if you can and spread the ord. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

I got an email from USCPR this week that uplifted Water Is Life - also a mutual aid group in Gaza: www.waterislifegaza.org

Been working on this behind-the-scenes project for a long time: guante.info/resources My site has always been a place to share resources that I use in my ed/facilitation work; here are 3 new "resource hubs:" on spoken word, counter-narrative masculinity, and plugging into activism/organizing.

In addition to supporting the Sameer Project, here are a few other calls to action from our partners and friends we'd like to share, amid the ongoing created starvation, shooting and killing of Palestinians in Gaza:

🌼 NEW RESOURCE >>> Solidarity Stances: A Resource for Organizations and Movements Navigating Authoritarian Conditions www.solidarityis.org/stances

"Every tactic we can try, every step we can take, every amount of pressure we can muster — it’s all necessary." - JVP Campus Organizer Nate Cohen Useful piece from @shaneburley.bsky.social highlighting @jvp.bsky.social, diversity of tactics, and how "escalate" can be more than just rhetoric:

"Our daughter deserves to grow up with her father. His parents deserve the support of their son. And I deserve the love and partnership of the man I married—someone who has never stopped trying to be better, for all of us." Please join me in supporting Mohan and Tika:

If it feels overwhelming to choose individuals to help in Gaza while not being able to help others, I am a regular donor to the Sameer Project and really vouch for the on the ground mutual aid work they have been doing.

Wanted to build on this @seemore.bsky.social quote, from the link below: "The more joy and magic we make in the world while we sing our songs, tell our stories, speak our truths – the more full of a future we can comprehend as we collectively lend our efforts to building that future." (1/3)

14 million children in the US are hungry. Instead of feeding our children, our tax dollars are going to starving Gaza’s children. The siege and blockade of would not be possible if you weren’t paying it. We have to fight for a world that is not this evil and cruel.

🔊 TUESDAY! LOCATION UPDATE: Meet on the NORTH side of the building by the steps closest to 4th Ave Join friends + neighbors next Tuesday at the Hennepin County board meeting to demand the County starts a HERC closure immediately! 7/22 12:30pm

"Around this time, Connor learned that one of her students had been deported — the first time that had happened, to her knowledge... When he explained to Connor why he was leaving, he told her 'the judge said the violence isn’t real.' Then he was gone."

Thanks - been trying to do more artist-on-artist, be-your-own-media kinds of spotlights. This "dual interview" format lets us jump around from Andor, to Shakespeare, to the many functions of art in times of fascism. ALSO: we're performing together Wednesday (7/23, 6:30pm at Silverwood Park, free)

Minneapolis DFL resolution opposing city investment or procurement with entities complicit with genocide in Gaza. Passes.

hello, these are officially back open! please direct all inquiries to [email protected] 👉✉️

I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us. fatehformayor.com/donate

Anywho, as I tell the young people in my life whom I love deeply, this is your time to create beautiful works of art, to throw the most fun parties you can for no money, and to fight like hell for a future worthy of you. This is NOT a time to retreat into yourself and to forgo the world.

"An Armenian woman I considered an aunt asked me every time I saw her, 'Rümeysa, please write about us. Please let the world hear our story.' I am keeping my promise, Auntie." - Rümeysa Öztürk with what may end up being one of the defining pieces of writing about this moment

With special guests SkySpiders & the Imperceptible Web!