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Demonizing Antifa: Federal Prosecutions Target Radical Organizers
By Matthew N. Lyons Three Way Fight With the court cases against the Prairieland ICE protesters and the Minnesota 15,…
Raymond Craib – Adventure Capitalism on Essential Dissent
Essential Dissent Podcast June 18th, 2026 A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age…
Susan Simensky Bietila’s Art as Social Activism
Artist-activist Susan Simensky Bietila has been using media like posters, comics, photography, street puppetry and more to amplify the people’s…
Eric King on The Connect with Johnny Mitchell
The Connect: With Johnny Mitchell June 1st, 2026
Meeting Niillas Somby and Margarita Emelianova in Sápmi!
By Gabriel Kuhn June 9th, 2026 On June 2, during a research trip in the North Calotte, I had the…
The VA Is a Model for Public Health Care. We Need to Protect It.
For 161 years, America has taken care of veterans. It should stay that way. By Suzanne Gordon Barn Raiser May…
“Friends Also Make Time to Relax Together”: Jim Feast Reads Barbara Henning’s Celebration of Women’s Friendships in Poetic Prose Girlfriend
By Jim Feast Heavy Feather Those who know something of Barbara Henning’s life history through the reading of her other…
Dispatch #13: Unions as the Frontline against Authoritarian Attacks
By Christopher Robé April 28th, 2026 Greetings from the Swamp. Florida has been the bellwether for the past five years…
Eric King’s Ethics of Revolt
By Jarrod Shanahan Hard Crackers May 7th, 2026 “These jellyfish deserve no respect,” writes Eric King, “and you won’t give…









