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@firestorm.bsky.social

Queer feminist collective in Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on Tsalagi land. Ⓐ Ⓔ Ⓥ
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Join BRABC for the monthly letter writing event at @firestorm.bsky.social from 3-5pm, Sunday July 7th brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/
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June 11 is the International Day of Solidarity with Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners and we're raising funds for incarcerated freedom fighters by sending free banned books to FL kids. Sound too good to be true?! You can support the effort from anywhere with a pledge! firestorm.coop/events/3218-...
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Join Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross and friends for our monthly zine discussion at @firestorm.bsky.social books, 4th Sunday of the month (this time May 25th, 2024) from 4-6pm. brabc.blackblogs.org/abolitionist...
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"To uphold the idea that Jewishness is equivalent to Zionism… you have to silence all of the Jews who disagree with you. As this has gotten harder these organizations get more desperate and seek allies on the right… making American Jews less safe." threewayfight.org/anti-zionist...
Anti-Zionist Reflections on Zionism and the American Jewish Communitythreewayfight.org To uphold the idea that Jewishness is equivalent to Zionism in a world where a large chunk of younger Jews no longer identify with Zionism and oppose the inhumanity of Israel’s rule over Palestinians…
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This tool for optimizing the passive solar benefits of a window overhang is the coolest! 🌞 susdesign.com/overhang/ind...
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The folks at @firestorm.bsky.social put together a supercut of the many, many (many) people who spoke against the Asheville Business Improvement District last night. Not shockingly, locals are against giving conservative business owners their own private police force #avlnews youtu.be/xnA510Zkd80
Asheville BID Hearing Supercutyoutu.be On Tuesday, April 23rd Asheville City Council held a public hearing on a proposed Downtown Business Improvement District. Billed as the only public comment o...
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In 2012 our co-op was part of a broad coalition that fought and derailed an effort to privatize downtown Asheville. Now a nearly identical BID proposal is working its way through City Council, with the possibility of approval as early as May 14th. Find our full statement and more at ashevillebid.com
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This is a great list on bookshop someone has curated of authors who have recently declined honors from PEN America in protest of its refusal to stand on the Palestinian genocide. These are writers who have forgone opportunity to be courageous in this time of genocide whose work you can support.
PEN America Protestbookshop.org Bookshop.org Custom Wishlist
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Please be careful folks. Access this website with really good cybersecurity: notrace.how
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Don't miss our chat tomorrow with anarchist historians Zoe Baker and Charlie Allison! We'll be logging on at 3pm EDT / 6pm BST to discuss early 20th century anarchism, the life of Ukrainian revolutionary Nestor Makhno, organizational strategies, and the Platform. firestorm.coop/events/3161-...
Anarchism at the Dawn of the 20th Centuryfirestorm.coop Drawing on their respective historic works recently published by AK and PM Press, authors Charlie Allison and Zoe Baker discuss the revolutionary strategy and practice of anarchists in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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"This System Is Killing Us" presents the truth that lies behind the green re-branding of capitalism that social movements in the Global North have been slow to challenge. 🏗️ Join author Xander Dunlap and translator Carlos Tornel TODAY at 2pm ET 🚧 Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3186-....
The Frontlines Against Green Capitalismfirestorm.coop Drawing from contemporary front line struggles against colonialism and ecocide, author Xander Dunlap reveals the failures of mainstream debate around climate change.
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Join Blue Ridge ABC for their monthly Political Prisoner Letter Writing event at @firestorm.bsky.social , 3-5pm the 1st Sunday of the Month (April 7th, 2024)! A great chance to write to folks facing some hard times and make new inside / outside connections. More info at brabc.blackblogs.org/pplwn/
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#EverythingPossible is coming to North Carolina this week & next! In a time of #DontSayGay, #transphobia & book bans, "Everything Possible" is "a real breath of fresh air."--The National (Scotland) North Carolina tour itinerary: linktr.ee/revfredsmall @nosycrowus.bsky.social @firestorm.bsky.social
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Excited to host Lyzette Wanzer, editor of "Trauma, Tresses & Truth," for a conversation with Valerie Carpenter and Barbara Ruth Saunders on the politics, policing, and perception of Black and Afro Latina women's natural hair! Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3164-...
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If you've ever lost a travel mug, it's probably at our bookshop.
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We're backing "UM," a magical girl comic about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themself mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cosmic, shamanic midwives. How cool! Kick in and grab a copy for yourself at fnd.us/umvolume1?re....
UM Volume One by buttercupfnd.us UM is a magical girl comic by buttercup about Eugenée, a Black, nonbinary, aspiring birth-worker who finds themself mixed up in a millennia-old conflict between the powers that be and a faction of cos...
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Tonight! We're looking forward to this online author event with West Coast anti-racist organizer Josh Fernandez ("The Hands That Crafted the Bomb) in conversation with fellow memoirist Joe Loya. Register for free and grab the book at firestorm.coop/events/3148-....
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Sloppy kissers, swamp suitors, scrappy “limbwrecked boys,” and drag queens drenched in glitter sweat... Next Saturday, South Carolina poet Evelyn Berry will share work from "Grief Slut" alongside readings by local poets Dustin Brookshire and Sera Joy. More info at firestorm.coop/events/3125-...
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How can we create affordable and sustainable cities run by the people who inhabit them? On Monday, February 26th we're excited to host Andrew Lee with Vicky Osterweil for a conversation on the possibilities for urban liberation and revolt. Register for free at firestorm.coop/events/3160-....
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Do you live in Florida? Help us get the word out about Banned Books Back!, our program to send *free* books to kids impacted by Right-wing book bans. You can download and print a flyer at www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ljoes....
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We hope you gave Julius a goodbye kiss, because this diligent door greeter is officially taking some much needed time off along with the rest of our collective. Firestorm will be on winter break through Feb 13th!
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We're hosting feminist historian Angela Hume to discuss her recent book "Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open" with Shout Your Abortion co-founder Amelia Bonow! Register for the free online event at firestorm.coop/events/3152-....
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Very excited and humbled to share that @firestorm.bsky.social have a limited supply of my new zine "The Booklet Against Zionism" in print on their store. Get it from them to help support myself AND a Queer, Feminist worker-owned cooperative fighting for mutual aid in their airea!
The Booklet Against Zionism by Anastasiafirestorm.coop This is Ha Sifron Neged Tziyonut, a zine of Jewish Anti-Zionism. It attempts to unpack the weaponization of Jewish identity for the colonial Zionist project, understand how...
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How many banned books can a room of dedicated volunteers pack in an hour? Yesterday we found out! 💪📦 At our first Banned Books Back! packaging party, community members turned out in droves to sort through dozens of cartons of books removed from Duval County Public Schools in Florida.
Our First Packaging Party!firestorm.coop How many banned books can a room of dedicated volunteers pack in an hour? Yesterday we found out!
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New article from me outlining the chaos conspiracy theories can inject in a social movement, distracting from the real conditions and spinning righteous anger onto those far from responsible. Political education could be the answer, and help us to figure out who are enemies and who are friends.
"The confusion about how to challenge power—and the battle between conspiracy theory and a real mapping of power—has shown up in countless social movements, including some fringe cases in the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza." (@shaneburley.bsky.social)
Why conspiracy theories are corrosive to social movements — and what to do about itwagingnonviolence.org Antisemitic conspiracy theories on the fringe of the movement for a ceasefire in Gaza make it harder to effectively challenge power.
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I like to lift up Coretta Scott King on this day. It's mainly because of her that this day exists. She was a force. She was an activist before she married King. It was her anti-war commitment that pushed him to take a public stance against Vietnam. She was extraordinary in her own right.