took pen over two days to add this and they won’t include any reasoning 🤔

MONDAY: Come out to support Gerald Reed as he fights to prove his innocence in a 1990 case that was pinned on him through the torturous practices of John Burge’s midnight crew. After decades of struggle, Gerald’s sentence was commuted by the governor…

wsws.org/en/articles/20… 🔥 🔥

After years of posting bond and fighting for pretrial freedom, Chicago Community Bond Fund is transitioning to a new phase. As we shared in February, we are no longer posting bond due to the historic implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act. 🧵

A number of nominees for the PEN Literary Awards, including Maya Binyam and Christina Sharpe, have withdrawn their books from consideration over PEN America's response to the war in Gaza. pwne.ws/4awt8ai

Just so you know,

lsrael has just bombed a school in Nuseirat, central Gaza.

The school is full of children and women.

Palestinian workers have repeatedly called on the int. labour movement to take action!

Heed the call-Palestinian lives depend on it.

workersinpalestine.org/news/strike-fo…

some of u are not serious principled ppl !!!

I am moved by the integrity of the authors withdrawing from prize lists to protest PEN America's refusal to name the genocide in Gaza and failure to meet their stated aims of protecting free speech and Palestinian writers. Here are their books to buy bookshop.org/wishlists/7166…

well, yes

It's true, I was gentler before Refaat was assassinated.

I'm proud that The Rumpus could publish kxh's story 'Daughterhouse' and stand in solidarity with Palestine and Kelly X. Hui in their decision to turn down the PEN/Dau prize.

as Palestinians continue to bury family members daily by the hundreds, including our established, emerging, and yet unknown writers in Gaza, this principled solidarity from individuals gives us some comfort. thank you: Alejandro Varela, Camonghne Felix, Eugenia Leigh, Ghassan Zeineddine,…

I encourage everyone to read مايا's brilliant How to Make an Algorithm in the Microwave // dm me if you are unable to purchase right now, I can purchase PDF copies for three people.

uapress.com/product/how-to…

cannot stress enough how much of a guiding light + touchstone rasha has been for me throughout this process of refusing the pen/dau <333

We're marking Arab American Heritage Month with a special gift to those who support exiled Gazan poet Yahya Ashour | يحيى عاشور in evacuating his family from Gaza. When you buy his e-book, 'A Gaza of Siege & Genocide,' you get a free one-year subscription to Mizna.

bit.ly/ashour-ebook

In just the last few days, several authors have withdrawn their books from PEN awards consideration.
lithub.com/withdrawals-an…