A movement-focused newsletter offering essays on activist strategy, such as building resilience to repression beyond narrow security culture, and reviews of films about community resistance. Its writing reflects on organising practice, trust and accessibility in grassroots groups.
Website: https://defy-this.ghost.io/
Micah Lee, a security engineer and journalist-adjacent technologist, writes about digital security, privacy, and the politics of technology. Issues cover analysis of leaked datasets such as Flock camera firmware, alternatives to closed AI providers, and reposted reporting on hacker collectives.
Personal essays by writers raising trans kids, and by trans contributors, on activism, family, identity and navigating bureaucracy and shifting cultural attitudes. Readers get reflective first-person storytelling that connects parenting, solidarity and LGBTQ history.
A personal newsletter by a journalist and parent on climate activism, mental health, and caring for children amid overlapping crises. Issues mix first-person essays, political and cultural reflection, and updates on the author's organizing and forthcoming book.
Common People is a music and justice collective's newsletter about writing and releasing songs for faith-based social justice movements. Issues combine behind-the-scenes accounts of projects, theological reflection and commentary on cultural heritage and current conflicts.
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