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Our essential reading for a warming world includes selections from scientists, environmentalists, fiction writers and activists.
Beautiful Trouble, Alinsky, and the Politics of Engineered Crisis
A classically liberal society survives on habits, not slogans. It needs restraint, due process, toleration, and the willingness to lose without declaring the system illegitimate. Those habits are the machinery that lets disagreement stay political instead of becoming civil war by other means. Here is the problem: liberalism can be weakened without censorship or coups. You dissolve it by…
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Beautiful Trouble as a Public Tactics Library for Creative Activism
Beautiful Trouble is a public toolbox for creative activism: first a collaboratively assembled book, later an online repository, and now also a training ecosystem. Its pitch is not subtle. Movements don’t only need convictions; they need methods. The core value of Beautiful Trouble is not that it “proves” anything about the morality of activism. The value is that it exposes a modern fact of…
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The Organized Nature of the L.A. Riots
Reading long threads on X sucks, so I asked Grok to combine a great threat into an “essential read” essay on what is happening in California. The recent riots in Los Angeles, as depicted in a post by Wokal Distance on X (dated June 9, 2025), reveal a level of organization that challenges the notion of spontaneous public unrest. The accompanying images show protesters strategically using…
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We must mobilize to counter an insidious movement that threatens democracy itself.
By DILLON HOSIER
Byers was elected vice mayor by a slim margin of 54 votes. But she did not abandon her divisive anti-Israel agenda. She simply changed tactics. From her election victory to Oct. 6, she maintained a low profile with little overt activism. This changed dramatically following the horrific atrocities of Oct. 7.
In the wake of the atrocities, Byers has more or less openly supported the monstrous pro-Hamas “protest” movement that has taken to America’s campuses and streets. For example, she posted, “Keep showing up in the streets to #shutitdown4palestine.” A sitting vice-mayor clearly should not be inciting mob events. It is not just reckless but a blatant dereliction of her official duties.
Then there is Beautiful Trouble’s “Get Up, Rise Up Direct Action Fund.” This initiative is a cornerstone of the organization’s anti-Israel efforts. It funds “creative, provocative actions” ostensibly to advocate a ceasefire in Gaza, which is little more than an attempt to rescue Hamas from destruction.
Byers’s involvement in this effort raises serious questions. In particular, about the potential funneling of public resources—whether funds, permits or official endorsements—towards initiatives aligned with Beautiful Trouble. This would constitute a very disturbing conflict of interest.
In a recent post on Instagram, Beautiful Trouble shared an image that manipulated a well-known fast-food brand’s logo with the words “Genocide You Can Taste” and “Since 1948”— the year of Israel’s establishment. Beneath the altered logo is the defamatory phrase “IS-RA-HELL.”
Byers’s decision to platform such content in the context of rising antisemitism is profoundly disturbing given her office. It irresponsibly fuels antisemitism, compromising the safety and security of the Jewish and Israeli communities in West Hollywood she has sworn to serve.
The rise of Chelsea Lee Byers should serve as a stark warning to the Jewish and pro-Israel communities. It raises the question of whether, as a radical anti-Israel activist who continues to support a radical anti-Israel organization, she can truly represent all the citizens of West Hollywood.
Byers’s journey also exemplifies how radical campus environments are serving as incubators for the next generation of anti-Israel and antisemitic political leaders. These leaders will leverage their disreputable skills and tactics to win elections, starting with local city councils and school boards.
Extremism and antisemitism are threats to democracy itself. Complacency is not an option. We must mobilize at the local level to counter this insidious movement. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that our governments at all levels are not hijacked by those who threaten not just Jews and Israelis, but all Americans.
I'm the Justice Jackal at the Statehouse in Boston a few years ago as an advocate for criminal legal reform. That guy reading my info is a state representative or senator. The shirt reads "I prey on people who are poor, brown-skinned, mentally ill and addicted." That's who fills up our prisons with repeat offenders.
Dedicated activists for criminal legal reform. Sometimes you need a costume to get attention. After 5-6 years of visiting the Statehouse and meeting with electeds, I was tired of talking. Words are cheap, watch the feet. There's a great book on it called "Beautiful Trouble," on how to use creativity to get attention for your cause. It's a gender neutral beast, of course.
Action, Reaction, and Beautiful Trouble
Ever heard of a clown army? No, not the US Government. Actual clowns. Check it out!
