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Folk dance music and chorus songs to bolster the revolution. (they/them)

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Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.

22.06.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 3437 πŸ” 766 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 40

Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him

21.04.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 11994 πŸ” 3298 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 101
TransTrad 2025 | TransTrad Fest TransTrad is a new festival in Olympia, WA, celebrating and elevating trans and gender nonconforming performers in traditional folk music.

www.transtradfest.org/event-detail...

28.03.2025 22:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TransTrad registration is open today!

28.03.2025 22:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Countercurrent spring tour, let's go!

26.03.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hey, that's cruel and mean. That boa did nothing to deserve such treatment.

10.03.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy

how can these people be so bad at this

09.03.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 4907 πŸ” 1251 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 36

once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!

09.03.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 9121 πŸ” 1849 πŸ’¬ 174 πŸ“Œ 105
Preview
Flow, by Countercurrent 15 track album

New Countercurrent Album out today! Get it on bandcamp, or streaming if that's your thing!

03.03.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Today's the day β€” economic boycott. If you can manage it, try to only buy essentials for a while, & avoid buying from big companies...

28.02.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"other than that, mrs. lincoln, how are you enjoying the play?"

25.02.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alex Sturbaum // Turning of the Year
Alex Sturbaum // Turning of the Year YouTube video by Alex Sturbaum

New song out today!

17.02.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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Hey NYTimes β€” *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of β€œSauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

09.02.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 93421 πŸ” 15742 πŸ’¬ 3087 πŸ“Œ 1129

flattered and also feeling old :P

08.02.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@haydenstern.bsky.social is one of the best artists in the biz!

06.02.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My band, Countercurrent, has a brand new record up for pre-order! You can find it at www.countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flow

05.02.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

05.02.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 723 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11

Stay tuned for some Very Exciting Countercurrent News

04.02.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what's the demo?

04.02.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This tweet cracked me the fuck up until 5 minutes later when I found out it was factual

03.02.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 1003 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.

01.02.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 28544 πŸ” 8590 πŸ’¬ 777 πŸ“Œ 449

oh no! I was counting on those 52 cents

31.01.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep getting texts and messages asking me why most Democrats have rolled over and played dead.

I’m as baffled as everyone else.

They’re not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.

All they’re doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.

28.01.2025 12:17 πŸ‘ 4635 πŸ” 775 πŸ’¬ 262 πŸ“Œ 75

you are living through the collapse of the system of government that has governed the united states for the entirety of its existence. that collapse appears to be happening literally tonight. react accordingly

28.01.2025 02:54 πŸ‘ 2476 πŸ” 469 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 28
flyer for TransTrad, a music festival from June 6th through 8th in Olympia, Washington.

flyer for TransTrad, a music festival from June 6th through 8th in Olympia, Washington.

@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, that’s designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org

27.01.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

I would love to chat about the festival! Let's make it happen.

06.01.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Tight as a boiled owl" is powerful

21.12.2024 20:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hot take: the mariner's revenge song is wagon wheel for accordion players

06.12.2024 03:27 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Koreaβ€”the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.

03.12.2024 15:19 πŸ‘ 34054 πŸ” 3173 πŸ’¬ 395 πŸ“Œ 151