Join us in Portland on May 16 for "Lines of Resistance." Kelly Goto, Lori Matsukawa and I will explore how graphic storytelling — drawn lines of ink on paper — gives voice to the lived experiences of Japanese Americans incarcerated in WWII. Book signing to follow. RSVP: jamo.org/event/lines-...
BLOG POST: Highlights of the grim outlook I recently presented at @denshoproject.bsky.social, the AAASAssociation for Asian American Studies - AAAS, and the Seattle Public Library on the use of industrial warehouses for 21st century American concentration camps. resisters.com/2026/04/13/m...
Glad you made it and glad you liked that story. I almost cut it for time so your feedback is very helpful! Thanks
I was able to make it & I'm so glad I went! I especially liked that story about the resister song lyrics carried around on a scrap of paper that, decades later, someone showed to Mako, who knew what the original tune was & sang it.
Thanks Kristi, gosh I hope you made it. We had a lively talk thanks to Tom Ikeda’s openings the discussion to the audience. If you missed it, it was recorded and we should have the video soon.
I'm getting a root canal tomorrow & I'm still not gonna miss this talk by Frank Abe & Tom Ikeda.
Alt-text of left image: A poster with "Frank Abe & Tom Ikeda "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" Wednesday April 8 at 7 pm, Central Library" 1/
Join me tonight at 7:00 pm at the Central Library for what's bound to be a wide-ranging conversation with Densho founder Tom Ikeda. Should be free tickets still available, that Microsoft Auditorium has a lotta seats! bit.ly/41DxqcR
Back from AAAS to find this Sunday print version of the Seattle Times preview for tonight's program at the Seattle Public Library, where we'll show how a reading of "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration" prepares us to see what injustices the government is repeating today. 1/2
Check out the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.”
By @frankabe.bsky.social and @tamikonimura.bsky.social; illustrated by @rossish.bsky.social
#TeachTruth #TeachOutsideTextbook
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Topaz 2.0
Thanks @gjabberbox.bsky.social for sharing this insightful article on the ICE concentration camps as a gift to be read in full.
Thanks for the gift article! Important read.
Claw back the money FFS!
Thanks to Tim Dickinson at The Contrarian for this on our recent mass call from @50501movement.bsky.social with @andreapitzer.bsky.social. And thanks to Satsuki Ina for first articulating that as Japanese Americans, we know a concentration camp when we see one.
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The U.S. creating Topaz concentration camp 2.0 in Utah.
Little did we know when we planned her program three weeks ago how topical her story wd become with war against Iran and the stranding of tens of thousands of Americans who as we speak are struggling to find safe passage out of the Middle East. Order SAFE PASSAGE here: bookshop.org/p/books/safe...
"... time when we’re seeing American citizens abducted from the streets, held in illegal detention, and sent to countries where they’ve never lived before." Photos from last night's full-house book launch at Town Hall Seattle.
"... citizens stranded by Japan’s war of imperialism. Evelyn Iritani writes with the dramatic flair and narrative arc of a novelist to fill in a missing piece of the Japanese American experience. Safe Passage is a meticulously researched page-turner, and one that is urgently needed at a ..." 2/4
OUT TODAY: "Safe Passage" by Pulitzer-prize winner Evelyn Iritani on WW2 diplomacy. My blurb: "Finally, someone has written the human story of the passengers aboard the Gripsholm and other prisoner-exchange ships and the desperate backchannel negotiations on both sides of the Pacific to rescue...1/4
This reflects the racist, xenophobic mentality that put my Japanese American family members in concentration camps during WWII. Everyone should denounce it as loudly as possible and put an end to this bigotry in Congress once and for all.
I frame the discussion and answer a few questions at the end, but the heart of the discussion is from author @andreapitzer.bsky.social, who traces the origins of concentration camps to the invention of barbed wire & machine guns - the iconography of Japanese American wartime incarceration.
Video cued to start of our hour-long mass call with @50501movement.bsky.social on stopping the leasing of warehouses for 21st century American concentration camps. youtu.be/IyszCsiUq2U?...
If you missed this, it was really great and you can watch it on YouTube! youtu.be/IyszCsiUq2U.
ICYMI: Spoke last night on public data for good, alongside @frankabe.bsky.social, @andreapitzer.bsky.social, @tifotter.bsky.social, @sussexvb.bsky.social, and more.
Video below.
It was an honor to join Frank, Andrea and Sarah to talk about where we are, how we got here, and what we need to do now. Thanks for having me to talk about Salt Lake City’s efforts to stop a mega ICE detention camp. 👏✊🏽
Just got off a mass call hosted by @50501movement.bsky.social that included @frankabe.bsky.social, @projectsaltbox.bsky.social, @sussexvb.bsky.social, @tifotter.bsky.social, me, & others. So incredible to hear from speakers unearthing plans and finding ways to fight concentration camps nationwide.
Still time to sign up for tomorrow's @50501movement.bsky.social mass call on how you can stop 21st century American concentration camps in your hometown. Warehouses being leased as immigration detention sites. Hear from local activists and author @andreapitzer.bsky.social.
bit.ly/march5masscall
Join me and the people who bring you the “No Kings” march for this webinar on stopping 21st century American concentration camps. I’m honored to help introduce Andrea Pitzer, author of “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps.” RSVP here for this March 5 mass call.
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