The 2023 Year-end Wrap-up of my Goings and Doings

well, i’m gonna get ahead of the game and do my “best of 2023” list.

by far and wide, the favorite thing i released this year was “Nazis of Color,” which i co-authored with Isaac. It was well-received and translated into Spanish and German.

i was very happy that both of my books got to their publishers and are in production. Routledge gave the James Mason book, “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege,” a May 7 release date – altho pre-orders are not available yet.

Mostly i concentrated on Patreon and did more in-depth stuff that is harder to place on platforms. My fav pieces inc “What Do We Mean by Red/Brown Politics?” as well as two practical guides: how to shut down fascist events and what to do when you are being harassed. (Patreon now has free 7-day trials if you want to check these out.)

oh course it wouldn’t be my life without weird shit happening. this included the FBI coming to my door after a fashy activist exploited a loophole in the law & called in an anonymous fake tip. (the longer version is on Patreon after i did more investigation)

🧵 so here's my rather weird, but mostly hilarious, experience with the FBI today. I get a new VM; the person claims to an FBI agent & wants to talk about a year-old tweet. "you're not in any trouble, call me back & we'll clear this up." google the # & its not an FBI office

— transform6789.bsky.social (@transform6789) August 9, 2023

after being largely ignored after 1/6, i was asked to be on a number of podcasts in the last half of the year.

an anthology of my writings on antisemitism came out in French: “Des rouges, des bruns et des rouges-bruns: L’antisémitisme aux Etats-Unis au XXie siècle.” A revised english version will be out in Nov 2024- now quite weird b/c of Gaza.

right now i’m lining up a June 2024 speaking tour for the Mason/Siege book in Germany, Britain and maybe Norway. Of course i will do US dates, and hopefully Australia/NZ at the end of the year. Reach out if you want to see my speak in your town!

I have two articles that will come out soon. one is my annual year-end far right wrap-up. the other is a special surprise based on things i found during my Mason archival research.

Last, and forward: i’m still hoping to get to the things i wanted to get to last year, like making educational videos and doing an online class. i guess we’ll try again this one.

/sigh/ everything remains to be done.