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tainaasili.bsky.social
Singer + interdisciplinary artivist creating at the intersection of 🤎 love + liberation 🔥. Proud 🇵🇷. 🎙️ Host of The Rhythm of Rebellion podcast. One Billion Rising U.S. Coordinator + Soul Fire Farm Board Chair. http://liberation.music
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6 years ago today I released “Plant the Seed” a music video documentary where I interviewed Leah Penniman, founder Soul Fire Farm and my dear friend. I’m honored to have been on SFF’s board for the past 10 years to watch this seed grow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPao...

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear.” —Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933

Really proud of this episode of The Rhythm of Rebellion where I speak choreographer and dancer Edisa Weeks. #TheRhythmOfRebellion features conversations with leading social change performing artists across genres. Check it out on YouTube an all podcast platforms!

Trump: "I am going to behead a pronoun-user on live TV" NYT: "Displaying a fondness for showmanship, Trump's decapitation antics raise eyebrows in Washington"

Today’s rally with the Palestinian Rights Committee at Congressman Paul Tonko’s town hall in Albany, NY. It was extra cold out today but we still came together for Palestine! #FreePalestine🇵🇸

We welcome Marisol Lebrón to W4G, with "Anticolonial Resistance from Puerto Rico to Palestine" on April 10th. www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/ant...

💔 February 14 is National Missing and Murdered Relatives Remembrance Day We honor and remember our stolen sisters, girls, two-spirit, and relatives who have been taken by the #MMIR crisis.

TODAY is V-Day! Across the world we are RISING for freedom and an end to gender-based violence as part of the #1BillionRising movement! Every time I sing "We Are Rising"—the anthem I wrote for One Billion Rising—I feel the power of our voices united as an unstoppable force! @vdayorg.bsky.social

If you’re feeling fed up right now you might want to take a moment to move to my #NoEsMiPresidente remix… BandCamp: tainaasili.bandcamp.com/track/no-es-... Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/04YVrn... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/no-...

As fascism rises, so do we through creative resistance and community action! Across the U.S. we are mobilizing artistic upRISINGS in solidarity with the global #1BillionRising movement. Join us! www.onebillionrising.org/64438/rising... @vdayorg.bsky.social #RiseForFreedom

Black communities have been at the forefront of environmental and climate justice movements since their inception. This is no surprise, given that Black people have been impacted by extractive economies and polluting industries for centuries. #CJABlackCaucus #BlackHistoryMonth

As #1BillionRising US Coordinator I want to invite you check out all the powerful organizing launching worldwide to Rise for Freedom, Rise Against Fascism in 2025. You can participate in an event or create your own artist upRising! @vdayorg.bsky.social www.onebillionrising.org/events/#!/0/...

Fun fact: I was once a singer in the hardcore punk band Anti-Product. Today my music has the same purpose with just a slightly different sound and esthetic 😉

This is important information and resources to review. #WeKeepUsSafe

Agreed!

Thank you @amplifypalestine.bsky.social for this and all that you do! Free Palestine! 🍉🇵🇸🍉

Brooklyn, Beacon, and Albany/Troy, you don’t want to miss this.

Just went to see From Ground Zero a collection of stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living in Gaza. It is a must see. Now playing in select theaters throughout the nation. www.watermelonpictures.com/films/from-g...

Trans youth give me hope. These kids were forged in the flames. For better or for worse they’ve been through the wars by the time they’re teenagers. They will lead the way. We have to have their backs. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Join us TOMORROW! THE FORGOTTEN WAR OF SUDAN: Remember Us: Sudanese Women Rising for Peace, Freedom, Anti-Fascism and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Conflict - a sharing on the forgotten war in Sudan, the context of the conflict and current crisis: onebillionrising.org/riseforsudan

Hey BlueSky! Just joined and excited to connect. I’m a singer and interdisciplinary artivist creating at the intersection of love and liberation. My latest song, No Es Mi Presidente Remix, just dropped and is streaming everywhere! Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1e9...

BREAKING UPDATE! The legend @tainaasili.bsky.social is on bluesky now! Follow for dope revolutionary music and politics

please Please PLEASE SHARE! Eight years ago, Taina Asili stood up to Drumpf with her song "No Es Mi Presidente". Today, she returns with raised fists in her latest remix of her song and video. The struggle is real, and So are WE; This battle goes hard, and So shall WE! ✊ youtu.be/M1e9VXBiQDw?...

New TOMORROW 4pm ET Decolonize Your Playlist episode We Are Power! People & power tunes from contemporary Indigenous musicians like Taina Asili, Adrian Sutherland, John Trudell, Amanda Rheaume, THRONE, Las Cafeteras, Dead Pioneers, Lila Downs, Chicano Batman, Drezus, Joy Harjo, more uncertain.fm

Thanks for sharing this! Check the song and music video documentary for "Abolition" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrtD...

Yep, proud anti-fascist artist!

Thank you so much for sharing bestie!