Abaki’s Substack

Against individualism

Moving towards vulnerability to embrace the collective

Oct 7 • 

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August 2025

Scar Tissue

Border violence and Indigeneity

Aug 20 • 

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April 2025

Plant Medicine

We gather, we process, we use.

Apr 27 • 

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A roadtrip to Area 51, one decade later

Reflections on searching the night sky

Apr 6 • 

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February 2025

What do we owe each other?

Reflections on mutual aid, organizing, and future visioning

Feb 23 • 

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January 2025

Colonialism and Fire Management in California

Sharing resources and reflection

Jan 9 • 

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Bringing balance to the new year

Centering rest, joy, and love

Jan 1 • 

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November 2024

A post election offering

How do I live my values, over and over again?

Nov 6, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Mental Illness (In Parts)

Please know: This essay discusses depression, self harm, and suicidal ideation.

Oct 27, 2024 • 

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All I want for Indigenous People's Day is a Free Palestine

“So much of the work of oppression is policing the imagination.”

Oct 14, 2024 • 

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July 2024

What radicalized you?

Notes from my co-conspirators

Jul 29, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Poetry [in Fragments]

A few weeks ago, my friend Isabella and I had a collaging night where we each wrote a poem with phrases and words we cut out of ‘80s and ‘90s National…

Jun 16, 2024 • 

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