'It would be irresponsible of me to push you towards violence, but it’s okay to punch racists and Nazis, in my opinion.'
Written on New Year's Day 2026, this BRAND NEW pamphlet began as a letter bestselling author Nikesh Shukla wrote to his daughter about going to a social event that ended up being disrupted by racists, about wanting to stand up for what he believed in, about trying to live an anti-fascist life and feeling like a failure, about hope and fear, about the things we do to protect the ones we live, and how there has never been a more important time to act. Because hope must be held in a clenched fist.
Self-published and limited to 1000 copies, this essay is about hope, in all its knotty, messy forms, and how meeting the moment requires action.
'It would be irresponsible of me to push you towards violence, but it’s okay to punch racists and Nazis, in my opinion.'
Written on New Year's Day 2026, this BRAND NEW pamphlet began as a letter bestselling author Nikesh Shukla wrote to his daughter about going to a social event that ended up being disrupted by racists, about wanting to stand up for what he believed in, about trying to live an anti-fascist life and feeling like a failure, about hope and fear, about the things we do to protect the ones we live, and how there has never been a more important time to act. Because hope must be held in a clenched fist.
Self-published and limited to 1000 copies, this essay is about hope, in all its knotty, messy forms, and how meeting the moment requires action.
