Breaking ICE: Pre-Order Link, Book Tour, Virtual Events, Reviews, and Press Coverage!

📖 My new book Breaking ICE: Community Defense Against State Terror and MAGA Fascism will be out in exactly a month!

I've partnered with independent bookstore Vroman's Books in Pasadena to fill pre-orders!

Pre-order a personalized signed copy of the book

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

BOOK TOUR

ALERT, Indie Bookstore lovers! I'll be on tour in late summer/fall:

Chicago, IL

Thursday August 27 at 7 PM - Pilsen Community Books, 1531 W 18th St Chicago, IL. Featuring Sonali Kolhatkar, Richard Wallace and Diego Morales. RSVP HERE. Sponsored by In These Times magazine.

Los Angeles, CA

Thursday September 3 AT 7 PM - Vroman's Books, Pasadena, 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101-2116. Featuring Sonali Kolhatkar, Pablo Alvarado, Adela de la Torre, and guests. RSVP HERE. Sponsored by KPFK Radio.

Seattle, WA

Monday September 28 AT 7:30 PM - Seattle Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. Featuring Sonali Kolhatkar and guests (TBD). RSVP here.

Denver, CO

Friday October 23, Time TBD - The SHOP at Matter, 2114 Market St
Denver, CO 80205, RiNo arts district, Denver. Featuring Sonali Kolhatkar and guests. Sponsored by Free Speech TV.

Minneapolis, MN

Monday October 26 at 6 pm - Moon Palace Books, 3032 Minnehaha Ave.
Minneapolis, MN. Featuring Sonali Kolhatkar in conversation with Dr. Yohuru Williams, Peter Rachleff, and Shannon Gibney. Sponsored by East Side Freedom Library. RSVP here.

REVIEWS

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

“The current war on immigrants is only the latest episode—albeit one of the most vicious—in the battle over belonging, and the stakes are higher than ever,” journalist and political commentator Kolhatkar (Talking About Abolition) asserts in this galvanizing collection of interviews with activists organizing against ICE.... It’s an uplifting collection of influential voices fighting for democracy. (Aug.)

Read on PW's website

PRESS COVERAGE

WBAI's Frontline Voices, hosted by Jesse Lent - August 12, 2026

Click here to listen

The Los Angeles Times, Essential California Newsletter by Gustavo Arellano - August 7, 2026

Click here to read

The Progressive Page Turner Podcast hosted by Marianne Barisonek - July 16, 2026

Click here to listen

Coming soon: The Internationalist, The Zero Hour, The Progressive Forum on KPFT, Ted Rall podcast, Law and Disorder on KPFA, Making Contact, Current Affairs, Code Pink Radio, Keen On America, The Chauncey DeVega Show, New Lines Magazine, and more.

EXCERPTS

The People Fighting Back: Inside Maine’s Immigrant Defense Movement

An excerpt from ‘Breaking ICE’ on how Maine became the blueprint for an immigration defense movement that caught fire in the Trump era.

In These Times