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multi-award winning journalist, documentary photographer // production West Side Storytellers, union IWW-FJU, signal: bencamacho.01

new worker-led publication @thesouthlander.com

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This is screening in Santa Ana on Sunday: www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-gre...
January 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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In October, I attended the @empirefiles.bsky.social LA film premiere for their new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy. By far, one of the most crucial topics & reporting of our lifetime. A must-watch!

For The Southlander newsletter, I wrote about the film ⬇️
For our most recent newsletter, journalist Morgan Keith spoke with Abby Martin about her documentary, "Earth's Greatest Enemy." The film chronicles how the escalation of climate catastrophes across the world are deeply entwined with the carbon footprint of the U.S. military-industrial complex.
Abby Martin’s new documentary takes aim at one of the world’s largest polluters: the U.S. military
Martin spoke with The Southlander about “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,” and her revolutionary optimism about the growing consciousness of people around the globe.
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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An ICE agent slammed into his pickup truck twice then lied to cops about it. Check out @abemarquez.bsky.social's interview with Leo Martinez of immigrant advocacy group VC Defensa.
Hit-and-Lie: An interview with Ventura County Defensa’s Leo Martinez
An ICE agent slammed into his pickup truck twice then lied to cops about it. Check out @abemarquez.bsky.social's interview with Leo Martinez of immigrant advocacy group VC Defensa.
thesouthlander.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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For The Southlander newsletter, I interviewed Leo Martinez from VC Defensa about the day an ICE agent T-boned his truck while he was patrolling an industrial area of Oxnard on October 16. Check it out! And subscribe to our newsletter!
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The Southlander is honored to receive support from the Immediate Needs Fund established by Tiny News Collective. We will be using the funds to obtain media liability insurance, which is essential before we publish our first investigations of 2026.

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January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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🎥 Here is a clip from an interview with Leo Martinez, an organizer with Ventura County Defensa (VC Defensa), as he reflects on ICE retaliating against him and on how his organization is prepared to fight

You watch the whole interview on our website: thesouthlander.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Maduro taken to NY MDC where Luigi is also held at
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I just learned you can bet money on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
because someone actually thought that I, a latino journalist from a working-class background with indigenous roots, supported the bombing of a latin american country and abduction of its leader, i am quoting the post with this video for context: youtu.be/zXrjlOE9e50?...
January 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
LA Times’ headline just saying what many Americans have been saying (suggesting) since jan 20 last year

and twice they’ve tried to “do it” but it hasn’t been done
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Trump just said the "people standing right behind [him]" will be running Venezuela. Marco Rubio is visible behind him.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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BREAKING: Trump on Venezuela, says, lawlessly: “We’re gonna run it … until such time as a proper transition can take place.”
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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None of these people ever think about the blowback or the consequences from regime change, nation building, or other kinds of foreign policy interventionsm. You can never predict the fallout and Trump went in with a completely dumb idea of initiating regime change by force.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Overthrowing the government of Iran and installing the shah led to the Iranian revolution and the Ayatollah. Funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the taliban and Al queda. These unlawful actions could have destabilizing consequences for decades and this will haunt the US for generations.
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The US is bombing Venezuela.
CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Inadvertent, my Substack publication, is going through a rebrand.

Sourcing records can be a grueling process. The cops don’t like to give them out, city attorneys find every excuse to withhold them, city council members straight up delete them, it is no wonder transparency can lead to change, and
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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all i want for christmas
December 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
please hire more journalists of color from working class backgrounds in 2026 thank you goodbye
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
organizing my hard drives, found some good screenshots here
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I wrote something for yall: inadvertent.substack.com/p/crooked-tr...

(and yes it is a fundraiser but it's got more than that)
I Nailed The Christmas Tree Crooked To The Base
And I smashed my thumb when I did it.
inadvertent.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
boosting this
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
become a paid subscriber so i can pay a graphic designer and not make you all look at my mediocre canva skills anymore
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
thing about not being able to the fed gov is factually inaccurate. It’s not always the same type of copyright claim in the same court, but you can absolutely sue the federal government over your stolen work.

cc @nppa.org @susanseager.bsky.social @jacklerner.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Alabama's criminal legal system–much like the rest of the U.S.–is riddled with injustices, and @bshelburne.bsky.social's insightful Substack is leading the charge in exposing the state's deadly prisons:
Moth to flame | Beth Shelburne | Substack
Reporting and writing at the intersection of justice, injustice and life in Alabama. Click to read Moth to flame, by Beth Shelburne, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
bethshelburne.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM