Craig Gilmore
@craiggilmore.bsky.social
abolitionist organizing // land & housing // books & music.
Socialists: pink
Fascists: blue
Fascists: blue
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Socialists: pink
Fascists: blue
Fascists: blue
The massive growth of deportation infrastructure has been uneven & inadequate to meet the administration's goals. The bottlenecks of not enough ICE lawyers in MN (see article below) is partly solved by denying detainees the right to appeal (see 2nd article below). 1/
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The massive growth of deportation infrastructure has been uneven & inadequate to meet the administration's goals. The bottlenecks of not enough ICE lawyers in MN (see article below) is partly solved by denying detainees the right to appeal (see 2nd article below). 1/
Reposted by Craig Gilmore
The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
February 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
Great reporting (again) from @lataco.bsky.social / @chularadio.bsky.social
Messages in (lotion & deodorant) bottles, tossed over the wall at Otay Mesa Detention Center::
Messages in (lotion & deodorant) bottles, tossed over the wall at Otay Mesa Detention Center::
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Great reporting (again) from @lataco.bsky.social / @chularadio.bsky.social
Messages in (lotion & deodorant) bottles, tossed over the wall at Otay Mesa Detention Center::
Messages in (lotion & deodorant) bottles, tossed over the wall at Otay Mesa Detention Center::
Bologna::
📣📆 Italy-based friends & colleagues! Our co-director @andrianifili.bsky.social will present her new book, Caged Histories, at the University of Bologna on 16 Feb. The book brings together 10 yrs of research on violence & resistance in Greek detention. More info ⬇️
psicologia.unibo.it/it/agenda-ev...
psicologia.unibo.it/it/agenda-ev...
Storie ingabbiate
Violenza e resistenza nei contesti di detenzione amministrativa in Grecia
psicologia.unibo.it
February 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Bologna::
"Was also könnte helfen, damit der aktive Widerstand gegen Abschiebebehörden auch in Deutschland häufiger wird?"
@raulzelik.bsky.social
@raulzelik.bsky.social
Gegen die Abschiebebehörde ICE in den USA wächst der Widerstand. Was lässt sich tun, damit es solche Courage auch hierzulande möglich wird.
Bedingungen des Protests
Gegen die Abschiebebehörde ICE in den USA wächst der Widerstand. Was lässt sich tun, damit es solche Courage auch hierzulande möglich wird.
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"Was also könnte helfen, damit der aktive Widerstand gegen Abschiebebehörden auch in Deutschland häufiger wird?"
@raulzelik.bsky.social
@raulzelik.bsky.social
REALLY USEFUL overview of the many ways ICE is entwined with sheriffs from @jesspish.bsky.social
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
How Local Law Enforcement Collaborates with ICE
February 6, 2026
sheriffs.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
REALLY USEFUL overview of the many ways ICE is entwined with sheriffs from @jesspish.bsky.social
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
"...local laws that require or encourage the arrest and detention of people (even those accused of misdemeanors) are making it easier to deport immigrants."
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I've been banging on & on about Fargo Tbakhi's essay in @proteanmag.com ever since it came out almost 2 yrs ago
this part spoke to me the most, cuz i've been pleading with ppl to stop using this word, so i am sharing it again with y'all.
"t*r*or*sm is the great weapon of the West. It is used only
this part spoke to me the most, cuz i've been pleading with ppl to stop using this word, so i am sharing it again with y'all.
"t*r*or*sm is the great weapon of the West. It is used only
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Reposted by Craig Gilmore
i had imposter syndrome trying to talk about fascism alongside Alberto Toscano, but i'm glad i did coz it was an incredibly generative conversation that helped distill & crystallize my own thoughts about fascism worldwide today & it's differentiations from the past.
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
Lifeboats, steampunk and colonialism – fascism today | Transnational Institute
In this fascinating opening interview for State of Power 2026, scholar activists Toscano and Walia explore the historic roots and current capitalist dynamics that have led to the rise of fascism world...
www.tni.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
i had imposter syndrome trying to talk about fascism alongside Alberto Toscano, but i'm glad i did coz it was an incredibly generative conversation that helped distill & crystallize my own thoughts about fascism worldwide today & it's differentiations from the past.
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
www.tni.org/en/article/l...
Glasgow & Edinburgh::
Don't miss this::
Don't miss this::
Joshua Page speaking in Glasgow on Predatory aspects of US criminal justice on 11 March.
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
If you can't make it, he's also talking on the same topic in Edinburgh on 12 March.
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Criminology #CriminalJustice #Research
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Glasgow & Edinburgh::
Don't miss this::
Don't miss this::
It is great that someone leaked these videos. BUT you have to KNOW NOTHING about how prisons work to be surprised that guards regularly violently punish incarcerated people who complain, file claims, talk to the press, etc. And by "work" I mean that violence is essential to how prisons function.
The videos appear to bolster lawsuits claiming guards used force against California prisoners after they filed sexual harassment claims.
Leaked videos show California prison guards pepper-sprayed incarcerated women who alleged sexual misconduct
The videos appear to bolster lawsuits claiming guards used force against California prisoners after they filed sexual harassment claims.
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM
It is great that someone leaked these videos. BUT you have to KNOW NOTHING about how prisons work to be surprised that guards regularly violently punish incarcerated people who complain, file claims, talk to the press, etc. And by "work" I mean that violence is essential to how prisons function.
Reposted by Craig Gilmore
Hoooooly shit. Epstein's private jet was previously owned by the CIA and was used to for extraordinary rendition to Guantanamo.
February 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Hoooooly shit. Epstein's private jet was previously owned by the CIA and was used to for extraordinary rendition to Guantanamo.
Reposted by Craig Gilmore
Hours after I first posted this article, I was told that several VA nurses who are members of AFGE will attend the union’s annual legislative conference in Washington next week to raise the issue of kicking the National Border Patrol Council out of AFGE and the AFL-CIO. I hope they succeed.
NEW: Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, was murdered by a member of his own federal union. Can AFGE kick out the Border Patrol like it did to ICE in 2022?
Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, was murdered by a member of his own union
AFGE represents VA nurses as well as the masked agents of the Border Patrol roaming the streets of Minneapolis. It kicked ICE out in 2022. Cop unions are a malicious presence in the AFL-CIO.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Hours after I first posted this article, I was told that several VA nurses who are members of AFGE will attend the union’s annual legislative conference in Washington next week to raise the issue of kicking the National Border Patrol Council out of AFGE and the AFL-CIO. I hope they succeed.
National Nurses United
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
National Nurses United
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
More on ICE's purchase & conversion of [surplus] mega-warehouses into detention centers.
Back in the day, critics of the lack of programming inside argued that prisons weren't rehabilitating people, but simply warehousing them.
Back in the day, critics of the lack of programming inside argued that prisons weren't rehabilitating people, but simply warehousing them.
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
More on ICE's purchase & conversion of [surplus] mega-warehouses into detention centers.
Back in the day, critics of the lack of programming inside argued that prisons weren't rehabilitating people, but simply warehousing them.
Back in the day, critics of the lack of programming inside argued that prisons weren't rehabilitating people, but simply warehousing them.
Is it clear yet that ICE is not about immigration?
ICE just showed up at our house for the second day in a row. Four cars yesterday, today five. They rolled up slow, then got out to taunt us, and take pictures of the house. They want fear to overwhelm us, to project a fantasy of power meant to intimidate, isolate, produce obedience—not happening.
January 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Is it clear yet that ICE is not about immigration?
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A democracia que nos vendem não é neutra. Quando democracia e liberdade se confundem com mercado, elas passam a justificar guerras, prisões, tortura e violência em nome de um suposto “bem maior”.
Texto por: @marcosmorcego.bsky.social
Acesse em: www.cliooperaria.com/post/t05e05-...
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Texto por: @marcosmorcego.bsky.social
Acesse em: www.cliooperaria.com/post/t05e05-...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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Here's our recent Death Panel chat, notable for the great fun we had talking with @reallandsend.bsky.social & getting to meet the newest of the DP gang:
January 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Here's our recent Death Panel chat, notable for the great fun we had talking with @reallandsend.bsky.social & getting to meet the newest of the DP gang:
