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a video of the young man's arrest shows him backing up, following commands, while having a weapon drawn on him. He's then surrounded, thrown to the ground, jumped on, and detained. shared with permission.
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
a video of the young man's arrest shows him backing up, following commands, while having a weapon drawn on him. He's then surrounded, thrown to the ground, jumped on, and detained. shared with permission.
Rev. Jorge Bautista getting shot with "less than lethal" weapons at the Oakland blockade of the base where ICE is posting up.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Rev. Jorge Bautista getting shot with "less than lethal" weapons at the Oakland blockade of the base where ICE is posting up.
Oakland, you have my heart. 😭 (Photo by @movementphotog.bsky.social)
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Oakland, you have my heart. 😭 (Photo by @movementphotog.bsky.social)
The Homefulness community has created a new "liberation easement" that legally preserves land for poor people-led organizing, Indigenous cultural revitalization, and permanent collective stewardship, protecting the land from returning to the speculative market."
www.poormagazine.org/post/unselli...
www.poormagazine.org/post/unselli...
UnSelling at the Recorders Office in Huchiun
For Immediate release: contact tiny 510-435-7500, Mute Mama Earth is NOT for Sale! Houseless/Poor, Black, Brown, Disabled ComeUnity in collaboration with 1st Nations Peoples of this land create a HERs...
www.poormagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Homefulness community has created a new "liberation easement" that legally preserves land for poor people-led organizing, Indigenous cultural revitalization, and permanent collective stewardship, protecting the land from returning to the speculative market."
www.poormagazine.org/post/unselli...
www.poormagazine.org/post/unselli...
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People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.
There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.
People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.
People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.
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I won't use any organizing energy opposing the criminalization of feds, but I really think people should be focusing on restorative initiatives for victims / communities first. We already saw the results of Jan 6 prosecutions---they're already back on the streets.
While I think ICE agents should face criminal charges for their kidnapping of immigrants, they should face long, and perhaps lifetime, prison sentences for anything like this involving kids. An ICE agent willing to do this is not someone who should be out among society even after Dems retake power.
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I won't use any organizing energy opposing the criminalization of feds, but I really think people should be focusing on restorative initiatives for victims / communities first. We already saw the results of Jan 6 prosecutions---they're already back on the streets.
This is liturgy right here.
The priest on the right is holding a monstrance. It’s used to display a piece of communion bread — which Catholics believe becomes the literal body of Christ when it’s consecrated — for worship.
A monstrance is normally only used in *very* solemn ceremonies.
A monstrance is normally only used in *very* solemn ceremonies.
Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.
October 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is liturgy right here.
They say "bad theology kills." For National Coming Out Day, I wanted to offer some theology that doesn't. (Grateful to Grace, Riot, and the Sisterly retreat for the prompting to write this.)
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Dyke Theology
Because apparently I have one
substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They say "bad theology kills." For National Coming Out Day, I wanted to offer some theology that doesn't. (Grateful to Grace, Riot, and the Sisterly retreat for the prompting to write this.)
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This. Right. Here.
I also have no nostalgia for the road to fascism, which is a trap I think a lot of liberal and progressive folks are falling into—romanticizing the conditions that preceded this moment of acceleration. The path that led to this mess is not the way out.
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This. Right. Here.
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🇹🇷🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Following the Global Sumud Flotilla interceptions, More than 45 Turkish civilian ships are heading directly toward Gaza.
This comes as a response to Israel intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy.
This comes as a response to Israel intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy.
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🇹🇷🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Following the Global Sumud Flotilla interceptions, More than 45 Turkish civilian ships are heading directly toward Gaza.
This comes as a response to Israel intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy.
This comes as a response to Israel intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla convoy.
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Take heart. The fight is not over. ONE Flotilla vessel ALMOST reached the shores of Gaza, but it’s more profound than that: it’s the closest any aid vessel has got in *18 YEARS*!!!
October 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Take heart. The fight is not over. ONE Flotilla vessel ALMOST reached the shores of Gaza, but it’s more profound than that: it’s the closest any aid vessel has got in *18 YEARS*!!!
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“You died.
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“You died.
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
I cried.
And kept on getting up.
A little slower.
And a lot more deadly.”
Rest in Power and Thank You
They. Will. Never. Win.
They pepper sprayed us after this. We washed our faces and are back to singing we shall overcome. They’ll never win.
At the Broadview ICE facility, an ICE agent tried to run dozens of protesters over with an SUV as we walked on a public crosswalk.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
He kept driving for about a full football field until ICE barraged us with pepper balls.
September 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
They. Will. Never. Win.
If you're feeling discouraged, read this. Resistance is happening, and it is beautiful.
As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you're feeling discouraged, read this. Resistance is happening, and it is beautiful.
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As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
Fighting for Our Stolen Neighbors: ICE, Tear Gas and a Guitar Blown Open
"Being out here to demand what is right is the only way to stay human," says Jessica Darrow.
organizingmythoughts.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As ICE continues to terrorize Chicagoland, protesters gathered this morning outside the Broadview detention center—throwing stuffed animals at DHS agents, playing music through tear gas assaults, and putting their bodies on the line to stop ICE vehicles. My latest.
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Media crackdowns are a core part of the fascist playbook. As more repression looms, @neginowl.bsky.social & I write,
those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities.
truthout.org/articles/jim...
those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities.
truthout.org/articles/jim...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Is Shocking, But the Worst Could Be Yet to Come
The ouster of comedian Jimmy Kimmel signals a broader crackdown on media. Let’s double down, not back off in response.
truthout.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Media crackdowns are a core part of the fascist playbook. As more repression looms, @neginowl.bsky.social & I write,
those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities.
truthout.org/articles/jim...
those of us in media need to ground ourselves in our own power, seeking creative ways to raise our voices and rooting ourselves in our solidarities.
truthout.org/articles/jim...
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If we are going to have any chance of preserving healthcare for trans people, reproductive care or frankly any kinds of care the regime wants to eliminate providers & institutions are going to have to band together to vigorously fight civil subpoenas & vague threats of criminalization at every turn
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If we are going to have any chance of preserving healthcare for trans people, reproductive care or frankly any kinds of care the regime wants to eliminate providers & institutions are going to have to band together to vigorously fight civil subpoenas & vague threats of criminalization at every turn
"I wish that man was not killed. 'Killing’s some wack shit.' But, more than that, I wish that man considered a public and private love for the most vulnerable parts of himself and his nation before he died. I wish the same for all of us."
--Kiese Laymon on FB
--Kiese Laymon on FB
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I wish that man was not killed. 'Killing’s some wack shit.' But, more than that, I wish that man considered a public and private love for the most vulnerable parts of himself and his nation before he died. I wish the same for all of us."
--Kiese Laymon on FB
--Kiese Laymon on FB
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Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
They watched ICE detain their dad. Now D.C. neighbors escort them to school.
Immigrant neighborhoods across the District have organized “walking school buses” to shuttle kids to classes during President Donald Trump’s federalization of D.C. police.
wapo.st
September 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
I second this recommendation. Thanks, Jonathan.
While it's true that the "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" has been entirely sanitized to the point of context collapse, @melissaf-b.bsky.social wrote a great book that recontextualizes it and I do recommend "How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace."
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I second this recommendation. Thanks, Jonathan.
"I know these days seem hard, but we will change the tide." In case you need this song as much as I did today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCm...
JNR WILLIAMS - Keep Your Head Child (Demo)
YouTube video by JNRWILLIAMSVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"I know these days seem hard, but we will change the tide." In case you need this song as much as I did today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqCm...
Until the trans woman murdered down the block, the kid dead of gender dysphoria, the ICE detainee dead in custody, the auntie dead for lack of healthcare, and EVERY PERSON DEAD IN GAZA are all universally grieved, I am unlikely to shed a tear for Charlie Kirk. All are victims of political violence.
September 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Until the trans woman murdered down the block, the kid dead of gender dysphoria, the ICE detainee dead in custody, the auntie dead for lack of healthcare, and EVERY PERSON DEAD IN GAZA are all universally grieved, I am unlikely to shed a tear for Charlie Kirk. All are victims of political violence.
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hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
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Also support the @atlsolfund.bsky.social.
If you want to learn more about the original RICO charges that people were facing opposing the construction of a $90+ million militarized cop training site, we have an annotated indictment available here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
If you want to learn more about the original RICO charges that people were facing opposing the construction of a $90+ million militarized cop training site, we have an annotated indictment available here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Also support the @atlsolfund.bsky.social.
If you want to learn more about the original RICO charges that people were facing opposing the construction of a $90+ million militarized cop training site, we have an annotated indictment available here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
If you want to learn more about the original RICO charges that people were facing opposing the construction of a $90+ million militarized cop training site, we have an annotated indictment available here: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
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The longtime fear-mongering about crime in major cities is, of course, copaganda and is being used as a pretext for occupation. It has more to do with criminalizing and controlling specific populations i.e. Black, brown, unhoused, and poor people, and not others.
The vast majority of Americans, 81%, see crime as a “major problem” in large cities, according to recent polling from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Statistics show overall crime is down across the nation, with some cities reporting 30-year lows. https://to.pbs.org/4gc4aAt
Statistics show overall crime is down across the nation, with some cities reporting 30-year lows. https://to.pbs.org/4gc4aAt
Republicans eager for Trump to expand use of military on U.S. soil
As Trump has stepped up his use of military force, fellow Republicans in Congress have done little but cheer him on.
www.pbs.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The longtime fear-mongering about crime in major cities is, of course, copaganda and is being used as a pretext for occupation. It has more to do with criminalizing and controlling specific populations i.e. Black, brown, unhoused, and poor people, and not others.