Jason Guthartz
@restructures.bsky.social
#DismantleWhiteness
abolition, reparations, libraries, archives, music, film, art, Chicago
abolition, reparations, libraries, archives, music, film, art, Chicago
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Got a good snow pun? Enter it in Chicago’s fourth annual “name a snowplow” contest.
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Da Plow Naming Contest Is Back. Here’s How to Enter
Got a good snow pun? Enter it in Chicago's fourth annual "name a snowplow" contest.
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Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
Trump has now bombed more countries than any president in US history.
US Bombs Nigeria on Christmas Day in Trump’s Latest Military Escalation
Trump has now bombed more countries than any president in US history.
truthout.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
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If you've only heard but never seen Derek Bailey play, this will be a revelation.
His technique & virtuosity in service of a unique aesthetic ecology is a wonder & joy to behold.
bsky.app/profile/rest...
His technique & virtuosity in service of a unique aesthetic ecology is a wonder & joy to behold.
bsky.app/profile/rest...
WOW 👀 WOW 👀 WOW
Not HD, but absolutely amazing broadcast footage of Derek Bailey solo and in trio with Tony Coe (cl) & Tebbe Lipere (perc), at the 1984 Claxon Festival (Utrecht).
+ Richard Teitelbaum, Diamanda Galas & others.
"The BEST of CLAXON-FESTIVAL (VPRO/1984)"
youtu.be/aSXJ2eY1XVw?...
Not HD, but absolutely amazing broadcast footage of Derek Bailey solo and in trio with Tony Coe (cl) & Tebbe Lipere (perc), at the 1984 Claxon Festival (Utrecht).
+ Richard Teitelbaum, Diamanda Galas & others.
"The BEST of CLAXON-FESTIVAL (VPRO/1984)"
youtu.be/aSXJ2eY1XVw?...
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you've only heard but never seen Derek Bailey play, this will be a revelation.
His technique & virtuosity in service of a unique aesthetic ecology is a wonder & joy to behold.
bsky.app/profile/rest...
His technique & virtuosity in service of a unique aesthetic ecology is a wonder & joy to behold.
bsky.app/profile/rest...
My Derek Bailey memorial show on WNUR a few days after his passing:
![Thu, 29-Dec-2005
10:00am-12:30pm
for DEREK BAILEY (1930-2005)
Derek Bailey - Interlude / Mart of Time p2 - Drop Me Off at 96th Street - Scatter - 1987
Spontaneous Music Ensemble - part 3 - Karyobin - Chronoscope - 1968
D Bailey / G Lewis / J Zorn - The Warning Track - Yankees - Celluloid - 1982
Peter Kowald & Derek Bailey - Lost Lots - Duos: Europa-America-Japan [Kowald] - FMP - 1988
Company - The 1st Hackney Scroll: Theology - Fictions - Incus - 1977
Derek Bailey - Tap 1b - Incus Taps - Organ of Corti - 1973
Will Gaines & Derek Bailey - Glidin - Rappin & Tappin - Incus - 1994
Derek Bailey - George - Playbacks - Bingo - 1998
Derek Bailey & DJ Ninj - N/JZ/BM (re-mix) - Guitar, Drums ‘n’ Bass - Avant - 1995
D Bailey / H Bennink / E Parker - Fixed Elsewhere - The Topography of the Lungs - Incus - 1970
Derek Bailey & Evan Parker - Vein Forms: Peter Riley - Compatibles - Incus - 1985
Tony Oxley - Quartets – Eiroc / Santrel - Ichnos - RCA - 1971
The Music Improvisation Company - Wolfgang Van Gangbang - The Music Improvisation Company - ECM - 1970
Bailey / Parker / Braxton - Mutala - Company 2 - Incus - 1976
Bailey / Parker / Lewis / Holland - ATG 2 - Fables - Incus - 1980
Derek Bailey - Self-Erasing - Fairly Early With Postscripts - Emanem - 1987
Derek Bailey & Ernst Reijseger - Trio – minus one - Trios - Incus - 1983
Derek Bailey & Susie Ibarra - Lighter - BIDS - Incus - 2001
Iskra 1903 - Offcut 1 - Chapter One - Emanem - 1972
Derek Bailey & Steve Lacy - Input #5 - Outcome - Potlatch - 1983
Derek Bailey - Scaling - Notes - Incus - 1985
Derek Bailey & Han Bennink - Tether End 1 - Company 3 - Incus - 1976
Derek Bailey - Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone - Ballads - Tzadik - 2002
Derek Bailey - New Year Message 4 - New Year Messages - Table of the Elements - 1984
D Bailey / K Carter / J Stevens - Cheers/Tears - One Time - Incus - 1992](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreifcd5nghpdvfdwszqputw7xqfg3d7vnxqdekbealflvjlbbamlzba@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My Derek Bailey memorial show on WNUR a few days after his passing:
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Merry Christmas!
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
December 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Merry Christmas!
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
The President of Peace just bombed Nigeria.
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Israel has no right to exist as the genocidal apartheid state that Zionism requires it to be.
#StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
Eight-month-old among multiple Palestinians wounded in attacks across the occupied West Bank.
Infant, adults wounded in West Bank attacks by Israeli forces, settlers
Eight-month-old among multiple Palestinians wounded in attacks across the occupied West Bank.
www.aljazeera.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Israel has no right to exist as the genocidal apartheid state that Zionism requires it to be.
#StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
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Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
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With Christmas approaching, celebrations in Haifa were met with chaos after Israeli police stormed the Wadi al-Nisnas neighbourhood, arresting and beating Christians in the area.
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
With Christmas approaching, celebrations in Haifa were met with chaos after Israeli police stormed the Wadi al-Nisnas neighbourhood, arresting and beating Christians in the area.
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Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel’s illegal occupation and attacks.
Christmas under occupation: Israeli attacks against Palestinian Christians
Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel's illegal occupation and attacks.
www.aljazeera.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel’s illegal occupation and attacks.
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Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether.
‘No true sense of celebration' as Israeli bombs drown out Christmas in Gaza
Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether.
www.aljazeera.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether.
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Today, 1.25 million kids will spend the holiday without their parent because of mass incarceration.
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today, 1.25 million kids will spend the holiday without their parent because of mass incarceration.
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Dig this vocal arrangement by Gene Puerling 🥰
The Singers Unlimited, "Wassail Song" (1972) 🎄
youtu.be/kZMvvQorEzY
The Singers Unlimited, "Wassail Song" (1972) 🎄
youtu.be/kZMvvQorEzY
Wassail Song
YouTube video by The Singers Unlimited - Topic
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Dig this vocal arrangement by Gene Puerling 🥰
The Singers Unlimited, "Wassail Song" (1972) 🎄
youtu.be/kZMvvQorEzY
The Singers Unlimited, "Wassail Song" (1972) 🎄
youtu.be/kZMvvQorEzY
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December 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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We don’t even know how many people die in jails. We think it’s around 1000-1200 a year. That does not include shortening lifespans or other early death caused by incarceration
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/06...
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/06...
New research: More evidence that county jail incarceration harms health, raising death rates
The health burdens of jail expansion are heaviest in places that already lock a lot of people up. Those places also would see the largest ...
www.prisonpolicy.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We don’t even know how many people die in jails. We think it’s around 1000-1200 a year. That does not include shortening lifespans or other early death caused by incarceration
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/06...
www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/06...
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If you can move on from societal disdain for mass pedicide - from Sandy Hook to Gaza - then truly anything is possible.
Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia
Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia
WASHINGTON—Facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his perceived ties to the Jeffrey Epstein case, President Donald Trump reportedly encouraged his supporters Monday to simply move on from so...
theonion.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you can move on from societal disdain for mass pedicide - from Sandy Hook to Gaza - then truly anything is possible.
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American fascism is brutal and it’s only getting ready to really start singing unfortunately.
“Faith leaders were turned away from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Christmas Eve morning after attempting to enter and pray with detainees.”
The Broadview ICE facility is an evil place.
The Broadview ICE facility is an evil place.
Faith leaders denied access to pray with detainees at Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve
The interfaith group has repeatedly sought entry to the building but has been turned away each time. During their latest effort, they said they wanted to offer “pastoral care” to Christians detained t...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
American fascism is brutal and it’s only getting ready to really start singing unfortunately.
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Leqaa Kordia was arrested in March at her ICE appointment in New Jersey and immediately sent to the Prairieland Detention Center where she’s been held ever since. People are organizing to demand her release, like her fellow Palestinians arrested at the Colombia U. Gaza solidarity protests.
Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who has been detained by ICE for nearly ten months.
Free Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Woman Who Joined Columbia U. Protest Has Been Detained Since March
Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who was arrested at a 2024 Columbia University Gaza solidarity protest. The charges were dismissed, but when she went to her ICE check-...
www.democracynow.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Leqaa Kordia was arrested in March at her ICE appointment in New Jersey and immediately sent to the Prairieland Detention Center where she’s been held ever since. People are organizing to demand her release, like her fellow Palestinians arrested at the Colombia U. Gaza solidarity protests.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration may revoke the visas of critics of Elon Musk's Twitter.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
The move would mark one of the admin's first attempts to revoke the visas of people they deem to be engaging in the “censorship” of Americans.
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter
Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
zeteo.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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ain't no fuckin way
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
ain't no fuckin way
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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the fact that a lot of other Ds say this shit doesn't change the fact that it is a fascist lie.
just disgusting that he's saying this as Trump is using this as an excuse to literally kidnap and murder people in my city. fuck this shit.
just disgusting that he's saying this as Trump is using this as an excuse to literally kidnap and murder people in my city. fuck this shit.
Trump's re-election campaign is going to be running favorable quotes from ... [checks notes] ... Senator Bernie Sanders.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
the fact that a lot of other Ds say this shit doesn't change the fact that it is a fascist lie.
just disgusting that he's saying this as Trump is using this as an excuse to literally kidnap and murder people in my city. fuck this shit.
just disgusting that he's saying this as Trump is using this as an excuse to literally kidnap and murder people in my city. fuck this shit.
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The Bernie Sanders who went on Lou Dobbs and sounded like a xenophobe was the real Bernie Sanders.
“If you don’t have any borders, you don’t have a nation.”
“Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it.”
“Trump did a better job. I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it.”
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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concentration camps.
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
concentration camps.