Ella Fassler
@ella-writes.bsky.social
journalist covering solidarity economies, social movements & policing 🏴🌻 | @truthout.org contributor
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We are speedrunning "the worst, most dangerous technologies trickle down from military to feds to local police"
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CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We are speedrunning "the worst, most dangerous technologies trickle down from military to feds to local police"
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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"For Beckett, time banking is less about economics, and more about mending social fragmentation. 'We invariably wind up making friends,' he told Truthout, noting that he offers sailboat rides to fellow members. 'The whole point is to knit community.'"
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Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
truthout.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"For Beckett, time banking is less about economics, and more about mending social fragmentation. 'We invariably wind up making friends,' he told Truthout, noting that he offers sailboat rides to fellow members. 'The whole point is to knit community.'"
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truthout.org/articles/dig...
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Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves. truthout.org/articles/dig...
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves. truthout.org/articles/dig...
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
truthout.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves. truthout.org/articles/dig...
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves. truthout.org/articles/dig...
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Members of time exchange networks come together to help each other with every day tasks, navigating challenging paperwork, or even moving house. One such community has 530 active members and more than 101,000 hours exchanged over the past 15 years.
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
buff.ly
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Members of time exchange networks come together to help each other with every day tasks, navigating challenging paperwork, or even moving house. One such community has 530 active members and more than 101,000 hours exchanged over the past 15 years.
While many modern time banks operate in relatively apolitical spaces, revolutionary mutual aid groups could reclaim them as tools for building power and breaking out of siloed organizing.
My latest for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/dig...
My latest for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/dig...
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
truthout.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
While many modern time banks operate in relatively apolitical spaces, revolutionary mutual aid groups could reclaim them as tools for building power and breaking out of siloed organizing.
My latest for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/dig...
My latest for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/dig...
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Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools
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As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools
truthout.org/articles/bla...
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
truthout.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools
truthout.org/articles/bla...
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools
truthout.org/articles/bla...
Amid book bans and DEI rollbacks, Black-led homeschool co-ops are forming as liberatory and inclusive alternatives to traditional schooling.
my latest for @truthout.org
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my latest for @truthout.org
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Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
truthout.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Amid book bans and DEI rollbacks, Black-led homeschool co-ops are forming as liberatory and inclusive alternatives to traditional schooling.
my latest for @truthout.org
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my latest for @truthout.org
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"In homeschool cooperatives, students learn side by side from one another’s parents — an embodiment of the saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” At For the Culture, parent-teachers introduced Cari and her classmates to the genocide in Gaza and other current events..."
How awesome is this?
How awesome is this?
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
truthout.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"In homeschool cooperatives, students learn side by side from one another’s parents — an embodiment of the saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” At For the Culture, parent-teachers introduced Cari and her classmates to the genocide in Gaza and other current events..."
How awesome is this?
How awesome is this?
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As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
buff.ly
August 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"Across the board, the assemblies are committed to building people’s power beyond the confines of the electoral system."
Autonomous community assemblies are forming in various cities to coordinate mutual aid and community defense.
Latest from @ella-writes.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/gra...
Autonomous community assemblies are forming in various cities to coordinate mutual aid and community defense.
Latest from @ella-writes.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/gra...
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda
People’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system.
truthout.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"Across the board, the assemblies are committed to building people’s power beyond the confines of the electoral system."
Autonomous community assemblies are forming in various cities to coordinate mutual aid and community defense.
Latest from @ella-writes.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/gra...
Autonomous community assemblies are forming in various cities to coordinate mutual aid and community defense.
Latest from @ella-writes.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/gra...
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Popular assemblies offer a space for anti-fascist and progressive forces to coordinate, strategize, and make decisions together to build power that can be leveraged against the U.S. government.
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda
People’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system.
buff.ly
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Popular assemblies offer a space for anti-fascist and progressive forces to coordinate, strategize, and make decisions together to build power that can be leveraged against the U.S. government.
Reposted by Ella Fassler
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda truthout.org/articles/gra...
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda
People’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system.
truthout.org
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda truthout.org/articles/gra...
A movement of popular assemblies is organizing for collective care, immigration defense, and self-governance. I spoke with organizers building power outside of the electoral system for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/gra...
truthout.org/articles/gra...
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda
People’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system.
truthout.org
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A movement of popular assemblies is organizing for collective care, immigration defense, and self-governance. I spoke with organizers building power outside of the electoral system for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/gra...
truthout.org/articles/gra...
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Tool libraries offer community members access to “power washers, hammers, drills, cameras, lawn mowers, pet carriers, grills” and such to help with project. “There are no tariffs on sharing. The more we share, the more we have.” (via @prisonculture.bsky.social) [truthout.org]
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tool libraries offer community members access to “power washers, hammers, drills, cameras, lawn mowers, pet carriers, grills” and such to help with project. “There are no tariffs on sharing. The more we share, the more we have.” (via @prisonculture.bsky.social) [truthout.org]
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tool libraries/tool sharing - like bicycles - are some of the greatest strategies for inflation mitigation
“Imagine a world where there are tool libraries in every neighborhood, and they’re third spaces for people to hang out without having to spend money,” she said. “There are potlucks to share food, and urban farms.” truthout.org/articles/no-...
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
tool libraries/tool sharing - like bicycles - are some of the greatest strategies for inflation mitigation
Covering tool libraries for @truthout.org gave me so much hope.
As the federal govenrment continues to implode, we can build power locally. Support your local tool library, (or if you don't have one, start one)!
As the federal govenrment continues to implode, we can build power locally. Support your local tool library, (or if you don't have one, start one)!
“Imagine a world where there are tool libraries in every neighborhood, and they’re third spaces for people to hang out without having to spend money,” she said. “There are potlucks to share food, and urban farms.” truthout.org/articles/no-...
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Covering tool libraries for @truthout.org gave me so much hope.
As the federal govenrment continues to implode, we can build power locally. Support your local tool library, (or if you don't have one, start one)!
As the federal govenrment continues to implode, we can build power locally. Support your local tool library, (or if you don't have one, start one)!
Reposted by Ella Fassler
Tool libraries are a great way to:
- save money, avoid the tariffs
- consume less to cause less harm to the planet
- build community to help fight fascism & take care of one another
In a world gone mad, this story is a bright spot.
- save money, avoid the tariffs
- consume less to cause less harm to the planet
- build community to help fight fascism & take care of one another
In a world gone mad, this story is a bright spot.
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tool libraries are a great way to:
- save money, avoid the tariffs
- consume less to cause less harm to the planet
- build community to help fight fascism & take care of one another
In a world gone mad, this story is a bright spot.
- save money, avoid the tariffs
- consume less to cause less harm to the planet
- build community to help fight fascism & take care of one another
In a world gone mad, this story is a bright spot.
Reposted by Ella Fassler
“Imagine a world where there are tool libraries in every neighborhood, and they’re third spaces for people to hang out without having to spend money,” she said. “There are potlucks to share food, and urban farms.” truthout.org/articles/no-...
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Imagine a world where there are tool libraries in every neighborhood, and they’re third spaces for people to hang out without having to spend money,” she said. “There are potlucks to share food, and urban farms.” truthout.org/articles/no-...
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“We’ve been made to believe that capitalism is the only way … But that’s not true,” says Manuela Hincapie Vidal, an employee at a Rhode Island tool library.
truthout.org/articles/no-...
truthout.org/articles/no-...
“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.
truthout.org
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“We’ve been made to believe that capitalism is the only way … But that’s not true,” says Manuela Hincapie Vidal, an employee at a Rhode Island tool library.
truthout.org/articles/no-...
truthout.org/articles/no-...
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New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick
The vibe: "Your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room."
The vibe: "Your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room."
New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick
Boyfriend, located off the busy Myrtle-Broadway intersection, is the realization of a decade-old dream to open a lesbian cooperative.
hellgatenyc.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick
The vibe: "Your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room."
The vibe: "Your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room."
I wrote about New York’s first cooperatively owned lesbian coffee & cocktail bar for @hellgatenyc.com
The vibe: “your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room” 🕯️💜🌟✨
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-first-le...
The vibe: “your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room” 🕯️💜🌟✨
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-first-le...
New York City's First Lesbian Cooperative Coffee & Cocktail Bar Is Opening in Bushwick
Boyfriend, located off the busy Myrtle-Broadway intersection, is the realization of a decade-old dream to open a lesbian cooperative.
hellgatenyc.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I wrote about New York’s first cooperatively owned lesbian coffee & cocktail bar for @hellgatenyc.com
The vibe: “your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room” 🕯️💜🌟✨
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-first-le...
The vibe: “your witchy gay Arab aunt’s living room” 🕯️💜🌟✨
hellgatenyc.com/nyc-first-le...