It’s not the training, it’s the institution. Abolish ICE
January 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
It’s not the training, it’s the institution. Abolish ICE
Reposted by Mary Oliva
bsky.app/profile/anja... nonviolence is a strategic choice, and it's also a highly risky one *for participants*
the thing about satyagraha is that Gandhi being murdered himself doesn't constitute failure--the point of nonviolent resistance isn't that it's more safe, it's that it dramatizes the violence of the state and highlights its illegitimacy via contrast, and it mobilizes public outrage against injustice
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
bsky.app/profile/anja... nonviolence is a strategic choice, and it's also a highly risky one *for participants*
Reposted by Mary Oliva
let me put this another way: people who die as a result of nonviolent resistance are killed by the state or imperial violence. they are the victims of state or imperial violence. it's not the strategy that's killing them, the strategy is a targeted response to the thing that wants to kill them.
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
let me put this another way: people who die as a result of nonviolent resistance are killed by the state or imperial violence. they are the victims of state or imperial violence. it's not the strategy that's killing them, the strategy is a targeted response to the thing that wants to kill them.
Reposted by Mary Oliva
Stop starting from the assumption that protesters are the root cause of violence during political conflict. They are not. The violence is coming from THE FEDS. You are responsible for protecting your residents from THEM.
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Stop starting from the assumption that protesters are the root cause of violence during political conflict. They are not. The violence is coming from THE FEDS. You are responsible for protecting your residents from THEM.
Reposted by Mary Oliva
They shot an undocumented man here on a busy street in the middle of the day.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz
The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
They shot an undocumented man here on a busy street in the middle of the day.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.
They put “5 shots, 7 holes” (agents bragging words) in a Latina woman. Lied about the reasons. Charged her with attacking them then dropped it all.
There wasn’t enough outrage.