May
@mayhlin.bsky.social
Movement rooted researcher & educator @ center for empowered politics and CSULB. Long Beach, CA
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“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social. In addition to hearing Olúfẹ́mi's insights on protest & organizing, this episode may also appeal to people who want to hear me nerd out about direct action. Audio + transcript: truthout.org/audio/awaren...
May 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social. In addition to hearing Olúfẹ́mi's insights on protest & organizing, this episode may also appeal to people who want to hear me nerd out about direct action. Audio + transcript: truthout.org/audio/awaren...
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This article describes it in more depth, but I want to focus on a few things. First, when you build infrastructure like this and create new jobs/pensions for right-wing unions, it's hard to ever remove them. This new gestapo could become a permanent feature of our lives. www.wola.org/analysis/160...
$160 Billion to Detain and Deport: Congress’s “Reconciliation” Bill is a Betrayal of Priorities and Will Harm the Most Vulnerable - WOLA
This piece focuses on the incredible scale of what the U.S. Congress is proposing to spend on enforcement and border security. The reconciliation bill’s mammoth dimensions are not getting the attentio...
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May 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This article describes it in more depth, but I want to focus on a few things. First, when you build infrastructure like this and create new jobs/pensions for right-wing unions, it's hard to ever remove them. This new gestapo could become a permanent feature of our lives. www.wola.org/analysis/160...
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A very important thing that we can all do -- TALK to people you know about what this bill does. We know the media is going to push Republican framing. We know Republicans will lie. We also know the things this bill does are wildly unpopular. WE have to be the messengers.
May 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A very important thing that we can all do -- TALK to people you know about what this bill does. We know the media is going to push Republican framing. We know Republicans will lie. We also know the things this bill does are wildly unpopular. WE have to be the messengers.