Pollutical: Environmental & Political Action
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News, analysis, and art relevant to the environmental polycrisis.
Seeing the crisis not solely as a scientific and technical challenge, but also as a political one.
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making it illegal to leave your house without your papers or whatever is a fascist nightmare and a violation of due process in itself.
I feel like there should be real controlled studies to find out if there is a boot that Matt Yglesias won't lick.
I feel like there should be real controlled studies to find out if there is a boot that Matt Yglesias won't lick.
Constitution: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause
Matt Yglesias:
Matt Yglesias:
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
making it illegal to leave your house without your papers or whatever is a fascist nightmare and a violation of due process in itself.
I feel like there should be real controlled studies to find out if there is a boot that Matt Yglesias won't lick.
I feel like there should be real controlled studies to find out if there is a boot that Matt Yglesias won't lick.
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BASTA DE INFANTICIDIO
April 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
BASTA DE INFANTICIDIO
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They arrested and scrutinized Luigi for state terror and murder charges, when the evidence didn’t even line up— while they proudly invite Netanyahu, a genocidal monster, to the White House. This makes perfect sense, if you’re an absolute psychopath.
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
They arrested and scrutinized Luigi for state terror and murder charges, when the evidence didn’t even line up— while they proudly invite Netanyahu, a genocidal monster, to the White House. This makes perfect sense, if you’re an absolute psychopath.
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Israel is bombing Gaza, Lebanon and raiding the West Bank tonight
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Israel is bombing Gaza, Lebanon and raiding the West Bank tonight
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Hamas Succeeded In Exposing The True Face Of The Empire
“What has been seen cannot be unseen.”
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/hamas-succ...
“What has been seen cannot be unseen.”
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/hamas-succ...
Hamas Succeeded In Exposing The True Face Of The Empire
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
April 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Hamas Succeeded In Exposing The True Face Of The Empire
“What has been seen cannot be unseen.”
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/hamas-succ...
“What has been seen cannot be unseen.”
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/hamas-succ...
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This is Hamza Abu Issa. Israel beheaded him today.
April 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is Hamza Abu Issa. Israel beheaded him today.
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Here’s Philadelphia’s event. May 1 at City Hall at 4pm, with AFL-CIO, DSA, WFP and many others.
FOR THE WORKERS, NOT THE BILLIONAIRES
Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. We are demanding a country that puts our ...
actionnetwork.org
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Here’s Philadelphia’s event. May 1 at City Hall at 4pm, with AFL-CIO, DSA, WFP and many others.
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If the ruling class is going to run roughshod over the labor laws and worker protections we won in the 1930s, then sure, we can go back to how things were before then.
But they won’t like what happens 🧨 theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy...
But they won’t like what happens 🧨 theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy...
To Tramps
Lucy E. Parsons To Tramps 1884 “To Tramps,” Alarm, October 4, 1884. Also printed and distributed as a leaflet by the International Working People’s...
theanarchistlibrary.org
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If the ruling class is going to run roughshod over the labor laws and worker protections we won in the 1930s, then sure, we can go back to how things were before then.
But they won’t like what happens 🧨 theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy...
But they won’t like what happens 🧨 theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lucy...
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The Onion needs to get back to doing satire
April 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Onion needs to get back to doing satire
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Safiya Bukhari (1950–2003) was a member of the Black Panther Party.
Much of her work was about feeding children!
Also the co-founder of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), the Jericho Movement for U.S. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, and vice president of the Republic of New Afrika.
Much of her work was about feeding children!
Also the co-founder of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), the Jericho Movement for U.S. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, and vice president of the Republic of New Afrika.
April 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Safiya Bukhari (1950–2003) was a member of the Black Panther Party.
Much of her work was about feeding children!
Also the co-founder of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), the Jericho Movement for U.S. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, and vice president of the Republic of New Afrika.
Much of her work was about feeding children!
Also the co-founder of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), the Jericho Movement for U.S. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, and vice president of the Republic of New Afrika.
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Psyched to check my phone in the bread lines soon and find out Depression 2 was caused by a 19-year-old intern named Fart_King using an AI chatbot to write policy
April 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Psyched to check my phone in the bread lines soon and find out Depression 2 was caused by a 19-year-old intern named Fart_King using an AI chatbot to write policy
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‘I firmly believe that bad things occur when good people remain silent. I hope this collection of essays will serve as a catalyst for widespread, vocal and informed action from scientists of all disciplines and backgrounds’
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
March 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
‘I firmly believe that bad things occur when good people remain silent. I hope this collection of essays will serve as a catalyst for widespread, vocal and informed action from scientists of all disciplines and backgrounds’
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
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After weeks of tanking, Tesla's stock rallied—perhaps because Musk can now summon the FBI + DOJ to threaten protestors with surveillance + domestic terror charges to protect his inventory and assuage investors' concerns by force.
Yet another example of how this new American oligarchy wields power:
Yet another example of how this new American oligarchy wields power:
Deconstructing the new American oligarchy
Musk and Trump are showing us what authoritarian rule looks like when everything's computer.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After weeks of tanking, Tesla's stock rallied—perhaps because Musk can now summon the FBI + DOJ to threaten protestors with surveillance + domestic terror charges to protect his inventory and assuage investors' concerns by force.
Yet another example of how this new American oligarchy wields power:
Yet another example of how this new American oligarchy wields power:
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
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ICE kidnapped another student.
This time a grad student at Tufts, Rumeysa Ozturk. Turkish national, in the United States on a student visa. Her lawyer does not know where she is being held.
Rumeysa wrote op-eds criticizing the university's response to student demands on Gaza.
This time a grad student at Tufts, Rumeysa Ozturk. Turkish national, in the United States on a student visa. Her lawyer does not know where she is being held.
Rumeysa wrote op-eds criticizing the university's response to student demands on Gaza.
Tufts says federal authorities detained graduate student
The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school communit...
www.wbur.org
March 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
ICE kidnapped another student.
This time a grad student at Tufts, Rumeysa Ozturk. Turkish national, in the United States on a student visa. Her lawyer does not know where she is being held.
Rumeysa wrote op-eds criticizing the university's response to student demands on Gaza.
This time a grad student at Tufts, Rumeysa Ozturk. Turkish national, in the United States on a student visa. Her lawyer does not know where she is being held.
Rumeysa wrote op-eds criticizing the university's response to student demands on Gaza.
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Rally tonight:
#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.
March 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rally tonight:
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If you were across the street from this, would you think the six people in masks and hoodies were law enforcement? Or would you think you were witnessing a fucking kidnapping?
Six ICE officers. For someone who wrote an op-ed.
Six ICE officers. For someone who wrote an op-ed.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you were across the street from this, would you think the six people in masks and hoodies were law enforcement? Or would you think you were witnessing a fucking kidnapping?
Six ICE officers. For someone who wrote an op-ed.
Six ICE officers. For someone who wrote an op-ed.
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Ella Josephine Baker (12/1903– 12/1986) was an Black civil rights and human rights activist whose career spanned more than 5 decades. In NY City & the South, she worked with noted leaders including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr for social justice.
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ella Josephine Baker (12/1903– 12/1986) was an Black civil rights and human rights activist whose career spanned more than 5 decades. In NY City & the South, she worked with noted leaders including W. E. B. Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, A. Philip Randolph, and Martin Luther King Jr for social justice.
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They lied. Receipts. Resign you, miserable bastards.
March 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They lied. Receipts. Resign you, miserable bastards.
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Kay Livingstone (1919 – 1975) was a Canadian social activist, actor and broadcaster.
In 1973, her efforts led to the first National Congress of Black Women of Canada.
In 1973, her efforts led to the first National Congress of Black Women of Canada.
March 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Kay Livingstone (1919 – 1975) was a Canadian social activist, actor and broadcaster.
In 1973, her efforts led to the first National Congress of Black Women of Canada.
In 1973, her efforts led to the first National Congress of Black Women of Canada.
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BREAKING: We're suing the Greenville Public Library in South Carolina for systematically censoring books about the LGBTQ community.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
March 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the Greenville Public Library in South Carolina for systematically censoring books about the LGBTQ community.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
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The staff at this public elementary school in DC showed far more courage than an Ivy with $15 billion endowment
More details: ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot without a warrant, but backed off after staff intervened.
March 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The staff at this public elementary school in DC showed far more courage than an Ivy with $15 billion endowment
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ICE agents are attempting to enter DC public schools today, have been turned away at least one school so far.
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ICE agents are attempting to enter DC public schools today, have been turned away at least one school so far.