rachel ida
@r-ida.bsky.social
writer of fiction and history and other things too, lots about migrant justice. history prof; happy in the classroom. some kinda commie jew, 🐈 lover, mom to two amazing grown women, i ❤️ joe. annie dirusso> ani de franco
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Also important to note that organizers from Chicago (and LA) are sharing their experiences, strategies and tactics with other cities.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Also important to note that organizers from Chicago (and LA) are sharing their experiences, strategies and tactics with other cities.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
For example - Columbus, Oh is now working on purchasing thousands of whistles and distributing rapid response info in preparation for bigger actions in the city.
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
what #gustavopetro supporting regime change in the US?
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
what #gustavopetro supporting regime change in the US?
i get more than one email a week from administrators who have never taught a history class but want to tell me how to do my job. but this week w the shutdown of canvas which we have all been encouraged if not forced to use: 🦗🦗
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i get more than one email a week from administrators who have never taught a history class but want to tell me how to do my job. but this week w the shutdown of canvas which we have all been encouraged if not forced to use: 🦗🦗
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Greenblatt with kinder words for Republicans who are affiliated with actual Hitler Youth than what he says about Zohran Mamdani
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Greenblatt with kinder words for Republicans who are affiliated with actual Hitler Youth than what he says about Zohran Mamdani
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you have to call off the state police that is roughing up protesters if you are serious.
Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
you have to call off the state police that is roughing up protesters if you are serious.
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A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now
wait so the orange menace ANNOUNCED covert action against venezuela? that’s how it works now?
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
wait so the orange menace ANNOUNCED covert action against venezuela? that’s how it works now?
so essentially Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank can look forward to living under a similar regime as contemporary Chicago.
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
so essentially Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank can look forward to living under a similar regime as contemporary Chicago.
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The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
it's one of them scary because i'm starting a chapter and not sure what i mean to say wrtg days. please comment with good cheer and encouragement and receipts for having been there and prevailed.
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
it's one of them scary because i'm starting a chapter and not sure what i mean to say wrtg days. please comment with good cheer and encouragement and receipts for having been there and prevailed.
the university of “no you can’t/why didn’t you/you have to or else” for students and academic workers is a place of vast opportunity and riches for the administrative class.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
the university of “no you can’t/why didn’t you/you have to or else” for students and academic workers is a place of vast opportunity and riches for the administrative class.
it’s a small thing in a crowded field of awful but it’s “democratic” cities (policies, politicians, etc) not “democrat”.
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
it’s a small thing in a crowded field of awful but it’s “democratic” cities (policies, politicians, etc) not “democrat”.
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Greta Thunberg is not in the Epstein files, but Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are.
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Greta Thunberg is not in the Epstein files, but Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson. #NewYorkerCartoons
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October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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as a spiritual new yorker (rent’s much cheaper!) i cannot wait to be represented by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
“Outside the Ganesh Temple, [70 year old] Deepak Mehta said he was excited for Mamdani to become mayor due to his promise to freeze the rent.
‘I will vote for Mamdani because his policies will stop my landlord from causing problems for me,’ he said.”
www.newindiaabroad.com/english/news...
‘I will vote for Mamdani because his policies will stop my landlord from causing problems for me,’ he said.”
www.newindiaabroad.com/english/news...
Proud of my Hindu Heritage Mamdani visits NYC temples to connect with supporters
Explore how Mamdani celebrates his Hindu heritage by visiting temples in NYC and connecting with supporters. Discover the pride and connection he feels as he embraces his cultural roots.
www.newindiaabroad.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
as a spiritual new yorker (rent’s much cheaper!) i cannot wait to be represented by @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
if the 14th amendment goes down what about corporate personhood??
October 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
if the 14th amendment goes down what about corporate personhood??
they're terrified of any kind of resistance so they make up lies and policies to scare and punish it:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Develops New Strategy to Counter Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
COUNTERING DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) establishing a comprehensive
www.whitehouse.gov
September 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
they're terrified of any kind of resistance so they make up lies and policies to scare and punish it:
terrible to fly in this capitalist hellhole
and tonight i’m
imagining all the deportation flights , the unnecessary agony
and tonight i’m
imagining all the deportation flights , the unnecessary agony
September 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
terrible to fly in this capitalist hellhole
and tonight i’m
imagining all the deportation flights , the unnecessary agony
and tonight i’m
imagining all the deportation flights , the unnecessary agony
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
the current war on the left & trans folks comes out of the long history of indigenous & black death, endless red scares, and the grim architecture of islamophobia that enables the fascist ideas of #antifa and #trans menace. this the grail of oligarchs forever: a carte blanche for power & repression
September 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
calling the left terrorists completes a long, bipartisan campaign building on islamophobic policy starting in the 1990s
September 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
calling the left terrorists completes a long, bipartisan campaign building on islamophobic policy starting in the 1990s
sure i do think about retiring from the hellhole of the public university. but i love teaching and plus being someone’s nightmare image of a woke professor is damn satisfying.
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
sure i do think about retiring from the hellhole of the public university. but i love teaching and plus being someone’s nightmare image of a woke professor is damn satisfying.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944: