Rosemary A Barbera 🍉
@rosibarbera.bsky.social
Liberation from oppressive systems is the only way forward. Mom, cyclist, dog lover, Long Covid sucks
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This bill was never only about eviscerating social services or enriching oligarchs, bad as that is. It’s also about using state power to build a private police force for the fascists—and spreading fear and destroying solidarity. Being brave and building solidarity is a big part of how we fight back.
The debt, deportation, and death bill has passed. Congress further decimates care work to fund violence work.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
Vital services eviscerated and ICE becomes the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency ever known. It hasn’t been sold this way, but it’s a massive public jobs program for fascists.
July 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This bill was never only about eviscerating social services or enriching oligarchs, bad as that is. It’s also about using state power to build a private police force for the fascists—and spreading fear and destroying solidarity. Being brave and building solidarity is a big part of how we fight back.
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A critical investigation of the private DeSantis donor reaping the most reward from helping build the Everglades concentration camp.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Governor DeSantis is building “Alligator Alcatraz” with little oversight – and this big campaign donor is set to reap millions from it
As the large commercial trucks roar one after another onto the airfield property in the Everglades where a massive detention camp for immigrants is being
floridatrident.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A critical investigation of the private DeSantis donor reaping the most reward from helping build the Everglades concentration camp.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.“
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.“
VIDEO: Frederick Douglass' descendants deliver his 'Fourth of July' speech
Updated July 4, 2022 at 6:02 AM ETIn the summer of 2020, the U.S. commemorated Independence Day amid nationwide protests for racial justice and systemic…
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July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.“
“For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.“
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This is what I want a leader to say
My statement on the Trump administration's illegal military actions and the wars that must end.
June 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This is what I want a leader to say
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Your enemies are people in actual power not some random person on the internet.
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Your enemies are people in actual power not some random person on the internet.
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tough but fair
i hate that we all have to live on the same planet as the united states
June 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
tough but fair
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HSI agent on lake st standing next to a “DEFEND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS” sign
June 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
HSI agent on lake st standing next to a “DEFEND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS” sign
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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
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#Gramsci constantly warned us about not mistaking occasional politics for structural shifts.
The test here is to ask what would people be writing if Harris had won by the same margins as they lost.
For a proper analysis of the current situation, the actual result shouldn't really matter.
The test here is to ask what would people be writing if Harris had won by the same margins as they lost.
For a proper analysis of the current situation, the actual result shouldn't really matter.
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
#Gramsci constantly warned us about not mistaking occasional politics for structural shifts.
The test here is to ask what would people be writing if Harris had won by the same margins as they lost.
For a proper analysis of the current situation, the actual result shouldn't really matter.
The test here is to ask what would people be writing if Harris had won by the same margins as they lost.
For a proper analysis of the current situation, the actual result shouldn't really matter.
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Since there seem to be a lot of new professors on Bluesky, I'll re-share this link to the AAUP's "Organize Every Campus" campaign. This is a critical time for faculty to organize in defense of our students, ourselves and co-workers, and the institutions we believe in. Join us!
Organize Every Campus
The AAUP is excited to be kicking off a new organizing campaign, Organize Every Campus. The program will help hone and develop member and leader organizing skills so that we can stand together, fight ...
www.aaup.org
November 11, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Since there seem to be a lot of new professors on Bluesky, I'll re-share this link to the AAUP's "Organize Every Campus" campaign. This is a critical time for faculty to organize in defense of our students, ourselves and co-workers, and the institutions we believe in. Join us!
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My weekly curated list of must-reads and some final thoughts for the week.
Must-Reads and the Need to Be Held Right Now
We need the good in you.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:37 PM
My weekly curated list of must-reads and some final thoughts for the week.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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"We know that the majority of cases that end in child removal can be addressed by providing families with resources. The 70 percent of children who are in care because of “neglect” are victims of poverty."
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This Former Child Welfare Investigator Says Family Policing Must Be Abolished
Alan J. Dettlaff once worked for Child Protective Services. What he saw made him realize the system should be abolished.
truthout.org
October 25, 2023 at 2:01 PM
"We know that the majority of cases that end in child removal can be addressed by providing families with resources. The 70 percent of children who are in care because of “neglect” are victims of poverty."
MORE: truthout.org/articles/thi...
MORE: truthout.org/articles/thi...