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Here's a good article from 2020 by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin about Martin Sostre's influence on his political thought.
www.blackrosefed.org/martin-sostr...
www.blackrosefed.org/martin-sostr...
Martin Sostre: Prison Revolutionary
By Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin Even in this generation, many young activists know of George Jackson, aka “Comrade George,” Black Panther leader, revolutionary prison writer and organizer who was assassinate...
www.blackrosefed.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Here's a good article from 2020 by Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin about Martin Sostre's influence on his political thought.
www.blackrosefed.org/martin-sostr...
www.blackrosefed.org/martin-sostr...
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Nov. 22nd Event - Durham, NC: Building Independent Unions in the South & Beyond.
Hear from workers building fighting unions from scratch and how we can organize the unorganized!
Hear from workers building fighting unions from scratch and how we can organize the unorganized!
Durham, NC Event Announcement: Building Independent Unions in the South & Beyond
Building independent labor unions in the Southern United States.
www.blackrosefed.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Nov. 22nd Event - Durham, NC: Building Independent Unions in the South & Beyond.
Hear from workers building fighting unions from scratch and how we can organize the unorganized!
Hear from workers building fighting unions from scratch and how we can organize the unorganized!
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How did everyday organizing contribute to the defeat Trump’s ICE surge in the Bay Area?
A member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s Bay Area Local reflects on what it took 🔥🧊
A member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s Bay Area Local reflects on what it took 🔥🧊
How Everyday Organizing Stopped Trump’s Bay Area ICE Surge
Everyday organizing between neighbors, coworkers, and others prevented Trump's ICE surge in the California Bay Area.
www.blackrosefed.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How did everyday organizing contribute to the defeat Trump’s ICE surge in the Bay Area?
A member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s Bay Area Local reflects on what it took 🔥🧊
A member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s Bay Area Local reflects on what it took 🔥🧊
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A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
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PWS weekly ICE Roundup! (🧵)
US has now revoked TPS for more than 600,000 Venezuelans
Critics have described the decision as forming part of ongoing US efforts to criminalize migration
www.piratewireservices.com/p/ice-capade...
US has now revoked TPS for more than 600,000 Venezuelans
Critics have described the decision as forming part of ongoing US efforts to criminalize migration
www.piratewireservices.com/p/ice-capade...
ICE Capades: The Roundup
PWS weekly on the ghoulish acts, dastardly deeds, and unseemly actions of the country's now-biggest LEO
www.piratewireservices.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
PWS weekly ICE Roundup! (🧵)
US has now revoked TPS for more than 600,000 Venezuelans
Critics have described the decision as forming part of ongoing US efforts to criminalize migration
www.piratewireservices.com/p/ice-capade...
US has now revoked TPS for more than 600,000 Venezuelans
Critics have described the decision as forming part of ongoing US efforts to criminalize migration
www.piratewireservices.com/p/ice-capade...
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Yep. Drastically reducing the population of immigration judges at the same time they’re trying to accelerate deportations are not the actions of an administration that intends to continue to respect due process.
And of course this is in the context of the system being *short* several hundred immigration judges in the first place...
Great and important reporting here. But the administration has been pretty clear about how these judges need to rule in order to keep their jobs. So I think we’re well beyond perception of fairness.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yep. Drastically reducing the population of immigration judges at the same time they’re trying to accelerate deportations are not the actions of an administration that intends to continue to respect due process.
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Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts
My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Immigration judges with prior immigrant defense work make up the largest share of those fired by the Trump admin. NPR identified 70 fired immigration judges. The changes have at least shifted perception of fairness in these courts
My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
My latest investigation: www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
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"Many Democrats this year ran for the House on a platform of repealing right-to-work, something I’ve never seen voiced so openly."
Not all the winners and losers in this week’s election were on the ballot
And some of the losers might have been winners in other ways. Here’s who comes out ahead and who doesn’t.
cardinalnews.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Many Democrats this year ran for the House on a platform of repealing right-to-work, something I’ve never seen voiced so openly."
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did you know that once your city contacts with Flock, their cameras will allow them to shared their surveillance data with federal agencies such as Federal Customs and Border Protection?
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
did you know that once your city contacts with Flock, their cameras will allow them to shared their surveillance data with federal agencies such as Federal Customs and Border Protection?
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Leer en español:
El condado de Arizona fue “modelo” para la policía local en sus redadas migratorias, el resultado fueron violaciones de derechos civiles
Bajo el mando del alguacil Joe Arpaio, el condado de Maricopa fue uno de los primeros lugares de prueba del programa 287(g) de ICE, que permite a la policía local hacer cumplir las leyes de…
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Leer en español:
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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“Grocery stores throw out far more food than is shoplifted. Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then. Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.” ~ mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/...
Grapes of Wrath 1939:
Grapes of Wrath 1939:
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“Grocery stores throw out far more food than is shoplifted. Why don't shoplifters just take the food from the dumpster then. Because they have cameras on the dumpsters and security will be sent out when they see them on the monitors.” ~ mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/...
Grapes of Wrath 1939:
Grapes of Wrath 1939:
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President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans might be playing out. n.pr/3WBM4yX
Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans might be playing out.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans might be playing out. n.pr/3WBM4yX
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Many Virginians might not be able to afford monthly health insurance premiums, rising an average of more than 20%, unless Congress extends enhanced federal subsidies that expire Dec. 31.
Virginians see fewer options, higher costs for health care
Many Virginians might not be able to afford monthly health insurance premiums, rising an average of more than 20%, unless Congress extends enhanced federal subsidies that expire Dec. 31.
richmond.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Many Virginians might not be able to afford monthly health insurance premiums, rising an average of more than 20%, unless Congress extends enhanced federal subsidies that expire Dec. 31.
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New on our site:
Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
In 2024, Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s International Relations Committee began working closely with anarchist revolutionaries in Sudan. This relationship has involved the exchange of ideas, practical advice...
www.blackrosefed.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New on our site:
Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
Claiming Freedom in Revolution and in War: an Introduction to the Anarchist Group in Sudan
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Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”
With @texastribune.org
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FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
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The U.S. spends over $180 billion on cops and incarceration every year. The annual SNAP budget is $100 billion.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The U.S. spends over $180 billion on cops and incarceration every year. The annual SNAP budget is $100 billion.
Good coverage from NPR on the dangers of designating antifa a foreign terrorist organization:
Donating $10 to anything that could conceivably be construed as "antifa" could result in up tp 20 years in prison.
And...
Donating $10 to anything that could conceivably be construed as "antifa" could result in up tp 20 years in prison.
And...
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between." n.pr/4o55SXy
As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Good coverage from NPR on the dangers of designating antifa a foreign terrorist organization:
Donating $10 to anything that could conceivably be construed as "antifa" could result in up tp 20 years in prison.
And...
Donating $10 to anything that could conceivably be construed as "antifa" could result in up tp 20 years in prison.
And...
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The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between." n.pr/4o55SXy
As Trump talks of designating antifa a foreign terrorist group, experts see danger
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between."
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The designation would have, as one domestic terrorism expert told NPR, a "cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between." n.pr/4o55SXy
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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"The death of Josué Castro Rivera follows recent incidents in which three other immigrants in Chicago and California were killed during immigration enforcement operations under the Trump administration’s crackdown."
Man fleeing immigration agents is fatally struck by a vehicle on a Virginia highway
A 24-year-old man fleeing federal immigration agents trying to detain him in Virginia has been fatally struck by a vehicle.
www.12onyourside.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"The death of Josué Castro Rivera follows recent incidents in which three other immigrants in Chicago and California were killed during immigration enforcement operations under the Trump administration’s crackdown."
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One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
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Step by step guide to higher ed crisis for Dem candidates giving stump speeches. This isn’t hard:
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Step by step guide to higher ed crisis for Dem candidates giving stump speeches. This isn’t hard:
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development