Shannon Golden
@s-golden.bsky.social
Researcher / human rights defender.
Running in urban+wild places, loving both.
Let's seek abundance and community as we keep bending towards justice.
Running in urban+wild places, loving both.
Let's seek abundance and community as we keep bending towards justice.
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🚨UR has released 73 videos captured by 45 Minneapolis Police body-worn cameras from the mass arrest of over 646 people on Nov. 4, 2020. Strikingly, more than 24% of the 45 officers represented in this release have killed community members while on duty.
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/body-ca...
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/body-ca...
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
🚨UR has released 73 videos captured by 45 Minneapolis Police body-worn cameras from the mass arrest of over 646 people on Nov. 4, 2020. Strikingly, more than 24% of the 45 officers represented in this release have killed community members while on duty.
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/body-ca...
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/body-ca...
Get out there and vote today! Thanks to Naomi Kritzer for the insights on my local Minneapolis candidates!
naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Get out there and vote today! Thanks to Naomi Kritzer for the insights on my local Minneapolis candidates!
naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
naomikritzer.com/2025/10/31/e...
Following a powerful show of community this weekend at No Kings rallies, I’ve been thinking about this podcast on revolutions and counter-revolutions. Essentially, mass mobilization is typically necessary but not sufficient for meaningful change. Give a listen!
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Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Jack Goldstone
Podcast Episode · Ologies with Alie Ward · 09/24/2025 · 1h 30m
podcasts.apple.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Following a powerful show of community this weekend at No Kings rallies, I’ve been thinking about this podcast on revolutions and counter-revolutions. Essentially, mass mobilization is typically necessary but not sufficient for meaningful change. Give a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Watching Nepal with hope for a peaceful transition
Nepal appoints its first female PM after historic week of deadly protests
Nepal appoints its first female PM after historic week of deadly protests
Anti-corruption advocate Sushila Karki was nominated by gen Z representatives after forced resignation of predecessor
Nepal has sworn in its first female prime minister after a historic week in which widespread youth protests forced the resigniation of her predecessor and the dissolving of parliament.
Sushila Karki, the former chief justice of Nepal, took the oath of office to lead an interim government late on Friday, after several tense days of negotiation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Watching Nepal with hope for a peaceful transition
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"I feel like my son was kidnapped ... I've spent countless hours searching for him, going from one precinct to another, speaking with numerous people who kept referring me elsewhere. Yet, after all this, no one has given me any information or provided a single document about his case."
The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'”
19-Year-Old Was Not Whom ICE Was Looking For. Now He’s in an El Salvador Prison.
Merwil Gutiérrez, an asylum seeker, was reportedly sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center without due process.
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"I feel like my son was kidnapped ... I've spent countless hours searching for him, going from one precinct to another, speaking with numerous people who kept referring me elsewhere. Yet, after all this, no one has given me any information or provided a single document about his case."
What a turnout today at the MN State Capitol! It’s encouraging to hear that this was also the case in so many other states and cities. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What a turnout today at the MN State Capitol! It’s encouraging to hear that this was also the case in so many other states and cities. #handsoff
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Support our local edition of this national mobilization!
Are you joining us at the Capitol on April 5? Help us make it happen. Please donate today: secure.actblue.com/donate/hands...
#Handsoff #HandsOffMN
#Handsoff #HandsOffMN
March 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Support our local edition of this national mobilization!
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🚨 TONIGHT: Protect Minnesota's Waters before it's too late!
Copper-sulfide mining threatens to poison the pristine waters we love.
Join us at 7pm TONIGHT at Minneapolis Bouldering Project's upstairs mezzanine to hear what's at stake and how we can fight back.
www.friends-bwca.org/event/threat...
Copper-sulfide mining threatens to poison the pristine waters we love.
Join us at 7pm TONIGHT at Minneapolis Bouldering Project's upstairs mezzanine to hear what's at stake and how we can fight back.
www.friends-bwca.org/event/threat...
Threats of Copper Sulfide Mining - Presentation - friends-bwca.org
Learn about copper-sulfide mining's threat to Minnesota's water, February 27 at Minneapolis Bouldering Project.
www.friends-bwca.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨 TONIGHT: Protect Minnesota's Waters before it's too late!
Copper-sulfide mining threatens to poison the pristine waters we love.
Join us at 7pm TONIGHT at Minneapolis Bouldering Project's upstairs mezzanine to hear what's at stake and how we can fight back.
www.friends-bwca.org/event/threat...
Copper-sulfide mining threatens to poison the pristine waters we love.
Join us at 7pm TONIGHT at Minneapolis Bouldering Project's upstairs mezzanine to hear what's at stake and how we can fight back.
www.friends-bwca.org/event/threat...
Today is a very good day to support your local bookstore (and libraries)! Thank you Birchbark Books and Magers & Quinn!
February 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today is a very good day to support your local bookstore (and libraries)! Thank you Birchbark Books and Magers & Quinn!
The fam enjoyed the Irish tunes of Solas last night, and their cover of Peggy Seeger’s Song of Choice was a powerful reminder to keep fighting while we can, and to remember our connections to all those facing similar struggles throughout history.
youtu.be/5pJs8seZ7Yg
youtu.be/5pJs8seZ7Yg
Song of Choice
YouTube video by Solas - Topic
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February 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The fam enjoyed the Irish tunes of Solas last night, and their cover of Peggy Seeger’s Song of Choice was a powerful reminder to keep fighting while we can, and to remember our connections to all those facing similar struggles throughout history.
youtu.be/5pJs8seZ7Yg
youtu.be/5pJs8seZ7Yg
Just finished this beautiful historical novel about Sri Lanka, exploring the complexity of politics and violence and resistance. Ganeshananthan narrates experiences of ordinary people, especially women, during war: 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just finished this beautiful historical novel about Sri Lanka, exploring the complexity of politics and violence and resistance. Ganeshananthan narrates experiences of ordinary people, especially women, during war: 🧵
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Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
US president has been critical of court since it issued arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza
Donald Trump has signed an executive order that authorises aggressive economic sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC),…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
Ok, Minnesota, this one hurts but today is a good day to #BoycottTarget. Give them a call and tell them why you’re closing your Red Card and choosing to shop elsewhere.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
February 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ok, Minnesota, this one hurts but today is a good day to #BoycottTarget. Give them a call and tell them why you’re closing your Red Card and choosing to shop elsewhere.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
As chaos continues to unfold, I hope you’re also taking time for the things that bring you rest, reconnection, and hope.
February 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As chaos continues to unfold, I hope you’re also taking time for the things that bring you rest, reconnection, and hope.
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A remarkable story on the senseless cruelty of Trump's stop-work orders -- and the U.S. aid workers who are defying it to save lives. @propublica.org
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that…
t.co
February 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A remarkable story on the senseless cruelty of Trump's stop-work orders -- and the U.S. aid workers who are defying it to save lives. @propublica.org
“This is not a pause. It is a destruction. And it’s all completely irrelevant to doing a “review.” Every Administration takes a top-to-bottom review of policy and spending and makes changes…But they act through constitutionally defined processes…and work to protect people and institutions from harm”
Behind the Chaotic Attempt to Freeze Federal Assistance
The potential for devastation is made plain by another order, concerning the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This is not a pause. It is a destruction. And it’s all completely irrelevant to doing a “review.” Every Administration takes a top-to-bottom review of policy and spending and makes changes…But they act through constitutionally defined processes…and work to protect people and institutions from harm”
Today is the first day since I was about 15 years old that I do not have a job. I filed for unemployment yesterday. This is because of the stop work orders received on Friday for all foreign assistance projects, which includes the work I’ve been devoted to for the past decade. 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Today is the first day since I was about 15 years old that I do not have a job. I filed for unemployment yesterday. This is because of the stop work orders received on Friday for all foreign assistance projects, which includes the work I’ve been devoted to for the past decade. 🧵
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I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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Following Trump's Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts.
U.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold, issues 'stop-work' order
Following Trump's Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Following Trump's Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that she can't "in good conscience" vote for Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary.
Murkowski says she's "unable to support" Hegseth
"Mr. Hegseth's nomination to the role poses significant concerns that I cannot overlook," Murkowski wrote in a post on X.
www.axios.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that she can't "in good conscience" vote for Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary.
The BWCA and other MN waters need more advocates — show up tomorrow if you can!
January 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The BWCA and other MN waters need more advocates — show up tomorrow if you can!
Today is a great day to finally say goodbye to Amazon. Why, yes, I would like to provide feedback.
January 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today is a great day to finally say goodbye to Amazon. Why, yes, I would like to provide feedback.