SarahTowle.bsky.social
@sarahtowle.bsky.social
Award-winning author of CROSSING THE LINE: FINDING AMERICA IN THE BORDERLANDS: “A powerful exposé of the human costs of America’s immigration policies.” - Kirkus Reviews. Contact @ www.sarahtowle.com
Can There Be Human Rights in a Security-Obsessed World?
77 years ago, the UDHR proclaimed all humans “born free and equal in dignity and rights,” without distinction of any kind. But human rights and dignity are not being respected in the US under ICE. Pls share:
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77 years ago, the UDHR proclaimed all humans “born free and equal in dignity and rights,” without distinction of any kind. But human rights and dignity are not being respected in the US under ICE. Pls share:
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Can There Be Human Rights in a Security-Obsessed World?
In this tribute to Amnesty International, Ute Ritz-Deutch and I discuss the post-9/11 human rights record of the US immigration deterrence-to-detention-to-deportation Border Industrial Complex.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Can There Be Human Rights in a Security-Obsessed World?
77 years ago, the UDHR proclaimed all humans “born free and equal in dignity and rights,” without distinction of any kind. But human rights and dignity are not being respected in the US under ICE. Pls share:
open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
77 years ago, the UDHR proclaimed all humans “born free and equal in dignity and rights,” without distinction of any kind. But human rights and dignity are not being respected in the US under ICE. Pls share:
open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
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The Judges are performing their constitutional duty & following the law. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about the Justice Department in this regard.
December 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Judges are performing their constitutional duty & following the law. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same thing about the Justice Department in this regard.
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And there we have it. Trump is transforming the western hemisphere into Russia, under Putin's direction.
What more do you need, America?
25th Amendment.
2nd Amendment.
USE THEM.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What more do you need, America?
25th Amendment.
2nd Amendment.
USE THEM.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Kremlin praises Trump's national security strategy
The strategy argues the US should revive the 19th century Monroe Doctrine, which declared the Western hemisphere to be Washington's zone of influence.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And there we have it. Trump is transforming the western hemisphere into Russia, under Putin's direction.
What more do you need, America?
25th Amendment.
2nd Amendment.
USE THEM.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
What more do you need, America?
25th Amendment.
2nd Amendment.
USE THEM.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Crossing the Line: How Women Activists Expose America's Immigration Cruelty.
Radical care as an act of resistance and a "handbook for a more humane world."
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Radical care as an act of resistance and a "handbook for a more humane world."
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Crossing the Line: How Women Activists Expose America's Immigration Cruelty
Sarah Towle centers the "Angry Tías" of the Rio Grande Valley, revealing how radical care becomes the ultimate resistance against systemic cruelty.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Crossing the Line: How Women Activists Expose America's Immigration Cruelty.
Radical care as an act of resistance and a "handbook for a more humane world."
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Radical care as an act of resistance and a "handbook for a more humane world."
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Join us tomorrow for updates on the fight to stop Fisher Sand & Gravel from destroying Arizona's unique and pristine San Rafael Valley. open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Webinar Announcement: The Power of Bearing Witness in Poetry & Pictures, with Kate Scott, author, Virginia Maria Romero, illustrator, and Russ McSpadden, poet
Plus updates on efforts to block Trump & Co's "immense metal fence that makes no sense"
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December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Join us tomorrow for updates on the fight to stop Fisher Sand & Gravel from destroying Arizona's unique and pristine San Rafael Valley. open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Imagine Being Scared of Diversity and Not Dictatorship.
Ideas for helping others see our shared humanity this holiday season
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Ideas for helping others see our shared humanity this holiday season
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Imagine Being Scared of Diversity and Not Dictatorship.
Let's help others see our shared humanity this holiday season (ideas within...)
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November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Imagine Being Scared of Diversity and Not Dictatorship.
Ideas for helping others see our shared humanity this holiday season
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Ideas for helping others see our shared humanity this holiday season
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"Just like family separation, I think we're starting to see people take to the street in really vocal opposition in a way President Trump has shown before that he will ultimately back down" -- interesting report from Jacob Soboroff on how Charlotte is organizing against ICE
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Just like family separation, I think we're starting to see people take to the street in really vocal opposition in a way President Trump has shown before that he will ultimately back down" -- interesting report from Jacob Soboroff on how Charlotte is organizing against ICE
We got here because Democrats thought campaigning with a Cheney would be more effective that standing up for the Human Rights and the Constitution. Grow some balls, Dems!
"We didn’t get here because Democrats failed to talk about “kitchen-table issues” on the campaign trail. We got here because Democrats believed talking about kitchen-table issues was the only thing they needed to do," writes @davekarpf.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Centrist Democrats Keep Being Wrong About Elections
A new 60-page report insists the party is too radical. But the problem isn’t the party platform. The problem is the broader environment.
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We got here because Democrats thought campaigning with a Cheney would be more effective that standing up for the Human Rights and the Constitution. Grow some balls, Dems!
How do you solve a problem like the Department of Homeland Security and its unreformable, lawless “law enforcement” agencies?
Check out my latest post to find out…
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our Legislature..."
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Check out my latest post to find out…
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our Legislature..."
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"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our Legislature..."
And, no, I'm not talking about King George or the military. History repeats itself under the "worst of the worst": Trump & Co and their Department of Homeland "Security" paramilitary armies.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
How do you solve a problem like the Department of Homeland Security and its unreformable, lawless “law enforcement” agencies?
Check out my latest post to find out…
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our Legislature..."
open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Check out my latest post to find out…
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our Legislature..."
open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Join us tomorrow, online or at the Community Church of Boston, Boylston St, to find out how immigration became the weapon driving US democracy into crisis.
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Reject their fear. Reject their hate. A nation without empathy can never be great!
COME ONE, COME ALL! October 26, 11:00 am ET. Learn how immigration became the weapon driving US democracy into crisis, and hear some good music, too. Zoom link below. In-person option for Bostonians.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Join us tomorrow, online or at the Community Church of Boston, Boylston St, to find out how immigration became the weapon driving US democracy into crisis.
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"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
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Source:
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Rally for the Valley: A Multicultural Border Happening November 15!
Join borderlands conservationists to save the San Raphael Valley. Learn more by clicking on the post below…
Trump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border Wall open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Join borderlands conservationists to save the San Raphael Valley. Learn more by clicking on the post below…
Trump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border Wall open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Trump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border Wall
Sierra Club's Erick Meza and Russ McSpadden of the Center for Biodiversity discuss with me the unregulated experiment en route to causing one of the greatest ecological disasters of the modern age
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October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rally for the Valley: A Multicultural Border Happening November 15!
Join borderlands conservationists to save the San Raphael Valley. Learn more by clicking on the post below…
Trump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border Wall open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Join borderlands conservationists to save the San Raphael Valley. Learn more by clicking on the post below…
Trump's Ecocidal Boondoggle Border Wall open.substack.com/pub/sarahtow...
Central PA Champions of Refugees to Receive 2025 Peace & Justice Awards, and I have the honor of offering the Keynote Address! Oct 21 in Harrisburg, PA.
Meet me there, or in Burlington, VT, Oct 17; Amherst, MA, Oct 18; or New Paltz, NY, Oct 19. More dates to come!
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Meet me there, or in Burlington, VT, Oct 17; Amherst, MA, Oct 18; or New Paltz, NY, Oct 19. More dates to come!
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Central PA Champions of Refugees to Receive 2025 Peace & Justice Awards
Phuong Truong, Executive Director of the International Service Center, to be honored; Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands to offer the Keynote Address
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October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Central PA Champions of Refugees to Receive 2025 Peace & Justice Awards, and I have the honor of offering the Keynote Address! Oct 21 in Harrisburg, PA.
Meet me there, or in Burlington, VT, Oct 17; Amherst, MA, Oct 18; or New Paltz, NY, Oct 19. More dates to come!
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Meet me there, or in Burlington, VT, Oct 17; Amherst, MA, Oct 18; or New Paltz, NY, Oct 19. More dates to come!
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Indeed you do. And you're leading the rat pack.
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Indeed you do. And you're leading the rat pack.
Webinar & Breaking News: The Ecological Impacts of the Boondoggle Border Wall On People, Animals, the Environment, with Borderlands Conservationists @erickmeza7.bsky.social and Russ McSpadden, Sunday, September 28, 2:30-4:00 pm ET. Registration link in post below.
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Webinar & Breaking News: The Ecological Impacts of the Boondoggle Border Wall On People, Animals, and the Environment, With Borderlands Conservationists Erick Meza and Russ McSpadden
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:30-4:00 ET (11:30-1:00 PT) pm, via Zoom
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Webinar & Breaking News: The Ecological Impacts of the Boondoggle Border Wall On People, Animals, the Environment, with Borderlands Conservationists @erickmeza7.bsky.social and Russ McSpadden, Sunday, September 28, 2:30-4:00 pm ET. Registration link in post below.
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Don’t miss this 30,000-foot deep dive into the global leviathan that is the Border Industrial Complex - who it benefits, what it destroys, and how we can Resist its impunity - with @petramolnar.com Todd Miller of @theborderchronicle.bsky.social and Dora Rodriguez
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Global Apartheid & The New Jim Code
NOT TO BE MISSED! Critical chat on the Border Industrial Complex: who it benefits, what it destroys, and how we can all Resist and Reclaim human rights and the rule of law.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Don’t miss this 30,000-foot deep dive into the global leviathan that is the Border Industrial Complex - who it benefits, what it destroys, and how we can Resist its impunity - with @petramolnar.com Todd Miller of @theborderchronicle.bsky.social and Dora Rodriguez
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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This is right. We don't have the language to describe what we're seeing right before our eyes. That contributes to the disorienting effect it's all having, which I think people like Stephen Miller, who expressly uses the language of fascism as a weapon, understand perfectly well.
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is right. We don't have the language to describe what we're seeing right before our eyes. That contributes to the disorienting effect it's all having, which I think people like Stephen Miller, who expressly uses the language of fascism as a weapon, understand perfectly well.
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The first part of this long post by @radleybalko.bsky.social provides an excellent account of LibCon2025 and is an important reminder not to cede leadership of the struggle for liberal democracy to reactionary centrists (however well-funded they are).
Liberals Cannot Stop Authoritarianism by Compromising With It
They should heed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza's warning at LibCon2025 to not fall for the false narratives that authoritarians use to consolidate power
www.theunpopulist.net
August 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The first part of this long post by @radleybalko.bsky.social provides an excellent account of LibCon2025 and is an important reminder not to cede leadership of the struggle for liberal democracy to reactionary centrists (however well-funded they are).
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There is no possible legitimate reason to do this. It’s what despots do. It’s petty. It’s dangerous. It’s unAmerican. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Revokes Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There is no possible legitimate reason to do this. It’s what despots do. It’s petty. It’s dangerous. It’s unAmerican. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
In a world beset by rising fascism, where US democracy is under attack by those who seek to control us through division, paranoia, hate, and fear of “the other,” Mauricio Matiz’s experience reminds us that a nation without empathy can never be great.
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Practicing Humanity: Welcoming the Immigrant
A. Mauricio Matiz reflects on the gifts gained from aiding others during his year at the now shuttered St. Francis of Assisi Church Migrant Center in New York City
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August 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In a world beset by rising fascism, where US democracy is under attack by those who seek to control us through division, paranoia, hate, and fear of “the other,” Mauricio Matiz’s experience reminds us that a nation without empathy can never be great.
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Heartfelt Sunday Thanks to everyone out there making Good Trouble! Please share. XOXO, Sarah
In Gratitude to All You Tiny Grains of Sand
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In Gratitude to All You Tiny Grains of Sand
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In Gratitude to All You Tiny Grains of Sand
Thank You for standing up against this amoral moment with moral actions that sing ever louder in glorious harmony, "This is NOT the people we wish to be!"
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August 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Heartfelt Sunday Thanks to everyone out there making Good Trouble! Please share. XOXO, Sarah
In Gratitude to All You Tiny Grains of Sand
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In Gratitude to All You Tiny Grains of Sand
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"It is a stunt sending tanks into D.C. ...But stunts can be super serious and terrible and terrorizing," says @monicapotts.bsky.social.
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"It is a stunt sending tanks into D.C. ...But stunts can be super serious and terrible and terrorizing," says @monicapotts.bsky.social.
When the raids are over and companies have been reimbursed, parents are gone. Children cry themselves to sleep at night, traumatized for life, not knowing if they will ever see their loved ones again.
The real costs of our tragic immigration policies are human.
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The real costs of our tragic immigration policies are human.
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ICE Invaded Their Community. Their Grassroots Response Is a Model for Strategies of Resistance From Sea to Shining Sea
Tips and tools to prepare you and yours when ICE & CBP roll into your town...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When the raids are over and companies have been reimbursed, parents are gone. Children cry themselves to sleep at night, traumatized for life, not knowing if they will ever see their loved ones again.
The real costs of our tragic immigration policies are human.
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The real costs of our tragic immigration policies are human.
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From machines reading our passports, faces, eyes? From travel to an eye scan being your ticket to food. No, this is not my next novel. It's the Border Industrial Complex.
Join me @petramolnar.com, Todd Miller @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, Dora Rodriguez, Aug 3. Until we know, we cannot resist.
Join me @petramolnar.com, Todd Miller @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, Dora Rodriguez, Aug 3. Until we know, we cannot resist.
Webinar Announcement: On Global Apartheid, "Smart" Walls, and the Border Industrial Complex — with Petra Molnar and Todd Miller
Sunday, August 3, 2025, 1:00-2:30 pm ET,* for the HOPE KNOWS NO BORDERS BOOK CLUB & WEBINAR SERIES. Description and registration link below:
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July 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
From machines reading our passports, faces, eyes? From travel to an eye scan being your ticket to food. No, this is not my next novel. It's the Border Industrial Complex.
Join me @petramolnar.com, Todd Miller @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, Dora Rodriguez, Aug 3. Until we know, we cannot resist.
Join me @petramolnar.com, Todd Miller @theborderchronicle.bsky.social, Dora Rodriguez, Aug 3. Until we know, we cannot resist.