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💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
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"May runs one of the daily walking routes for an elementary school in Albany Park — stepping in to help parents who are afraid to leave their home to take their kids to school.
May estimated that 80 to 100 kids get picked up each day."
Such a great idea.
May estimated that 80 to 100 kids get picked up each day."
Such a great idea.
Volunteers Help Immigrant Parents Get Their Kids to School With the ‘Walking School Bus’
“The moment that the raids started happening and people started getting pulled off the street, you could just see it,” volunteer Alyssa May said. “You could see less students, less families, less vend...
news.wttw.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"May runs one of the daily walking routes for an elementary school in Albany Park — stepping in to help parents who are afraid to leave their home to take their kids to school.
May estimated that 80 to 100 kids get picked up each day."
Such a great idea.
May estimated that 80 to 100 kids get picked up each day."
Such a great idea.
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“Help support local businesses and raise funds for the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team at the Chicago Bites Back Business Crawl from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2025, at neighborhood locations..”
Chicago Bites Back Business Crawl
Help support local businesses and raise funds for the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team at the Chicago Bites Back Business Crawl from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2025, at neighb...
mckinleypark.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Help support local businesses and raise funds for the Southwest Side Rapid Response Team at the Chicago Bites Back Business Crawl from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 21, 2025, at neighborhood locations..”
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Trump has threatened states to undo any SNAP benefits issued to recipients. Check your EBT cards folks - and get to the store. I personally don’t receive these benefits but if you do, Trump is already trying to take it away. This is heartbreaking! How is this even America⁉️
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump has threatened states to undo any SNAP benefits issued to recipients. Check your EBT cards folks - and get to the store. I personally don’t receive these benefits but if you do, Trump is already trying to take it away. This is heartbreaking! How is this even America⁉️
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This is absolutely fucking deranged.
Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is absolutely fucking deranged.
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Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
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Pilsen Defense and Access & Foundation Chicago, two orgs in Pilsen, posted about what they say is an abduction of two teenage girls by CBP. If you go to the @foundationchicgo IG they have some live videos talking about it, outside the FBI field office now.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pilsen Defense and Access & Foundation Chicago, two orgs in Pilsen, posted about what they say is an abduction of two teenage girls by CBP. If you go to the @foundationchicgo IG they have some live videos talking about it, outside the FBI field office now.
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IPS is being sued by Todd Rokita
for demanding that "ICE" agents have a warrant and are who they say they are before allowing them inside a school
Please sign the petition to tell Rokita to back off
c.org/BHPTBj2Lwk
for demanding that "ICE" agents have a warrant and are who they say they are before allowing them inside a school
Please sign the petition to tell Rokita to back off
c.org/BHPTBj2Lwk
Have you seen this petition yet?
Standing in solidarity with IPS: Protect ALL kids
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
IPS is being sued by Todd Rokita
for demanding that "ICE" agents have a warrant and are who they say they are before allowing them inside a school
Please sign the petition to tell Rokita to back off
c.org/BHPTBj2Lwk
for demanding that "ICE" agents have a warrant and are who they say they are before allowing them inside a school
Please sign the petition to tell Rokita to back off
c.org/BHPTBj2Lwk
I’m so happy for New Yorkers :)
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I’m so happy for New Yorkers :)
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Just want to say congratulations to my Muslim friends for whom today is a big moment. Representation isn't liberatory, but it still matters. I hope you have ALL the joy and good feelings right now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Just want to say congratulations to my Muslim friends for whom today is a big moment. Representation isn't liberatory, but it still matters. I hope you have ALL the joy and good feelings right now.
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Another world is possible, if we fight for it
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another world is possible, if we fight for it
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Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
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It's publication day for Read This When Things Fall Apart! So grateful to our contributors and to @akpress.org for making this book a reality. This is a strange time to be promoting a book, but I believe it's a text that has the potential to help us right now. Please get yourself a copy. ❤️
Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
Letters to Activists in Crisis
bookshop.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's publication day for Read This When Things Fall Apart! So grateful to our contributors and to @akpress.org for making this book a reality. This is a strange time to be promoting a book, but I believe it's a text that has the potential to help us right now. Please get yourself a copy. ❤️
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No one should have to put up with this shit but in particular kids should not have to put up with this shit
Indoor trick-or-treat events. Candy dropoffs. Neighbors patrolling with whistles.
This is how Chicagoans are helping kids have a safe and ICE-free Halloween this year: blockclubchi.co/47qJSzi.
This is how Chicagoans are helping kids have a safe and ICE-free Halloween this year: blockclubchi.co/47qJSzi.
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
No one should have to put up with this shit but in particular kids should not have to put up with this shit
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FASCISM.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
FASCISM.
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A lot of ICE activity in the south side and southwest side today. I just saw an alert about the Bridgeport/Chinatown area. I’m seeing several videos on social media of federal agents next to Phil’s in Bridgeport and also in the lot near the gas station on archer and halsted.
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A lot of ICE activity in the south side and southwest side today. I just saw an alert about the Bridgeport/Chinatown area. I’m seeing several videos on social media of federal agents next to Phil’s in Bridgeport and also in the lot near the gas station on archer and halsted.
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
This Isn’t the First Time Chicago’s Been Used as a Laboratory for Policing
Ilā Ravichandran says the current anti-immigrant policing in Chicago builds on attacks on Black Lives Matter protesters.
truthout.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.”
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
-Ilā Ravichandran
truthout.org/articles/thi...
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signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
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Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
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sincerity, decency, and humanity are desirable, commendable traits in a public servant. don't let cynical assholes tell you it's too much to expect of those who seek to represent you.
character matters. that's leadership.
character matters. that's leadership.
Mamdani: "And while I appreciate all who have rushed to my defense over the past few days, I think of those Muslims in this city who do not have the luxury of being the Democratic nominee, who do not have the luxury of being deemed worthy of solidarity."
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
sincerity, decency, and humanity are desirable, commendable traits in a public servant. don't let cynical assholes tell you it's too much to expect of those who seek to represent you.
character matters. that's leadership.
character matters. that's leadership.
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This is why we have to be louder about combatting Islamophobia. Every Muslim deserves to live in a society free from xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia. They deserve to showcase their faith and culture without being victims of bigotry.
Muslims deserve our solidarity all the time
Muslims deserve our solidarity all the time
Mamdani: "And while I appreciate all who have rushed to my defense over the past few days, I think of those Muslims in this city who do not have the luxury of being the Democratic nominee, who do not have the luxury of being deemed worthy of solidarity."
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is why we have to be louder about combatting Islamophobia. Every Muslim deserves to live in a society free from xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia. They deserve to showcase their faith and culture without being victims of bigotry.
Muslims deserve our solidarity all the time
Muslims deserve our solidarity all the time
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Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez and Alderman Anthony Quezada released a statement alerting 35th Ward and 8 district residents about heavy ICE activity. They advise vulnerable residents to take extreme caution.
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez and Alderman Anthony Quezada released a statement alerting 35th Ward and 8 district residents about heavy ICE activity. They advise vulnerable residents to take extreme caution.