Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
@underthetreepod.bsky.social
A podcast that takes you on a journey to reimagine how we can bring freedom & liberation to life.
https://linktr.ee/underthetree
https://linktr.ee/underthetree
Pinned
NEW EPISODE!
We met up at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with Aaron Hughes and @ajpeddakotla.bsky.social of
@vetsaboutface.bsky.social, a dynamic and powerful group involved in building an irresistible movement for peace and against war and fascism.
bit.ly/47ifHu6
We met up at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social with Aaron Hughes and @ajpeddakotla.bsky.social of
@vetsaboutface.bsky.social, a dynamic and powerful group involved in building an irresistible movement for peace and against war and fascism.
bit.ly/47ifHu6
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
Listen to the Podcast: One Million Experiments
Listen to episodes from the One Million Experiments Podcast, where we explore community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.
millionexperiments.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Two Chicago police officers who attacked members of the public and the staff of a Wrigleyville pizzeria after a Chicago Cubs game during a 2019 drunken brawl they started, will be suspended for one year each, according to documents obtained by WTTW News. https://to.wttw.com/47yw2Mz
2 CPD Officers Suspended for 1 Year Each After 2019 Drunken Wrigleyville Brawl, Records Show
City officials agreed to allow the two officers to serve suspensions of 365 days each, even though the agency charged with investigating police misconduct and the city's former top cop agreed they sho...
to.wttw.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Two Chicago police officers who attacked members of the public and the staff of a Wrigleyville pizzeria after a Chicago Cubs game during a 2019 drunken brawl they started, will be suspended for one year each, according to documents obtained by WTTW News. https://to.wttw.com/47yw2Mz
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Fuck every alder who voted against plowing the sidewalks in chicago. I hope you don't slip and fall and break some bones.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fuck every alder who voted against plowing the sidewalks in chicago. I hope you don't slip and fall and break some bones.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
Special fuck you to the alder who did some terrible "back of the napkin" math. Stop ruining our lives!!!!
Photos from a two block stretch of a busy commercial corridor.
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
Thank you @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for another wonderful night of conversation.
Always a pleasure to be in such good company and in warm surroundings. 🖤💛💚
Always a pleasure to be in such good company and in warm surroundings. 🖤💛💚
Getting started with Martha Biondi, Prexy Nesbitt and Bill Ayers in celebration of WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS: PREXY NESBITT AND THE FIGHT FOR AFRICAN LIBERATION @underthetreepod.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Thank you @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social for another wonderful night of conversation.
Always a pleasure to be in such good company and in warm surroundings. 🖤💛💚
Always a pleasure to be in such good company and in warm surroundings. 🖤💛💚
Come join us tonight!
Tonight! Join us to discuss the lessons from past solidarity movements that worked across international lines.
11/10, 7 pm: WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS: PREXY NESBITT AND THE FIGHT FOR AFRICAN LIBERATION, Martha Biondi and Prexy Nesbitt in conversation with Bill Ayers @underthetreepod.bsky.social
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47798
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47798
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Come join us tonight!
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
DOC NYC, the festival for documentaries, is coming back to New York for its in-person edition November 12 - 20, and online November 12 - 30. www.docnyc.net
I can't wait to watch the Toni Cade Bambara film virtually - www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
I can't wait to watch the Toni Cade Bambara film virtually - www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
DOC NYC - America's Largest Documentary Festival
Save the date! DOC NYC Returns Nov 12 - 30, 2025.
www.docnyc.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
DOC NYC, the festival for documentaries, is coming back to New York for its in-person edition November 12 - 20, and online November 12 - 30. www.docnyc.net
I can't wait to watch the Toni Cade Bambara film virtually - www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
I can't wait to watch the Toni Cade Bambara film virtually - www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We sold out 2 tamale vendors, bought out 2 more vendors, and absolutely swarmed a family owned bakery. It was a good day with some the very best of #BikeChi 🥰 for the 4th installment of the Street Vendor Bike Tour. We persist. ✊🏽
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Shutting it down for the night with this post from a comrade in Chicago:
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
🎶"I wish I could give you this feeling. I wish I could give you this feeling."🎶
Interesting way to hold a weapon.
Obviously years of training involved here. 🥴
Obviously years of training involved here. 🥴
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Interesting way to hold a weapon.
Obviously years of training involved here. 🥴
Obviously years of training involved here. 🥴
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Who's Threatening Who?
The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
Is The NY Times relevant anymore?
Critics remain unconvinced.
Critics remain unconvinced.
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Is The NY Times relevant anymore?
Critics remain unconvinced.
Critics remain unconvinced.
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
“The special prosecutor tapped to oppose an upcoming certificate of innocence petition for Kevin Jackson, a wrongfully convicted Englewood man, is the same 1990s-era assistant state’s attorney named in one of Chicago’s best known and most expensive wrongful conviction settlements.”
Over the last few months, I've been taking a closer look at one of three special prosecutors tapped by the state's attorney's office to oppose Kevin Jackson's certificate of innocence. Jackson was wrongfully convicted and spent 23 years incarcerated.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/kevi...
Kevin Jackson was falsely convicted, and now his innocence certificate is being opposed by a prosecutor whose past includes prosecutorial misconduct • The TRiiBE
A deeper look at Fabio Valentini, whose private practice has been tapped by Cook County for a number of post-conviction hearings.
thetriibe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“The special prosecutor tapped to oppose an upcoming certificate of innocence petition for Kevin Jackson, a wrongfully convicted Englewood man, is the same 1990s-era assistant state’s attorney named in one of Chicago’s best known and most expensive wrongful conviction settlements.”
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Tonight was the inaugural ride of our new home buyout program. We connect with vendors too scared to be out, and we purchase from them at home. Tonight we bought 250 tamales, divided into 3 teams to deliver all over the city to folks on the street, Love Fridges, and a youth shelter.
i.e. they don’t want to keep evidence of their crimes
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
i.e. they don’t want to keep evidence of their crimes
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
HUGE NEWS! Because of Democratic pressure, Oregon SNAP recipients are reporting their cards have the FULL November benefits!
Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!
Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!
After a period of uncertainty, SNAP benefits have begun to arrive on Oregonian’s EBT cards.https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/oregonians-begin-receiving-snap-benefits-friday-morning/?cid=bluesky_
Oregonians begin receiving SNAP benefits Friday morning
After a period of uncertainty, SNAP benefits have begun to arrive on Oregonian’s EBT cards.
www.koin.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
HUGE NEWS! Because of Democratic pressure, Oregon SNAP recipients are reporting their cards have the FULL November benefits!
Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!
Everyone who called out Trump for using hungry children and seniors as a bargaining chip has WON with tremendous results!!
Just one story of thousands
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just one story of thousands
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
We're announcing a 30-day moratorium on utility disconnections.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
They know they’re violating the law, the constitutional order, and, for the sworn in, their oaths.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
They know they’re violating the law, the constitutional order, and, for the sworn in, their oaths.
NEW EPISODE!
bit.ly/4nP2xuR
Episode #140: Teaching in Dark Times with Kathryn Zamarron
We’re joined by Kathryn (Kat) Zamarron, a Chicago Public School teacher, in a wide-ranging conversation focused on the complex reality of supporting children and youth and their families in dark times.
bit.ly/4nP2xuR
Episode #140: Teaching in Dark Times with Kathryn Zamarron
We’re joined by Kathryn (Kat) Zamarron, a Chicago Public School teacher, in a wide-ranging conversation focused on the complex reality of supporting children and youth and their families in dark times.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEW EPISODE!
bit.ly/4nP2xuR
Episode #140: Teaching in Dark Times with Kathryn Zamarron
We’re joined by Kathryn (Kat) Zamarron, a Chicago Public School teacher, in a wide-ranging conversation focused on the complex reality of supporting children and youth and their families in dark times.
bit.ly/4nP2xuR
Episode #140: Teaching in Dark Times with Kathryn Zamarron
We’re joined by Kathryn (Kat) Zamarron, a Chicago Public School teacher, in a wide-ranging conversation focused on the complex reality of supporting children and youth and their families in dark times.
Reposted by Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom
Incredible read by Meredith Colias-Pete
and Kate Perez
Thank you for sharing @peternickeas.bsky.social
👇
and Kate Perez
Thank you for sharing @peternickeas.bsky.social
👇
The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.
‘They destroyed us’: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation now missing in Mexico
When federal immigration agents raided Martha Porcallo Martinez’s East Chicago, Indiana home on June 12, they also arrested her 26-year-old daughter who has schizophrenia.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Incredible read by Meredith Colias-Pete
and Kate Perez
Thank you for sharing @peternickeas.bsky.social
👇
and Kate Perez
Thank you for sharing @peternickeas.bsky.social
👇