TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)

“Artists are here to disturb the peace”

- James Baldwin

“If the purpose of the anti-ICE apps is to track and alert neighbors about ICE: in self-sustaining communities, there’s no point.”

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can. “Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

For anyone subscribed to Counterpunch, the “ICEBlock story” is out

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“We show up at protests and just let ourselves get beat up for the optics, as opposed to actually doing tactics that might help us stop these machines” - Eric King

If you’re attending the No Kings, 50501, or anti-“ICE Protests”? Be prepared.

🚨 The Ant!fa Panels are BACK 🏴

Episode 2 featuring:

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Co-hosted by @kellyscaletta.bsky.social and yours truly

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

my neighbors are being disappeared. people think they're next. some people aren't scrubbing b/c i dunno, integrity, or whatever the quality is that Tom lacks and makes him say unhinged things. also people have been scrubbing. also i can't post a CBP guy's name who committed crimes b/c I will get

Manuscript cover for Christian Picciolini's 'Radical Goodness: Finding Peace in a Polarized World' book

Finalized and delivered. Stay tuned!

Did you or a friend or a family member get attacked by Trump’s brown shirts this weekend? I’d like to hear about it and maybe do something about it. My email is jchavez [at] ojrc [dot] info. Please put “Seeking Legal Advice re: ICE Building” in subject line. All inquiries are confidential.

THE PERRY SECOND CHANCES SCHOLARSHIP 'Everyone Deserves A Second Chance!' - Gabrielle Angelique Perry, MPH, Founder & Executive Director The mission of The Perry 'Second Chances' Scholarship is to annually provide fiscal resources to formerly incarcerated women and the daughters of anyone who has been impacted by incarceration. Women who are currently enrolled or recently accepted into an accredited 2-to-4-year educational institution will be given a one-time, $10,000 scholarship, paid directly to their institutions, to support their education & needs in order to thrive in their educational endeavors. Applications open 11.15.2025 and close 2.27.2026, at www.theperryscholarship.org Learn more at thurmanperryfoundation.org

IT’S TIME Y’ALL!

In 1 month, my nonprofit thurmanperryfoundation.org will be awarding women across the U.S. w/ $10,000 EACH in scholarships through The Perry Second Chances Scholarship

I started this program giving money from my savings. Im so moved at what it has become.

Apps open 11.15 🩵✝️

“We show up at protests and just let ourselves get beat up for the optics, as opposed to actually doing tactics that might help us stop these machines” - Eric King

If you’re attending the No Kings, 50501, or anti-“ICE Protests”? Be prepared.

This is pervasive on TikTok too. Selling Bill Watterson legos and PBS merch that zero go to either.

click through one of these links the next time it comes up on your feed. most of them sell bootleg merch for both sides of the political aisle. you'll get 'ALL MY HEROES HAVE FBI FILES' hoodie next to a 'MY PRONOUNS ARE FREEDOM/'MURICA' hat

Not one of these Instagram advertisers donates any of its proceeds to the cause it claims to support

All of these Instagram advertisers donate at least a portion of their proceeds to the cause(s) they support

“If the purpose of the anti-ICE apps is to track and alert neighbors about ICE: in self-sustaining communities, there’s no point.”

YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly The Urgency of Direct Action in Our Communities

We have to act while there is still time. We don't want to get to the end of the "And there was no one left to stand for me" part of the poem.

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The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Reasons to Teach High School English when the World is on Fire

Black girls in advanced academics who write literary analyses about “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Queer kids who call the English Department The Fruit Factory. Allowables and Legacies by Nikki Giovanni.

This story about the FBI director handing out challenge coins that celebrate vigilante violence came out the same week that he fired an agent for having a small rainbow flag on his desk.

Trump is defunding the police where he can so he can fill the void with his masked Gestapo. He did it in DC, and he tried it in New York but balked. Additionally, Pam Bondi is investigating the Portland police bureau because they arrested a right wing agitator. Pay attention.

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

bail amount remaining is $1,000 arrested for “disturbing the peace” and “Disorderly Conduct”
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Cashapp $bttconnection

ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices | image: StingRay cell phone surveillance device

LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy', an Al Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds JOSEPH COX • AUG 13, 2025 AT 8:55 AM Emails obtained by 404 Media show the LAPD was interested in GeoSpy, an Al tool that can quickly figure out where a photo was taken.

INSIDE THE NYPD'S SURVEILLANCE MACHINE Your face is being tracked. Find out where. TAKE A WALK IN NYC See how policing tactics intersect (Image: black and white photo of a large crowd in New York City with red squares around their faces to illustrate surveillance)

Truthout NEWS ANALYSIS | PRISONS & POLICING Campus Police Are Using Israeli Spy Tech to Crack Down on Student Protest Israeli-made surveillance technologies are accelerating the militarization of campus police departments across the US. By Tara Goodarzi & Brian Dolinar, TRUTHOUT February 24, 2025

Get found “in seconds”

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

From the streets to the sheets…

New: ICE is hiring a team of dozens of people to:

🕵️‍♂️ Surveil social media *all day, every day*

📓 Build dossiers

📍 Flag ‘Americans’ for arrest and deportation

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Latimes.com Los Angeles Times California Pizza Thief Receives Sentence of 25 Years to Life in Prison : Crime: Judge cites five prior felony convictions in sentencing Jerry Dewayne Williams under ‘three strikes’ law. By ERIC SLATER March 3, 1995 12 AM PT

Sean Combs got less time than bro who stole a piece of pizza

Why We March [prod. by Jesse Jett], by awkword track by awkword

“My daughter's sick, they denied another claim

So now we got to pick on what to spend assorted change

It's sort of strange, with all the rich there's all this pain

Sometimes I fantasize about sticking up a bank…”

This is *my* life — they’re making worse

So celebrate *that* for Bandcamp Friday.

AWKWORD (Ft. Jesse Jett) – Why We March The Medicare for All Anthem, world premiering at the M4A Marches across 50+ cities on July 24, 2021. All proceeds go to help fund the creation of a documentary on the healthcare

Medicaid cuts? OK.

“I heard a story of a dad who robbed a pharmacy

Opened up his bag, like, 'poverty is policy'

He left a note saying, 'Sorry, I feel horribly

To save my kid's life I'll be a criminal if I got to be”

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Medicaid Cuts mean more and more of all of this.