Judith C.

Florida Is the “Tip of the Spear” The proliferation of 287(g) agreements under Trump has expanded the deportation machine exponentially. There’s no better case study for what this future of anti-immigrant crusading looks like than the...

Saying "we should focus on deporting criminals" is really missing the whole point, as a result.
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The point is that "criminals" are created; it's not a neutral category. We see it in action every time a person is shot by police. If we make "criminals, we can also unmake them.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Bill allowing Tennessee schools to exclude undocumented kids clears another hurdle with 5-3 vote in a House subcommittee. One Republican joined Dems in voting ‘no.’ @tennesseelookout.com

‘No Other Land’ Tells the Brutal Story of Palestinian Erasure The Oscar-nominated documentary opens this week at the Belcourt

Go see this, playing at the Belcourt

SALUTE / ALERTA mnemonics for actionable information We help protect one another by sharing useful and actionable information. ALERTA: Activity, Location, Equipment, Request aid, Time & date, Appearance SALUTE: Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, E...

For rapid response use ALERTA, and include a specific request for aid, e.g. de-escalation: workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa...

ALERTA is credited to radicals in Asheville, as an alternative to SALUTE, to move away from the U.S. military framework and to emphasize the request for aid.

A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.

I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.

VERY important: ICE still needs judicial warrants before they can go into nonpublic areas. Not “administrative warrants.”

Democratic Dealignment w/ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Podcast Episode · The Dig · 11/09/2024 · 1h 53m

Important insights!

Photo of the covers of the following books: HOW WE GET FREE, Hope in the Dark, FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE, PALESTINE in a World on fire, Let This Radicalize You, Socialism…Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls.

The big Haymarket all-bangers free ebook stock-up is on until tomorrow:

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I think a lot about what @nanjala.bsky.social said once about oligarchy and threats to freedom:

One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”.

We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so.

We don’t have to.