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12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest

“Columbia was the test case for this government strategy of kidnapping people first and then asking questions later” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/n...

Hervorragender Artikel, der präzise und klug der allzu oft ungenauen defätistischen dt Berichterstattung entgegenwirkt

Es sind mE nach auch alle sehr realistisch, dass man nicht weiß wie das hier ausgehen wird. Aber es ist ermutigend u beeindruckend, auch v.a. was Minneapolis vorlebt. Und das „they can’t shoot us all“ ergibt sich auch aus d Einsicht, dass der Staat ja nie aufgehört hat Indigene u Schwarze zu morden

Aber die mutual aid u lokale Orientierung d Widerstandes ist auch wirksamer als immer sofort auf d Institutionen m nationaler Reichweite zu blicken. Weil man lokal die kollektive politische Handlungsfähigkeit erfahren kann. Um regional u national etwas zu erreichen, muss man lokal organisiert sein

Natürlich sind die Eliten eingeknickt u die Integrität d Wahlen ist keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Aber wir sehen auch - wie der Artikel beschreibt - eine enorme Solidarisierung u Politisierung in der Bevölkerung, die auf sehr lokaler u konkreter Basis steht u u.a an d Bürgerrechtsbewegung anknüpft.

Danke für diesen ausgezeichneten Artikel, der dem dt „wo sind die Proteste“?? Diskurs so präzise entgegen wirkt. V.a in West D scheint die Annahme zu sein, dass man Faschismus letztlich nicht v innen niederringen kann. Weil das die Erfahrung m dem NS war. Aber sind nicht d Referenzpunkte in d USA

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Snow angels are very important contributions to the public good 💚

And by wanting to understand, I mean, I want to understand why leftist commentators & even podcasters, who generally are v well informed & research stuff well, seem so bent on the “ICE = Gestapo”

The SA/brownshirts analogy is salient & terrifying. But also shows how on point the principled resistance has been & is. So what’s with the obsession of “ICE = Gestapo”? Is it bc to the USian left all Nazis are “Gestapo”? — No snark. Just want to understand

The FBI is much more likely, if we allow it, to be formed into this regime’s Gestapo. And historically has functioned not unlike the Gestapo (cf the persecution of the Black Panthers). — Also calls for more training of ICE, are calls for “turn the brownshirts into the SS.”

Fun fact: The majority of the cases the Gestapo “investigated” came from tips by the population. — But the Gestapo didn’t roam the streets to pick up, beat up, and kill people in the open. That was what the brownshirts, the SA did. Like ICE.

Yes there’s a parallel to “administrative warrants,” bc the Gestapo didn’t need to go the official court process — not that the courts would have made a difference, since the judiciary was fully captured quickly. The Gestapo fabricated evidence & tortured people in its prisons. But away from sight

But once the NSDAP got to power, they didn’t like how the Gestapo did intelligence gathering on political opponents. So the newly formed SD (Sicherheitsdienst, security service) got to do that & the Gestapo investigated & administered punishments, which could be fines up to executions

The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei, secret state police) goes back to the Prussian state. It was formed in light of the 1848 revolution to covertly monitor political activities that might lead to the overthrow of the state. — OK, so maybe a parallel here because ICE was formed under GW Bush…

The SA were untrained thugs, which started as the NSDAP’s security service. Later members of other right wing paramilitaries joined the brownshirts, like ICE recruiting from right wing militias. Initially members even had to buy their own uniforms, like ICE ppl seem to bring their own gear

Can someone explain to me please why the USian left is so invested in “ICE = Gestapo”? — I agree we see fascism & no objection to the Nazi analogy. But ICE is the brownshirts (Sturmabteilung, SA) dispatching to cities to terrorize people. What’s the Gestapo obsession???

Whereas ICE reportedly has 22,000 officers, the NYPD has around 35,000. I have no hope for policing to get us out of this, but, just food for thought

Man conducts regime change in his neighborhood in the spirit of Trump's takeover of Venezuela

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Can't wait to make hajj to mamdanistan

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I think Mamdani has a massively uphill battle to be an effective mayor, but unlike most people we elect here, he seems to realize that.

Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I always frame citational practice as relational:

Whose ideas do I want to inherit and carry forward?

Whose/which ideas am I responsible to/for?

Which thinkers have offered me intellectual, emotional, spiritual guidance?

Who are my ontoepistemological ancestors?

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

It’s always bothered me that mainstream political reporting here is horse race reporting. To add the betting component directly, just makes the underlying rot obvious. — The veneer is off. Now let’s get organized! El pueblo unido..

It’s always bothered me that mainstream political reporting here is horse race reporting. To add the betting component directly, just makes the underlying rot obvious. The veneer is off. Now let’s get organized! El pueblo unido..!!

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...