Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Just a fucking banger. Can't recommend it high enough.

Plus I hear the audio book slaps if that's your vibe.

Everyone should pin this, one of my favorite podcasts and this is the kind of $Kash content I can't get enough of.

Turns out all lives don’t matter to the All Lives Matter people

The state should withhold all federal taxes. Then treat the occupying army like what they are and treat them as though the lives of your residents depend on their defeat

Meanwhile Nick Shirley, the dipshit MAGA influencer who started this whole racist panic about fraud at Somali-run daycares, is saying “EXPOSE IT ALL” in response to a deeply antisemitic video about ”New Jersey’s Jewish Invasion”

"In Wagner’s case, the government has chosen to intervene in what may be best described as a social-media pissing match between an avowed antifascist and a fascist – to arrest the antifascist."

“The government has chosen to intervene in what may be best described as a social-media pissing match between an avowed antifascist and a fascist – to arrest the antifascist.”

@jsweetli.bsky.social on a Minneapolis man arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a right-wing agitator.

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This entire administration is run by influencers trying to convince you that their politics of hate and billionaire worship are popular.

Residents seek to end contracts between ICE and local governments People in communities are objecting to longstanding contracts for services ranging from the use of training facilities at local gun ranges to parking spaces.

This stuff works.

They hate it.

Keep doing it.

Residents seek to end contracts between ICE and local governments www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Another video from FAU’s anti-ICE protest today

'Melt the ICE' Organizers Share Lessons Ahead of Week of Action Against ICE - UNICORN RIOT Organizers with "Melt the ICE" shared some reflections and lessons on ICE resistance tactics in the lead-up to a week of action in Minnesota.

As the Twin Cities prepares for an upcoming week of action scheduled to take place from February 25 through March 1, organizers with the group behind the initiative, “Melt the ICE,” shared some reflections and lessons on ICE resistance tactics with Unicorn Riot.

Among those at the Capitol today apparently was Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), a British Islamophobe and the co-founder of the virulently racist English Defence League.

He showed a photo on X of him meeting with Rep. Randy Fine.

MEDIA ADVISORY: (2/25, 9AM) Grassroots Coalition to Rally and Testify Against Anti-Protest Bills at City Hall WHAT: New York City organizations will be holding a rally and press conference prior to City Council's "Committee to Combat Hate" hearing. The groups oppose proposed bills that would ban protests near places of religious worship and buildings affiliated with educational facilities. These anti-protest bills are intended to suppress dissent on campuses and against illegal sales of stolen Palestinian land, but they would impact protests and speech rights much more broadly. WHO: Over forty local organizations and their allies from Palestine solidarity and antiwar activists to reproductive rights, civil liberties, Jewish organizations, students, and labor unions. WHEN: Wednesday, February 25 @ 9 AM WHERE: City Hall Steps

WHY: In January, City Council Speaker Menin proposed bill 001-2026, followed by Councilmember Dinowitz's proposed bill 175-2026, which would task the NYPD Commissioner with creating buffer zones blocking protests around places of religious worship and buildings affiliated with educational institutions. The proposals come after Gov. Kathy Hochul included language in the Executive Budget to establish 25-foot buffer zones around religious institutions and healthcare facilities. If passed, the bills would greatly limit the areas available for demonstrations, given the density of places of worship and educational institutions, thereby severely undermining the free speech rights of New Yorkers. Grassroots organizations at the rally are demanding that city and state officials reject proposed buffer zones around healthcare facilities, places of worship, and educational facilities, and take tangible steps to stop the sale of stolen Palestinian land in New York, in violation of state and federal fair housing and civil rights acts and international law.

A coalition of +40 organizations are mobilizing tomorrow morning against proposed legislation in NYC Council to create protest “buffer zones” that activists and legal scholars say will stifle and criminalize protest and seems focused on stopping pro-Palestine demos against illegal land sale events.

Trump Demanded El Mencho’s Head. Mexicans Are Paying the Price. The violence in Mexico is fueled by U.S. guns and money. Killing a cartel boss won’t change that — whether Trump knows it or not.

“The fighting left at least 70 people dead, including 25 members of Mexico’s National Guard, which carried out the mission guided by intelligence from counterparts in U.S. military and law enforcement, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum.“

I bet Trump demanded splashy headlines for his SOTU.

I’m raising rent relief funds for Minneapolis immigrant families affected by ICE.

Donations are down, but ICE is very much still here and there’s still so much need. Can you help?

V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater

We keep us housed 💛

Please share and help if you can! Thank you!

‘Melt the ICE’ Organizers Share Lessons Ahead of Week of Action Against ICE read at UnicornRiot.Ninja

As the Twin Cities prepares for an upcoming week of action scheduled to take place from Feb. 25 through March 1, organizers with the group behind the initiative, “Melt the ICE,” shared some reflections and lessons on ICE resistance tactics with Unicorn Riot. Read in full at website-link to follow.

They always want to say the protests are too dangerous, they never want to say exactly why...

ICE deportation flight leaves NH after 31 hours, exposes chronic problems Local officials, activists and a former Omni flight attendant slammed the airline and ICE's decision not to cancel the scheduled deportation.

NEW FROM ME: The deportation plane stuck in the blizzard took off this morning after 31 hours, but not before exposing a much bigger problem with exceedingly long delays on ICE flights.

With exclusive interviews and photos taken by local ICE flight watchers. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-deportat...

Just an astounding betrayal from someone who has built their office around stabbing the people who got her elected in the back.

It's almost like electoral politics disempowers workers and we should only rely on mutual aid, solidarity and direct action.

Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet “With the ceasefire there is always the danger that the solidarity stops,” a member of the Rojava commune said.

Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet truthout.org/articles/roj...

Surprise, surprise: Homeland Security Sec. Noem made up that far-fetched story about a man trying to “eat his own arms" aboard a deportation flight. trib.al/R5Tqvxi

Noem’s fake cannibal is just one of many dangerous lies being peddled by DHS—as calls for her resignation continue to mount.

"Many organizers ... have drawn a comparison to Palestine, where the ceasefire with Israel did not mean an end to the bloodshed or a solution to the problem of Palestinian dispossession. They need a long-term investment in solidarity, connecting other social movements with [the] fight for a future."

"The autonomous area known as Rojava...is facing an existential struggle. The Syrian administration in Damascus has initiated a military assault on the region in an effort to undermine its autonomy and bring it under central control."

Latest from @shaneburley.bsky.social.

The science doesn’t seem so settled after all, and it’s important to understand what happened here. The approach of left-of-center Americans and our institutions — to assume that when a scientific organization releases a “policy statement” on a hot-button issue, that the policy statement must be accurate — is a deeply naïve understanding of science, human nature and politics, and how they intersect. At a time when more and more Americans are turning away from expert authority in favor of YouTube quacks and their ilk — and when our own government is pushing scientifically baseless policies on childhood vaccination and climate change — it’s vital that the organizations that represent mainstream science be open, honest and transparent about politically charged issues. If they aren’t, there’s simply no good reason to trust them.

This is anti-vaxx logic. It is not "naive" to accept the conclusions of experts in technical fields.

Who’s in Minneapolis? @dropkickmurphys.com doing a show for the ICE resisters and to connect people with a number of organizations involved in the work.

Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet “With the ceasefire there is always the danger that the solidarity stops,” a member of the Rojava commune said.

Latest from me: I talk with people in Rojava and in the U.S. how we can support the democratic confederalist experiment at one of the most serious moments in it's history. They need our solidarity now.
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Latest from me at @truthout.org: Right now organizers both inside and outside of Rojava are calling for international solidarity as the region faces an existential threat.

I talk with folks at organizations like @defendrojava.bsky.social, the Internationalist Commune and elsewhere about how to help

"the Autonomous Administration of North & East Syria (AANES), including its confederal council system…offers a grassroots democratic alternative to centralized state structures. If…a re-centralized Syrian state [seizes control of Rojava,] it could spell the end of the libertarian communalist project

“Revolution is not a paradise on earth. It is a constant process of change, with obstacles and shortcomings…The difference is that people here don’t pull back from the obstacles but try to overcome them.” ~ Felix Weber, member of the Internationalist Commune in Rojava