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This is why so many of us should have been listening to Black voices and learning far more about the history of racism in America.

All of that led us here. Fascism was already here for many others. And now it’s coming for the rest. If we had fought for others harder, we’d have prevented it.

I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.

I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.

“But we’re only going after all those undocumented people who are criminals.” Bullshit.

Two weeks have passed since a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrested the Honduran immigrant client of Magdalena Cuprys of Cuprys & Associates. “He was stopped at a weigh station in Tampa because he owns a construction company, and he was required to stop for his truck to be weighed,” Cuprys told me. “The client had a valid Florida driver’s license. The patrol officer called Customs and Border Protection on him. The client called me, and the officer took the phone from him and spoke with me.” She asked why CBP was alerted. “I was advised that the client looked Hispanic, had a Hispanic name, and now they are collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and CBP, and their orders are to call CBP any time they encounter anyone they suspect is an immigrant,” said Cuprys. “I asked if they would have followed the same process if it had been me driving, and the response was it depends if you look Hispanic.”

“It depends if you look Hispanic.”

From Forbes: www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

NEVER. STOP. BULLYING. BIGOTS.

Polling data from Harris & Associates 1966. Q: Do you approve of what Freedom Riders are Doing? 22% approve 61%disapprove18%no opinion.

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

What You've Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

Again I stand by what I said.

"I can't believe I even have to talk about these people. That's how ridiculous it s."

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

My god. 6 MILLION acres of public lands in Oregon, including the vast majority of our national forests, will be sold in a fire sale if the MAGA budget passes.

I haven’t seen nearly enough people talking about this.

The levels of greed and inhumane thinking on display is actually terrifying.

America really is dystopian as fuck.

Remember this iconic photo from Ferguson? This is Edward Crawford, throwing back a tear gas canister to protect some nearby kids.

Like many identified Ferguson protesters and organizers, he was "found dead" a couple years later and neither the cops nor the media will ever investigate.

What 'Less Lethal' Weapons Actually Do Rubber bullets and tear gas are not as innocuous as they sound

Wrote this in the summer of 2020, definitely a good sign to be dusting it off now.

"Less lethal" weapons are tools of colonial occupation marketed to police, and tools of police marketed to colonial soldiers. Anti-civilian weapons more than "less-lethal" www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID.

Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring.

America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.

They’re being disappeared On the news just now, I heard a young man tell of how he and his girlfriend were at Home Depot this morning when ICE came. They ripped her out of his arms. He yelled out that she is American born. But that wasn't why they grabbed her. The boyfriend said that when they came for her, they said "get the one with the phone." She had been recording them. Our sheriff deputies and police officers, (and soon OUR National Guard) are protecting and serving a group of kidnappers as if our constitution doesn't exist. These people are being disappeared. I can't imagine my loved one being ripped out of my arms like that, knowing I may never see them again. I can't wrap my head around this. I can't believe our leaders are so impotent and gutless. I can't believe we are the ones who have to lay OUR bodies on the line and not the men and women who train to fight in our name. I can't stop thinking about that young woman and how scared she must be right now - and everyone else in detention and their families. Our coward leaders did this to them and they're leaving it up to us to keep fighting. Fuck this timeline.

more from the Los Angeles reddit

Stay safe, protect your neighbors

You cannot scare Black people in the USA with “they gone come after you next”

Like be for real 😂😂😂😂😂

All of this goes to show how none of yall pay attention to the history of the USA.

Newsom and ambitious people like him want Americans to wait this out so that the power structure *as it currently exists* will be intact for them to grab when things “go back to normal.” Pushing back on power now would mean less power for them when it’s their turn. Real change is not their goal.

There are ZERO riots. I am in downtown Los Angeles. There are live feeds of everything that was here and what went down in Paramount. Dudes on mini bikes making noise and people holding Fuck Ice signs etc. But no violence from protesters. None. Cannot say the same about the opposition.

An Anticolonial Lawyer in a Colonial Court Of language, shady translations & distorted justice

In this article, I recall an absurd court occurrence that illustrates my point about the incongruity of colonial language use. Through it, I reflect on my personal experiences of colonial language, content, structure, and processes in studying and practising law.

folukeafrica.com/an-anticolon...

I wish there was a Magical Girl Show where they tackle Problems like Union busting, wage theft, The Rental Crisis, police corruption etc.

Good Luck #LA

protesters surround federal detention center in Los Angeles

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

You left Substack due to concerns over its content policies. Could you elaborate on that decision and its impact on your work? In late 2023, Jonathan M. Katz reported for The Atlantic that Substack was monetizing explicitly Nazi-affiliated publications on its platform. As a Jewish woman and granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, this was unacceptable to me. So I organized a group of Substack writers, and we published an open letter to the cofounders, asking a simple question: "Do you support Nazis or not?" Their response was that while they didn't support Nazis, they prioritized free speech above all else. And they ultimately do not have ethical problems with sharing revenue with Nazi publications. That was the last straw for me. I moved to a new Platform, Beehiv, where Ireceive a larger share of my revenue and have full control over my platform. My goal is to build my own media, which is what I'm trying to do with The Handbasket.

Here’s what I told CJR in February:

As officials lay blame for what's happening in LA today, remember the provocations responsible were: invading neighborhoods, kidnapping loved ones, separating families, and trafficking people to foreign prisons. If the people you're blaming did not do these things, you're blaming the wrong people.

Either it’s deliberately avoiding its existence on the left, asserting it led to a “right wing backlash” in the center, and naming it as an illegitimate revolution on the right.

what bothers me most about so many dems is how they throw basic morality to the side whenever they want to prevent someone who is “too left” from getting anything done.

they’ll back racists, transphobes and predators. oil companies! anyone but a politician with actual good intentions.

If👏 Creativity👏 Has👏 No👏 Value👏 In👏 Society👏 Then👏 Why👏 Are👏 So👏 Many👏 People👏 Going👏 To👏 So👏 Much👏 Trouble👏 To👏 Steal👏 It👏

Jonathan Joss’ tragic demise reminds us why Pride Month exists Joss was a beloved member of the queer community who shaped our humor with his charismatic charm..

Joss was a beloved member of the queer community who shaped our humor with his charismatic charm..

One attorney, Lizbeth Mateo, said ICE officials slated several of her clients for check-ins at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown L.A. but when they showed up on Tuesday, they were detained and immediately escorted to the basement. Mateo said a couple and their two children, one of whom is a U.S. citizen, spent the night in a room with no beds and limited access to food and water. Mateo said the father had previously been issued a stay of removal, barring him from deportation but he and his family were detained anyway. His wife was released Wednesday evening along with their children since she needed medical attention due to a high-risk pregnancy. He was still being detained early Friday, Mateo said.

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles.

Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Honestly you wake up everyday and it's news article after news article about colonizers doing disgusting things 24/7.

This is what they do. Sanction you and suspend you in your own land.

Never heard of him. I read first paragraph and realized how insufferable this person is. This clown said affirmative action is no longer necessary and that it is a progressive excess, excuse me what?

For those who do not know about the Chicago residency law, you must live in the City of Chicago in order to work in Chicago. Chicago also built toll roads to stop people from opening businesses and living on the outskirts of the county or in other states.