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🧵 Today at @timep.bsky.social, we're launching "The Arab Uprisings 15 Years On: More Than a Moment."

I'd like to tell you a bit more.

This year, we mark fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings, the single most significant event that changed my life and the life of so many in my generation. (1)

Five years of resistance show Myanmar people’s resolve to dismantle the Myanmar military cartel | Justice For Myanmar Five years after the Myanmar military’s coup attempt, the people of Myanmar continue to resist through extraordinary courage, determination, and sacrifice.

"Five years on, the Myanmar junta has failed to break the will of the people to resist its tyranny and system of repression. It has neither legitimacy nor mandate, and can only resort to violence against the ppl."

✊🏽End impunity!
#Rejectshamelection & institutions formed as a result
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Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).

Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan

After Hadramawt: An Opportunity to Reset Yemen’s Political Track? - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies The Southern Transitional Council’s (STC) seizure of Yemen’s southeastern governorates of Hadramawt and Al-Mahra in early December marked a dangerous turning point, plunging Yemen into a political cri...

Useful framing from the Sanaa Center about the current moment in #Yemen. The government has yet to meet the lowest bar: delivering basic security and services, meaningfully including Southerners and other voices, and conducting govt business through govt institutions, not non-state networks.

Yes, this. Tactical brilliance. In addition to SELMA (2014), the American experience episode on the sit-ins is terrific in this regard. I often show young organizers the segment on prepping for sit-ins as an example of setting a goal and planning backwards from it for everything you'll need.

The surge of DHS agents into Minnesota has done tremendous harm to the people of Minnesota, and I urge those who have personally experienced or directly witnessed that harm to share their stories with my office.

To submit a report, visit: ag.state.mn.us/Federal-Action/

Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin dies at 86 At 15, Colvin became the first Black person to be arrested for challengingMontgomery’s bus laws. History has largely ignored her bravery.

Civil rights activist Claudette Colvin dies at 86 19thnews.org/2026/01/civi... via @19thnews.org

"Preparation is itself a form of politics—a way of insisting that the world you are ready for is a world that could exist."

‘I felt like I was kidnapped’: Ojibwe man recounts ICE detainment - ICT At least five Native American men have been detained by ICE around Minneapolis following significant immigration raids

A Red Lake Ojibwe descendant was snatched by ICE in Minneapolis, and a Plains Cree woman was questioned.
This is in addition to the four Oglala Lakota men who reportedly were grabbed by ICE.
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Elements of Genocide: Intent to Kill In Gambia v. Myanmar, the ICJ should interpret ‘intentionally’ killing members of a group to include both dolus directus and dolus eventualis.

With Gambia v. Myanmar public hearings starting on Jan. 12, @adhaque.bsky.social provides an in-depth analysis of technical issues that the ICJ may wish to clarify in its final judgment regarding the intent to kill members of a group:

www.justsecurity.org/128222/eleme...

#Rohingya #ICJ

Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.

The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.

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Giants Brigades are taking control in Aden from STC forces. So far they’re at the presidential palace and central bank. Talking to folks earlier, they described lots of new checkpoints with “new people”. The Giants are believed to be temporary before passing control to Saudi-backed National Shield.

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The UAE removing their own forces from bases in southern Yemen does not change events or control on the ground. The issue is over USE-backed STC and Hadhrami Elite Forces.
The UAE appears to be putting its own interpretation on Saudi’s very clear demands.

Second round of airstrikes in less than a week carried out by Saudi Arabia against UAE intervention and UAE-backed forces in Hadhramaut

APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia directly links UAE to #Yemen separatists' advances, warns Abu Dhabi its actions are 'extremely dangerous.'

North Carolina's Lumbee Tribe receives full federal recognition after 137-year effort The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has finally received full federal recognition, which it has sought since 1888. Tribal leaders were moved to tears after President Trump signed the measure. n.pr/3L95mJU

Editorial: The bookstore comeback is good news for readers Bookstore declines appear to be reversing. Barnes and Noble opened nearly 70 new stores this year.

From the Editorial Board: The American Booksellers Association reported that more than 420 new bookstores opened this year, part of a rebirth of bookshops after the initial Amazon/big-box shock that caused so many to go under.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) _ Saudi Arabia on Thursday formally called on Emirati-backed separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates their forces now control in the country, a move that threatens sparking a confrontation within a fragile coalition that's battling the Houthi rebels.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.

In 1951, Barbara Rose Johns led a walkout of her segregated high school.

Now, her statue will stand in the same spot in the Capitol where Robert E. Lee's once was.

Even as this Admin tries to erase the Civil Rights struggle, we must continue the work to recognize these heroes.

Deescalation between UAE-backed STC and Saudi-backed National Shield along with the Yemeni government (IRG) appear to have come to a head. Saudi has closed Yemen’s airspace. Tensions are high. Saudi Task Force 802 troops have been withdrawing from many (not all) locations across Yemen since Saturday

YouTube video by Oregon Public Broadcasting First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River after the largest dam removal in U.S. history

And if you TRULY want to be moved & dazzled, do yourself a favor & watch this:

The arguments made against immigrants are always the same and they're always false, regardless of what era it is or where each new group is coming from.

"Inhabitants," a documentary about Native adaptation to climate change.

Rena Priest, Lummi poet (and former WA state poet laureate).

Luke Swinson, painter from Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

@johnniejae.bsky.social, Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw advocate, artist, and founder of RedPop.

Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1

Northern California tribes sign treaty to restore Eel River, fish populations, after dams removed - ICT Two Northern California tribes have committed to restoring the Eel River and its fish populations after Pacific Gas & Electric removes two hydroelectric dams

Two Northern California tribes have committed to restoring the Eel River and its fish populations after Pacific Gas & Electric removes two hydroelectric dams.
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A Lawless Land: Government Factions Must Impose Order or Risk Losing Legitimacy - The Yemen Review, July-September 2025 - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies The assassination of Taiz official Iftehan al-Mashhari in broad daylight is the starkest example yet of how political violence and impunity have taken root in the territories under the control of the ...

If you’ve been focused on the Houthis and the situation in the North or the Red Sea, make sure you also read this editorial detailing the spiraling effects of conflict fragmentation in Yemen. The fallout from this editorial has also been significant for the writers. 1/