@robwisc.bsky.social
US educational policy | political economies | community organizing | labor
My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Check this out. Looking forward to it.
www.wisconsinnetwork.org/events/prese...
Real statue! The screenshot from PatroitTakes on Twitter is from back in February. Seems like the statue has been auctioned off for charity at this point:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/m...
However the website for the project is no longer active:
www.peacelovegoats.org
Border Patrol conducted a multi-day, multi-city operation in our state because elected officials like NC House Speaker Destin Hall invited them.
25.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 3Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
25.11.2025 14:36 — 👍 119 🔁 37 💬 0 📌 3Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
25.11.2025 13:26 — 👍 3007 🔁 717 💬 22 📌 40ICYMI! Check out our definition of what working conditions are and what they are not!
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A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
24.11.2025 18:34 — 👍 24 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 5It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
23.11.2025 23:16 — 👍 3246 🔁 802 💬 13 📌 11Our local organizers are amazing! Strong existing networks meant everyone could come together in the space of a few days. See poster for all the groups that mobilized together.
Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.
Now I'm thinking about turkey spice lattes...
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Packaged bags of groceries and necessities waiting distribution
Volunteers packaging food for distribution to immigrant families in our school district
Lists of foods to distribute
Packaged bags of groceries and necessities waiting distribution
The Durham community came together and raised 100K in 48 hours; hundreds of volunteers joined in to procure, package, and distribute food and necessities to immigrant DPS families - 655 families and 13000 meals. Thank you to local organizers who led us into startling food distribution efficiency 🫶🏼
22.11.2025 22:54 — 👍 150 🔁 42 💬 2 📌 0The disruption affects kids who are absent, kids who are there, and the poor teachers who, as always, are trying to hold it together when no one else will.
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Months into ICE raids, Chicago teachers and community members are finding ways to help students cope with trauma inflicted on their communities.
Borderless reports: blockclubchi.co/49ynB5s
My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
AAUP NC statement on U. S. Customs and Border Protection Presence in North Carolina @aaup.org
drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
19.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2Folks on Reddit (r/bullcity and r/raleigh) report seeing agents' cars at:
Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley
(Marriott Dr near Glenwood Ave)
Hilton Raleigh North Hills
(Wake Forest Rd near St Albans Dr)
Hundreds turned out in Durham and Raleigh Tuesday night to protest federal immigration actions critics say are indiscriminately targeting communities of color. Story by @lbonner.bsky.social and @galenb.bsky.social #nc #Raleigh #Durham
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Seems like they came direct from Charlotte; unsure if they are staying overnight in the area.
Other live updates from News & Observer:
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
According to Siembra NC, the agents left their headquarters in Charlotte before 7:30am today.
The first confirmed reports on OJO Obrero from the Triangle Area today were between 10:40–11:40am in Cary before Durham, Raleigh, Garner, and RDU.
ojonc.org?lang=en
Why is a university in stellar financial condition seeking to impose a $70 million cut on its lowest-paid staff? This audit lays bare the truth: cuts at UNC-Chapel Hill are the result of political pressure.
Press release
unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter...
Presentation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...
According to the News & Observer, some grocery stores are offering free delivery. Details as of 1:30pm:
Compare Foods in Charlotte – Free delivery and pickup until end of year
Compare Foods in Durham (1233 University Drive) – Currently offering free delivery
See article below for updates.
La migra is expanding operations in Durham, NC. Here is a thread of resources for supporting our community:
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