Erin Grunze

ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it.

The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.

June Jordan's poem refers to the Israeli invasion and massacre of Lebanon in 1982. Yet it applies perfectly to American complicity in the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza today!

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48757/...

🧵*11/17/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncompliance & defiance by individuals, communities, & institutions.

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West coast, East coast
Everywhere in between
We're telling ICE to go to hell
Wanna help? Here's a zine ⬇️

(cc zine maven @meganpiont.bsky.social)

They sing in unison against the atrocities behind the walls.

One Year to Defend Elections Trump’s pardons of Rudy Giuliani and other election deniers are a reminder that the 2026 midterms will face an extraordinary new source of pressure: the federal government itself.

Politicians need to start treating the health of our democracy as the central issue it is. bit.ly/3LDvVqz
 

Too many people have resigned themselves to not reading because they fear they no longer have the focus for it. You only need to limit your screen time for a few days to begin feeling the effects on your brain. I promise you, you are capable of reading books again.

Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.

There’s a disturbing lack of outrage over ICE’s aggressive tackling and arrest of a non verbal autistic man in Chicago.

Just like the lack of outrage over Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been held in solitary for months.

Disabled lives matter too!

The regime despises poor people, yes. And importantly it does not fear poor people as a political force. It's important to take both of these together to understand what they are doing with SNAP. They do not believe that they will incur lasting political costs for their current actions.

Glad I saved this piece for this morning to read and sit with. A grounding and uplifting way to start my week.

Judge Wolf’s decision to step down so he can be freed to speak candidly about this Administration’s attempts to undermine democracy and our court system is incredibly important. It would be amazing to see more, respected senior judges join forces. Now feels like the right time.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.

Congratulations!

Painting of eleven circles in different colours with interior lines creating peace signs, all against a black background

Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Autumn is a beautiful time in Wisconsin. There is something so pleasing about these fall colors....🍂🍃🍁

Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

A dozen ways US has shifted toward authoritarianism under Trump: (1/2):

Curbing free speech
Using gov against opponents
Ignoring Congress
Using military inappropriately
Defying courts
Faking emergencies
Marginalizing groups
Controlling media

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Community members describe confrontation with federal agents - Evanston RoundTable Evanston community clashes with federal immigration authorities after car crash. Residents detained, pepper spray used. Mayor demands review.

I encourage people to read this. In addition to matching the witness videos that have been shared online, it refutes the allegations coming from ICE, CBP and DHS.

Grotesque and reckless abuse of force.

From Evanston Roundtable.

evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/01/e...

a little taste of fall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 🍁🍂

Farm workers carrying out huge bunches of marigolds from the fields

"Gloria" shares, "We've been spending the past weeks harvesting marigolds to be sold for #DiaDeLosMuertos altars. It’s an honor to get these flowers ready to be used to honor our loved ones that have passed."

ICE detained a Virginia mom while she was driving her 16yo daughter to school bc she couldn’t recall her SS#.

“The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter.

ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status.

“I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”

The mechanism is they’re going to pull funding from other housing programs to pay for this concentration camp, which is a guaranteed way to create more homelessness which can then be converted into cash in the form of capitated payments that extracted from people forced into the place.

We’re conditioned to believe our smallest contributions wont make a difference. That our $5 wont help. That a couple cans of veggies wont help. That one coat & a pair of shoes aren’t worth donating. It all counts. This is a reminder to myself as well.

“.. Andrea Soria, whose daughter plays at Luna y Cielo, overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: ‘We have to be good or ICE will get us.’”

@apnews.com #Chicago
apnews.com/article/chic...

US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

#Sudan: We are deeply concerned about the situation in El Fasher. As fighting intensifies, thousands are trapped with no safe way out. The Rapid Support Forces have announced that they have taken control of the city.

Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify

Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

Inevitable and tracks with the cycles of regimes