Written by Valerie Chu!!!

In 2020... When Nithya Raman first ran for office, she said there was no more urgent moment to DEFUND THE POLICE.

Many people are celebrating Nithya Raman’s surprise mayoral bid thanks to her “progressive” reputation. However, Nithya has consistently moved to the right on issues like policing and homelessness.

History shows a clear pattern of politicians selling out movements for personal gain. Don't let them be Lucy with the football. Join a mutual aid group, tenant union, or community patrol. Get organized. Your future depends on it.

Do not let politicians co-opt this moment.

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a bit of great news: we're getting another Mike Leigh movie

ICE and CBP haven’t withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that they’ve occupied.

I hate you so much

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

From a Comrade 19h. C One of the nuts things about organizing in the Twin Cities right now is that even the most long term organizers who've been here for decades can't keep track of all the resistance that is going on. There are so many self-organized crews just doing work that in any conversation with someone from another neighborhood you might stumble over a whole collective of people resisting in ways you didn't think of. There's a crew of carpenters just going around fixing kicked-in doors. There are tow truck drivers taking cars of detained people away for free. People delivering food to families in hiding. So many local rapid response groups that the number is uncertain but somewhere between 80 and the low hundreds- especially when one considers that several immigrant communities have their own non-English rapid response networks usually uncounted in the main English-language directories. People standing watch outside daycares and schools. This whole resistance has so many poles of initiative and leadership, so many layers of self-organization, that it's extraordinarily difficult for the state to repress or for opportunists be they Democrats or movement-riding parties) to co-opt and control. Of course, that's built up through many years and decades of organization, and not only through explicitiv political campaigns or formations built during times of crisis and rupture like 2020. It is also built through day-to-day mutual aid, culture building, workplace and tenant organizing, and simple, basic relationship building among neighbors and coworkers here.

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Photo of CD13 Homelessness Deputy and cop collaborator Carlos Castro.

Cop collaborator Carlos Castro was the CD13 staffer who ordered the violent sweeps. While standing shoulder-to-shoulder with known sexual predator pig Robert Solorio, Carlos defended LA's anti-camping ordinance 41.18 just like Mitch O'Farrell and his staff used to do.

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez The three sweeps you ordered around Echo Park this morning failed to provide housing but resulted in the arrest of an unhoused community member. The people living at these encampments did not want your CARE+ sweeps. They were criminalized and displaced because you refused to listen to them. LAPD was present at all three sweeps today -even those not deemed "prior safety concerns." Sweeps are state violence. By ordering CARE+ sweeps, you put cops into direct contact with vulnerable people living outside. At today's sweep, Carlos Castro defended 41.18, LA's anti-camping ordinance, stating, "children shouldn't be subjected to this." When questioned about what "this" referred to, Carlos stated that he didn't know because he hadn't actually assessed the area. While your sweep was destroying people's shelter and belongings, Carlos was busy espousing the same NIMBY talking points as Mitch O'Farrell and his staff. Per usual, Carlos did not help people move their belongings to safety. Carlos did not intervene to stop police harassment. Instead, Carlos stood shoulder to shoulder with Robert Solorio, a known sexual predator cop. This is your homelessness policy in action. One encampment resident, who you regularly sweep, said that he feels like he continuously lives "on the run." Carlos even acknowledged that he knew everyone who wasn't arrested would likely return later. So, why do you perpetuate this cycle of violence, destruction, and trauma? What do you hope to accomplish? You have repeatedly shown that your allegiance lies with monied interests-business improvement districts, property owners, and other agents of gentrification-not with vulnerable people. We have called upon you repeatedly to end sweeps in CD13 and to repeal Mitch O'Farrell's 41.18 criminalization zones. Our demands remain the same. LA Street Care & Mutual Aid

Yesterday, an unhoused community member was arrested at one of the three encampments @hugoforcd13.bsky.social swept around Echo Park.

Councilmember @hugoforcd13.bsky.social ordered 3 encampments sweeps tomorrow. The vulnerable people living there do not want his sweeps. Hugo’s sweeps displace people and destroy their documents, clothes, family photos, & survival supplies.

Demand Hugo downgrade his sweeps: tinyurl.com/2-3-26sweep

Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...

Catherine O'Hara & Eugene Levy performing "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A MIGHTY WIND at the 2004 Oscars🌈💔

Twin Cities rapid responders have set up a "filter blockade" at 34th and Cedar and are calling for volunteers and donations. This is a new tactic developing over the last week: community is allowed to pass, but ICE agents are stopped/slowed before they can terrorize our neighbors.

Hell yeah

OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY!!! OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY!!!

Flyer calling for new members to join LA Street Care and Mutual Aid Organize with us! Build a lasting community of care and fight to end state violence. Sign up at tinyurl.com/joinlasc (link in bio)

Your community needs you. You need your community.
Sign up to organize with us at tinyurl.com/joinlasc

TikTok now specifically tracks immigration status and gender identity TikTok now specifically tracks immigration status and gender identity

my husband wrote a good and non-paywalled article about the tiktok TOS
www.avclub.com/tiktok-data-...

I don’t have much faith in politicians, but it’s time we start holding our reps accountable for RESULTS, rather than their individual votes. We saw it in the House, when 7 Dems took the fall in order to maintain the status quo. NO MORE. If they can’t stand firm together, then they ALL need to go!

The landscape in LA is different from other cities which makes responding to these raids more difficult. We’ve been fighting this for over 6 months now. Don’t forget about us.

We need more help. Get tapped in with the tenants union & community self defense coalition. Organize you neighbors.

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Attack and Follow Community Watchers Home While We See A New Raid Approach Unfold

@eltragon.bsky.social

Seeing a lot of people react to political news like they're watching professional sports.
Rooting against ICE changes nothing.
Ask yourself if the action you're taking is materially helping vulnerable people. 1/

something about ME is that I don’t give a fuck what chuck schumer wants we’re abolishing the carceral state sorry not sorry

Black wall with white graffiti reading “FUCKKK ICE” and the I in ICE is a Klan hat

This recurring one in Echo Park is pretty great

Tipsy and calling all my reps to tell them if they don’t impeach I will never vote for them again (I don’t vote for them anyway)

They offer nothing but tepid reforms in the face of unchecked police brutality. Self-serving politicians will never save the people. It’s time to organize our community to protect each other and meet each other’s needs.

Only the people can save the people!
¡Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo!

It is being targeted BY YOU fuck off forever