IWW Freelance Journalists Union

Gaza-based journalist Addulruhman Ismail has started a crowdfunding campaign

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As Gaza starves, GoFundMe accused of blocking ‘millions of dollars’ raised GoFundMe is accused of unfair restrictions and financial freezes on Palestinian aid fundraisers.

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Fellow workers, we are quoted in this article about GFM blocking funds to Palestinians.

please take time to read.

I could go on forever about this, but I’ll just say—a healthy democracy functions best when its people are informed, and it’s extremely important that journalism remains an independent & robust enterprise. Many issues with the industry, but its current dismantling is a net negative for any community

I’m proud to be a journalist, even as the industry in the US is cratering and being stripped for parts and reporters here and all over the world are risking life and livelihood to tell important stories. Especially proud to be amongst a group of truly talented, endlessly empathetic, intelligent ppl

It’s World Press Freedom Day, and I want to step up on my little soapbox and remember those of us who didn’t make it last year—in Gaza, especially, but all around the world; & those of us who are doxxed/threatened/intimidated/arrested/killed for doing vitally important work, and keep doing it anyway

URGENT: Demand the Immediate Release of Mahmoud Khalil On Saturday, March 8, 2025, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian American permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student, without demonstrat...

Fellow Workers, Please consider signing this petition to release Mahmoud Khalil.

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Join Meeting | Zoom Join a Zoom Meeting directly from your web browser using a meeting code or link.

attend the Zoom hearing on March 5 to show solidarity with incarcerated persons in their struggle against their captors. We intend to flood the virtual courtroom with supporters. Join FW Lindell at 3:30pm CST here:

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Meeting ID: 684 919 9324

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pursuant to current Open Records law in the state. It could have a wide-ranging impact on the ability of incarcerated persons to obtain footage from guards’ bodycams, allowing for more transparency in our carceral system.

Supporters of prisoners’ rights are encouraged to
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He was initially denied access because the Stanley Correctional Institution claimed releasing it would violate their security protocols.

This case (2024-CV-1066) will determine if the original justification was sound, or if the bodycam footage must be released
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Department of Corrections’ current ban on releasing body-worn camera footage violates the law.

The plaintiff, fellow worker Nate Lindell, was denied access to bodycam footage from a guard that he alleges abused him, and he is now suing for release of the recording.
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On March 5, at 3:30pm CST (4:30pm EST) there is a hearing in the case of Nate A Lindell XRE vs. Terri Rees et al. The case, being heard by Judge Everett Mitchell, centers around Wisconsin’s Open Records law, and will determine whether the Wisconsin
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BDS Claims Victory in Closure of a Leading Exporter’s Israeli Factory Yokohama’s departure from Israel is a victory for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, according to activists.

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Shipped the 29K metric tons of American food on American ships instead of letting it rot in a Texas warehouse.

Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we
would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Protected 30M football fields of tropical forest in Africa to stop China from exploiting the minerals that fuel our world youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8
#standwithUSAID

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Slowed the flow of migrants to our borders by providing job training to 50K people in Central America youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people, reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid

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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl    ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how we would’ve spent that $$:

🏈 Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.

Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

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Here we see the Heritage Foundation explicitly accusing Jewish Voice for Peace and many other Jewish people of being "antisemitic."

They want Jewish people to be harassed and terrorized as "antisemites" if they don't participate in the Christian Nationalist project represented by gentile Zionism.

Historic Investigation of U.S. Boarding Schools for Native Children Ends With Scathing Report - UNICORN RIOT For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools, a genocidal element of the racist settler colonial project by which the...

NEW: For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools, a genocidal element of the racist settler colonial project by which the country was formed.

unicornriot.ninja/2024/histori...

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people used to gather in huge crowds to view and participate in lynchings, often festival like fanfare. photographs were used as postcards. people were often tortured to death, body parts sold in stores as memorabilia - sometimes in stores. just so we're on the same page

1. The Israeli genocide on Gaza is also causing intense enviromental & climate damage.
2. We already have increased catastrophic storms due to climate change.
So, 3. Both are magnifying the already-devestating effects of the Israeli genocide on the Palestinian people in ways like this flooding.

How the GOP’s Trans Panic Has Shades of Putin’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Playbook When it comes to trans rights, will Democrats be the willing handmaidens of the hard right?

You can't run on warnings of creeping authoritarianism and then bend yourself toward authoritarianism by embracing the GOP's trans panic. Wrote about this for @vanityfair.com: www.vanityfair.com/news/story/h...

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused.

"Israeli draft resisters are refusing conscription and deployment to...Gaza...the only reasonable response is to say “no.” Everyone who lives in the U.S. has a responsibility to help ensure that soldiers know that saying “no” to their commanding officers is an option." truthout.org/articles/tru...

Flyer for noise demonstrations on NYE.

Flyer for benefit event.

Flyer for benefit event and pie eating contest.

Flyer for 'Shut Em Down' event in Tacoma, WA.

Don't miss the latest installment of In Contempt, our monthly roundup of news, action, and updates on political prisoners, abolitionist media, state repression, and beyond.

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The lists of journalists killed each year is long, very long, too long... we want clean sheets...

Aggression against journalist alas so common. The lists of detained ones would also occupy much space.

Impressive pictures

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On the latest episode of our Working People podcast, @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social sits down with Cornell grad student union members Jawuanna McAllister and Jenna Marvin to talk about campus repression of pro-Palestine activism and how the union is fighting back.

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We're still adding grassroots journalists, authors, and platforms as we come across them. Check out new additions including @zsamudzi.bsky.social, @ayoub.bsky.social, @clashmtl.bsky.social, @cbmilstein.bsky.social, @jamesstout.bsky.social, @whysophiewhy.bsky.social and more. bsky.app/starter-pack...

I made a starter pack of some people I think are cool and smart :)

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