Marc Garrett

Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's Southwest Side Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. The woman who was shot "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," promp...

🚨Trump’s police shot a woman in Chicago this morning. They have an explanation… and zero accountability.

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Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Wrote something for @powertochange.org.uk about the fact that government policy must include a new category - digital social policy - to address the social impacts of technologies. Tech policy has to be more than cutting-edge innovation and growth www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...

BOOK LAUNCH: The Feminist Art of Walking by Rose Morag We are delighted to welcome feminist writer and academic Morag Rose to the shop to discuss her brilliant and essential new book The Feminist Art of Walking; a vital intervention in the growing fiel…

📚BOOK EVENT📚

@thelrm.bsky.social, author of The Feminist Art of Walking visits @housmansbookshop.bsky.social for an author talk

🗓️ Wed, Oct 8
⏰ 7 pm
📍 @housmansbookshop.bsky.social
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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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Zack Polanski saying what every politician should be saying,

"It's problematic to weaponise the synagogue attack to silence protest in this country against the genocide in Gaza"

"These are separate things and we should condemn them both"

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Remastered 2006) Listen to (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Remastered 2006) by Heaven 17 #np on #SoundCloud

I'd love it if we had some remixes of this banger:
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Stop Bottom Trawling | Hector's Dolphin Habitat | Sign the Petition Sign our petition to stop bottom trawling in Hector’s dolphin habitat. Together, we’re calling for a future where no dolphin dies in a fishing net.

We call on the seafood industry to stop bottom trawling in sensitive areas, including Māui and Hector’s dolphin habitats and fragile deep-sea coral ecosystems.

NZ Government Sanction Israel Now Since October 2023 the world has witnessed the state of Israel perpetrate innumerable war crimes and human rights violations against the people of Gaza [1], while the violence, repression, and forced ...

our cowardly government is too afraid to recognise palestinian statehood, ignoring the voice of the people. but israel must be sanctioned for its unlawful occupation of Palestine and its innumerable breaches of international law and human rights violations.

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

“... there’s something that says: ‘There is still an awful lot left and that’s what we’ve got to fight to save.’ So then you get extra energy. I have days when I feel like not getting up, but it doesn’t last long. I guess because I’m obstinate. I’m not going to give in. I’ll die fighting ...”

Flyer for the first Human League gig, 1978. Made by Martyn Ware - bit.ly/2r0evbN

Yes, it's that 'we're gonna have to conform to it anyway, mixed with colonial and accelerationist bullyishness. Smug gits.

The whole "I am part of making the terrible thing, you must listen to me about why the thing is terrible" industry is so weird and also ABSOLUTE CATNIP to newspaper editors.

Looking forward to being interviewed on Felixstowe Radio by Laura Unlocked about my recently published book, Feral Class.

Tune in to 107.5 FM, felixstoweradio.org.uk, or the Radio UK app, or just ask Google or Alexa to play Felixstowe Radio. Between 4 and 6 pm.

Michel Foucault and Richard Sennett · Sexuality and Solitude A few years ago, we discovered we were interested in the same problem, in very different periods of history. The problem...

Not sure I've seen Foucault lay out his entire research program and approach so clearly in anything else I've read www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...

Looking forward to being interviewed on Felixstowe Radio by Laura Unlocked about my recently published book, Feral Class.

Tune in to 107.5 FM, felixstoweradio.org.uk, or the Radio UK app, or just ask Google or Alexa to play Felixstowe Radio. Between 4 and 6 pm.

A Story from the Feral Class Every now and then, this is where I’ll explore what Feral Class means to me, as both a working-class identity and a shared experience. Most posts will weave together personal reflections and respon…

"It’s a blueprint for making art that terrifies the establishment. [...] My journey proves creativity doesn’t start in lecture halls; it resides in the dark corners they’ve tried to pave over." M. Garrett.

“I asked Bannon if he thinks Miller’s tweet means federal law enforcement should and will now criminally investigate groups who describe ICE as “authoritarian.” — “Yes,” Bannon replied. “Stephen Miller is correct—more importantly he’s in charge.” 😕 🇺🇸
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are being arrested based on ‘how they look’

‘Waiting For Godot’ Broadway Review: Keanu Reeves & Alex Winter’s Existential Adventure Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star in Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot, directed by Jamie Lloyd and opening tonight at Broadway's Hudson Theatre.

Delighted the reviews are good. Congratulations @alexwinter.com, and to Mr. Reeves!

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Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days - News From Antiwar.com Israeli attacks have killed at least 198 Palestinians and wounded 786 in the Gaza Strip over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry, as Israel continues its US-ba...

“Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days”

It’s a genocide. Daily endless massacres, largely ignored in the West.

It's always a joyful moment when you see the opressed underdog win :-)

I've watched this like 4 times. lol

Needs the Benny Hill soundtrack.

Reforms former leader in Wales has been found guilty of accepting bribes to make statements in the European parliament in favour of Russia.

Zia Yusuf is asked about it & says he's never met him.

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

You really ain't seen nuthin' yet

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Today at Wigtown Book Festival I'm talking to authors about John Singer Sargent, Freddie Mercury, women who became wealthy on the back of enslavement, and an award-winning novel set in Yorkshire during the 1970s. Going to be great fun having these conversations!