Cayden Mak

And Substack is proudly partnering with one of them

Been thinking a lot about building communities online that can stand disagreement and debate. I don't think any social media site that replicates existing dynamics can be It...but do you belong to a community online where you feel like people handle disagreement in healthy, even productive ways?

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.

ICE operations increasingly resemble Israeli occupation. That’s no coincidence

U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets.

www.972mag.com/ice-immigrat...

Essential reporting. The fascist crackdown on immigrants is a crackdown on the right to organize itself.

A beautiful acknowledgement of the ongoing devastation and heartbreak in Gaza. Thank you @thenation.com

Spoiler alert: it's not really about the Epstein Files. It's about building survivor-centered systems that meet people's needs, prevent exploitation, and address harm.

Preventing Another Epstein w/ Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant How we can build survivor-centered movements, with Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant

I had the conversation I wish more people would have about the Epstein Files last week with @shannonperezdarby.bsky.social and @chanellegallant.bsky.social. convergencemag.com/podcast/prev...

Poisoned, exploited, abandoned: East Palestine, OH, three years later Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone a...

"Opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, class action attorneys—residents affected by the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster have been exploited by everyone and helped by hardly anyone." via @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

two federal agents in fatigues point at protesters and onlookers who are recording them

community members and journalists flee an alley where chemical irritants have just been deployed

members of the minneapolis police department stand in a line at the corner of portland and 34th

members of MPD escort a black van down portland avenue

some photos from portland and 34th today. we'll have a story up on racket soon. they gassed us, they knocked folks to the ground, and i watched agents ram a white pickup into a group of protesters, if you're wondering who was actually doing car violence.

The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.

The Objective's favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025 A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.

Our round-up of some 2025 stories on the news that stuck with us, featuring picks from @hashtagjames.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social, @gabemschneider.bsky.social, and @alexip718.com (plus other anon community members): objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Yeah, thank you -- in a lot of ways I do think it was very much entering a new grief stage that is more settled. I'm also actually being treated for ADHD, which has really improved my sense of self-confidence!

I turned 38 in January of this year and I can't explain it but I feel like I'm officially "middle aged" for the first time. I also feel like I aged A LOT in the last 5-6 years, mostly due to losing both my parents.

Join us for a way to celebrate the beautiful game and denounce authoritarianism ourcup26.org

I missed actual #MovementMediaMonday, but it's also #GivingTuesday. I get that there's a lot going on, but I also think the slow media we produce at @convergencemag.com is crucial to making space for thinking and reflection that will see us through this moment and help shape the next.

Support the 2026 Max Elbaum Fellows Nurture the kind of deep, critical thinking and writing we need to navigate our way out of this moment of profound crisis for our movements and the world.

Nothing gives me bigger heebie jeebies these days than promoting my own shit, which is wild considering I literally host a livestreamed podcast almost every Friday. But we are piloting a new fellowship program in 2026 and raising $10k this month to fund it.

convergencemag.com/elbaum-fello...

This #GivingTuesday, give to an org that refuses to stand down. For 2 decades, About Face #veterans have been at the front lines against #military occupation, and we remain firm in our dedication to justice and freedom. 📷Donate at aboutfaceveterans.org/donate to support our work!

Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration

🚨HERE IS OUR SOLUTION ➡️

My colleague @mayaschenwar.bsky.social at @truthout.org and I argue that it is time for progressive philanthropy and left philanthropy to make a serious, wide-ranging investment in journalism–and stick with it for the long haul.

prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...

North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities

NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:

Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration

🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.

prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...

RSS hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist group linked to discrimination and violence against Muslims

Exclusive: India’s largest far-right Hindu organization hires U.S. lobbyists for congressional influence campaign, @meghnadbose.bsky.social & Biplob Kumar Das investigate.

Squire Patton Boggs lobbied U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the RSS, a group linked to discrimination & violence against Muslims.

This is also how I feel about it. We aren't living through a moment where we can depend on any accountability mechanisms that may have ever existed in the first place (which they may not have tbh)

When people ask “so now what?!”: show up at JFREJ’s mass call & learn how to make Zohran’s agenda real for NYC.

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...

Block & Build & Books Titles from our guests on the Block & Build: Roadmaps for the Left podcast.

This is such a silly little thing but @kimmiedearest.com set up a storefront for @convergencemag.com on @bookshop.org and there's a list of books by everyone who's been on the pod so far and it's so neat! bookshop.org/lists/block-...

If someone needs a book on this, that links it to the nature of capitalism, class, the role that knowledge and technology play in history, and what power has to do with that... we've got you covered, of course

hagenblix.github.io/wwfai/

FYI the list of confirmed companies airing ICE ads
- Spotify
- Pandora
- YouTube
- Hulu
- HBO MAX
- Peacock
- Telemundo
- Univision

bit.ly/cancelspotify spread the word

State Police Led Broadview Protesters Into Street, Then Attacked Them, Demonstrators Say Protesters have said state and local police officers have attacked them and tried to stifle their attempts to speak and protest freely outside the Broadview ICE facility.

“They literally ushered us into the street to protest and immediately after started beating the shit out of us.”

This is 100% an accurate description of how this started.

Broadview PD mishandled the situation from the start, then unleashed ISP to beat the protesters they’d led into the street.