Maggie Dickinson

UT Austin Closing Ethnic, Gender and Area Studies Departments Social: X @TexasAaup and Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social

Texas AAUP press release:

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I laughed so hard

This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.

Hours after I first posted this article, I was told that several VA nurses who are members of AFGE will attend the union’s annual legislative conference in Washington next week to raise the issue of kicking the National Border Patrol Council out of AFGE and the AFL-CIO. I hope they succeed.

It is abuser logic all the way down. "Don't make me hurt you" and then "See what you did?"

America's "dual state" is a racial state ICE's terrors draw on an American traditions of racial violence

David French argued Renee Good's murder is an example of the US having two sytems of law: orderly for friends & belligerent for foes. @victorerikray.bsky.social corrects him: US law has always promised fascism for non-whites & those who stand with them.

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National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE NNU issued the following statement in response to the murder of Alex Pretti, RN: “The nation’s nurses, who make it their mission to care for and save human lives, are horrified and outraged that immig...

We're horrified & outraged: Immigration agents have once again committed cold-blooded murder of a public observer who posed no threat to them.

This time, they've executed a fellow nurse, Alex Pretti. We demand justice and accountability. Abolish ICE, now! https://bit.ly/4big77u

It's straight from the fascist playbook to create chaos and then demand unquestioned authority to stop the chaos.

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

White text on a black background has the words "Reform, retrain, defund" crossed out. Below, white text reads "Abolish ICE."

It's always been abolish ICE.

For the first time, more Americans support abolishing ICE than oppose it. But Republicans are proposing hundreds of millions in funding for this lawless agency.

I'll oppose this bill. We cannot give more money to an agency responsible for terrorizing our communities.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim

“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.

Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.

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@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov Anything less than cutting ICE's budget is complicity with the terror and mayhem that agency is sowing in Minnesota and across the country. Not another dime.

This is why I told y'all that messaging that centers training is/was a mistake. You cannot train away the mission, the racism, or the impunity. This shit just makes the violence more expensive. Also, if this is true, it's a bitch ass move by Senate Dems, and people should be harsh af about it.

The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted small and politically disempowered populations—Haitians, Somalis, trans people—in order to justify abuses of power. But its abuses of power are not limited to those communities. What the government can do to the most vulnerable among us, it can also do to you.

The shooting in Minnesota is a reminder that while authoritarian governments may justify abuses of power by directing them at scapegoats or vulnerable populations, the goal is ultimately to deploy them against anyone they wish to www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Our study, using over 400 volunteer shoppers, found that Instacart offered different prices to different shoppers on 74% of the grocery items tested.

Admiral Holsey resigned rather than follow illegal orders. Bradley, could have said no, but he did not

people are so smart and creative.

No.

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

I know this man does not care (and maybe enjoys toying with folks on SNAP) but parents are trying to figure out how they are going to feed their kids. The level of stress and anxiety every time some confusing new report comes out is its own form of cruelty.

They are bringing back the poorhouse.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

The magnitude of 42 million people losing SNAP all at once is hard to fathom.

Extremely true.

Pantries and meal programs exist everywhere and this is where people who lose SNAP will turn. No need to reinvent the wheel. These organizations need money and volunteers.

As a person who twice barely avoided getting kidnapped and sent to conversion therapy by my own family members it is very disheartening to hear that conversion therapy is still being discussed. Last i checked the only thing it converts is living kids to dead ones.

Literally welfare reform for public housing. Clinton opened this pandora's box in 1996 and this was always where it was headed - start with cash assistance and then use work requirements and time limits to gut every inch of the safety net.

International Sociological Association bars Israeli public institutions from membership over refusal to condemn genocide The suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society by the International Sociological Association marks a significant milestone in the international academic boycott of Israel.

"[T]he first major successful BDS campaign at an academic sociological association, as realized through the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society."

"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

The only thing with a chance of defending higher ed is a network of organized faculty and staff.

We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.

It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!