Vida Jaugelis

Organizing and activism is about power.

Strategic organizing means making moves that reduce your opponents power and increases your movement’s power.

The fascists are weak right now. There are cracks in their wall.

Our power is growing.

Do. Not. Stop.

Keep. Pushing.

We’re going to win.

Ivanka Demchuk portfolio Portfolio of my modern icons and artworks

@womensartbluesky.bsky.social have you considered exploring contemporary iconographers of Ukraine such as Ivanka Demchuk - en.ivankademchuk.com/ivankademchu... ? there are also some other women artists who identify with the”Lviv School of Iconography”

Persepolis (2000), autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, author, film director Marjane Satrapi #WomensArt

After Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a friend in Moscow was going to protests and getting detained at them. He typically got released with a court date and then fined. One evening an FSB guy visited him at his home to tell him he should stop going to protests. Police-state shit.

Here's why Minneapolis reminds me of what I once saw in Ukraine When the government asserts authority in ways that a growing share of the public experiences as arbitrary or vindictive, it begins to lose legitimacy.

Here’s Why Minneapolis Reminds Me of What I Once Saw in Ukraine - kyivindependent.com/heres-why-mi...

Bill Madden on X: "This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇 https://t.co/IIBzSHHVAQ" / X This woman speaks for the majority of Americans. 🙌🙏🫶👇 https://t.co/IIBzSHHVAQ

x.com/maddenifico/...

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN:

"I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind."

and

"The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back."

Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Pete Hegseth Should Sit This One Out By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.

"Hegseth’s apparent desire to get involved in the Minnesota debacle is dangerous not only to the lives of innocent Americans, but to American democracy itself," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

Imagine this in a trial.

Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing

Declaration filed in federal court:

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

"The leader of the US military is telling the agents of another govt dept—one of whom is on video pumping at least 5 bullets into a man who’d already been shot and was lying on his face—that 'we have your back'...Worse, the secretary seems to be implying that the govt of MN is an enemy of the US."

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

Kraftige norske reaksjoner etter Trumps Afghanistan-utspill Både veteraner og politikere reagerer sterkt på Trumps utspill. Veteranen Marius Cudrio Røed ber Trump beklage.

Reactions from veterans in #Norway:
"Trump should apologize"

He has questioned whether #NATO member states are standing up for the #US. "I'm not sure about that," Trump says.

A total of around 9,200 Norwegian soldiers participated in the Afghanistan war. 10 Norwegian soldiers were killed.

@vg.no

Hezbollah warns Lebanese gov't against pushing disarmament, threatens 'chaos, civil war'

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Last night, Russia continued striking our communities and our energy sector. Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions came under attack. The main target was energy facilities and critical infrastructure that ensures normal life for our people: heat and electricity.

Iran Cuts Global Internet, Moves to Enforce State-Approved Web Only Iran has instituted a closed national internet with a state-approved site list, reflecting trends seen in Russia's digital control initiatives.

⚡ Iran is building a closed, state-controlled internet.

The move mirrors Russia’s push to wall off its citizens from the global web and tighten control over foreign digital platforms.
united24media.com/latest-news/...

🇺🇸 US congressmen want to prohibit the Trump administration from spending federal funds on US invasions of NATO member states.

The corresponding bill has been registered in the US House of Representatives under the name No Funds for NATO Invasion Act.

The day in Kyiv begins with Russians targeting residential buildings.

From European Council on Foreign Relations:
“Maduro’s capture is no regional anomaly; it is a signal event. It highlights the volatility of Trump’s foreign policy, his comfort with military solutions and his apparent openness to a world governed by spheres of influence rather than rules.”

Two Hanukkiahs and fifteen tea lights for the dead

The light that never goes out (plus candles for the Bondi Beach victims)

Zelensky *cannot* withdraw his troops and cede territory. His army won't do it. The public won't accept it.

Israeli settlers storm Islamic religious sites near Nablus <article data-history-node-id="432681" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-islamic-religious-sites-near-nablus" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-islamic-religious-sites-near-nablus" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers storm Islamic religious sites near Nablus</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers stormed Islamic religious sites in the town of Awarta near&nbsp;Nablus, in the occupied West Bank early Monday morning, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>Security and local sources reported that Israeli forces stormed the village and forced shop owners to close their businesses before several buses carrying hundreds of settlers stormed the religious sites, where they performed Talmudic rituals.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli settlers storm Islamic religious sites near Nablus - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-islamic-religious-sites-near-nablus

Palestinian citizens of Israel are now attacked daily by Jewish Israeli hooligans, who almost never face consequences. The Kahanist police looks the other way.
Thr latest story is a 9 month pregnant mother, pepper sprayed in Jaffa.

On 22 November 2025 Ukraine marks Holodomor Commemoration Day, remembering millions killed in the 1932–33 famine engineered by Stalin.

Up to seven million died as grain was seized and food exports continued.

The Soviet regime denied the famine then; Russia continues to deny today.

“More like Putin’s plan”: Senators slam Trump administration’s w-ending proposal Mitch McConnell accused Trump administration officials of prioritizing Putin's satisfaction over genuine peace, warning the president needs "new advisers" as Congress from both parties rejected the…

Trump's Ukraine peace plan draws bipartisan rejection in Congress, with Republicans calling it Putin appeasement. GOP's McConnell warns against "placating Putin," Wicker rejects forcing Ukraine to cede land, Fitzpatrick pushes for tougher Russia sanctions
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/22/m...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

From the brilliant @sarahkendzior.bsky.social newest Q&A - sign up and read - "The clearest sign of state failure . . .
The US is the only country in history to allow a seditionist to run unpunished." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

Where Will Everyone in Gaza City Go? (Gift Article) Tents stretch across the beach. Exhaustion and hunger are high. There’s little room elsewhere.

As Israel's military pushed into Gaza City issuing an evacuation order, the NYT journalist Josh Holder uses satellite imagery to show there are few places left for Palestinians to flee to. #CeaseFireNow #nyt

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I just signed KAIROS Canada’s urgent call to the Prime Minister: Stop the famine. End the siege on Gaza. Canada must press for an immediate ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian aid & total arms embargo on Israel. Add your name: kairoscanada.org/gaza-letter-...
#Gaza #CeasefireNow #StopArmingIsrael