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No Escape from the Tyranny of Virtue 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸@noescapevg.com · 4w ago

I think everybody should read this statement in response to an earlier statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense. If you've never thought about the question of "what to do about snitches" before, this moment is a very good opportunity to do so.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective@crimethinc.com · 4w ago

A statement from Eric King, an anarchist and former political prisoner who spent nearly a decade behind bars, about one aspect of the Fire Ant Movement Defense statement we published earlier this week discussing the Prairieland verdicts. crimethinc.com/NoWayHome

Jamila • جميلة Hammami@jamilahammami.bsky.social · last mo.

A fantastic Resistant Communiqués Podcast Pride and the resistance on the attack on gender and ethnic studies episode with a dear comrade and longtime collaborator, Karma Chávez. Listen to the full discussion and don’t miss the multimedia syllabus Karma collaborated on: bit.ly/rc2026karmachavez

"Resistant Communiqués: Karma R. Chávez on Radical Queer Politics, the Struggle for Gender and Ethnic Studies, & Transnational Solidarity"

Resistant Communiqués Podcast, S2, E4 | Karma R. Chávez joins the Resistant Communiqués Podcast on Queer Politics, Gender and Ethnic Studies, and Pride amid Conservative Backlash

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Resistant Communiqués Podcast@resistantcommpod.bsky.social · last mo.

Pride is hollowed out, under attack, & part of a wider conservative assault on what they mockingly call “grievance studies”: gender, ethnic, & queer studies all combined in this coordinated siege. But there is resistance. Listen to Karma Chávez’s Resistant Communiqués episode: bit.ly/rc2026karmac...

Image of Karma Chávez in the bottom left corner, she has short dark hair, light skin, black glasses, a lip stud, is wearing a black jacket, and is looking into the camera. The background is an off white, with a red line across the top, and black text centered left above Karma that reads “RESISTANT COMMUNIQUÉS: KARMA R. CHÁVEZ ON RADICAL QUEER POLITICS, THE STRUGGLE FOR GENDER AND ETHNIC STUDIES, & TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY" (S2, E4) Below the text is a black bar with off-white text that reads, “WITH KARMA R. CHÁVEZ” On the middle right, there is another black bar with off text that reads, “Listen: bit.ly/rc2026karmachavez” Below that on the right is the black Resistant Communiqués “RC” lettered logo, with transparent wavelengths in between the letters. Below on the bottom right in black text reads, “@ResistantCommPod ResistantCommuniques.com”
The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · last mo.

The criminal trial against Palestine Action activists who raided a UK drone factory brought about an unexpected revelation: proof that the Brooklyn-based drone company Easy Aerial is supplying Israel with drones. https://bit.ly/44CEVSV

Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans

Newly uncovered documents have provided the first definitive proof that Israel's largest weapons supplier is purchasing drones built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

Just a reminder that sentencing for Ines Soto, Joy "Rowan" Gibson, and Rebecca Morgan is tomorrow in Fort Worth at 7:30 am! Please show up in-person to support these Prairieland defendants!

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

Court Support! Show up for Rowan and Rebecca this Wednesday, July 1st at 7:30 am. Rebecca and Rowan, who took non-cooperating pleas deals will be sentenced with Ines in Judge O’Connor’s courtroom, 2nd floor, Eldon B Mahon Courthouse, 501 West 10th st, Fort Worth, Tx. No phones

alex@nonmodernist.com · last mo.

of all the things i learned while researching hotel-florida.ghost.io/from-backfir..., this detail is the one I can’t stop thinking about

From Backfire to Prairieland: Drawing a Line Through 20 Years of Repression

Disclosure: I'm friends with three of the defendants convicted in the federal Prairieland trial and have given money to their defense. I've written about those relationships directly in "The Seeds of ...

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alex@nonmodernist.com · last mo.

i didn't know about Holder v. HLP before i started researching but it is bleak. the govt argued that teaching people designated foreign terrorists to build houses freed them up to build bombs, and so the people who taught house-building had given material support to a foreign terrorist org.

Nathan Goodman@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social · last mo.

Last week, Judge Reed O'Connor called the Prairieland noise demonstration "an assault on democracy" as he sentenced eight activists to lengthy prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years. But the real "assault on democracy" is this top-down political repression, not the activists being repressed.

During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor called the defendants’ actions “an assault on democracy.” But democracy depends on free speech, the right to dissent, and open inquiry. As Vincent Ostrom writes in his excellent book The Meaning of Democracy and the Vulnerability of Democracies: "If societies of men are to constitute systems of governance from reflection and choice, those societies are required to establish a culture of inquiry rather than a culture of command and control dominated by those engaged in the art of manipulation." When people are sentenced to decades in prison for the political literature they possess, this threatens to destroy a culture of inquiry and replace it with a culture of command and control.The Prairieland case is not an isolated incident. For instance, 15 Minnesota residents were recently indicted for protest activities against ICE during Operation Metro Surge. A press release from the Trump administration describes this case as part of their “relentless campaign to eradicate Antifa’s domestic terrorism threat.” But as journalist Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg explains, this “case tests how far prosecutors can go to manufacture a criminal conspiracy based on group chats, social media posts, discussions of protest tactics, and anti-surveillance precautions.” These cases are blatant crackdowns on dissent. If you cannot dissent from the way you are currently governed, then you cannot meaningfully engage in self-governance. Protests, even contentious ones, have been a crucial part of democratic participation and self-governance throughout America’s 250-year history. By that standard, the real “assault on democracy” does not come from grassroots protesters. It comes from a state that represses dissent and sentences dissenters to decades in prison.
Zak Woodman@zacharywoodman.bsky.social · last mo.

The fact that we have 4 SCOTUS justices willing to openly defy both the very obvious plain text of the 14th Amendment and the completely one sided 130 year precedent of Birthright citizenship is an embarrassing indictment of the intellectual honesty and legitimacy of this court.

William Gillis 🏴@rechelon.bsky.social · last mo.

They're going after the main billionaire funding the PSL. Modern tankie orgs like the PSL are so completely dependent upon formal organizational structures and subsidy from concentrations of wealth that this sort of thing will be highly disruptive to them. tdpelmedia.com/doj-drops-bo...

DOJ Drops Bombshell: Grand Jury Targets Tech Billionaire Over Alleged $285 Million Funding Network

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a federal grand jury investigation into technology entrepreneur Neville Roy Singham, significantly intensifying...

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Nathan Goodman@nathanpgoodman.bsky.social · last mo.

In March, Savanna Batten's attorney filed a motion for a retrial, alleging that juror intimidation and misconduct had compromised deliberations in the Prairieland trial. Has there been any investigation into these juror intimidation allegations since then?

On March 13, 2026, during jury deliberations, members of the public waiting outside the courtroom heard a loud and sustained disturbance emanating from the area of the jury room shortly after deliberations resumed following the lunch break. The disturbance consisted of multiple individuals shouting simultaneously for approximately one to two minutes in an otherwise quiet courthouse setting. Several individuals independently observed and commented on the disruption. Based on information obtained after the verdict, there is reason to believe that jurors engaged in a heated confrontation inside the jury room and that certain jurors may have been subjected to intimidation or coercion during deliberations. The evidence presented establishes more than mere speculation. The audible and sustained disruption coming from the jury room during active deliberations—corroborated by multiple witnesses—strongly suggests a breakdown in orderly deliberations. The subsequent information indicating a “huge fight” among jurors and possible intimidation raises a substantial question as to whether one or more jurors were coerced into abandoning their honest convictions. Such circumstances strike at the core of the Sixth Amendment. A verdict must represent the considered judgment of each juror, free from coercion, intimidation, or undue pressure. Where jurors are shouting, arguing, and potentially intimidating one another, the reliability of the deliberative process is fundamentally compromised. Also notable was the motion for a new trial filed by Batten’s attorney, Christopher Tolbert, on the grounds that juror misconduct and irregularities during jury deliberations compromised the integrity of the verdict and deprived Batten (and other defendants) of a fair trial. Tolbert noted that there was “a loud and sustained disturbance emanating from the area of the jury room,” which was observed by several people on the day the verdict was reached. Based on information obtained after the verdict, Tolbert stated in his motion, “there is reason to believe that jurors engaged in a heated confrontation inside the jury room and that certain jurors may have been subjected to intimidation or coercion during deliberations.” Juror misconduct is a legally proper reason for granting a new trial.“Because there is credible evidence that the jury’s deliberative process was disrupted by misconduct and possible coercion, and because such conduct creates a reasonable probability that the verdict was affected,” Tolbert continued, “the Court should grant a new trial in the interest of justice.” At a minimum, Tolbert said, “the Court should conduct an evidentiary hearing and permit examination of jurors to determine the extent and impact of the misconduct.” When credible allegations arise that the jury’s deliberative process may have been affected by improper influence or misconduct, the appellate court has made clear the trial court has an affirmative duty to investigate and ensure the integrity of the verdict, requiring the involvement of all parties in a properly conducted hearing.
Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · last mo.

There are a handful of libertarian economists who've made exactly this point and about the same number of libertarians who understand it.

Elizabeth N. Saunders@profsaunders.bsky.social · last mo.

Obviously the human toll is what matters. But here's a question I keep thinking about. The bulk of the SCOTUS docket is business stuff. If they are now openly reinterpreting the law on days that end in Y, how can anyone have confidence in the rule of law in America, including corporate interests?

Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · last mo.

“Zines are foundational First Amendment documents going back to the Federalist papers.” Teach Prairieland anti-ICE sentencings with ZEP‘s lesson “Federalist Paper #10: Suppressing Wicked Projects,” a critical reading of James Madison’s defense of Constitution. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/co...

Jeanne Theoharis@jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · last mo.

Absolute must read by @lexmcmenamin.com on the Prairieland defendants: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

William Gillis 🏴@rechelon.bsky.social · last mo.

This is how the old flat internet dies. And it will probably be decades before we are able to bootstrap the new internet where connectivity will unfortunately have to be built organically and bottom-up, in ways attentive to human trust and connection.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · last mo.

These sorts of movements do two central things: change the conversation and function as training labs for the next generation of organizers and activists, many of whom Occupy was a feeder for labor union staff in a big way.

Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · last mo.

People said Occupy was a failure and it ushered in 15 years of actual political engagement on economic inequality People like to call BLM, Abolish ICE, etc failures and, no. Spontaneous mass protest moments rarely win immediately. But they change the political environment and lay the groundwork.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · last mo.

I see people characterize the student protests against Israel as failures, and I really don’t think that’s true. They may not have toppled the U.S.-Israel alliance or ended the genocide, but they have helped usher in a generational turning point in attitudes toward Israel and Palestine

William Gillis 🏴@rechelon.bsky.social · last mo.

Well the other component is that big protest moments give newbie activists an opportunity to fall on their faces and learn a valuable lesson testing out their Totally Genius ideas that they think we've been unfairly ignoring.

Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · last mo.

They also shake up the institutions doing the work and challenge them. Every time like clockwork the newbie activists will say about the old heads, "well if your ways worked we'd have change by now" Which is always annoying for the old heads because lol your movement wouldn't exist if it...