Keia Lee
@chicanarising.bsky.social
chicana indígena, historian, word weaver +<•the border crossed us•>+ 🌿 biz: sweetwater colibrí & botanica quetzalli ✍🏽 chicana rising substack 🌀 patiloni collective
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C. Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Border Patrol agents assembled outside a Los Angeles museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a rally and news conference on congressional redistricting. Local elected officials expressed outrage that the agents decided to stand there in a brazen show of force. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to our democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
Join the movement.
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
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CW: Sexual assault In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...
lemon verbena in all her glory #queen #lemonverbena #herbsky #plantitabrujita #kitchenwitch #plantsky
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.
Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
newyorker.com
We hear a lot about immigration-heavy industries like agriculture & construction. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social writes about caregiving, one of the fastest-growing industries in the nation, where immigrants are at least 1/3 of the workforce & mass deportation might lead to a crisis of accessing care.
Mass Deportations Are Worsening the Caregiving Crisis
The loss of staff in the direct care industry threatens the lives of the elderly and people with disabilities.
prospect.org
From Cronicas Mexicanas: Maiz (corn, zea mays), Beans (phaseolus), Tomatos (solanum), Avocados (persea), Vanilla (vanilla), Chiles (capsicum), Squash (pepo), and Chocolate (theobroma).
#CanadianNews - Manitoba premier is scorching US politicians 'attention-seekers' throwing a 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke, while their country is Second Highest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Polluter contributor to climate change! - via The Torontonian 🇨🇦🍁 #ClimateChange www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
JUST IN: Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
Israel's Cabinet approves new plan to occupy Gaza City
It's the first phase in an offensive that could include the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces.
axios.com
Xóchitl was detained by border patrol at the airport despite presenting a valid work authorization. She is a longtime organizer and needs help. There’s more info about what happened on this gofundme for her legal support. Please help out if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Free Xóchitl: Support DACA recipient detained by ICE, organized by Lagartija del sol
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, a beloved community member, DACA r… Lagartija del sol needs your support for Free Xóchitl: Support DACA recipient detained by ICE
gofundme.com
My Boys 🦁🐺 One had a long morning walk in the bosque, the other a busy day of catching flies #petsofbluesky #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community. www.marketplace.org/episode/2025... #UniteAgainstBookBans
Public libraries on the line
Funding cuts aren’t the only thing libraries are up against.
marketplace.org
Why it matters: America's most elite institutions have largely succumbed to the Trump administration's cultural crackdown, opting to pay up — often to the tune of tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars — rather than fight back. Data from @axios.com
Wow so sad to see that Canada's Bill C5 passed and that Carney could harm Indigenous peoples this way. Also sad to see how some Natives can't see the threat and others have seen it too late. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/maj...
Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why it alarms its critics
OTTAWA - Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with
thecanadianpressnews.ca
As ICE raids escalate and Trump doubles down on authoritarian tactics, this is the critical moment to build the opposition we need to fight back. We want to train you (and a million Americans) on the tools to lead a local resistance movement against Trump’s regime: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
"As ICE transforms into a massive, un-uniformed, masked domestic army ... there’s reason to believe it could backfire," writes @joshuamzeitz in his analysis. Explore the historical backlash to militarized forces in civilian life and what it could mean for 2025 👇
ICE Risks Overplaying Its Hand. We’ve Seen It Happen Before.
Militarized federal encroachments on public life provoke strong, even violent responses — even among those who agree with their aims.
politico.com
Escuchen raza - The root of our problems is settler-colonialism & white supremacy. Gerald Horne's book, The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century (2020), is a great read on the matter. #Chicano #Resistance
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, to @tomkualiiphotography for letting us repost this breathtaking shot of white-tailed tropicbirds, koaʻe kea, soaring against lava fountains of the 28th eruption of #KīlaueaVolcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP. Peleʻs Koaʻe kea canvas. #TomKualiiPhotography #HVNP
In a new column for Source's commentary section, immigration lawyer Allegra Love says she'll be watching local officials to hear their plans for protecting communities from ICE.
ICE is the real danger to community — not immigrants • Source New Mexico
New Mexico-based immigration lawyer Allegra Love says local officials need to come up with ways to protect communities from ICE.
buff.ly
Anything for Selenas 💜✨🌕
Chicano Arts & Media Institute (ChAMI)@chicanoartsmedia.bsky.social · last yr.Selena's Influential, Pathbreaking Posthumous Album Dreaming of You Turns 30 This Year | We can't believe it's been 30 years since her death. The Tejano community still dreams of you! #Chicano #Chicana #Chicanx #Tejano #Music www.dallasobserver.com/music/selena...
Find me on Substack 💛💚✨🌿🤲🏽 In my latest writing I share some poetry, give updates on the botánica, La Raza Unida events, suggested reading and a glimpse into my life since moving. #substack #chicanarising #genteofbluesky #writing #writers #rebirth #healing
Death, Rebirth & Revolution
Yes, I Am Still Here ...
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⚡️JUST NOW: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social barred from a Secretary Noem event at NASHVILLE AIRPORT, in his own district🤔 He says he wanted to ask where hundreds grabbed by ICE in the Nashville raids are, has never been kept from an airport event. FULL Hill stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0cw...
