The US Presbyterian Church has just voted to divest from Palantir & GE Aerospace; recognize the genocide in Gaza; and call for an arms embargo and boycott of genocide-complicit Israeli companies. Cites Palantir & GE's tech being used by human rights violators like ICE, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.

As the U.S. marks 250 years, what if we told the truth about the stolen land and enslaved labor that built this country—and found a path toward repair? What if our pride rested on honesty, healing, and justice for all? My new zine, Community Reckoning, offers a path. FREE. Link in bio/first comment.

The Midterms will be made or lost in our local communities. Here’s what that means for how we organize. My latest piece www.commondreams.org/opinion/loca... #midterms #PeoplePower #LocalPolitics @indivisible.org @workingfamilies.org @demsocialists.bsky.social

Washington Won't Save Us; Our Neighbors Might | Common Dreams

​Why the midterms will be won or lost at the community level—and what that means for how we organize now.

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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Fix It, FedEx: Help Undo the Harm Your Money Helped Cause. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

Fix It, FedEx: Help Undo the Harm Your Money Helped Cause

FedEx bought the politicians. The politicians drew the Jim Crow map. In eight months, Tennessee dismantled four institutions of Memphis self-governance: federal agents deployed in September, the Memp...

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Which is the backwards country now, United States?

Soil, not oil. Fertilizer shocks from the Iran War are exposing a fragile food system. My new piece argues we can build resilience thru #RegenerativeAg, and restore soil health, cut emissions, and strengthen rural economies. www.commondreams.org/opinion/free... #ClimateResilience #FoodSecurity

Soil, Not Oil | Common Dreams

​Petrochemical fertilizers built modern agriculture. The Iran War may be what finally breaks it—and opens the door to something better.

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We’re stronger together!

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 4mo ago

I love this so much. Barack Obama sat down with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a Bronx child care center, reading “Alone and Together,” a book about connection, community, and belonging to preschoolers. Sidebar: Not sure these little-ones knew who Obama was 😂

What form of power do we need to survive hard times, build belonging, and resist authoritarian overreach? Inspired by #GraceLeeBoggs, #indigenous economics, and the history of African American #MutualAid, my latest column in "How We Rise” is live on Substack. Link in bio.

Trump's #war is disrupting fertilizer supplies. Added to energy prices, drought & tariffs, it threatens to spread hunger and hardship in the U.S. and beyond. What can we do? #Solidarity helps in times of crisis — and builds power to resist #fascism. @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/wha...

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other.

The most reliable form of resilience is not individual wealth or distant institutions, but solidarity.

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Millions showed up today—we made history! The question now is how we sustain this. I made a free zine — 10 practices for groups doing the long work together. Free download, no sign-up, Creative Commons. howwerise.substack.com/p/community-...

How did Iran become our enemy? Few Americans know about when the U.S. claimed Iran's petroleum wealth for itself and crushed a democratic government that sought to make life better for ordinary people. Here’s the story, and what it means to stand up for #peace. #Iran #WarofChoice

The Price of Not Knowing: Iran, Corporate Interests, and America's Cycle of Violence | Common Dreams

​Why did the United States help topple a democratic government in Iran some 70 years ago—and how did that decision create the conditions we’re seeing today?

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Painful to read this and think about the 2021 coup attempt, which was as blatant as it gets. An utter failure of US elites to seize the moment when everybody saw the threat right in front of their eyes. If we have history books in the future, they will be unkind.

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is not a hypothetical fear. My piece focused on three countries — Brazil, South Korea, and Poland — where elected authoritarians were too blatant and their opponents did a good job persuading key audiences that the democratic threat was real. The result, in each case, was authoritarian defeat.

Here’s #SOTU counter programming! Rep @summerlee.bsky.social is awesome

Working Families Party 🐺@workingfamilies.org · 5mo ago

Don't want to listen to Trump's lies, but DO want a State of the Union update? We've got you. Summer Lee will speak to what people are really feeling: anger at a rigged system, frustration with politicians who protect it, and pride in how our communities are fighting back. wfpus.org/SOTU2026

Congress needs to act now to stop expansion of ICE detention camps. Stop the deaths, abuse, and jailing of kids. 📞 Call senators and reps via the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Details 👉 www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum... #HumanRights #ICE #EndDetention #CallYourRep #DefundICE

“We know enough.” Three words that are worth 10 million.

Arizona Right Watch@azrww.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

We demand an immediate halt in all funding for these deadly operations until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and in immigration detention centers stop. @unitedwedream.org @the-ilrc.bsky.social @nilc.org @surj.org @seiu.org Read the full letter: bit.ly/NoFundsforIC...

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

How can we end the ICE nightmare? My “guest rant” in @thestranger.com Yes, Wash. Senator @murray.senate.gov has a huge role to play. But we’ll need @schumer.senate.gov and other Senate Dems, who have the power to act, with or without Republicans, to stay strong. www.thestranger.com/guest-editor...

Guest Rant: It’s Not Too Late to Defund ICE

There are limited tools to ensure constitutional rights are respected by ICE and the private detention corporations they contract with. But Congress holds the most powerful card: the power of the purs...

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Love me some Jesse Welles.

Bruce Little@brucedlittle.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

Finally! Chuck Schumer is standing up. Better late than never. No funding for DHS, No funding for ICE, No Funding for Border Patrol. #ICEoutforGood Stop the Trump retribution.

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · 6mo ago

Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.

Senator @murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov Please vote no on funding this violent out-of-control federal police force. You have the power to put a halt to the “retribution” Trump is unleashing in U.S. cities. VOTE NO Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW

On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...

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After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope — my take on what’s possible now. truthout.org/articles/aft...

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope

Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.

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genuinely stunning image

From a follower in Minneapolis: "Today is our big day here. Currently -20 and -45 windchill. Frost bite can occur in 10 minutes and it is a decent walk from Portland Ave to the Target Center. So those who cannot risk attending and to the rest of the country we are asking for your help."

ICE Out for Good

On January 23, people across the country are taking action in solidarity with Minnesota to demand ICE out of our communities. Join the day of action.

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ICE CAN BE STOPPED 41 Democratic senators can block ICE funding this month. All that's missing is the political will. Here’s how it works: www.commondreams.org/opinion/cong... Share and call your senators today! indivisible.org/ice-out-senate #immigration #ICE #ICEoutforGood

We Are Not Powerless to Stop ICE—But We Must Act Now | Common Dreams

​We taxpayers fund ICE, the Border Patrol, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s salary (and her two jets). Without congressional action by the end of January, funding for ICE will lapse.

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Please stop and read this statement from Renee Good's wife.

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 7mo ago

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

Good news: Your organizing has grounded “ICE Air.”

Never forget. 🇺🇸

Trump told us what the attack was about. Not drugs. Not democracy. Not threats against the U.S. Like Iraq, it’s about “our oil.” Also, he wants control over the whole western hemisphere. Spreading violence and tyranny, and provoking war would be disastrous for everyone. Even the oil companies.

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...