Spent the weekend at the socialism conference, digging into the hard questions our movements face with 3000 (!) other people. Thank you @haymarketbooks.org @socialismconference.org. Here’s our panel with @silkys13.bsky.social amna akbar, jack norton and amelia kirby.

while milo gets to chit chat on TV with clear access to safety and basic needs, the US is flying untold numbers of immigrants to unsafe countries of origin or other countries where they don't speak the language or know anyone.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you.

If you can’t make it to Chicago, the @socialismconference.org virtual program will feature Angela Y. Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Michelle Alexander, Saul Williams, @silkys13.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @reallandsend.bsky.social, @avierkant.bsky.social, and more!

Register now – Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube

Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube, Fri Sep 4, 2026 - Sun Sep 6, 2026 - Can't make it to Chicago for the Socialism Conference? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to attend virtually! *...

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A bunch of Haymarket authors will be speaking at this weekend’s @socialismconference.org in Chicago! There’s still time to register. Hope to see you there!

Haymarket at Socialism 2026!

Join Haymarket Books for the Socialism Conference, September 4 - 7 in Chicago, and participate in four days of socialist politics, ideas, and community. You'll also be able to browse the conferen...

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Dozens of rallies calling for Indiana to end its cooperation with ICE share.google/cahjhXcFQ0e5...

Dozens of rallies calling for Indiana to end its cooperation with ICE

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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LA, Homotopia is having its 20th year anniversary screening along with its younger sister Criminal Queers on September 12th. www.h-r.la/event/crimin...

Homotopia & Criminal Queers

20th anniversary screening of Homotopia (2006) with its sequel Criminal Queers (2015) directed by Eric A. Stanley & Chris E. Vargas Post-screening discussion with the directors and Silky Shah, author ...

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The @socialismconference.org virtual program will feature Angela Y. Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Michelle Alexander, Saul Williams, @silkys13.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, Vaishnavi Patel, @reallandsend.bsky.social, @avierkant.bsky.social, and more!

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@hurwitz.bsky.social "Over and over, officers said on tape that the gloves work because they cause pain without leaving the kind of marks that could lead to lawsuits. It’s a weapon and a public relations ploy, all in one." #AbolishICE

The Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves

“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.

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I wrote about the DoJ's shocking use of material support laws in the Prairieland case, how this charge has been abused in the past, and what this suggests for Trump's crackdown on leftwing political dissent. For NYT Opinion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...

Opinion | Anti-ICE Protesters Are Charged With a Terrorism Playbook We’ve Seen Before (Gift Article)

In Prairieland, prosecutors are using antiterrorism laws we’ve seen before.

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ofc cc @craiggilmore.bsky.social for this mentioned within inquest.org/finding-the-...

Finding the Opportunity in Crisis - Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Craig Gilmore, Judah Schept, & Lydia Pelot-Hobbs - Inquest

The public’s appetite for meaningful change ebbs and flows. When it peaks, how do organizers capture that energy and channel it into the fight to end mass incarceration?

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from the brilliant @derecka.bsky.social "The very movements producing [radical] rhetoric, from abolition to Free Palestine, also produced the possibilities of [DSA's] election [win]s. Downplaying those movements puts organizers who continue this work at risk, especially right now."

AOC and Mamdani wanted to defund the police. Their backtracking puts organizers at risk | Derecka Purnell

Progressive and democratic socialist politicians are recanting pandemic-era statements on police and prison abolition

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Being able to travel affords people dignity; the end of this practice is an attack on human dignity

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

The post-purge Board of Immigration Appeals, in its effort to take a wrecking ball to every precedent that might allow an immigrant to receive a benefit, effectively ends "advance parole," a pathway for some DACA recipients and others to get green cards without risking a decade of banishment abroad.

AC that blows dust that causes respiratory infections and chest coughs, drinking water that causes stomach illness and diarrhea, and sometimes frozen and raw food, are among the inhumane conditions at Eloy Detention Center, all listed in a letter signed by 120 people currently detained there.

New from 404 Media: ICE to spend millions to buy data from LexisNexis to then feed into a Palantir system. ICE has long bought data from LexisNexis, which feds use to map out a person's addresses, location, assets, etc. But now explicitly want to use with Palantir www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-l...

ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir

LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.

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ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine by @austinmccoy.bsky.social via @truthout.org

ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine

A New Jersey township ordinance is the first in the US reflecting the link between the deportation regime and Big Tech.

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“Starting in the ’90s, we have seen the expansion of the Border Patrol, the rise of the Prevention Through Deterrence model, & a much more militarized border…Once you’ve grown this…it makes it much harder to get rid of the laws behind it. There’s an interest in always finding people to incarcerate.”

Silky Shah@silkys13.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New interview I did with Amna Akbar in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social was just published. It's a bit of a synthesis on the how we got here and the current conditions on immigration. Always great to be in convo w/Amna & wonderful to work w/Aparna Gopalan at JC on this. jewishcurrents.org/unbuild-the-...

Private prison company CoreCivic has sold four of its ICE jails to the U.S. government in recent weeks for a total of $2.2 billion – an average of $307,000 per bed. The government was already paying CoreCivic to operate the facilities, and that will continue. ir.corecivic.com/news-release...

Great review of two new books on detention from @reneefeltz.bsky.social including the incredible anthology about 30 years of resistance at the Elizabeth Detention Center in NJ indypendent.org/2026/08/endi...

Ending the ICE Age

Two new books shed light on 30 years of struggle to end immigrant detention in New Jersey and beyond.

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i think that everyone should know about the ways this government is trying to criminalize dissent and protest -- not because it should scare us into inaction, but because understanding how it works is how we stop it from working. wrote about it for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans

Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

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Rest in Power to Johanna Fernández, leading historian of NYC amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...

Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition

Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.

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"Once you’ve grown this infrastructure, it makes it much harder to get rid of the laws behind it… the vast majority of detention centers in the US are either former federal or state prisons or existing county jails." @silkys13.bsky.social

Unbuild the Cages

Silky Shah maps the vulnerabilities of the deportation machine.

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I wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.

ICE’s Secret Weapon Is in Your Community

While attempting to maintain a relatively lower profile, ICE is managing to arrest record numbers of people. Here’s how it’s doing that.

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Really excited to learn about End the Ice Age (endtheiceage.com) and the multi-pronged approach to abolishing ICE!

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

“I think those are the main tactics at this moment: trying to stop the expansion of detention and getting communities and elected officials to do everything they can to stop sharing data with ICE, so that ICE doesn’t have the information or the ability to target more people.” — @silkys13.bsky.social

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

This is a good read, including this ⤵️ from @silkys13.bsky.social, on tackling this machine across multiple levels of government: "There are so many levels at which people can do this work: in your neighborhood, with your county, at the state level or by reaching out to your member of Congress."

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

My latest republished in @truthout.org. "Florida is really ground zero for how much immigration enforcement is changing and expanding." - @silkys13.bsky.social

How Do We Sustain Momentum for the Anti-ICE Movement Over Time?

Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network, discusses how the fight against ICE has entered a new phase.

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Such an important conversation with @silkys13.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

More essential reading! "Detention is an institution of social control," @silkys13.bsky.social reminds us. And "There is so much emphasis on improving conditions when the answer is actually to release people. The best way for people to have good… health is not to be in these institutions"

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

In my latest, I talk with @silkys13.bsky.social about the struggle against ICE. How are the government’s tactics shifting, and how must we respond? We also discuss the tremendous victory of fighting off the warehouse model for the regime’s concentration camps, and where the fight goes from here.

The Fight Against ICE Has Entered a New Phase

“This is a time to build on organizing on the ground and sustain it over time,” says Silky Shah

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An incredibly insightful conversation, for the launch an indispensable new book by @jwashing.bsky.social, out now @haymarketbooks.org. With @danieldenvir.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, and @harshawalia.bsky.social

How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

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