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Good Roots Chicago

@goodrootschicago.bsky.social

https://www.goodrootschicago.com Get mad, get organized.

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Good Roots Chicago@goodrootschicago.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Good action from @indivisible.org today! Call your Senators & House Reps; ask them to let Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expire on April 19. #surveillance #FISA #privacy act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-co...

Tell Congress to Say No to Warrantless AI Mass Surveillance

The War on Terror-era legislation that authorized decades of civil liberties-eroding mass surveillance is set to expire on April 19. Congress should let it die. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was passed in 2008 as a counterterrorism measure, but has a long history of abuse from the federal government, especially when it comes to surveillance. Congress has a choice to make: Will they greenlight warrantless mass surveillance, or hold the line and reject any effort to move forward without serious privacy guardrails? FISA as it is currently written: Allows warrantless backdoor surveillance of people in and out of the country Offers little to no protections against the administration targeting critics, activists, religious minorities, or communities of color Actively chills our freedoms of speech and association Two years ago, this reauthorization legislation sailed through Congress with bipartisan support. That can’t happen again. Let your Members of Congress know you expect them to reject reauthorization unless it includes significant reforms to protect our civil liberties against this authoritarian regime.

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Good Roots Chicago@goodrootschicago.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tomorrow, APRIL 3, 12-1:30 FEDERAL PLAZA 50 W ADAMS MULTIFAITH VIGIL TO DEMAND THE US PURGE PALANTIR FROM PALESTINE TO ICE We will sing, lament, dance, and say NO MORE. Bring a poem or prayer and a flower or two. Bring your family. Bring your heart.

MULTIFAITH VIGIL TO DEMAND THE US PURGE PALANTIR FROM PALESTINE TO ICE Join us to remember those we've lost to the cruelties of Palantir's surveillance, applied by ICE, the current US authoritarian regime, and the Israeli-us military against Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon. We will sing, lament, dance, and say NO MORE. Bring a poem or prayer and a flower or two. Bring your family. Bring your heart. APRIL 3 12-1:30 FEDERAL PLAZA 50 W ADAMS CHICAGO
🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃@angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6mo ago

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Good Roots Chicago@goodrootschicago.bsky.social · 7mo ago

CLOTHING SWAP & MENDING CIRCLE APR 19, 12-6PM THEATRE Y 3611 W CERMAK RD (RING DOORBELL) PLEASE BRING: - Clothes in good condition to swap/mend - Coats! extras go to jail support - Books, zines SUGGESTED DONATION $5 hosted by MIDWEST BOOKS TO PRISONERS

CLOTHING SWAP & MENDING CIRCLES BRING COATS! EXTRA COATS WILL GO TO JAIL SUPPORT KNow SEWING? MENDING? WANTTO VOLUNTEER? CONTACT laurie_anderson@dr.com or just show up!) NOON-6 APR 19 PLEASE BRING: CLOTHES IN GOOD CONDITION TO SWAP AGLOTHES TO MEND books, zines, and SUGGESTED DONATION $5 PWY C/IT'S FREE! donations go to cover rent! hosted by MIDWEST BOOKS TO PRISONERS THEATRE Y 36I1 W CERMAK RD RING DOORBELL WHEN YOU ARRIVE
Good Roots Chicago@goodrootschicago.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

When I talk about more people turning out in spite of repression (or in response to it), people who've read a few articles about nonviolence say, "That's what happens! Violent efforts to repress nonviolent movements backfire!" But they often don't. It's special when people respond by showing up.