We are in the fight of our lives. From concentration camps to data centers to policing jails and prisons to the autonomy of our bodies, to climate on fire, find a lane & get to the work of liberation. Humanity should not be drawn into a future seen in any of the Terminator movies.

Abortion Access Front@abortionfront.bsky.social · 4h ago

Newly confirmed AG Todd Blanche has signaled he is ready and willing to grave-rob the corpse of the 1873 Comstock Act and reanimate it to try and ban abortion nationwide. 'Cuz when you can’t convince people to live by your religious morality, there’s always authoritarianism! buff.ly/x0tS1qo

A sample of our recent episode about organizing to resist #Flock, #Fusus, #Axon and other police surveillance apparati, this from Kelly at Nashville Community Safety Network. Hear the rest at thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/08...

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A Minnesota defendant warns that authoritarian governments can criminalize effective, lawful organizing, as prosecutors cite meeting moderation, fundraising, social-media posts, and Signal chats as conspiracy evidence.

Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns

Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.

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Isaac does some of the best labor history online right now. Bonus points he's got a great truck. www.instagram.com/reel/DKfh-de...

In These Times@inthesetimes.com · 2d ago

Over a century of May Day history, told through the artifacts organizers left behind. Isaac Silver of Buttons of the Left presents “Subterranean Fire: Artifacts from the Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of May Day.” August 23 in Chicago. Dets in link. www.allyoufascistsboundtolose.com/calendar/but...

THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.

In Lochiel, Arizona, a single ancient cottonwood tree stands in the way of the construction of Donald Trump's border wall. For two weeks, demonstrators have occupied the tree and defended it against construction crews and border patrol. They invite you to act in solidarity. crimethinc.com/lochiel

The Border is an Open Wound

A report from the tree occupation in Lochiel, Arizona that is halting the construction of the border wall.

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There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday. n.pr/4hjizO1

Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada

There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday.

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AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

www.thebulwark.com/p/todd-blanc...

Todd Blanche’s New Grip on the Federal Prison System

Critics worry a little-noticed policy shift could let the attorney general reward allies, punish enemies, and sideline longstanding Bureau of Prisons processes.

thebulwark.com

Someone brought a guillotine to a city council meeting in Salem, Oregon on July 27, 2026. Not a sign shaped like one. Not a drawing. An actual guillotine structure appeared at the protest to oppose a proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center. Company reps reportedly left, citing safety concerns.

Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling “Unsafe”.

Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents - and a guillotine - pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.

yahoo.com

"Prisons are death-making institutions." - IC cofounder Mariame Kaba

Truthout@truthout.org · 2w ago

As severe medical issues and deaths increase, advocates and families are pressing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to take action.

UPDATE: @justinjpearson.bsky.social wins the Democratic nomination in TN-9

Day of action! ❤️‍🔥 Fundraising and day of action for immigrant justice and the right to protest to support the Reyes family and the Prairieland defendants. Supplied will be provided! Saturday August 8th, 2026 2-4pm Outside Tantra coffeehouse

"Every Flock license plate reader camera operated by the Winona Police Department has been sawed off and stolen in what investigators believe was a coordinated [act of civic duty]." Blinding the cyclops, wrecking the panopticon. crimethinc.com/blindingthec...

All of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolen

Lost cameras valued at about $24,000

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Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. No explanation needed.

A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

This is an important article from IC board member Robyn Maynard (@policingblack.bsky.social). In it, she discusses how today's border policing is steeped in historic efforts to control Black mobility, from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act.

Hunted and Banned

Efforts to control Black mobility—from early passports to the Fugitive Slave Act—laid much of the groundwork for today’s border regimes.

bostonreview.net

Another person has died at Delaney Hall, the second in a period of months, supposedly of an unspecified "medical emergency." His name is Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. He was just 41 years old. When we fight against ICE, we are fighting to save lives. This is urgent. crimethinc.com/DelaneyStrat...

Tactics at Delaney Hall: A Strategic Appraisal

An appraisal of the tactics that protesters have employed outside Delaney Hall with two interviews from the front lines.

crimethinc.com

Yonette Joseph@sugarcane99.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Salvadoran immigrant, Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, who was being held at a troubled federal detention center in Newark, New Jersey, has died, according to the city’s mayor and Senator Andy Kim www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...

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A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

They want you to forget that you took care of yourselves and others im 2020 because they want you to be helpless and frightened in the face of the violence and robbery theyre doing

Imagine if the yellow stars that the Nazis forced Jews to wear had continuously reported the locations of those forced to wear them.

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2w ago

Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that

The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

futurism.com

Must-read by @priscillagrim.bsky.social @octoberk.bsky.social & Micah Hirskind: inthesetimes.com/article/no-n...

The inverse of patriarchy brings beauty to life.

Only In Boston@onlyinbos.bsky.social · 2w ago

This massive mural in Worcester is more than just street art. Artist Marka27 painted the three most important women in his life, his wife and two daughters, then surprised them when it was finished. ❤️

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

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If federal agents come to your door: 1. Do NOT talk to them without an attorney there! 2. Do NOT let them in without a proper warrant! 3. Call the @nlg.org hotline for a privileged conversation with an attorney: (212) 679-5100 For more on this topic, check out @ccrjustice.org's guide:

If An Agent Knocks (resource)

Updated in 2020! The Center for Constitutional Rights created If An Agent Knocks to provide advice to activists likely to be targeted by FBI agents or other federal investigators.

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Raoul Vaneigem—Situationist, author, and lifelong aspiring revolutionary—has passed away at the age of 92. "Let ten people meet who are resolved on the lightning of violence rather than the long agony of survival; from this moment, despair ends and tactics begin." —The Revolution of Everyday Life

Mickaël Correia@mickacorreia.bsky.social · 2w ago

RIP Raoul Vaneigem 😪. "Les stupides résurgences du nationalisme et des religions ne sont que l'écume dérisoire du vrai danger : l'acquiescement suicidaire au sort qui nous est fait et par lequel une économie en dépérissement nous enjoint de dépérir avec elle." (1996) Toujours d'actualité.

What happens when decisions about a neighborhood’s future are made before residents have a meaningful say? Damon A. Williams & Daniel Kisslinger of @respairmedia.bsky.social join Nashwa Bawab tomorrow for a conversation. www.allyoufascistsboundtolose.com/calendar/who...