“As the Wisconsin Legislative Socialist Caucus, we want to protect all workers and every community. We have consistently voted against tax breaks for data centers – and, just months later, were the first to call for a statewide moratorium on AI-scale data centers." (1/3)

Early voting for the August primary began *yesterday* and extends through Sunday, August 9th! Milwaukee's early voting locations: -Good Hope Library (7715 W Good Hope Rd) -Midtown Voting Center (4170 N 56th St) -Tippecanoe Library (3912 S Howell Ave) CONT. (1/2)

Institutions like this aren't reformable. We must abolish ICE, as soon as possible, and start treating our immigrant and refugee neighbors with the love and respect they deserve. Regardless of their legal statuses.

Tina Vasquez@tinavasquez.bsky.social · last wk.

Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.

This is the end result when you mix church and state, defund public schools, and refuse to push back on anti-trans hate. Fascists never stop at the most vulnerable, but they build their power attacking them. There is no compromising with them.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

1. School book bans are becoming so extreme in Florida, that one conservative school district is considering removing libraries altogether. Rodger Dailey, Clay County Chief Academic Officer, suggests replacing them with school stores, as literacy rates plummet. Subscribe to support our journalism.

As long as ICE exists, they can easily resume traffic stops, and killing people in their vehicles. This is a symptom of deeper, definitional problems with the agency — and DHS. #AbolishICE

Kentucky Bluegrass Politics@kbgpolitics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Reported by CNN immigration correspondent Priscilla Alvarez, also picked up by RawStory. www.rawstory.com/ice-traffic-...

You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

ICE's repeated lies aren't reformable. They're inherent to the agency's purpose: discouraging all immigration by terrorizing immigrants and people of color anywhere and everywhere they can. The violence is the point. ICE must be abolished.

Jennie Coughlin@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 4w ago

Three men who witnessed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing by federal immigration officers in Houston disputed the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting and said the victim never attempted to run over a federal agent.

This is both a great consumer protection *and* a boon for affordability -- exactly the kind of policy that all Democrats can and should get behind. @mayor.nyc.gov continues to model democratic socialism as good, deeply principled governance.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani announces click-to-cancel rule for NYC. This rule is aimed at guaranteeing New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up — and stopping corporations from trapping customers. This will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year.

I’m grateful to be surrounded by, and to be able to advocate with, such an amazing, supportive community. Thank you to TPANAC, Sen. Ratcliff, @fair, Rethinking Schools, Diverse & Resilient, Melissa Bollow Tempel, RJAM, TRAC, Sun-Seeker MKE and so many more. shepherdexpress.com/news/feature...

The Fight to Protect Gender-Affirming Care and Trans Right in Wisconsin Continues

A slew of anti-trans state legislation was recently vetoed by Governor Tony Evers in March. While this is obviously great news, it’s concerning that these bills were not only considered in the first p...

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This July 4th, it’s clear: we can only have community, or solidarity, without white nationalism, imperialism, and fascism. It is possible to love a country’s history, and its people, while opposing its government’s acts — and the capitalist ideology that limits our vision. (1/2)

the minnesota 15, indicted by the federal government for their work against ICE, leave the federal courthouse in downtown minneapolis after their first appearances and are joined by supporters waiting outside

Come join us this Saturday to march with me in the Bay View 4th of July parade! WHEN: Arrive at 8:15 am. Parade starts at 9 am. WHERE: We will line up near the intersection of KK and Smith on the west side of KK (across the street from Cafe Corazon!)

The real headline from the birthright‑citizenship case isn’t the outcome. It’s that four Supreme Court justices signaled they believe a president can effectively rewrite the Constitution through executive order.

That's right!

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · last mo.

Oklahoma City Pride has banned Starbucks from their parade. You can't be for LGBTQ+ rights and union-bust workers asking for fair protections, fair pay, and accessible healthcare. It's as simple as that.

It’s just a simple fact: the Courts and the Right are making sports less safe for everyone. None of this is necessary (including at the Olympic level), and all it can do is empower abusers and endanger athletes of all types.

Nancy Armour@nrarmour.bsky.social · last mo.

The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant

I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak after Democratic Socialists of America - Madison’s screening of Boycott. Wisconsin is, shamefully, one of 38 states which has an anti-BDS law on the books, and I was happy to address how to support our legislation to repeal it.

This is what we get when we let care trickle down, rather than making it a public good: Families can't afford to pay a living wage for care for their loved ones, so they either have to do that work themselves or hire someone whose marginalization leaves no choice but to work for insufficient pay. 1/

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · last mo.

Long term care is especially reliant on immigrant labor. Direct care workers are among the fastest growing categories of healthcare workers, and are disproportionately women of color & immigrants who are paid <$15/hour

Join community members this Wednesday, June 24th at 8:30am at Milwaukee City Hall (200 E. Wells St.) for @mkedsa.bsky.social's "Power to the People" rally and public hearing to replace We Energies with a public utility -- one that prioritizes people over profits! (1/3)

Salah Sarsour is free and our community is overjoyed. Even as we celebrate, we continue organizing to free everyone wrongly detained and imprisoned under this regime.

This is excellent news: ICE must follow Judge Hanlon's decision and release Salah Sarsour immediately. Or it must admit that it is entirely above the law, and unaccountable. #freesalahsarsour Article link: www.tmj4.com/news/local-n... (1/2)

Federal judge orders release of Salah Sarsour, Milwaukee man in ICE detention since March

A federal judge has ordered the release of Salah Salem Sarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee who has been in ICE custody since March.

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It's really, really important to follow workers' leads during union campaigns. And Starbucks workers are asking you to stop buying from Starbucks. So stop buying Starbucks.

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2mo ago

One easy change you can make to fight back against corporate greed: STOP BUYING STARBUCKS. Here's why:

Twin Cities friends: when possible, go out with someone you trust while legal observing! (And follow Council Member Chavez for timely updates.) Solidarity from Milwaukee. And abolish ICE.🌹 bsky.app/profile/jcha...

Jason Chavez@jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ALERT 🚨 Federal agents are being seen across our community as they arrest observers. Let me be clear, alerting our neighbors about ICE activity is not a crime, observing is not a crime, and loving your immigrant neighbors is not a crime. 1/

Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis today.

Age verification, or any other system that makes you identify yourself to use the Internet, should be treated with extreme skepticism. And as a tool of surveillance. We're treating a complex problem like a simple one, and potentially doing great harm in the process. Kat is 100% right.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When I was 15 I was using social media to learn about abortion rights, LGBTQ identity and history, and of course blog up to 8 hours a day about Supernatural. I demand the next generation have the same rights I did

It’s June 11th. Salah Sarsour has been detained by ICE since March 30th, not having been found guilty of a crime since he was a child, and is being treated horribly. He’s lost 30 pounds in detention. He is not receiving vital medical and religious accommodations. (1/2)

The last of Joy Byrne Powers’ series on socialism in Milwaukee is live. It’s a well-produced look at our socialist history (and present), and I was honored to be included in it. Thank you to Lake Effect and @wuwmradio.bsky.social for this context-heavy exploration! www.wuwm.com/milwaukee-so...

The Milwaukee Socialists: Mayor Frank Zeidler expands the city through annexation, housing & highways

We look at the tenure of Milwaukee’s last Socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, and his aggressive campaign to expand the size of the city. We also explore what socialism looks like in Milwaukee today.

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Flock cameras are rife for abuse, easy to hack — and ultimately do nothing to address the underlying causes of crime. They also create *another* vector for federal mass surveillance, especially when cops are cooperating with ICE through 287(g) agreements. bsky.app/profile/jaso... (1/2)

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New: Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people. Seemingly every week there's a new case, the details usually similar. Cops use unfettered access to Flock to surveil an ex. They most often search their plates hundreds of times over course of months www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...

Retailers 100% understand the tradeoff when they replace workers with "self-checkout" systems. It's ridiculous for them to pretend otherwise. This is a big reason why we should very skeptical of magical-sounding "automation" technology, especially AI. Even when it works, it's at workers' expense.

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️@ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Feel like you can't replace all your employees with "help yourself" terminals and not expect this result.

This is an outrageous story. A farmer donated 87 acres to a small Texas city on the condition it be used as a public park. Years later, the farmer has passed away, the city sold the land to a developer, and now it will be the site of a 135,000 square foot data center www.404media.co/a-farmer-don...

A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead

In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas town to use as a park. The town sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

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