TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists)

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#TenForJustice: The Road to Abolition • Founded 2020 • Harm Reduction, Decriminalization, Decarceration, Reparations, Dual Power, Mutual Aid, Community Defense, and Transformative Justice • thisisawkword.com/ten-demands • tendemands@gmail.com

Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour NEW piece by @awkword.bsky.social spotlighting the inspiration behind the poetry of @ahmedhsarsour.bsky.social, who left Sudan as war broke out in 2023 and came back to Gaza before Oct. 7, only to be trapped in a genocide.

Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOT

Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.

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The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington Residents and tourists of the nation’s capital saw the city transformed into a circus for more than a month – a site for media spectacles and thinly-veiled celebrations of the president.

The District of Calamity: Freedom 250 and the Semiquincentennial in Washington - UNICORN RIOT

Residents and tourists of the nation’s capital saw the city transformed into a circus for more than a month – a site for media spectacles and thinly-veiled celebrations of the president.

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NEW: Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzales, a.k.a. Tufawon, a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He says that he’s had a knack for turning lived experiences into sound, and his latest song, “No One Is Illegal,” is no different.

I can’t help think of the fact that Katie Porter just went from frontrunner to nonstarter in the CA gov race for exactly this kind of behavior. The double standard for white men in leadership is appalling, and so are his actions. Ken Martin should resign. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...

Inside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party (Gift Article)

The Democrats should be well positioned to make gains in this year’s midterms. But inside party headquarters, every week brings paranoia, worries about money and, on occasion, emotional eruptions.

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In the last year, ICE has deported nearly half a million people. Killed dozens. Disappeared tens of thousands. And it's only the beginning. Unless we stop it.

The FBI raided the home of a Texas activist using flash-bang grenades and armored vehicles… And then offered her up to $200,000 to become a confidential “Antifa” informant. theintercept.com/2026/07/07/antifa-informant-raid-texas/

FBI RAIDED A TEXANS HOUSE, THEN OFFERED HER $200,000 TO BECOME AN ARTIFA INFORMANT
Phil Mandelbaum@philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW: Trump’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy — broken down by 4 extremism experts Insights from: - @crimethinc.com - @shaneburley.bsky.social - @attorneynora.bsky.social - Eric King

A Police Executive Research Forum report from 2014 showed that CBP officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them. This isn’t something that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. www.npr.org/sections/the...

Border Patrol Releases New Use-Of-Force Guidelines, Critical Report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said the release was a push for more transparency. The agency had previously declined to make changes recommended by the panel.

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We are capitalist, not socialist” More than a dozen Congressional Democrats and other Dems running for office have signed a pledge to uphold centrist policies after the recent surge in progressive wins across the country. They are massively missing the point of what the voters are telling us.

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