Veronica Paredes
@veroyque.bsky.social
book in-progress called SURVIVING CINEMA about how race matters within repurposed movie palaces in Downtown Los Angeles.
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
theguardian.com
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
lrb.co.uk
VC Defensa, one of the bravest group of activists I've ever met, got their doors kicked in early this morning www.instagram.com/p/DYSxTqtkuAh
🔴 Feds raid homes of anti-ICE activists BreakThrough News 🛑 FED NAZI GOONS in Ventura, California raided the homes of Leo Martinez & other volunteers with community watchdog group @ vcdefensa m.youtube.com/shorts/-OWzc...
Feds raid homes of anti-ICE activists
YouTube video by BreakThrough News
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Torn between "god this has screwed my weekend so badly" and "let canvas die so we can all be free."
Daily Memo: New Details On The Mother and Daughter Abducted at San Francisco Airport
hiya @lifewinning.com — I was the eager cinema and media studies person after the AAG panel discussion session today who chatted you up … hopefully not too annoyingly. Nice to meet!
This piece on Feminist Film Curating Collectives has been in the works for a while!! 🎞️🏳️🌈 It was *such a joy* to speak to the organizers/curators of these crucial collectives! lareviewofbooks.org/article/femi... Long live the queer feminist film archive!!! ❤️🎞️📽️‼️
The Weirdness of the Archive, the Possibilities of the Present | Los Angeles Review of Books
On the global resurgence of feminist film curating collectives.
lareviewofbooks.org
Congratulations to Autumn Durald Arkapaw on her Oscar for Cinematography. She's the first woman to win the award (in 97 years!) - and also the first person, male or female, of Black or Filipino descent. The film looks amazing and certainly should've won in its own right ... but a bit of context ->
Autumn Durald Arkapaw interview with Rebecca Ford for Vanity Fair ahead of her Oscar win tonight for Best Cinematography for SINNERS. Feeling joy and pride in learning that she was born in Oxnard. Imagine that… Oxscars www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
How the Woman Who Shot ‘Sinners’ Could Make History at the Oscars
Autumn Durald Arkapaw could be the first woman ever to win a best-cinematography Oscar, though she’s trying not to focus on it: “I feel the pressure of that.”
vanityfair.com
Still recruiting PhD students for our Media Studies Department! Please see link below for more info @joshshepperd.bsky.social @stevenfrost.bsky.social @cumediastudies.bsky.social
Lori Emerson@loriemerson.net · last yr.we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This morning, a friend who had been traveling and was out of the loop asked me for resources to catch up on what has been happening in Chicago. If you are in a similar situation and need to catch up on the details, this piece outlines the events of the past week or so.
Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago
Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.
truthout.org
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen... The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Today @lapressclub.bsky.social @statuscoupnews.bsky.social @thesouthlander.com sued L.A. County and Sheriff Robert Luna for harm to journalists covering protests in L.A. firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/l-...
L.A. Press Club, Media Outlets Sue Los Angeles County for Harm to Journalists
Sheriff’s deputies were shooting so indiscriminately at protestors and press alike that other law enforcement officers were harmed.
firstamendmentcoalition.org
L.A. Taco has confirmed with the family of 20yr old Adrian Andrew Martinez, who was taken by ICE while working at Walmart in Pico Rivera, is a US citizen who was speaking up for his coworker that was detained. ~ @eltragon.bsky.social
Last week I published this story explaining the violence that LAPD exercises toward protesters and press. Today I saw them seriously injury many with the exact same tactics. capitalandmain.com/police-viole...
Police Violently Crack Down on L.A. Protests
Demonstrators, journalists and bystanders faced LAPD tear gas and projectiles following ICE raids.
capitalandmain.com
This is why the “peaceful protest” distinction does not matter - the pigs will fire at you & beat you either way. All you’re doing is playing into the state’s narrative of “good” vs “bad” protesters. You cannot guarantee safety but it’s on ALL of us to look out for each other
People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · last yr.LAPD is now launching tear gas into the crowd outside federal building Tear gas at 430 pm. @mayor.lacity.gov sent LAPD to clear the streets 4 hours before curfew.
My weekly curated list of must-read articles and some thoughts about this moment of mass protest (and where it can take us). If you want resources to help people understand this moment, this edition is for you.
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on This Moment of Mass Protest
"What do you want people to know, and what do you want them to do?"
organizingmythoughts.org
statement from the WestLos Rapid Response Network re: rumors of nannies kidnapped at the park: Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
L.A. TACO has confirmed with Brian Gavidia who filmed this troubling footage, that federal agents abducted his U.S.-born Mexican American friend, Javier Ramirez yesterday at 4 PM in Montebello. ~ @theglutster.bsky.social
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace. And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
Another video of Senator Padilla’s violent arrest at DHS Sec Noem’s press conference in LA. You can see him thrown to the ground by FBI agents and handcuffed. (video shared by Padilla’s staff with Elex Michaelson of Fox LA and posted on X)