This is a bad piece. 1. It uncritically makes use of prosecution materials to piece together what activists thought and did 2. It whitewashes resistance in Minn, Chicago, and elsewhere 3. It betrays ignorance of movement history, from abolitionism through the panthers through M4BL

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 6d ago

"Their actions ensured that they struggled to achieve sympathetic media coverage outside of a few left-wing outlets, struggled to attract material or legal support (the ACLU, for instance, refused to touch the case), and failed to achieve positive virality in the larger culture."

The co-founder of Circle and Ciphers, Emmanuel Andre, is now the deputy mayor of community safety in Chicago. thetriibe.com/2026/05/emma...

Emmanuel Andre is bringing a restorative justice mindset to Chicago’s community safety office • The TRiiBE

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new deputy mayor of community safety wants Chicago to listen to young people instead of criminalizing them.

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

I recently read this book about the history of repression against American communism and it was very good.

Trump isn’t done trying to fleece the American taxpayer—this time, for the poorly attended Great American State Fair. trib.al/SSb3KgX

Trump Asks for Millions More to Cover American State Fair Disaster

Trump isn’t done trying to fleece the American taxpayer—this time, for the poorly attended Great American State Fair.

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

NEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...

Frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights shows Trump’s ethnic cleansing campaign is escalating – again

Seven apparent ICE removal flights in the last few days – including third-country removals, prolonged shackling, and failed deportations – reveal an agency ratcheting up.

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Truly WTF

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!@malena.bsky.social · 5d ago

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚🚨 Prisciliano Trejo, aged 29 becomes the 50th person to die in #ICE custody. He was denied medical care until it was too late. His family was denied the ability to see him when he was finally sent to the hospital. This thread is one you must spend time on. We cannot ignore the atrocities!

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Join us this Saturday and Sunday at H Street and 16th St by Lafayette Park from 3-5pm. The Senate returns on Monday. Keep calling your Representative and Senators and tell them to support Ukraine! #CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

28 people flown to indefinite detention on ICE Air today from Minneapolis. In rain that got heavier as the loading process went on, MN50501 volunteers observed construction workers, elderly, and women. If you may have loved ones on the flight, full footage be seen here: youtu.be/gJr9Q79MQxc 🧵👇

These are the dilapidated tents of Gaza's residents, sweltering ovens in this intense heat and without electricity. Gaza deserves to live in dignity.

This grotesque headline is from the Telegraph. 3,000 people in Britain have been killed in heatwaves this year so far. 20,000 in Europe. Even if Britain did get to “embrace Mediterranean life”, what about the actual Mediterranean, what do they get to embrace? What about India?

Interview with @jasonhickel.bsky.social is as usual fascinating and worthwhile.

How to Overcome Capitalism | Jason Hickel on Socialism, China, and the West

YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta

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#OtD 25 Jul 1898 the US invaded Puerto Rico, claiming to free it from Spanish colonial rule. Instead they occupied it and gave citizenship to Spanish landowners, protecting them from landless rebels, and handing land to sugar corporations. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9748...

Ebola deaths in DRC surge past 1,300 as virus ‘spreading like a wildfire’ https://aje.news/mhza86

At least 14 people have died as wildfires continue to devastate Spain. Two blazes merged into one massive fire that is nearing another wildfire in neighbouring Castilla y Leon, forcing tens of thousands from their homes.

Israel raids West Bank live: Dozens of Palestinians detained during assault https://aje.news/052log

If true this is beyond egregious while also being perfectly on brand for this group of incompetent sociopaths

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

(Gift Article) The Cockroach Janta Party called an end to weeks of protests after the education minister resigned, a win for that movement even as deep-seated anger among young people remains. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/w...

India’s Education Minister Steps Down in Victory for Cockroach Party Protesters (Gift Article)

The Cockroach Janta Party called an end to weeks of protests after the education minister resigned, a win for that movement even as deep-seated anger among young people remains.

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At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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Scroll through this 🧵 to see ways YOU can fight back against the criminalization of migrants in the US. #AbolishICE

July 30 Medicare for All National Day of Action - NYC Kick-Off Rally & Press Conference 10am across from Bellevue Hospital: RSVP for rally: bit.ly/M4A26 Organizations cosponsor: bit.ly/M4A26Orgs Join a speakout at a Rep’s office near you- across NYC, NYS & USA: act.medicare4all.org/event/doa

In the coming decades, writes Helen Epstein, toxic fallout in Gaza could lead to “an epidemic of cancer, lung disease, and brain damage” that might “rival in lethality the war’s bombs and bullets.”

Gaza’s Deadly Soil | Helen Epstein

Long before October 2023, Gaza’s people suffered international sanctions, a humiliating occupation, and periodic Israeli bombardments. Few could leave the

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Tesla stock is crashing like a robotaxi. SpaceX exploding like one of his rockets. Sure, he's still the richest man in the world, but Elon's lost nearly half his "value" in the last month. You truly do love to see it. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar meltdown: How SpaceX and Tesla erased $700 billion

Someone should check on Elon Musk. The world’s richest person is bleeding billions as his 42% stake in SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) has shed roughly half its peak value in just five weeks, Since Space Explor...

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Wow "traitor to the west," strong words, Elon, who are we talking about here... ah the editor-in-chief of The Economist

As a Black Washingtonian, why am I pissed the National Guard has been occupying our city a year with plans to continue for more? Trump’s pretext is lie. They came for me specifically. They’re there because Trump’s wants Black DC under his boot from a narrative we’re criminals tainting the capitol.

This is so frustrating and shameful.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

When Canada and Michigan agreed to build a multibillion-dollar bridge at the busiest border crossing, their relationship was dramatically different. But when it opened on Friday, Canada rescinded its invitations to American officials to jointly open the bridge. nyti.ms/4gVV1i6

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953