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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 3h

Please join me in giving if you can

Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · 4h

Only a few hours remain before our final displacement and return to Gaza…
Solaf is trying to finish her Tawjihi despite everything, and my mother weeps in sorrow for our destroyed home — the place where only memories remain.

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Help the Abdelwahed family survive

I'm helping my friend, Akram Abdelwahed, raise funds to help his family survive.

chuffed.org

Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 3h

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

Asar can’t make an account on here but she needs help ❤️

Help Asar and her family survive the genocide

Imagine waking up to find your home reduced to rubble, destroying everything you had and leaving you with nowhere to turn for safety and security. This is the reality of life for Asar, her husband, th...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 12d

Note: Associated with the conference is also a series of "Virtual Explainers" on Zoom, running occasionally from Oct 8 to Nov 5: migration.nyu.edu/migration-ev...

NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for Migration Network for "Detention and Deportation"

📆 Wednesday, October 15, 9:30AM - 5 PM
📍 Main Event Space, NYU Wagner, 105 E 17th St
🎟️ in-person event, open to all with registration
🔗 RSVP here: buff.ly/CJZIujP

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for Migration Network for "Detention and Deportation"

📆 Wednesday, October 15, 9:30AM - 5 PM
📍 Main Event Space, NYU Wagner, 105 E 17th St
🎟️ in-person event, open to all with registration
🔗 RSVP here: buff.ly/CJZIujP

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 9h

Events/registration deadlines THIS WEEK:

Tomorrow, Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET: Join us for this 1-hour virtual event with our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, and author @deanspade.bsky.social.

We will close registration tomorrow at 1 PM ET!

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 8d

🗓️ Oct. 28-29: Join us for a 2-day virtual convening of abolitionist organizers and others working to interrupt criminalization in the context of care.

Live captioning, Spanish/ASL interpretation, large print visuals provided.

Register by Oct. 15: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/a...

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background: "ABOLITION MEANS *ALL* CARCERAL SPACES." Below this are a grey box and an outline box, each with black text: "A two-day virtual convening of abolitionist organizers and others working to interrupt criminalization in the context of care. Register by October 15." "October 28-29: 1-6:30 PM ET / 12-5:30 PM CT / 11 AM-4:30 PM MT / 10AM-3:30 PM PT each day." Small text at the bottom: "Live captioning, Spanish and ASL interpretation, and large print visual materials will be provided."

An image of a chain breaking atop a blue circle is in the upper right corner, and small logos for Interrupting Criminalization, the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange are in the top left.

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background: "LA ABOLICIÓN SIGNIFICA QUE TODOS LOS ESPACIOS CARCELARIOS " Below this are a grey box and an outline box, each with black text: "un encuentro virtual de dos días con organizadores abolicionistas y otras personas que trabajan para interrumpir la criminalización en el contexto del cuidado. Regístrese antes del 15 de otubre." "Octubre 28-29: 1-6:30 PM hora del este / 12-5:30 PM hora central / 11 AM – 4:30 PM hora de las montañas / 10 AM – 3:30 PM hora del pacífico, cada día." Small text at the bottom: "El encuentro contará con subtítulos en vivo, interpretación al español y lenguaje de señas estadounidense y materiales visuales en letra grande."

An image of a chain breaking atop a blue circle is in the upper right corner, and small logos for Interrupting Criminalization, the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange are in the top left.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 10d

"[N]ever was a red police state or a blue police state, only a United Police State of America."

"Even the so-called opposition leaders have proven themselves useful stewards of the cause."

"The police state of our nightmares is nearing its final form."
#USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

The United Police State of America Has Arrived

The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred.

theintercept.com

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 10d

Yep. economichardship.org/2025/06/loca...

Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Truthout. Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda.

economichardship.org

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · Sep 3

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7968...

Get Out of Our City - ICE FUCK OFF with Cute Penguin by nobodyssweetheart

Chinga La Migra

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 9d

John Heubert, who expects to retire from the Army next summer, came from Georgia to apply to be a deportation officer.

"I feel like I could do good in that realm. I've been military for 23 years. I've worked in detainee operations for a long time," Heubert said. "So I feel like leveraging my skills, and deployments, and everything would help kind of transition me easier into the civilian life, doing kind of the same thing I've been doing."

He said everything has been politicized, so the controversy surrounding the agency did not deter him.

"I'm the guy that just executes at this point. So whatever they want, they tell me to do it, I go do," Heubert said.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 9d

“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“

- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com

inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 4h

The US military “has historically been marked by a commitment to constitutional values,” including civilian-military separation. ICE + CBP more willing to take sides politically.

“Trump’s goal is to make ICE the model and heartbeat of the omniforce,” with other units “realigning to ICE’s values.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

I see we need to revisit this.

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate

"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

How many videos have you seen of protesters being brutalized? Pretending this imagery still changes the math the way you wish it would is an insult to the people whose bodies you would treat as props. Ghandi's era was more complex than many of you make out. This is not the 60s either. Things change.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

The early part of this episode (and transcript) covers some of the resistance that has been happening on the ground here, in terms of protests, rapid response, ICE patrols, and mutual aid.

Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship

“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.

truthout.org

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 4h

Just continuously reminding myself, and out loud here in case it's of any help to others, that bravery is not the absence of fear but rather a determination to act despite fear.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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mygateway.bsky.social @mygateway.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder:

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: “We took the freedom of speech away”

That's it.

That's the quote.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2d

Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

AG Bondi: "We're gonna get to the funding of antifa, we're gonna get to the root of antifa, and we're gonna find and charge all of those people who are causing this chaos in Portland and all these other cities across our country."

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 9h

"Portland medical workers say that an [ICE] agent threatened to shoot them as they tried to transport an injured protester last week."

"[V]iciously yelling in my face, stating, 'DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU.'"
#Oregon #USA #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

ICE Threatened to Shoot Ambulance Driver Picking Up Injured Portland Protester, Medics Say | Common Dreams

The incident comes as immigrants' rights advocates warn ICE's tactics in US cities are growing increasingly violent.

www.commondreams.org

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 4h

If you have seen a pregnant, postpartum, or lactating woman in immigration custody, please let the Women's Refugee Commission know by submitting a report through the Detention Pregnancy Tracker.

detentionpregnancytracker.com

Women's Refugee Commission

detentionpregnancytracker.com

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