Craig Gilmore
@craiggilmore.bsky.social
abolitionist organizing // land & housing // books & music.
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This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
"Germany’s support for Israel’s apartheid regime and
war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, and attacks on other states has translated into repressive policies, mass surveillance, police brutality, and a shrinking space for free expression at home." 1/
@tninstitute.bsky.social
war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, and attacks on other states has translated into repressive policies, mass surveillance, police brutality, and a shrinking space for free expression at home." 1/
@tninstitute.bsky.social
Solidarity under Siege | Transnational Institute
Since 7 October 2023, Germany’s unabating support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is mirrored by a sweeping crackdown on Palestine solidarity at home. This ranges from protest bans and police violence, ...
www.tni.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Germany’s support for Israel’s apartheid regime and
war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, and attacks on other states has translated into repressive policies, mass surveillance, police brutality, and a shrinking space for free expression at home." 1/
@tninstitute.bsky.social
war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, and attacks on other states has translated into repressive policies, mass surveillance, police brutality, and a shrinking space for free expression at home." 1/
@tninstitute.bsky.social
"The prison, which opened in 1938, is the latest federal correctional facility to close over the past year amid serious budgetary and operational challenges, including severe staffing shortages, lack of funding to repair aging infrastructure, sexual assault of inmates..."
Crumbling ceilings in underground tunnels force closure of Terminal Island prison
The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island is closing due to crumbling underground tunnels and other infrastructure problems, authorities said.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"The prison, which opened in 1938, is the latest federal correctional facility to close over the past year amid serious budgetary and operational challenges, including severe staffing shortages, lack of funding to repair aging infrastructure, sexual assault of inmates..."
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NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Join a national call to debrief this past weekend’s viral ICE Scraper action, strengthen our nonviolent strategy, and coordinate safe, visible actions nationwide.
Learn how communities are organizing ...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/... - tomorrow 11/25 at 5pm/PT 8pm ET
Here's a great interview with @arunkundnani.bsky.social by Susie Day on Jamil Al-Amin::
H. Rap Brown, Jamil Al-Amin, and the Perils of Forgetting – Spectre Journal
susie day talks with Arun Kundnani about the unfortunately forgotten H. Rap Brown. Brown, now Imam Jamil Al-Amin, urgently needs medical care.
spectrejournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here's a great interview with @arunkundnani.bsky.social by Susie Day on Jamil Al-Amin::
"and now it's time to move along"
RIP
RIP
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"and now it's time to move along"
RIP
RIP
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#Novedad @katakrak54.bsky.social
Esta obra explorao la protección que las mujeres pueden (o no) esperar del sistema penal y pone de relieve cómo les afecta el cautiverio, ya sea porque estén encarceladas o porque tengan familiares en prisión.
https://acortar.link/T2Qdx4
Esta obra explorao la protección que las mujeres pueden (o no) esperar del sistema penal y pone de relieve cómo les afecta el cautiverio, ya sea porque estén encarceladas o porque tengan familiares en prisión.
https://acortar.link/T2Qdx4
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#Novedad @katakrak54.bsky.social
Esta obra explorao la protección que las mujeres pueden (o no) esperar del sistema penal y pone de relieve cómo les afecta el cautiverio, ya sea porque estén encarceladas o porque tengan familiares en prisión.
https://acortar.link/T2Qdx4
Esta obra explorao la protección que las mujeres pueden (o no) esperar del sistema penal y pone de relieve cómo les afecta el cautiverio, ya sea porque estén encarceladas o porque tengan familiares en prisión.
https://acortar.link/T2Qdx4
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Very happy to share that tomorrow, I will be able to share a transcript and downloadable video of an interview I conducted for The Viral Underclass in 2020 with Alice Wong. It will be freely available for any use, as part of an effort to share Alice’s archive.
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Very happy to share that tomorrow, I will be able to share a transcript and downloadable video of an interview I conducted for The Viral Underclass in 2020 with Alice Wong. It will be freely available for any use, as part of an effort to share Alice’s archive.
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"Gestern abend fand in Connewitz eine Spontandemo für die Angeklagten der zweiten Runde des Antifa-Ost Prozesses statt. Dabei wurden zahlreiche Barrikaden errichtet, Gentrifizierungsobjekte sowie das Polizeirevier angegriffen." #freeallantifas
de.indymedia.org/node/554376
de.indymedia.org/node/554376
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"Gestern abend fand in Connewitz eine Spontandemo für die Angeklagten der zweiten Runde des Antifa-Ost Prozesses statt. Dabei wurden zahlreiche Barrikaden errichtet, Gentrifizierungsobjekte sowie das Polizeirevier angegriffen." #freeallantifas
de.indymedia.org/node/554376
de.indymedia.org/node/554376
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists
Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
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redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
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"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"If the black revolt does not succeed... Americans are going to discover what it is like to live as the black man has been living all these years, in constant terror of violence from the mob & from the police, never certain what rights he can exercise under the law & under the Constitution."
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"...desde su nacimiento como institución hace 200 años, la policía ha trabajado en la producción del cuerpo social jerarquizado que las estructuras del capitalismo racial requieren." @zonaestrategia.bsky.social @sergonoserg.bsky.social 1/2
Apuntes para una cultura del conflicto no policial a partir de las experiencias antipunitivas - Zona de estrategia
Este texto propone una mirada a formas alternativas de justicia para avanzar hacia una cultura del conflicto que supere la dependencia del sistema penal. Se narran aquí también experiencias alternativ...
zonaestrategia.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"...desde su nacimiento como institución hace 200 años, la policía ha trabajado en la producción del cuerpo social jerarquizado que las estructuras del capitalismo racial requieren." @zonaestrategia.bsky.social @sergonoserg.bsky.social 1/2
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Arguing that people who live in the South are inherently racist, violent, and dumb has long been a way to avoid examining the problems of "progressive" policing because "we aren't like that."
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Arguing that people who live in the South are inherently racist, violent, and dumb has long been a way to avoid examining the problems of "progressive" policing because "we aren't like that."
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Arguing that people who live in the South are inherently racist, violent, and dumb has long been a way to avoid examining the problems of "progressive" policing because "we aren't like that."
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Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
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This isn't it. Embracing the police-state rhetoric of people with criminal records as "the worst of the worst," even if only to show the Trump regime's hypocrisy, is not helpful and ultimately abets fascism and a white-supremacist government. One in every three US adults has a criminal record.
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This isn't it. Embracing the police-state rhetoric of people with criminal records as "the worst of the worst," even if only to show the Trump regime's hypocrisy, is not helpful and ultimately abets fascism and a white-supremacist government. One in every three US adults has a criminal record.
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"I am not on the run."
"I am [..] refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison."
"23 of my heroic and honorable co-defendants remain in prison following our kidnapping by counterterrorism police."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #Policing #Incarceration #Genocide
"I am [..] refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison."
"23 of my heroic and honorable co-defendants remain in prison following our kidnapping by counterterrorism police."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #Policing #Incarceration #Genocide
Absconded activist refuses to be "prisoner of war"
Sean Middlebrough says he and fellow Palestine Action activists were "kidnapped" by British counter-terrorism police at the point of a gun.
electronicintifada.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"I am not on the run."
"I am [..] refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison."
"23 of my heroic and honorable co-defendants remain in prison following our kidnapping by counterterrorism police."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #Policing #Incarceration #Genocide
"I am [..] refusing to be held as a prisoner of war of Israel in a British prison."
"23 of my heroic and honorable co-defendants remain in prison following our kidnapping by counterterrorism police."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #Policing #Incarceration #Genocide
Surplus warehouses => "mega detention centers?"
ICE May Buy Amazon-Style Warehouses To Detain Immigrants
ICE is currently detaining more than 60,000 immigrants—a record high number.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Surplus warehouses => "mega detention centers?"