Dalila Huerta
@dhuerta1848.bsky.social
Xicana mom dedicated to restorative justice and liberatory praxis | abolitionist | culture worker | recovering museum educator | she/her/ella
The University of Notre Dame canceled Palestinian scholar Eman Abdelhadi‘s keynote speech.
“I will never get past the absurdity of the expectation that Palestinians should silently watch our murder.”
“I will never get past the absurdity of the expectation that Palestinians should silently watch our murder.”
“Do Not Participate”: The Absurd Excuse Notre Dame Gave Me When They Canceled My Talk
What a tragedy when we cannot rely on universities to house our most critical conversations.
inthesetimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The University of Notre Dame canceled Palestinian scholar Eman Abdelhadi‘s keynote speech.
“I will never get past the absurdity of the expectation that Palestinians should silently watch our murder.”
“I will never get past the absurdity of the expectation that Palestinians should silently watch our murder.”
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Librarians, archivists, any GLAM-adjacent folks, if you are looking for an opportunity to help preserve LGBTQ+ history, please see below! 📚
We are looking for volunteers to help preserve closed and closing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs.
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March 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Librarians, archivists, any GLAM-adjacent folks, if you are looking for an opportunity to help preserve LGBTQ+ history, please see below! 📚
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I talked with Live Like the World is Dying host @margaret.bsky.social about preparedness, collective survival, and challenging ourselves "to let people be better."
Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Survival Together
“We are really good at finding what’s wrong with each other,” says author and podcaster Margaret Killjoy.
truthout.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I talked with Live Like the World is Dying host @margaret.bsky.social about preparedness, collective survival, and challenging ourselves "to let people be better."
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This power grab is a major threat to the reliability of voting by mail, which is disproportionately used by Democratic voters
Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This power grab is a major threat to the reliability of voting by mail, which is disproportionately used by Democratic voters
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Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct.
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct.
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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TODAY: We’re expecting a House vote on the Laken Riley Act, a dangerous bill that would shred constitutional rights and let MAGA extremists gut legal immigration.
48 House Democrats recently voted for this bill, so we really need you to call your representative ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
48 House Democrats recently voted for this bill, so we really need you to call your representative ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
January 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
TODAY: We’re expecting a House vote on the Laken Riley Act, a dangerous bill that would shred constitutional rights and let MAGA extremists gut legal immigration.
48 House Democrats recently voted for this bill, so we really need you to call your representative ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
48 House Democrats recently voted for this bill, so we really need you to call your representative ASAP: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
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BREAKING: A district court ruled that the FBI's use of Section 702 to conduct warrantless searches of a person's digital communications violates the Fourth Amendment.
This is a victory for our right to privacy from government spying.
This is a victory for our right to privacy from government spying.
January 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BREAKING: A district court ruled that the FBI's use of Section 702 to conduct warrantless searches of a person's digital communications violates the Fourth Amendment.
This is a victory for our right to privacy from government spying.
This is a victory for our right to privacy from government spying.
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“Defending” women while banning abortion, limiting recourse for pregnancy discrimination, engaging in a campaign to deport families, seeking to revoke birthright citizenship. Don’t be deputized to enact their cruelty.
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Defending” women while banning abortion, limiting recourse for pregnancy discrimination, engaging in a campaign to deport families, seeking to revoke birthright citizenship. Don’t be deputized to enact their cruelty.
A must-read:
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A must-read:
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“For everyday people resisting fascistic policies… defiance must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal… What are we unwilling to passively accept? To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey.”
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“For everyday people resisting fascistic policies… defiance must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal… What are we unwilling to passively accept? To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey.”
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One of the 13 core principles of @interruptcrim.bsky.social's Beyond Do No Harm Network - learn more at bit.ly/BDNHLaunch and our discussion guide section on this principle: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/bdnh-4
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
One of the 13 core principles of @interruptcrim.bsky.social's Beyond Do No Harm Network - learn more at bit.ly/BDNHLaunch and our discussion guide section on this principle: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/bdnh-4
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I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
Please share. ⤵️
January 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Please share. ⤵️
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Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
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I used to work so hard on Twitter to separate my little shitposter alt from my “professional” account and I just refuse to do it anymore
you will get indigenous history and climate policy posts and posts about weed and vibrators, this is who I am
you will get indigenous history and climate policy posts and posts about weed and vibrators, this is who I am
December 3, 2024 at 2:56 AM
I used to work so hard on Twitter to separate my little shitposter alt from my “professional” account and I just refuse to do it anymore
you will get indigenous history and climate policy posts and posts about weed and vibrators, this is who I am
you will get indigenous history and climate policy posts and posts about weed and vibrators, this is who I am
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I hope that the people who are usually not politically engaged but worked really hard to get Harris elected wake up soon and realize that they are not the only ones who are tired of a struggle that is full of defeat & in fact they could learn about surviving from the leftists they mark as enemies
November 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I hope that the people who are usually not politically engaged but worked really hard to get Harris elected wake up soon and realize that they are not the only ones who are tired of a struggle that is full of defeat & in fact they could learn about surviving from the leftists they mark as enemies