@lakermaker.bsky.social
Agitator for liberation - landback, abolition, disability justice. Enjoys outdoor adventures and interested in Quakerism. Always reading books. Member @vetsaboutface.bsky.social
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A skill I would really like us all to cultivate is saying "I don't think this is a great tactic, but I agree with the cause," and then just moving on with our lives.
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A skill I would really like us all to cultivate is saying "I don't think this is a great tactic, but I agree with the cause," and then just moving on with our lives.
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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.
This Veterans Day I’ll be at the Vietnam Memorial and then on a very different march to say no to occupation from Chicago to Palestine!
As veterans our message is clear: “No ICE, No Cuts, No Occupation”
Bundle up and join us
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
As veterans our message is clear: “No ICE, No Cuts, No Occupation”
Bundle up and join us
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day · May Day Strong
Stand with Veterans as we march, rally, and refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized. **Together we say NO this Veterans Day** - no to ICE, no to occupation, no to fascism, and no to cuts stri...
www.mobilize.us
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This Veterans Day I’ll be at the Vietnam Memorial and then on a very different march to say no to occupation from Chicago to Palestine!
As veterans our message is clear: “No ICE, No Cuts, No Occupation”
Bundle up and join us
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
As veterans our message is clear: “No ICE, No Cuts, No Occupation”
Bundle up and join us
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.
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The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Federal government, along with the state of Texas, continue their crusade against the Prairieland Defendants. Des is only one of the 18 protesters that the Trump administration is attempting to paint as an “antifa” terrorist group.
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cw rape
I've been talking about this recently in the context of labor but it's even more hideously apparent here: if you give people the power to commit violence against someone unless they obey you, here that violence is deportation, you get HIDEOUS sexual violence
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I've been talking about this recently in the context of labor but it's even more hideously apparent here: if you give people the power to commit violence against someone unless they obey you, here that violence is deportation, you get HIDEOUS sexual violence
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card
Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her.
She spoke out and was kicked out of the country.
It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
cw rape
I've been talking about this recently in the context of labor but it's even more hideously apparent here: if you give people the power to commit violence against someone unless they obey you, here that violence is deportation, you get HIDEOUS sexual violence
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I've been talking about this recently in the context of labor but it's even more hideously apparent here: if you give people the power to commit violence against someone unless they obey you, here that violence is deportation, you get HIDEOUS sexual violence
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Oriana Korol—arrested by ICE for playing GHOSTBUSTERS on a clarinet—is incredible, and the kind of ally we need in massive numbers if we’re going to halt this crushing authoritarianism:
“This has just increased my commitment to social justice and to fight back against mistreatment of minorities.”
“This has just increased my commitment to social justice and to fight back against mistreatment of minorities.”
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Oriana Korol—arrested by ICE for playing GHOSTBUSTERS on a clarinet—is incredible, and the kind of ally we need in massive numbers if we’re going to halt this crushing authoritarianism:
“This has just increased my commitment to social justice and to fight back against mistreatment of minorities.”
“This has just increased my commitment to social justice and to fight back against mistreatment of minorities.”
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And you, governor, should stop providing state cops to police protesters for ICE at Broadview.
ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And you, governor, should stop providing state cops to police protesters for ICE at Broadview.
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In just 5 months, one Tennessee county spent $130,000 of taxpayer money locking people up for ICE.
When we say local governments wield significant power in ICE's immigration agenda, this is what we mean.
www.wvlt.tv/2025/07/01/k...
When we say local governments wield significant power in ICE's immigration agenda, this is what we mean.
www.wvlt.tv/2025/07/01/k...
October 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In just 5 months, one Tennessee county spent $130,000 of taxpayer money locking people up for ICE.
When we say local governments wield significant power in ICE's immigration agenda, this is what we mean.
www.wvlt.tv/2025/07/01/k...
When we say local governments wield significant power in ICE's immigration agenda, this is what we mean.
www.wvlt.tv/2025/07/01/k...
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Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now
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People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.
There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.
People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.
People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.
October 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.
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In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In a fight between Pritzker and and police, who is going to win? This is what happens when both parties allowed law enforcement to become one of the most powerful political actors in the country -- a taxpayer-funded political movement that wants to kill people.
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I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.
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Connect with your people offline. Take the chats to signal but also take your close relationships offline entirely. We need to be connected when they shut this all down.
What’s your organizing plan if things go dark? Where do you meet? Who picks up what work? How do we communicate?
What’s your organizing plan if things go dark? Where do you meet? Who picks up what work? How do we communicate?
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Connect with your people offline. Take the chats to signal but also take your close relationships offline entirely. We need to be connected when they shut this all down.
What’s your organizing plan if things go dark? Where do you meet? Who picks up what work? How do we communicate?
What’s your organizing plan if things go dark? Where do you meet? Who picks up what work? How do we communicate?
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Liberals and Democrats will call for "funding local police" as a way to solve the problem of DHS/ ICE and no one will think about the fact that this is how we got here.
October 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Liberals and Democrats will call for "funding local police" as a way to solve the problem of DHS/ ICE and no one will think about the fact that this is how we got here.
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This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
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ICE has fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters outside their Broadview facility. They are terrorizing immigrants across Chicagoland. The time to resist is now. It will only get harder as authoritarianism tightens its grip. Please pay attention to this struggle.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
ICE has fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters outside their Broadview facility. They are terrorizing immigrants across Chicagoland. The time to resist is now. It will only get harder as authoritarianism tightens its grip. Please pay attention to this struggle.
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Thinking a lot this morning about how the dispersed nature of these kidnappings over such a broad area makes it so easy for them to avoid making bigger waves. The surface can appear totally calm while they're grabbing neighbors, and most people have no idea until/unless something flashy happens
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thinking a lot this morning about how the dispersed nature of these kidnappings over such a broad area makes it so easy for them to avoid making bigger waves. The surface can appear totally calm while they're grabbing neighbors, and most people have no idea until/unless something flashy happens
“It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins ‘Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.’ “
Let’s take note from @espiers.bsky.social in the Nation and be honest about what people lived and died for, the good, the bad, and in the case of Charlie Kirk, the ugly.
Let’s take note from @espiers.bsky.social in the Nation and be honest about what people lived and died for, the good, the bad, and in the case of Charlie Kirk, the ugly.
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins ‘Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.’ “
Let’s take note from @espiers.bsky.social in the Nation and be honest about what people lived and died for, the good, the bad, and in the case of Charlie Kirk, the ugly.
Let’s take note from @espiers.bsky.social in the Nation and be honest about what people lived and died for, the good, the bad, and in the case of Charlie Kirk, the ugly.
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Even the "admiration" for what he built is fake. If you had access to MILLIONS of dollars from ur dad + other rich white men at 18, most of you could have built an organization that targeted oppressed people too. I find all of it incredible. And they bleat on and on about MERIT, lol.
September 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Even the "admiration" for what he built is fake. If you had access to MILLIONS of dollars from ur dad + other rich white men at 18, most of you could have built an organization that targeted oppressed people too. I find all of it incredible. And they bleat on and on about MERIT, lol.
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Hot off the press! Out Oct 16, featuring two new chapters, Against the Romance of Police Reform and Futures Beyond Policing. Hoping this study of anti-Black criminalization is helpful as we face the rise in fascistic authoritarian rule, and the policing used to enforce and enable it.
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Hot off the press! Out Oct 16, featuring two new chapters, Against the Romance of Police Reform and Futures Beyond Policing. Hoping this study of anti-Black criminalization is helpful as we face the rise in fascistic authoritarian rule, and the policing used to enforce and enable it.
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Malcolm X: “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
September 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Malcolm X: “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
“You are not alone!” I told military members questioning the morality of their orders to deploy to Chicago. @vetsaboutface.bsky.social can connect you with veterans like me who chose to resist. Read more from the press conference and other About Face members.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...
Veterans speak out against proposed deployment of National Guard in Chicago
Members of About Face: Veterans Against the War call on Gov. JB Pritzker to direct the Illinois National Guard not to report to Chicago if President Donald Trump orders them to be activated in the pre...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“You are not alone!” I told military members questioning the morality of their orders to deploy to Chicago. @vetsaboutface.bsky.social can connect you with veterans like me who chose to resist. Read more from the press conference and other About Face members.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...
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Urvashi Vaid in 2008: “I do not believe that the bitter power struggle progressive movements have been waging with authoritarian movements can be wished away by speeches seeking a new national consensus or by centrist policy accommodations.”
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Urvashi Vaid in 2008: “I do not believe that the bitter power struggle progressive movements have been waging with authoritarian movements can be wished away by speeches seeking a new national consensus or by centrist policy accommodations.”