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Our External Education Committee spoke with musician and YouTube video producer @bennjordan.bsky.social about his recent work on surveillance, privacy, and 'gadgets for people who don't trust the government'.
Benn Jordan Talks Privacy, Anarchism, and the War on Flock Cameras
Benn Jordan was already well known in the electronic music scene, releasing work under names such as The Flashbulb and Acidwolf. In the last few years however, Jordan has amassed an audience of over 1...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Our External Education Committee spoke with musician and YouTube video producer @bennjordan.bsky.social about his recent work on surveillance, privacy, and 'gadgets for people who don't trust the government'.
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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"RESPECT OUR EXISTENCE
OR EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE"
Protesting ICE, kids walk out from J. Graham Brown School, a K-12 magnet school, and Manual High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky.
OR EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE"
Protesting ICE, kids walk out from J. Graham Brown School, a K-12 magnet school, and Manual High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky.
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"RESPECT OUR EXISTENCE
OR EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE"
Protesting ICE, kids walk out from J. Graham Brown School, a K-12 magnet school, and Manual High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky.
OR EXPECT OUR RESISTANCE"
Protesting ICE, kids walk out from J. Graham Brown School, a K-12 magnet school, and Manual High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Photos capturing walkouts at two Kentucky schools in protest of ICE. The picture of the young boy holding a sign that says "LIAM WAS 5" and "children are being taken away," written in such childlike handwriting, is going to stay with me.
JCPS students at J. Graham Brown School and Manual protest ICE policies. See photos from the walkouts
JCPS students from J. Graham Brown School and Manual High School in Louisville held walkouts to protest ICE policies on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
www.courier-journal.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Photos capturing walkouts at two Kentucky schools in protest of ICE. The picture of the young boy holding a sign that says "LIAM WAS 5" and "children are being taken away," written in such childlike handwriting, is going to stay with me.
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as been known: fascism has NEVER politely abandoned power, never once in all of history; the oppressed recognize the state of warfare theyre in and they rise to the occasion... or they dont.
either way, our livelihoods are disturbed, but only one choice guarantees The People's control of it.
either way, our livelihoods are disturbed, but only one choice guarantees The People's control of it.
“For those who long to kill, the opportunity to do so for ICE—shielded by immunity, offered to regular police too—is the fulfillment of a white accelerationist mandate.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social traces the violence that is America’s sustaining force & what is required of us to oppose it.
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social traces the violence that is America’s sustaining force & what is required of us to oppose it.
Another way out: Power, force, and far-right rewards for killing
The far-right’s celebration of killing and the state’s complicity in it show that violence is one of America’s sustaining forces
prismreports.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
as been known: fascism has NEVER politely abandoned power, never once in all of history; the oppressed recognize the state of warfare theyre in and they rise to the occasion... or they dont.
either way, our livelihoods are disturbed, but only one choice guarantees The People's control of it.
either way, our livelihoods are disturbed, but only one choice guarantees The People's control of it.
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#ICYMI: Our Rx Inspector tool allows you to use information from your prescription label to locate the factory where a generic drug was made and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Explore the tool:
Explore the tool:
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
#ICYMI: Our Rx Inspector tool allows you to use information from your prescription label to locate the factory where a generic drug was made and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Explore the tool:
Explore the tool:
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HELP FOR SOMEONE KIDNAPPED BY ICE!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Donate to Help Oliver Aguillon Fight ICE Detention, organized by Norma Herrera
My husband, Oliver Hilario Aguillon, has recently been detained by ICE, and our… Norma Herrera needs your support for Help Oliver Aguillon Fight ICE Detention
www.gofundme.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
HELP FOR SOMEONE KIDNAPPED BY ICE!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
Oliver Aguillon is the nephew of one of my mom's friends, and his family is raising funds to help fight for his freedom.
Please consider making a donation! If you can't, hit repost and/or share with comrades by email/text. Thank you!
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NEW INTERVIEW 🚩
“They were mothers and grandmothers that were picking up weapons. There were wounded fighters still in their wheelchairs that were creating military units and were declaring their preparation to fight.
It is a full mobilization.”
“They were mothers and grandmothers that were picking up weapons. There were wounded fighters still in their wheelchairs that were creating military units and were declaring their preparation to fight.
It is a full mobilization.”
Building Our Revolutionary Character: Interview With an American YPJ Volunteer on the Situation in Rojava
On January 13th, the Syrian Transitional Government launched a major offensive on the territories under control of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (DAANES) – the first it ...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:39 AM
NEW INTERVIEW 🚩
“They were mothers and grandmothers that were picking up weapons. There were wounded fighters still in their wheelchairs that were creating military units and were declaring their preparation to fight.
It is a full mobilization.”
“They were mothers and grandmothers that were picking up weapons. There were wounded fighters still in their wheelchairs that were creating military units and were declaring their preparation to fight.
It is a full mobilization.”
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Yesterday, Research and Lab Labor Empowered (RALLE-UE) members across Johns Hopkins launched their union card campaign! 85 members were at the rally demanding fair compensation, clear promotion opportunities and job descriptions, job security, commuter benefits, & a seat at the bargaining table.
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Yesterday, Research and Lab Labor Empowered (RALLE-UE) members across Johns Hopkins launched their union card campaign! 85 members were at the rally demanding fair compensation, clear promotion opportunities and job descriptions, job security, commuter benefits, & a seat at the bargaining table.
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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This is what is required to sustain and escalate the fight we’re in.
One day marches are powerful for showing the scale of potential force we have.
But that force is only exercised when we get embedded in long term organizing and take the fight to bosses, landlords, and the state.
One day marches are powerful for showing the scale of potential force we have.
But that force is only exercised when we get embedded in long term organizing and take the fight to bosses, landlords, and the state.
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.
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The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
linktr.ee
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is what is required to sustain and escalate the fight we’re in.
One day marches are powerful for showing the scale of potential force we have.
But that force is only exercised when we get embedded in long term organizing and take the fight to bosses, landlords, and the state.
One day marches are powerful for showing the scale of potential force we have.
But that force is only exercised when we get embedded in long term organizing and take the fight to bosses, landlords, and the state.
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"A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a ruling obtained by CNN." www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
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On general strikes 🧊 lithub.com/kim-kelly-on... @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)
On January 23, thousands of people across the state of Minnesota took part in a massive day of action to protest ICE’s violent occupation of their home. Despite subzero temperatures, the day saw be…
lithub.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
On general strikes 🧊 lithub.com/kim-kelly-on... @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
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Tiny Cops Hassle Fingerboarding Teens
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Tiny Cops Hassle Fingerboarding Teens
Several youths were ordered to stop playing with miniature skateboards by very small police officers outside the Emerald Square Mall.
thehardtimes.net
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Tiny Cops Hassle Fingerboarding Teens
thehardtimes.net/culture/tiny...
thehardtimes.net/culture/tiny...
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"Keeping those conversations going is a first step on the path toward organization—the prerequisite for anything as ambitious, and as necessary, as a general strike."
NEW: It's Not a General Strike, but It's a Start 🪧🚩🏴
Will January 30th see a true general strike? Almost certainly not.
But that doesn't mean we should write it off, argues BRRN member and rank-and-file unionist Cameron Pádraig.
www.blackrosefed.org/not-a-genera...
Will January 30th see a true general strike? Almost certainly not.
But that doesn't mean we should write it off, argues BRRN member and rank-and-file unionist Cameron Pádraig.
www.blackrosefed.org/not-a-genera...
It's Not a General Strike, but it's a Start
January 30th has been set as a nationwide day of action against the campaign of state terror carried out by ICE and other DHS agencies. Some have referred to the 30th as a ‘general strike’. In this ar...
www.blackrosefed.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"Keeping those conversations going is a first step on the path toward organization—the prerequisite for anything as ambitious, and as necessary, as a general strike."
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There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
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The mother of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who is detained with the father in an ICE Texas facility, says the boy "is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality. He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever and he no longer wants to eat.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The mother of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who is detained with the father in an ICE Texas facility, says the boy "is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality. He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever and he no longer wants to eat.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just started doing new data analysis and I know I keep saying this, but: I really, really don't think people appreciate how much this moral panic was a deliberate and extremely expensive invention.
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“My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine.
What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people." - Rachel Sayre, director of emergency management in Minneapolis
What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people." - Rachel Sayre, director of emergency management in Minneapolis
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
“My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine.
What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people." - Rachel Sayre, director of emergency management in Minneapolis
What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people." - Rachel Sayre, director of emergency management in Minneapolis
A simple act of solidarity can get you killed these days in the "freest country in the world."
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A simple act of solidarity can get you killed these days in the "freest country in the world."
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Nothing an observer or protestor does or doesn’t do will prevent them from escalating their violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Nothing an observer or protestor does or doesn’t do will prevent them from escalating their violence.
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Yesterday our Bay Area Local marched in solidarity with the mass strike against ICE in MPLS. 🚩🏴
Today federal agents murdered another person there.
The only option to face down escalating state terror is organization: in our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools. We have the leverage to fight back.
Today federal agents murdered another person there.
The only option to face down escalating state terror is organization: in our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools. We have the leverage to fight back.
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Yesterday our Bay Area Local marched in solidarity with the mass strike against ICE in MPLS. 🚩🏴
Today federal agents murdered another person there.
The only option to face down escalating state terror is organization: in our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools. We have the leverage to fight back.
Today federal agents murdered another person there.
The only option to face down escalating state terror is organization: in our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools. We have the leverage to fight back.
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We’re on the ground in Minneapolis where CBP just killed a man, following a massive day of action against ICE. Protesters and militarized police are both flocking to the scene.
Follow here for live updates:
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January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
We’re on the ground in Minneapolis where CBP just killed a man, following a massive day of action against ICE. Protesters and militarized police are both flocking to the scene.
Follow here for live updates:
Follow here for live updates:
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ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...