Brad Wright
@bh-wright.bsky.social
Historian, researcher, anti-imperialist, anti-fascist
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“According to the Al Jazeera Arabic investigation, The Rest of the Story, Civil Defence teams in Gaza have documented 2,842 Palestinians who have “evaporated” since the war began in October 2023, leaving behind no remains other than blood spray or small fragments of flesh.”
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“According to the Al Jazeera Arabic investigation, The Rest of the Story, Civil Defence teams in Gaza have documented 2,842 Palestinians who have “evaporated” since the war began in October 2023, leaving behind no remains other than blood spray or small fragments of flesh.”
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Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her Palestine activism and her faith.
mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
The government-sanctioned persecution of Leqaa Kordia
Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her...
mondoweiss.net
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her Palestine activism and her faith.
mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
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ICE has been confining Ms. Kordia unlawfully in Prairieland Detention Facility for nearly a year. She is the last Columbia University protestor still in immigration confinement after speaking out about the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed nearly 200 of her family members.
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 PM
ICE has been confining Ms. Kordia unlawfully in Prairieland Detention Facility for nearly a year. She is the last Columbia University protestor still in immigration confinement after speaking out about the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed nearly 200 of her family members.
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Want to know what will kill free and open inquiry? The specter of secret recordings in a classroom. UNC should be embarrassed that it is even considering this.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
UNC-Chapel Hill aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy involving Larry Chavis and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Want to know what will kill free and open inquiry? The specter of secret recordings in a classroom. UNC should be embarrassed that it is even considering this.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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🇻🇪 Venezuelan oil to Israel?
The U.S. is seizing Venezuelan oil through intermediary companies & taking sales outside of Venezuelan control.
Now, they are hijacking shipments headed to Cuba & redirecting them to fuel genocide in Gaza against the will of the Venezuelan people.
The U.S. is seizing Venezuelan oil through intermediary companies & taking sales outside of Venezuelan control.
Now, they are hijacking shipments headed to Cuba & redirecting them to fuel genocide in Gaza against the will of the Venezuelan people.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🇻🇪 Venezuelan oil to Israel?
The U.S. is seizing Venezuelan oil through intermediary companies & taking sales outside of Venezuelan control.
Now, they are hijacking shipments headed to Cuba & redirecting them to fuel genocide in Gaza against the will of the Venezuelan people.
The U.S. is seizing Venezuelan oil through intermediary companies & taking sales outside of Venezuelan control.
Now, they are hijacking shipments headed to Cuba & redirecting them to fuel genocide in Gaza against the will of the Venezuelan people.
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When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
‘Political Prisoner’ Leqaa Kordia Has Been Hospitalized, DHS Says. After Calling 16 Hospitals, Her Lawyers Say They Can't Find Her.
The Columbia University protester had a fever when lawmakers tried to visit her last month — and her health is declining fast.
thebarbedwire.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever.
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...
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The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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"I can't leave. I can't work. I am absolutely filled with worry."
"[D]eclaring an eviction moratorium is undoubtedly within Walz's power. He has refused to act."
Over "72 organizations have signed onto the call for an eviction moratorium."
#Minnesota #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[D]eclaring an eviction moratorium is undoubtedly within Walz's power. He has refused to act."
Over "72 organizations have signed onto the call for an eviction moratorium."
#Minnesota #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
As ICE Terror Forces People Inside, Calls Grow for Eviction Moratorium in MN
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz upheld an eviction moratorium during the pandemic. Why won't he issue one now?
truthout.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM
"I can't leave. I can't work. I am absolutely filled with worry."
"[D]eclaring an eviction moratorium is undoubtedly within Walz's power. He has refused to act."
Over "72 organizations have signed onto the call for an eviction moratorium."
#Minnesota #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[D]eclaring an eviction moratorium is undoubtedly within Walz's power. He has refused to act."
Over "72 organizations have signed onto the call for an eviction moratorium."
#Minnesota #USA #Housing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
February 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Regional and community colleges professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions. https://bit.ly/4tlEtUq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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"AI doesn't work" is incorrect.
It functions perfectly as a plausible-looking bullshit generator used by fascists and pseudoscientists to inflict major damage on societies.
It functions perfectly as a plausible-looking bullshit generator used by fascists and pseudoscientists to inflict major damage on societies.
NEW: NEW: HHS is working on an AI tool to analyze VAERS—a database of vaccine injury claims to which anyone can make submissions—and "generate hypotheses." This is from @emilymullin.bsky.social:
HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims
Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"AI doesn't work" is incorrect.
It functions perfectly as a plausible-looking bullshit generator used by fascists and pseudoscientists to inflict major damage on societies.
It functions perfectly as a plausible-looking bullshit generator used by fascists and pseudoscientists to inflict major damage on societies.
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🇨🇺 In 1960, the State Dept compiled a report concluding the Cuban revolution was too popular to overthrow, so they should "den[y] money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government."
66 years of genocidal strategy.
66 years of genocidal strategy.
February 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
🇨🇺 In 1960, the State Dept compiled a report concluding the Cuban revolution was too popular to overthrow, so they should "den[y] money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government."
66 years of genocidal strategy.
66 years of genocidal strategy.
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
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A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.
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Class action granted: Angola prisoners head to trial over slave labor
A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.
therealnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive farm labor under extreme, unconstitutional conditions.
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
@promiseofjustice.bsky.social
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El 2 De Febrero No Se Olvida
February 2, 1848
178 Years of Yankee Colonial Subjugation
#HistoricalMemory
#PoliticalEducation
#MexicoIsAnIndigenousNation
#OursIsAnIndigenousStruggle
#LiberacionExigeOrganizacion
#UnionDelBarrio
February 2, 1848
178 Years of Yankee Colonial Subjugation
#HistoricalMemory
#PoliticalEducation
#MexicoIsAnIndigenousNation
#OursIsAnIndigenousStruggle
#LiberacionExigeOrganizacion
#UnionDelBarrio
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 AM
El 2 De Febrero No Se Olvida
February 2, 1848
178 Years of Yankee Colonial Subjugation
#HistoricalMemory
#PoliticalEducation
#MexicoIsAnIndigenousNation
#OursIsAnIndigenousStruggle
#LiberacionExigeOrganizacion
#UnionDelBarrio
February 2, 1848
178 Years of Yankee Colonial Subjugation
#HistoricalMemory
#PoliticalEducation
#MexicoIsAnIndigenousNation
#OursIsAnIndigenousStruggle
#LiberacionExigeOrganizacion
#UnionDelBarrio
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Updated: 2/2 ICE tracker
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Updated: 2/2 ICE tracker
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The caption accompanying this horrifying photograph: "Three federal agents are seen pointing guns at an ICE observer near Jefferson Park in St. Peter, Minn. on Thursday."
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The caption accompanying this horrifying photograph: "Three federal agents are seen pointing guns at an ICE observer near Jefferson Park in St. Peter, Minn. on Thursday."
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Mondoweiss interviews author Harsha Walia about the history of ICE and how Trump's immigration crackdown is closely linked to U.S. imperialism abroad, including in Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/we-c...
#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
‘We cannot separate imperialism from domestic militarization’: Understanding the links between ICE, Gaza, and U.S. foreign policy
Mondoweiss interviews author Harsha Walia about the history of ICE and how Trump’s immigration crackdown is closely linked to U.S. imperialism abroad, including in Palestine.
mondoweiss.net
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Mondoweiss interviews author Harsha Walia about the history of ICE and how Trump's immigration crackdown is closely linked to U.S. imperialism abroad, including in Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/we-c...
#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
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A massive, blocks-long march protesting immigration enforcement and broader anti-immigrant policies heads away from its start at the Federal Building in Tucson, Arizona.
January 30, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A massive, blocks-long march protesting immigration enforcement and broader anti-immigrant policies heads away from its start at the Federal Building in Tucson, Arizona.
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An uprising of children in a DHS concentration camp in Dilly, Texas!
They focused on the mistreatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Minnesota, abducted with his father by ICE last week
Immigration attorney Eric Lee could hear shouting [and] believed “hundreds of children” took part.
They focused on the mistreatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Minnesota, abducted with his father by ICE last week
Immigration attorney Eric Lee could hear shouting [and] believed “hundreds of children” took part.
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
The immigrant jail, where many children are detained, has "horrible" conditions, including "putrid" drinking water.
truthout.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 PM
An uprising of children in a DHS concentration camp in Dilly, Texas!
They focused on the mistreatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Minnesota, abducted with his father by ICE last week
Immigration attorney Eric Lee could hear shouting [and] believed “hundreds of children” took part.
They focused on the mistreatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old from Minnesota, abducted with his father by ICE last week
Immigration attorney Eric Lee could hear shouting [and] believed “hundreds of children” took part.
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Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran
It is not okay to be a grown adult in the year 2026 and still believe US regime change interventionism in the middle east will lead to positive outcomes.
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It is not okay to be a grown adult in the year 2026 and still believe US regime change interventionism in the middle east will lead to positive outcomes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-idiot...
Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran
Reading by Tim Foley:
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January 30, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran
It is not okay to be a grown adult in the year 2026 and still believe US regime change interventionism in the middle east will lead to positive outcomes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-idiot...
It is not okay to be a grown adult in the year 2026 and still believe US regime change interventionism in the middle east will lead to positive outcomes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-idiot...
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"Even now, they are talking compromise about ICE body cameras, which they already wear as they shoot people, and rules that already exist that ICE doesn’t follow. "
www.blackagendareport.com/ice-exposes-...
www.blackagendareport.com/ice-exposes-...
ICE Exposes Democratic Party Irrelevance | Black Agenda Report
The Democratic Party is useful only to the oligarch class, who give them their marching orders. Doing anything that serves the people is never on their agenda. They will not address the ICE violations...
www.blackagendareport.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"Even now, they are talking compromise about ICE body cameras, which they already wear as they shoot people, and rules that already exist that ICE doesn’t follow. "
www.blackagendareport.com/ice-exposes-...
www.blackagendareport.com/ice-exposes-...
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#OtD 29 Jan 1912 striking textile worker Anna LoPizzo was killed by police during the "Bread and Roses" strike in New England. Shamelessly, police then arrested two leading @iww organisers for the crime. Learn more about women in the IWW in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
#OtD 29 Jan 1912 striking textile worker Anna LoPizzo was killed by police during the "Bread and Roses" strike in New England. Shamelessly, police then arrested two leading @iww organisers for the crime. Learn more about women in the IWW in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...