Brendan McQuade
@bmcquade.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology at University of Southern Maine: https://usm.maine.edu/directories/people/brendan-mcquade/
Anti-security collective member: https://www.anti-security.org/
Your go-to fusion center critic: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/p
Anti-security collective member: https://www.anti-security.org/
Your go-to fusion center critic: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/p
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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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i feel like this instagram reel gets truer every day
January 28, 2026 at 6:33 AM
i feel like this instagram reel gets truer every day
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Finally, some ongoing coverage of what's happening with ICE in Maine: www.pressherald.com/tag/public-s...
public service Archives - The Portland Press Herald
www.pressherald.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Finally, some ongoing coverage of what's happening with ICE in Maine: www.pressherald.com/tag/public-s...
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There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
Maine Solidarity Fund
www.mainesolidarity.org
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
There's also a call for solidarity and to support the Maine Solidarity Fund: www.mainesolidarity.org
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www.pressherald.com/2026/01/26/t... - Op-Ed from Maine by my comrade @bmcquade.bsky.social
In the fight against ICE, Maine’s leaders should take a cue from its organizers | Opinion
What matters now is what we do next.
www.pressherald.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/26/t... - Op-Ed from Maine by my comrade @bmcquade.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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City Councilor @wespelletier.bsky.social called the immigration enforcement operation a ‘war of terror that’s being waged on our city.’
via @pressherald.com
No pay wall #publicservice
#Portland #Maine #Ice
@pinetreeactivism.org
via @pressherald.com
No pay wall #publicservice
#Portland #Maine #Ice
@pinetreeactivism.org
On day 2 of ICE operation, Portland officials decry enforcement tactics
City Councilor Wes Pelletier called the immigration enforcement operation a 'war of terror that's being waged on our city.'
www.pressherald.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
City Councilor @wespelletier.bsky.social called the immigration enforcement operation a ‘war of terror that’s being waged on our city.’
via @pressherald.com
No pay wall #publicservice
#Portland #Maine #Ice
@pinetreeactivism.org
via @pressherald.com
No pay wall #publicservice
#Portland #Maine #Ice
@pinetreeactivism.org
Yesterday ICE arrested a Cumberland County Sherriff Deputy, a CO. The sherriff resolved its recruitment problems by hiring immigrants & refugees (ME CJ academy even waived it's language requirement!). So we had "New Mainer" CO working at a jail holding ICE detainees only to become ICE detainees
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Yesterday ICE arrested a Cumberland County Sherriff Deputy, a CO. The sherriff resolved its recruitment problems by hiring immigrants & refugees (ME CJ academy even waived it's language requirement!). So we had "New Mainer" CO working at a jail holding ICE detainees only to become ICE detainees
Aarron Frey and Jackie Sartoris need to take note of this what Ellison in doing in MN: slate.com/news-and-pol...
He’s One of the Few People With the Power to Stand Up to ICE. Here’s What He’s Doing With It.
“Nobody really could prepare us for what we’ve seen,” says Minnesota AG Keith Ellison.
slate.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Aarron Frey and Jackie Sartoris need to take note of this what Ellison in doing in MN: slate.com/news-and-pol...
Good morning everyone but especially the guy who just danced his way into Market Basket on this wicked cold morning.
#FreePalestine
#HandsOffVenezuela
#FreePalestine
#HandsOffVenezuela
January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Good morning everyone but especially the guy who just danced his way into Market Basket on this wicked cold morning.
#FreePalestine
#HandsOffVenezuela
#FreePalestine
#HandsOffVenezuela
Remember when the Obama administration decided teenagers & young men were "military aged males" or legit targets for drone assassination?
Obama's normalized & institutionalized war on terror policies & practices. The constitutional lawyer turned pres brought impunity not accountability & now this
Obama's normalized & institutionalized war on terror policies & practices. The constitutional lawyer turned pres brought impunity not accountability & now this
“I found their justification for what they’re doing so flimsy that it makes the case for the Iraq War look like a slam dunk,” Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said on Morning Joe. interc.pt/4nRmHVf
November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Remember when the Obama administration decided teenagers & young men were "military aged males" or legit targets for drone assassination?
Obama's normalized & institutionalized war on terror policies & practices. The constitutional lawyer turned pres brought impunity not accountability & now this
Obama's normalized & institutionalized war on terror policies & practices. The constitutional lawyer turned pres brought impunity not accountability & now this
NoICE4ME has been organizing against the deportations machinr for months. We've been targeting Cumberland County Commissioners to get then to stop cooperation btw ICE & the sheriff. Yesterday organizers & coalition partners gave powerful presentations to the county
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NoICE4ME has been organizing against the deportations machinr for months. We've been targeting Cumberland County Commissioners to get then to stop cooperation btw ICE & the sheriff. Yesterday organizers & coalition partners gave powerful presentations to the county
www.youtube.com/live/cJKLM0Y...
www.youtube.com/live/cJKLM0Y...
This is one my all time favorite books & writers. Mayer is really underappreciated essayist. This book on fascism is like Studs Terkel meets Wilhem Riech
From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
September 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is one my all time favorite books & writers. Mayer is really underappreciated essayist. This book on fascism is like Studs Terkel meets Wilhem Riech
Doubleplusgood
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Doubleplusgood
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A prestige TV series of China Mievelle's Bas-Lag trilogy. Pls spectacle pls
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A prestige TV series of China Mievelle's Bas-Lag trilogy. Pls spectacle pls
"ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything"
GMW is refugee, was as a sheriff's deputy & now is an ICE detainee. The op-ed below explains the significance of the case & advocates for campaign to end Cumberland County's cooperation with ICE.
www.pressherald.com?p=7471455&uu...
GMW is refugee, was as a sheriff's deputy & now is an ICE detainee. The op-ed below explains the significance of the case & advocates for campaign to end Cumberland County's cooperation with ICE.
www.pressherald.com?p=7471455&uu...
ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything. | Opinion
The Cumberland County corrections officer was not protected by the system he served.
www.pressherald.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"ICE came for Gratien Milandou-Wamba. That tells us everything"
GMW is refugee, was as a sheriff's deputy & now is an ICE detainee. The op-ed below explains the significance of the case & advocates for campaign to end Cumberland County's cooperation with ICE.
www.pressherald.com?p=7471455&uu...
GMW is refugee, was as a sheriff's deputy & now is an ICE detainee. The op-ed below explains the significance of the case & advocates for campaign to end Cumberland County's cooperation with ICE.
www.pressherald.com?p=7471455&uu...
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Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Seems like Trump’s most powerful advisor being a white nationalist should inspire greater alarm than the possible mayor of new york being pro palestinian rights
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Can’t successfully push back on ICE without rejecting the criminalization that makes it possible.
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can’t successfully push back on ICE without rejecting the criminalization that makes it possible.
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On May 28, 2020, thousands of community members overran the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct and lit the police station on fire in response to days of police violence following the horrific murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. Watch the night as it unfolded. unicornriot.ninja/2025/reporte...
Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 3 (Parts 1 and 2) - UNICORN RIOT
May 28, 2020, the third day of the George Floyd Uprising, was the most significant as the community continued directing its outrage at the Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct, leading to it being ransac...
unicornriot.ninja
May 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On May 28, 2020, thousands of community members overran the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct and lit the police station on fire in response to days of police violence following the horrific murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police. Watch the night as it unfolded. unicornriot.ninja/2025/reporte...
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Why celebrate May Day?
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
The May Days: Stories of Courage and Resistance
A century and a half of rebellions, uprisings, daring escapes, and adventures celebrating May Day and our collective capacity for freedom and self-determination.
crimethinc.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Why celebrate May Day?
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
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I wrote for New York magazine about deportations to CECOT in El Salvador, which are bound up with a tradition of US extrajudicial actions in the Americas and further the long arc of concentration camps.
Trump and Bukele’s Concentration Camp
CECOT is no regular prison. It is also a warning.
nymag.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I wrote for New York magazine about deportations to CECOT in El Salvador, which are bound up with a tradition of US extrajudicial actions in the Americas and further the long arc of concentration camps.