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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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I really appreciate @chanda.blacksky.app for sharing my article :) What a special way to started on here
“Many will ask: how did we get here? For those who believed the lies of the US cold war propaganda campaigns, this violence will appear new.“
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Mask Off: The Not So New American Fascism
Contemporary fascism is simply neoliberalism with its multicultural mask off. We have been heading in this direction since the latter half of the 20th century, at least.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:47 AM
I really appreciate @chanda.blacksky.app for sharing my article :) What a special way to started on here
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To understand the the conditions of possibility for the Taft-Hartley Act, we have to dig deeper into how the NLRA reorganized the labor movement from revolutionary class struggle at the point of production to business-compatible negotiations and legal fictions. organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
The National Labor Relations Act Is Anti-Strike Legislation
Nate Holdren explains how the very legislation that gave workers the right to strike also ensured strikes would become less frequent.
organizing.work
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 AM
To understand the the conditions of possibility for the Taft-Hartley Act, we have to dig deeper into how the NLRA reorganized the labor movement from revolutionary class struggle at the point of production to business-compatible negotiations and legal fictions. organizing.work/2023/08/the-...
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labornotes.org/strikes
Adding this for anyone it may assist
Labor Notes "How to Strike and Win" lays out exactly how much work goes into staging an effective strike.
Adding this for anyone it may assist
Labor Notes "How to Strike and Win" lays out exactly how much work goes into staging an effective strike.
How to Strike and Win: A Labor Notes Guide
After a long absence, the strike seems to be making a comeback in the U.S. The teacher strike wave of 2018-19 caught everyone off guard—but showed that workers’ most powerful tool can still win. As we...
labornotes.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:29 AM
labornotes.org/strikes
Adding this for anyone it may assist
Labor Notes "How to Strike and Win" lays out exactly how much work goes into staging an effective strike.
Adding this for anyone it may assist
Labor Notes "How to Strike and Win" lays out exactly how much work goes into staging an effective strike.
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A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
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The fascists don't have the culture. And THIS absolutely enrages them.
January 12, 2026 at 4:35 AM
The fascists don't have the culture. And THIS absolutely enrages them.
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
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December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
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In Canada, the 60 Minutes clip about CECOT that Bari Weiss canned was broadcast. @jasonparis.bsky.social captured it. Enjoy. Bluesky only allows 3 minute videos max. I hope this works. 1/5.
December 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In Canada, the 60 Minutes clip about CECOT that Bari Weiss canned was broadcast. @jasonparis.bsky.social captured it. Enjoy. Bluesky only allows 3 minute videos max. I hope this works. 1/5.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 5/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 4/5
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 2/5
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Please support my fellow student and his family.
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New court filings detail his ordeal after his deportation became a flashpoint in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was ‘tortured’ in El Salvador prison, his lawyers say
New court filings detail his ordeal after his deportation became a flashpoint in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New court filings detail his ordeal after his deportation became a flashpoint in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.
Dalai Lama confirms he will have a successor after his death
In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.
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After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
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"We need Democratic lawmakers to finally acknowledge that their good faith intentions will not be reciprocated by their Republican counterparts."
Couldn't agree more.
Couldn't agree more.
"And now, in the latest of a string of appalling actions, a sitting U.S. senator has been assaulted and detained in the state he honorably serves solely because he tried to do his job as a public servant. The good faith experiment is clearly over."
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The Good Faith Experiment is Over
When is it all enough?
charlotteclymer.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
"We need Democratic lawmakers to finally acknowledge that their good faith intentions will not be reciprocated by their Republican counterparts."
Couldn't agree more.
Couldn't agree more.
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Protecting and serving fascism since slavery
This stuff doesn’t look very protect-and-serve-y
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Protecting and serving fascism since slavery
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Respectfully this is a bad take, perhaps you forgot about the Mexican Repatriation in LA in the 1930's? The Mexican flag at these protests is to remind everyone that it's happening again and caution not to repeat history. We Californians understand this...
www.npr.org/2006/01/02/5...
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Remembering California's 'Repatriation Program'
A bill called the "Apology Act for the 1930s Mexican Repatriation Program" became official on Jan. 1. Melissa Block talks with the bill's author, state Sen. Joe Dunn, a Democrat from Santa Ana, Calif....
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June 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Respectfully this is a bad take, perhaps you forgot about the Mexican Repatriation in LA in the 1930's? The Mexican flag at these protests is to remind everyone that it's happening again and caution not to repeat history. We Californians understand this...
www.npr.org/2006/01/02/5...
www.npr.org/2006/01/02/5...