Leah Ida Harris 🍉
@leahidaharris.bsky.social
Mad, abolitionist writer and poet. Author of NONCOMPLIANT: A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE ASYLUM (forthcoming, Haymarket Books).
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NONCOMPLIANT is on her way! I am so grateful to @haymarketbooks.org for the opportunity to write this book. This is our generational family story of resistance to involuntary psychiatric treatment, set against a half century of efforts to 'bring back the asylum' in the United States.
Here's my latest for @mad-in-america.bsky.social on the closure of the WHO's Unit on Policy, Law, and Human Rights. With deep gratitude to the many activists, practitioners, and academics globally who shared their responses + determination to continue the work.
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Facing Existential Challenges, WHO Shuts Down its Policy, Law, and Human Rights Unit
Global activists react to the news and vow to keep up the fight for human rights in mental health.
www.madinamerica.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Here's my latest for @mad-in-america.bsky.social on the closure of the WHO's Unit on Policy, Law, and Human Rights. With deep gratitude to the many activists, practitioners, and academics globally who shared their responses + determination to continue the work.
www.madinamerica.com/2026/02/faci...
www.madinamerica.com/2026/02/faci...
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In what could be the “largest rent strike in the US in the last 100 years," a coalition of tenant + labor unions representing over 25K workers are threatening a mass rent strike in the face of the ongoing occupation by ICE. www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...
Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis | Common Dreams
"Tenants in Minnesota are in a crisis," said Minneapolis City Council Member Aisha Chughtai. "The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our local economy."
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February 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
In what could be the “largest rent strike in the US in the last 100 years," a coalition of tenant + labor unions representing over 25K workers are threatening a mass rent strike in the face of the ongoing occupation by ICE. www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...
TFW the outline is as solid as it's going to be, and the new discoveries just keep coming, and a bunch of things will shift, but we're officially WRITING THIS BOOK. It's time to bring forth this generational story of mad love + resistance + rage at all cages. #NoncompliantTheBook #BookSky
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
TFW the outline is as solid as it's going to be, and the new discoveries just keep coming, and a bunch of things will shift, but we're officially WRITING THIS BOOK. It's time to bring forth this generational story of mad love + resistance + rage at all cages. #NoncompliantTheBook #BookSky
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Organizing against borders can seem utopic, but there are many concrete fights:
1 Mutual aid networks
2 Rapid Response actions
3 Stopping PIC construction & budget fights
4 Ending agreements w/ local enforcement
5 Non cooperation of public institutions (hospitals etc) w/ immigration
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1 Mutual aid networks
2 Rapid Response actions
3 Stopping PIC construction & budget fights
4 Ending agreements w/ local enforcement
5 Non cooperation of public institutions (hospitals etc) w/ immigration
6 Status 4 All
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Organizing against borders can seem utopic, but there are many concrete fights:
1 Mutual aid networks
2 Rapid Response actions
3 Stopping PIC construction & budget fights
4 Ending agreements w/ local enforcement
5 Non cooperation of public institutions (hospitals etc) w/ immigration
6 Status 4 All
1 Mutual aid networks
2 Rapid Response actions
3 Stopping PIC construction & budget fights
4 Ending agreements w/ local enforcement
5 Non cooperation of public institutions (hospitals etc) w/ immigration
6 Status 4 All
Beautiful mention of the vital work of @coastallinespress.com here! Thank you @milkweededitions.bsky.social
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Check out a blurb about CLP on this episode of Between the Covers podcast
Info about CLP is in the first minute!
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February 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Beautiful mention of the vital work of @coastallinespress.com here! Thank you @milkweededitions.bsky.social
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substack.com/@coastalline...
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Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.
The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces
Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.
truthout.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.
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Baltimore!
Poetry for Changing the World
Join us for an AWP off-site event with readings from Maya Salameh, Golden, @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social, @toosiewatson.bsky.social, Zeke Galigiuri, and C. Fausto Cabrera at @redemmas.org
Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm
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Poetry for Changing the World
Join us for an AWP off-site event with readings from Maya Salameh, Golden, @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social, @toosiewatson.bsky.social, Zeke Galigiuri, and C. Fausto Cabrera at @redemmas.org
Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm
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Haymarket presents "Poetry for Changing the World"
Join Haymarket poets Cortney Lamar Charleston, Golden, Maya Salameh, and Daniella Toosie-Watson for an AWP Offsite reading in collaboration with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.
redemmas.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Baltimore!
Poetry for Changing the World
Join us for an AWP off-site event with readings from Maya Salameh, Golden, @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social, @toosiewatson.bsky.social, Zeke Galigiuri, and C. Fausto Cabrera at @redemmas.org
Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm
RSVP to attend:
Poetry for Changing the World
Join us for an AWP off-site event with readings from Maya Salameh, Golden, @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social, @toosiewatson.bsky.social, Zeke Galigiuri, and C. Fausto Cabrera at @redemmas.org
Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm
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Support Lama, UK writer pals! And you can pick up printed @coastallinespress.com zines like the ones Lama is making with Sidhe at the Maktaba at Ibraaz & enjoy gorgeous writing & art while directly supporting the artists
My friend Lama has two scholarships for UK unis, but still needs a substantial amount of money to pay for her studies and living expenses. And first she has to get out, Please support her if you can.
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Help young Gazan writer Lama to relocate and pursue her studies
My name is Lama, I am 24 years old. In September 2023, I got my degree in English Literature and Translation from the Islamic University of Gaza. Since then, my family has had to leave Gaza City, I no...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Support Lama, UK writer pals! And you can pick up printed @coastallinespress.com zines like the ones Lama is making with Sidhe at the Maktaba at Ibraaz & enjoy gorgeous writing & art while directly supporting the artists
Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers truthout.org/articles/gra...
Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers
Private equity firms are investing heavily in new AI data centers, but local communities are finding ways to fight back.
truthout.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers truthout.org/articles/gra...
Please read and share Huda Skaik's deeply important reporting from Gaza. With deepest gratitude to @theprogressivemag.bsky.social for publishing her outstanding journalism of witness and sumud with such thoughtfulness and care.
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Despite Efforts to Rebuild, Gaza’s Damaged Hospitals Struggle to Survive
The small number of hospitals open in Gaza are deprived of the staff, medicine, and equipment they need to operate safely.
progressive.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Please read and share Huda Skaik's deeply important reporting from Gaza. With deepest gratitude to @theprogressivemag.bsky.social for publishing her outstanding journalism of witness and sumud with such thoughtfulness and care.
progressive.org/latest/despi...
progressive.org/latest/despi...
For Gaza’s Students, International Scholarships Offer Both Hope and Heartbreak truthout.org/articles/for...
For Gaza’s Students, International Scholarships Offer Both Hope and Heartbreak
This academic year, for the first time, Italy extended university scholarships to more than 180 students from Gaza.
truthout.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
For Gaza’s Students, International Scholarships Offer Both Hope and Heartbreak truthout.org/articles/for...
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I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
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Great conversation with @shaneburley.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.
"[M]ass antifascism, is about building a tactic of interference with as many people as possible, whether it is to block fascist attacks or deplatform fascist rallies or stop the advancement of their organizing."
"[M]ass antifascism, is about building a tactic of interference with as many people as possible, whether it is to block fascist attacks or deplatform fascist rallies or stop the advancement of their organizing."
I talked with my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social about Nick Fuentes' recent rant about putting women in gulags. How seriously should we take Fuentes, culturally and politically? And what does rhetoric like this reveal about the broader trajectory of the movement he’s trying to shape? We get into it.
Nick Fuentes Wants Women in “Gulags.” Here’s Why That Matters.
"Gender has always been an important throughline of fascist politics," says Shane Burley.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Great conversation with @shaneburley.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.
"[M]ass antifascism, is about building a tactic of interference with as many people as possible, whether it is to block fascist attacks or deplatform fascist rallies or stop the advancement of their organizing."
"[M]ass antifascism, is about building a tactic of interference with as many people as possible, whether it is to block fascist attacks or deplatform fascist rallies or stop the advancement of their organizing."
In 1991 on a youth psych ward, one of the staff showed us the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen, but such a screening probably would not fly in today’s locked teen units. It was so weirdly therapeutic at the time for this 15 yo suicidal goth kid. RIP, Bud Cort.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
In 1991 on a youth psych ward, one of the staff showed us the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen, but such a screening probably would not fly in today’s locked teen units. It was so weirdly therapeutic at the time for this 15 yo suicidal goth kid. RIP, Bud Cort.
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In our latest, we speak with Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social about fascism as an antagonistic politics of social reproduction, some of the particular features of the crackdowns on care in Trump’s second term, and Alberto’s book Late Fascism
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Late Fascism w/ Alberto Toscano (02/16/26) | The Death Panel
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February 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
In our latest, we speak with Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social about fascism as an antagonistic politics of social reproduction, some of the particular features of the crackdowns on care in Trump’s second term, and Alberto’s book Late Fascism
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You don't have to debate whether current concentration camps are actually concentration camps when the U.S. government called its own previous concentration camps, concentration camps...
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
You don't have to debate whether current concentration camps are actually concentration camps when the U.S. government called its own previous concentration camps, concentration camps...
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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"No one is illegal, Close the Camps, Stop Deportations"
Seen in Copenhagen
Seen in Copenhagen
February 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"No one is illegal, Close the Camps, Stop Deportations"
Seen in Copenhagen
Seen in Copenhagen
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
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Laughter, satire and storytelling can not be stolen or killed.
Laughing in the face of oppression
Despite Israeli crackdown, Palestinian stand-ups use comedy as a tool of resistance and decolonial practice.
electronicintifada.net
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Laughter, satire and storytelling can not be stolen or killed.
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Federal agents have created a climate of fear for families trying to maintain the routines and normalcy of childhood.
Exposure to ICE Violence Threatens Children’s Health and Future Wellbeing
Federal agents have created a climate of fear for families trying to maintain the routines and normalcy of childhood.
buff.ly
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Federal agents have created a climate of fear for families trying to maintain the routines and normalcy of childhood.
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EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
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This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co
February 15, 2026 at 11:27 PM
EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
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As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of habeas petitions — claims challenging those detentions — has increased.
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
Tracking the Historic Rise of Habeas Cases Filed by Detained Immigrants
ProPublica is tracking the historic rise in challenges filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.
projects.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
As federal immigration agents surge into communities and detain people, the number of habeas petitions — claims challenging those detentions — has increased.
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
We are tracking the historic rise in these cases, which are overwhelming the court system ⤵️
#Bmore poetry event to honor Renee Good & benefit CASA March 6, Baltimore Spirits Company. Readings by Dolapo Demuren, @zelamine.bsky.social Eliamani Ismail, Julia Kolchinsky, Zuleyha Ozturk, Aiyah Sibay, Nida Sophasarun & Issam Zineh. ICE free cocktails by Mark Bernal. Doors at 6pm; readings at 7pm
February 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
#Bmore poetry event to honor Renee Good & benefit CASA March 6, Baltimore Spirits Company. Readings by Dolapo Demuren, @zelamine.bsky.social Eliamani Ismail, Julia Kolchinsky, Zuleyha Ozturk, Aiyah Sibay, Nida Sophasarun & Issam Zineh. ICE free cocktails by Mark Bernal. Doors at 6pm; readings at 7pm
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A beautiful and deeply important piece. Please read.
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
A beautiful web is being woven in Minnesota: not with new materials but with wisdom that was already here.
truthout.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
A beautiful and deeply important piece. Please read.