Rob Wisc
@robwisc.bsky.social
US educational policy | political economies | community organizing | labor
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My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown
“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels.
www.thenation.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Border Patrol conducted a multi-day, multi-city operation in our state because elected officials like NC House Speaker Destin Hall invited them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Border Patrol conducted a multi-day, multi-city operation in our state because elected officials like NC House Speaker Destin Hall invited them.
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Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Within @aaup.org, there's a lot of advocacy chapters who wonder what power they have without a CBA. We're here to say it doesn't matter. Organizing is organizing is organizing. You want the contract but if you act like a union then you're a union. I call this The Newsies Principle.
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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ICYMI! Check out our definition of what working conditions are and what they are not!
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ICYMI! Check out our definition of what working conditions are and what they are not!
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A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow
One in 5 students in Charlotte missed school after a recent ICE crackdown began. It’s the latest city where schools felt the impact of Trump’s deportation effort.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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Our local organizers are amazing! Strong existing networks meant everyone could come together in the space of a few days. See poster for all the groups that mobilized together.
Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.
Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Our local organizers are amazing! Strong existing networks meant everyone could come together in the space of a few days. See poster for all the groups that mobilized together.
Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.
Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social also for great work across NC.
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The Durham community came together and raised 100K in 48 hours; hundreds of volunteers joined in to procure, package, and distribute food and necessities to immigrant DPS families - 655 families and 13000 meals. Thank you to local organizers who led us into startling food distribution efficiency 🫶🏼
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Durham community came together and raised 100K in 48 hours; hundreds of volunteers joined in to procure, package, and distribute food and necessities to immigrant DPS families - 655 families and 13000 meals. Thank you to local organizers who led us into startling food distribution efficiency 🫶🏼
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The disruption affects kids who are absent, kids who are there, and the poor teachers who, as always, are trying to hold it together when no one else will.
Much of the anger over school closures wasn't about children, example #122225
Durham public school attendance drops to COVID levels amid North Carolina immigration crackdown
Federal officials say they arrested around 370 people in North Carolina this week in immigration crackdowns around Charlotte and the Research Triangle.
www.wbur.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The disruption affects kids who are absent, kids who are there, and the poor teachers who, as always, are trying to hold it together when no one else will.
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Months into ICE raids, Chicago teachers and community members are finding ways to help students cope with trauma inflicted on their communities.
Borderless reports: blockclubchi.co/49ynB5s
Borderless reports: blockclubchi.co/49ynB5s
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Months into ICE raids, Chicago teachers and community members are finding ways to help students cope with trauma inflicted on their communities.
Borderless reports: blockclubchi.co/49ynB5s
Borderless reports: blockclubchi.co/49ynB5s
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My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
We'll see if they actually mean it, but this announcement after one week confirms that Charlotte was impeccably well organized for this moment.
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
www.cbsnews.com/news/charlot...
Federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ended, sheriff's office says
A federal immigration crackdown based in Charlotte, North Carolina's largest city, is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.
www.cbsnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My hometown absolutely floored me this past week. FLOORED.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
For safety reasons, I haven’t said much about it. But I’m so damn proud of my family and friends. So proud.
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AAUP NC statement on U. S. Customs and Border Protection Presence in North Carolina @aaup.org
drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...
drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...
AAUP NC Statement Nov 19 2025.pdf
drive.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
AAUP NC statement on U. S. Customs and Border Protection Presence in North Carolina @aaup.org
drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...
drive.google.com/file/d/1er32...
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More than 500 people met at a Raleigh church. | Opinion
As Border Patrol arrived, this small army mobilized to keep Raleigh neighbors safe | Opinion
More than 500 people met at a Raleigh church. | Opinion
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
More than 500 people met at a Raleigh church. | Opinion
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“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
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Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist’
With students terrified and arrests rising, educators turn activists – scanning streets, sharing alerts and defending the right to feel safe
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Inside the dawn patrols where San Diego teachers track ICE: ‘We have to resist’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Hundreds turned out in Durham and Raleigh Tuesday night to protest federal immigration actions critics say are indiscriminately targeting communities of color. Story by @lbonner.bsky.social and @galenb.bsky.social #nc #Raleigh #Durham
Protests, warnings across the Triangle as federal Border Patrol agents begin immigration crackdown • NC Newsline
NC residents protested as Border Patrol agents, spotted at businesses throughout the Triangle, began detaining people.
ncnewsline.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hundreds turned out in Durham and Raleigh Tuesday night to protest federal immigration actions critics say are indiscriminately targeting communities of color. Story by @lbonner.bsky.social and @galenb.bsky.social #nc #Raleigh #Durham
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Why is a university in stellar financial condition seeking to impose a $70 million cut on its lowest-paid staff? This audit lays bare the truth: cuts at UNC-Chapel Hill are the result of political pressure.
Press release
unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter...
Presentation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...
Press release
unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter...
Presentation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...
UNC Chapel Hill Budget Audit Presentation by Dr. Howard Bunsis Commissioned by UE150 & AAUP-NC
YouTube video by UE 150 Workers Union at UNC
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Why is a university in stellar financial condition seeking to impose a $70 million cut on its lowest-paid staff? This audit lays bare the truth: cuts at UNC-Chapel Hill are the result of political pressure.
Press release
unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter...
Presentation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...
Press release
unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/exter...
Presentation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULA...
La migra is expanding operations in Durham, NC. Here is a thread of resources for supporting our community:
Durham Public School Strong, Durham For All, and other allied community organizations are also organizing school-based care and protection teams for public schools in Durham, NC.
Sign up to support morning school drop-offs this Wed, Thu, or Fri:
form.jotform.com/253207804568...
Sign up to support morning school drop-offs this Wed, Thu, or Fri:
form.jotform.com/253207804568...
Durham School-Based Care and Protection Teams
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
La migra is expanding operations in Durham, NC. Here is a thread of resources for supporting our community:
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In this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast, Julie Marsh and James Bridgeforth discuss the unprecedented challenges facing California school board members and how they navigate today's complex political landscape @juliemarsh.bsky.social @cmsaldana.bsky.social bit.ly/3X2Att2
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Julie Marsh and James Bridgeforth About School Boards Navigating Unprecedented Political Challenges
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Julie Marsh and James Bridgeforth about the unprecedented challenges facing California school board members and how t...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast, Julie Marsh and James Bridgeforth discuss the unprecedented challenges facing California school board members and how they navigate today's complex political landscape @juliemarsh.bsky.social @cmsaldana.bsky.social bit.ly/3X2Att2
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
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Texas' "SB 12 bars public school employees from socially transitioning a student."
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
Texas public schools "deadname" kids under new state law
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students' sex at birth.
www.texastribune.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Texas' "SB 12 bars public school employees from socially transitioning a student."
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
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Raleigh city leaders could have deployed RPD to monitor and document the legality of ICE operations, but they didn’t.
They could’ve passed new laws on the use of tear gas and “non lethal” weapons, but they didn’t.
They could’ve passed new laws on the use of tear gas and “non lethal” weapons, but they didn’t.
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Raleigh city leaders could have deployed RPD to monitor and document the legality of ICE operations, but they didn’t.
They could’ve passed new laws on the use of tear gas and “non lethal” weapons, but they didn’t.
They could’ve passed new laws on the use of tear gas and “non lethal” weapons, but they didn’t.