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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.

A reminder: Both sheriffs and local police have the right to refuse ICE detainers. These requests are voluntary and not legally enforceable under federal law. Across the country, many sheriffs and police departments choose not to cooperate and that choice is fully within their legal rights.

Articles about substack’s nazi problem: www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/... www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-a... thehypothesis.substack.com/p/heres-why-... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... (Free link: archive.is/uyugO)

Bellingham officials weigh proposal to declare city transgender sanctuary status www.thefrontonline.c... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

New #hospital study: ‘Air cleaners showed an effective reduction of air viral load, reaching 98.1 %.’ ‼️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CleanAir #SpeirGorm #LongCovid #PublicHealthIreland @cleanairie.bsky.social

This Saturday is #IndieBookstoreDay! Did you know WNDB has an extensive directory of diverse-owned bookstores on our website? Here are all the stores we currently have listed! 🧵 💻 bit.ly/DiverseBooks...

Washington immigrants contribute $23 billion in taxes every year, but WA elected officials fail to invest in our communities, as evidenced by their budget. Sign your name to demand a budget that funds immigrant communities NOW! ✍️ tinyurl.com/investpetition

By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks: "Seattle Pride and other LGBTQ+ groups in the city have lost significant funding as corporate sponsors — including some that have backed celebrations for years — have scaled back their financial support."

Please join me: Read Your World Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Virtual Panel + 5 Children's Book Bundle Giveaways! buff.ly/B397KAI via @ReadYourWorld #ReadYourWorld #AAPI #VirtualEvent #giveaway #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth

Get to know war tax resisters! ow.ly/tOeq30rUGrN

These are not detainments—they are kidnappings. These are not deportations—they are human trafficking. These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps. Language matters. This is fascism.

#MMIW #sayhername

Urgent action needed: Submit public comments to oppose the new US Rule that goes into effect on April 11th and requires immigrants to "register" with the U.S. government. Click on the link for instructions and a script. It takes only a few minutes. act.surj.org/a/action-hou...

SBSK with Chris & Alyssa is my favorite disability youtube. A great way to see people that otherwise go unheard and unseen. Wonderful place to learn and hear lived experiences.

Thank you for everything, school librarians & library workers! At a loss for words thinking of how you somehow find a way to continue doing your unnecessarily stressful jobs. I have to think your library kids are a big part of why. Whatever the reason… thank you. We love you, we support you 💛

I got a new library card yesterday through a passport program with a neighboring county. Access to so much more stuff! 📚💙 Support your local libraries for #NationalLibraryWeek

Nikki created this reformatted version of "Some Actions that Are Not Protesting or Voting" and it looks great. Feel free to share. Thanks Nikki. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

There is plenty of room for principled critique on what actions we take and how we move forward. We need a full toolbox of diverse tactics. Some great resources from Unity of Fields here: unityoffields.net/tactical-sec... & zines here: unityoffields.net/zines/

There is a fantastic crowd in #Seattle for the global #Handsoff protests. It was great to hear Representative @pramilajayapal.bsky.social speak truth to power. #Resist #April5 ✊🏾

Garrett Bucks at the Barnraisers Project is offering a free workshop: How to Actually Build a Community. Can’t recommend enough especially now. www.barnraisersproject.org/our-classes....

New hoot box just dropped

Jury Nullification - beyondcourts.org/en/act/votin... - sharing for no reason.

Video - Tesla Takedown Seattle 3/29/25 with words from Congresswoman, Pramila Jayapal. @jayapal.house.gov @teslatakedown.com @freethinkersunited.bsky.social

If you’re looking for some sleepy time white noise tonight, I had an ~~idea~~ this week… It’s a white noise video that donates all revenue to Partners in Health and you can watch it here: youtu.be/dv2XyqC-EQ4

Going to share this absolutely CRUCIAL resource for people who want to create local ICE Watch Rapid Resource Teams. Head over to defendandrecruit.org, where you’ll find resources put together by Siembra NC. This includes an entire playbook on how to defend your community.

I hear people on here say that want organizing 101 training. CTWO has two virtual organizing 101 sessions coming in April and May. ctwo.org/organizing-1...

This week, ICE kidnapped a student at Tufts who reportedly expressed opposition to genocide, a doctoral student in Alabama, and a union leader with Familias Unidas por la Justicia among several FUJ members. All this is chiefly intended to intimidate and silence in order to pave the way for fascism.

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We're coming to Pandemic Pals! This Saturday, call into the @pandemiccollab.bsky.social Pandemic Pals online meeting (5pm PDT/8pm EDT) and join our PHAN breakout room! We'll talk about our work including our upcoming fantabulous global COVID resources directory called SAFER. Zoom link coming Friday!

Today! 3PM PST 🕒