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I don’t know who needs to hear this but fascism often begins with the slow erosion of civil liberties and the rise of authoritarianism under the guise of ‘security measures’.

submitted 13 hours ago • 106 comments

My colleague Rashid Khalidi: "We are approaching the status of Chilean universities under Pinochet, where on the orders of an authoritarian government, ideas and books were banned, students were expelled and arrested, departments were taken over & faculty fired." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

This is so terrifying…on top of the physical and emotional pain of a miscarriage, this young woman has been arrested!!? Absolutely unhinged

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Israel killed two journalists today in Gaza: Palestine Today reporter Mohammad Mansour & Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat. The IOF targets journalists for exposing the genocide in Gaza. It's killed 208 media workers since 10/7. These are war crimes made possible by the US.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free." - For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza. 23 and he knew to leave a death note.

submitted 3 days ago • 24 comments

If you're feeling hopeless and miserable, I cannot possibly overstate how much it helps to just pick one thing you can do that helps people, and do it. You only need to do one person's worth of work. That's all any of us can do. You'll be doing what you can, and there is so much relief in that.

submitted 8 days ago • 49 comments

powerful detailed account of ICE captivity "To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 8 days ago • 212 comments

It's been a long day so far but I am really encouraged because people are in motion everywhere. Also, while many institutions are acting with cowardice, lots of individual people are not.

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires. There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom. Dems need to learn this.

submitted 9 days ago • 283 comments

It’s hard to hear at times through all the grief and rage at the cruelty of this world. But may I continue to listen 🤲🏻 May I continue to orient towards the work that is mine to do in these dark times.

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How can we still be debating whether or not this is a genocide, whether or not we should care, whether or not this is our “problem”? My heart bleeds with our kin in Gaza. May they see true peace soon, may they know justice, may they live their lives with dignity. Inshallah may it come soon 🙏🏻

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Show the Nazi ICE officer's faces. They don't get the right to privacy during a kidnapping. For public safety, we need to know who they are.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

If you need some good news today:

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Free Mahmoud Khalil

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Why is Trump waging a war on the Department of Education? Because he knows that his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations of learners who are unafraid to speak truth to power. Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.

submitted 15 days ago • 352 comments

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist. — James Baldwin

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

The White House, not even DHS, the White House itself apparently, is directly deciding which permanent residents should be detained and deported based on their political speech. If this doesn’t scare you about the state of our democracy and liberties, I don’t know what will.

submitted 18 days ago • 83 comments

This is outrageous and unamerican. It certainly sounds illegal to me, though I need more details on that front. This guy is a green card holder and married to an American citizen. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

submitted 18 days ago • 95 comments

There is no difference. This gets worse by the day.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

There is no "center" between decency and indecency, between democracy and authoritarianism, between a government of billionaires and a government of the people. If Democrats move to "the center", they will pave the way for the next Trump.

submitted 20 days ago • 35 comments

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

submitted 22 days ago • 901 comments

To anyone that has ever been on the receiving end in a verbally (and even physically) abusive relationship (personal or professional), the mannerisms, verbiage, and patterns, of Trump and Vance are all too obvious and familiar.

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

It pains me whenever Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya comes to my mind because I know he is constantly wondering what we out there are doing to help free him. (I know this from my personal experience) What does he think of us right now? What is he doing right now?

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

. You should DEFINITELY NOT go to this site & mess with this DOGE survey by the Heritage Foundation. Definitely do NOT put fake information where they ask for your personal details. That would fuck up all their shit, man. These people are doing SERIOUS WORK. secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...

submitted 26 days ago • 415 comments

Big Tech has lived by, “Move Fast and Break Things.” So they destroyed everything quickly and now we are here. No more. Indigenous practices have always shown us that the way is to Move Slow and Repair Things. Plant, grow, replenish, reparations, regenerate.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Two of the most impactful and powerful resources you have available to you are your attention and endurance. Allocate them wisely. Understand there are immediate, mid, and long-term goals. Do not conflate every action into one, and also remain focused on the bigger picture.

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

D. L. Mayfield via Rob Brezsny This week's astrology is so big for these kinds of re-member-ings. The more we re-collect and re-turn to joy and true value, and celebrate and cultivate together, the more ungovernable we become and the more our resistance nourishes true liberation.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This incredible speech : We will not go back to the margins!” - Carla Antonelli, of the Spanish leftist party Sumar 🏳️‍⚧️ part 1

submitted 31 days ago • 7 comments

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

submitted 32 days ago • 764 comments

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

submitted 35 days ago • 427 comments

NEW: Elon Musk and SpaceX have taken control of part of Texas. In the town of Brownsville, one of the poorest communities in America, Musk sold hope. Instead, SpaceX caused earthquakes, workplace injuries, and displacement. And now they've built a company town too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZE...

submitted 35 days ago • 25 comments

“Congolese are paying the price as the world needs Congo's resources," says Kambale Musavuli, Congolese author and human rights advocate. Reports describe widespread looting, killings, and mass displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents take key cities.

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

"They're trying to immiserate the working class and they're doing it through the federal workforce,” says federal worker Chris Dols.

submitted 35 days ago • 18 comments

sharing a moment from the last @workingfamilies.org mass call i got to participate in. keep creating and learning loves.

submitted 38 days ago • 12 comments

💖💖💖

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I am spending this Valentine’s Day as I have all past days and will all future days, loving Trans folks, Global Majority femmes, Abolitionists, Radical queers, People who fight for collective liberation. Loving the People. Loving us. It’s us. We are the love that will bring our liberation.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Et voilà!

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

submitted 51 days ago • 66 comments

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

submitted 51 days ago • 99 comments

✊🏾💜

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

If you have a smidge of power and you catch yourself thinking: Maybe we'll be safe if we: - tone this justice program a bit - take that 'decolonization' reference off the website - nix that grant for decarbonization... know that you are playing your part in Trump's game perfectly. 1/2

submitted 57 days ago • 10 comments

"ICE directives come and go. The Constitution is here to stay." As ICE ramps up immigration raids under Trump, @amytorres.bsky.social of @njaij.bsky.social explains why it's important to know your rights. www.democracynow.org/2025/1/28/ic...

submitted 58 days ago • 22 comments

Trans beloveds. I love you. I love us. I will fight for us with my entire life. To be trans is revelatory. It creates the possibility for everyone on this planet to exist outside of the colonial binary.

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment