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Everyone needs to see this. Be ready to deny access, even if you don't know any immigrants. Let them waste time and you might save a family somewhere else. #Disobey #blue #fotus #FBR #immigrants #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #FBPE #FuckICE #SaveOurDemocracy #sanctuary #organize #fucktrump

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This is what happens when you ask me to help sanewash the Trump tariffs.

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Leaked memo from the DIA ordering it to "pause" all commemorations for: MLK Day, Black History Month, Women's History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pride, etc....w/ the rationale being that such things are somehow "radical," wasteful," and "harmful." [Source: Ken Klippenstein/Jeffrey St. Clair]

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Fareed Zakaria and his Democratic Party pals have a message for the U.S. working class: drop dead. www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...

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Some EXCELLENT recommendations here for how you can engage with people in your community to get them involved in supporting your local library and protecting it from harm. librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/for-the-pe...

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An important message to everyone thinking about getting involved in resistance organizing and building community power. Do it! We need a major revival of "horizontalism," the kind I recall Marina Sitrin describing to people inspired by the Occupy movement back in 2011. It STILL makes good sense.

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Dear Library Colleagues - They're coming for us. Please don't fail to see this. After all, it only makes sense. Libraries are democratic institutions that protect intellectual freedom, the right of access to information, and equal access. (1/5) www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

This is a very important thread - an honest, clear assessment of recent trends that present major challenges to left political organizing going forward. We can certainly debate and disagree, but in doing so we should bring evidence, examples, and constructive approaches. We have to work together.

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An important piece from the folks at Tempest: "Transformative change will require us to build resilient, democratic, and politically independent organizations out of the movements to come." tempestmag.org/2025/01/trum...

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The Frozen Oath (please be fair, share the original, dont copy) #trump #fucktrump #unrealmemories #elonmusk #meme #memes #fascism #resist #repost #resistance

submitted 33 days ago • 11 comments

NYC-area friends: Coming up on January 20 - let's come together to honor MLK by continuing his work! And if you're not near NYC I'd wager there's a local action near you.

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Human Rights Watch concluded that Israeli authorities have intentionally created conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza in whole or in part. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...

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Gerrymandering as a means of democracy suppression: "Republicans won a net 16-seat advantage due to manipulated maps drawn for party advantage. (Democrats garnered an edge in 7 seats through gerrymandering, but the GOP gained a total of 23 seats that way)" www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Many thanks to the good folks who created a Thread viewer for BlueSky - it's a handy tool! - blue.mackuba.eu/skythread/

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"The collective net worth of America’s top twelve billionaires has surpassed $2 trillion as of December 3....We see the [HORRIFIC] effects of this growing concentration of wealth and economic inequality everywhere." www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/10/t...

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I'm sure this is just a total coincidence.

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As votes continue to be counted, Trump's margin keeps shrinking: * His share of the vote is now 49.79% * His margin over Harris is now 1.47% * The real "winner" was neither T nor H. 92.4 million eligible voters either didn't vote or voted for other candidates www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker...

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Emily Drabinski: "The Project 2025 blueprint for the next Trump administration sets its sights on two crucial public institutions: libraries and higher education." truthout.org/articles/fac...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Archives Must Be Allowed to Operate Without Political Interference connect.archivists.org/discussion/a...

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This fight is FAR from over, but the bottom line is that Wisconsin workers are fighting back, and they won't give up, ever, because they want their rights! www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

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Using 2023 data, the GDP of the 9 BRICS countries is = to that of the USA. BRICS - $27.38 trillion USA - $27.36 trillion So what will be accomplished by imposing big import tariffs on them, as they can trade with each other and the rest of the world? #EmpireInDecline #LateImperialUSA

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"Understanding Linked Data and What it Means for your Library," a new 30-minute recorded webinar from OCLC (registration required, but it's free), because we're moving into the "productionizing" era. www.oclc.org/en/events/20...

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A Kickstarter is raising funds to support the public launch of the Tony Wilson Archive (TWA). "Mr Manchester" was a major figure in supporting his city's post-punk scene in the late 1970s and on through the 1990s. ra.co/news/81740

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