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Asian Law Caucus @asianlawcaucus.org · 17/09/2026
As ICE pursues resettled refugees who have no country to return to, Asian refugee communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action. ALC is proud to work alongside Asian Refugees United in deportation defense & refugee rights. MORE: wagingnonviolence.org/2026/09/stat...
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In danger of statelessness, Bhutanese refugees build power against deportation
As ICE pursues stateless refugees, Bhutanese communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This month marks 18MR's 14th anniversary! From organizing online to on the streets, hear from our members Annie & Chris about their journey with 18MR in this month's Did You Eat Yet? newsletter. Read: www.18millionrising.org/2026/dyey-w…
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! As we snack on mooncakes and light lanterns, let's also honor the immigrant farmworkers who make this harvest possible. Support farmworkers by demanding Enterprise Drop ICE today! www.18millionrising.org/actions/tel…
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Evil billionaires destroying the planet and greenwashing their way out of culpability. All power to the people organizing against data centers and big tech!
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2026
“Amazon is able to make these ridiculous claims that they are 100% renewable, and in the same breath, create massive data centers,” says Kavita Sthanumurthy, a former software engineer at Amazon and a member of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Join us for an intro to grassroots design and the power of media making for social movements! We’ll explore the origins of design and capitalism, design justice principles, and the power of good design for community organizing. RSVP: tinyurl.com/design4thepeople #webinar #design #graphicdesign
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Yorkers are demanding that Icon Parking kick ICE vehicles out of its garages. Stand with immigrant New Yorkers. End all contracts with ICE. ❌🧊 #IceOutOfNewYork
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Speaking up for Palestine should never have been this "controversial"! Only in a sick society are silence and complicity the norm.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 14/09/2026
Are you an early career journalist? Do you want to center your reporting on justice & liberation for those most targeted by oppression? Join Prism's Reflective Journalism Project: FROM PITCH TO PUBLICATION, a one-day training on the nuts & bolts of movement journalism. Register by 9/30:
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From Pitch to Publication: Movement Journalism Fundamentals for Beginners
Join Prism's Reflective Journalism Project one-day virtual training on the nuts and bolts of movement journalism for beginners.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The endless wars, cruel immigration policy, and mass surveillance we see today is a direct result of how the U.S. government responded to the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago. Help us put an end to it by joining the #NoTechForICE campaign at notechforice.org #worldtradecenter #islamophobia
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026
What would actually make the internet safer for children & everyone? ✅Comprehensive privacy legislation ✅ Anti-trust legislation ✅ Algorithmic justice legislation Learn more at www.stoponlineidchecks.org @18millionrising.bsky.social @assemblyfour.com @rootsaction.org @openmedia.org
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ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026
Despite major outrage from users when they initially rolled out age verification systems, Discord plans to make all accounts teen by default GLOBALLY & you have to scan your face or upload an ID to prove you aren't one. www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-b...
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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yaakub Vijandre, a Filipino activist unlawfully detained in GA, has been awaiting a decision on his habeas petition for months. Like thousands of other immigrants, he's been languishing in detention not knowing when he'll be free. Yaakub was specifically targeted for pro-Palestine speech #FreeYaakub
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Burnout is counter-productive. We'll be back fighting alongside you Sept 8! Take care of yourselves 'til then 🤗 🫶
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/08/2026
Police using surveillance technology “to stalk people, especially romantic interests, current or former partners, is so common that in the NSA they actually have a cute little word for it,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social said. “They call it ‘LOVEINT.’ It’s short for love intelligence.”
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Shively officer’s Flock camera case reflects pattern of officers misusing surveillance tech to track women, expert says
A Shively police officer accused of secretly tracking a woman’s movements for five months using a license-plate camera database is drawing new attention to a technology increasingly showing up in poli...
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚗 Fascists move freely, while immigrants hide 💸 Corporations listen to the market, not morality 👹 Working class can't meet their needs; billionaires run amok Demand #EnterpriseDropICE: www.18millionrising.org/actions/tel… #capitalism #billionaires #ice
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art
A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign 

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” 

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you Sliman Mansour for capturing the beauty and resistance of Palestinian people and culture 🕊️
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SiriusXM Urban View @urbanviewradio.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
10 years ago today, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem, explaining that he was protesting against police violence in America. #UrbanViewMornings
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spooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.

And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 25/08/2026
Autumn Hill, a 30-year-old trans activist, is serving a 50-year sentence after joining a 2025 protest outside the Prairieland ICE detention center. She says she had left before another protester shot an officer and argues the case is meant to deter resistance to the Trump administration.
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Prairieland Protester: I’m Absolutely Being Imprisoned for a Political Agenda
Autumn Hill says the Trump administration is making an example out of cases like hers to chill any resistance.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You've seen the news. If there was ever a moment to learn from Black revolutionaries, it’s now. This month’s Did You Eat Yet? Newsletter is written by Comrade Tripp where he writes about the importance of #BlackAugust today. Read it! www.18millionrising.org/2026/dyey-w…
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Raise your hand if you like when billionaire corporations profit off lCE‼️ No one? We thought so. Help us put an end to it by demanding Enterprise drop lCE at our virtual action to ensure !CE has no cars to kidnap with. RSVP now 🫵 tinyurl.com/18mrReserveC... #immigrantjustice #corporategreed
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Join us this Sunday for a virtual event where we’ll demand Enterprise Drop lCE! You’ll learn more about the campaign, how to take action, and why it works. This is one way you can help stop ICE from kidnapping our neighbors. RSVP: tinyurl.com/18mrReserveCancel #immigrant #activism
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Are YOU ready to take action against ICE? Enterprise enables ICE to kidnap our neighbors by renting vehicles to ICE agents. Take a stand and fight back by joining our virtual action this Sunday! RSVP: tinyurl.com/18mrReserveC... #nocarsforice #abolishice #enterprise #immigrantjustice #immigration
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We're excited to share our new Enterprise Drop ICE! campaign art designed by 18MR member Lily Xie! We're fighting to break the collaboration between Enterprise and ICE and protect our communities from further raids and abductions. Get your print here: 18mr.gumroad.com/l/dropicebyl...
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This Sunday, we'll be at Brooklyn Perk Coffee for our Fuck !CE social. Come for coffee, community, and cool giveaways! ☕️ You'll be able to meet fellow New Yorkers who want to free our people from lCE terror and learn how we can weaken their infrastructure‼️ RSVP at tinyurl.com/nycpowersocial
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We’re part of a growing movement stopping corporations from enabling ICE. Without cars rented from Enterprise or Hilton’s hotel rooms, ICE wouldn’t be able to occupy our cities and kidnap our neighbors. Read the recap of our #EnterpriseDropICE Launch & take action at tinyurl.com/EnterpriseDropICE
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Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This special episode features our State of Solidarity conversation with co-host Adaku Utah along with Anna Castro (TLC), Rinku Sen (Narrative Initiative), and Sharmin Hossain @18millionrising.bsky.social on navigating the “solidarity wedges” and opportunities shaping our movement ecosystems.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
We’re calling on young people who care about justice, who are scared about rising authoritarianism, and who want to build a truly regenerative society to stand up, speak out, and take action. Join Dissenters on Tues. 7/1 to demand No War with Iran & to Block Bombs to Israel! RSVP: bit.ly/NoWarCall
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Dissenters Membership Call: One Year of Encampments
.I'm attending an event called Dissenters Membership Call: One Year of Encampments. Can you join me? Click here for details and to RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/youth-against-us-empire-no-...
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Re: Skrmetti and the ongoing attacks on trans youth and gender-affirming care, including in media outlets like NYT: This has never been about care or concern for young people. Re-sharing our resource, We Must Fight In Solidarity With Trans Youth: bit.ly/SolidarityWithTransYouthBrief
Black text on a beige background, decorated with pale pink at the top and a sliver of pale blue at the bottom: "The attacks on trans youth and gender-affirming care have never been about care for young people. This is about enforcing racialized, gendered, cisheteronormative hierarchies through state-sanctioned and extralegal violence, all part of a white supremacist agenda.

—From 'We Must Fight in Solidarity with Trans Youth'"
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Asian Law Caucus @asianlawcaucus.org · 26/06/2025
Asian Law Caucus Seeks Records on Arrests and Deportations of Bhutanese American Refugees Since March, U.S. Government Has Forced Dozens of Family Members and Community Leaders Into Statelessness Read about the FOIA: bit.ly/alc-aru-foia
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 10/06/2025
ICE's "Operation At Large" is a hyper-militarized police state and an inflection point in the rising authoritarianism of Trump's regime. Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
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Operation At Large - Trump’s latest campaign is a hyper-militarized police state, an inflection point in his rising authoritarianism
Washington, DC — With details emerging of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest campaign, “Operation At Large,” Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the...
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Avelo Airlines has accepted a $150 million contract to operate ICE deportation flights, aiding in the illegal removal of individuals without their right to a fair hearing or due process. Take action and #StopAvelo : defendandrecruit.org/stopavelo/
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Stop Avelo "Abduction Airlines" - Defend and Recruit
Avelo, a little known budget airline, is now the carrier for ICE deportation flights. But the airline’s government approved abductions can – and must – be stopped. Avelo “Abduction Air” said it took t...
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
On the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (1947-1949) the BDS movement shares these 7 facts and 7 demands for meaningful solidarity. Only mass, intersectional people power can end this. Join us! #Nakba77 loom.ly/oNoeaL4
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Nakba 77: 7 Facts and 7 Demands
On the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (1947-1949), the BDS movement shares these 7 facts and 7 demands for meaningful solidarity.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"I felt this moment of betrayal." How a 15-month-old Instagram post cost one of the largest Asian American advocacy groups $250,000 in crucial funding — and why similar cuts are happening in silence across the progressive nonprofit world. phlnthrp.com/3RuFfwC
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How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
From the federal government to philanthropy, repression against movement groups fighting for a free Palestine remains on the rise. 18 Million Rising lost $250K in funding for standing with Palestine. But we refuse to be silent in the face of genocide. Read our story at bit.ly/18MR_PHILANTHROPY
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How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
From bills to ban immigration reform to attacks on sanctuary status, we have a duty to keep our immigrant communities safe. Join us and @nonviolentpeaceforce.org this Thurs, 3/20 1PM - 2:30PM PT for “Community Safety” virtual workshop RSVP: bit.ly/18MR_NVP1
Slide 1)  Purple graphic with purple and while background. Text reads: 18MR x Nonviolence Peaceforce Community Safety Thurs. 3/20/25 1PM- 2:30 PM PT/ 4PM - 5:30PM ET. Below a 8-bit text box with registration link: BIT.LY/18MR_NVP1 White text box below with purple text: This workshop is a space for participants to learn how to intervene & apply know your rights tools when they witness threats of violence or direct violence to their community members.
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Building Movement Project @buildingmovement.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This year marks the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government.
Graphic with an excerpt from a Day of Remembrance Solidarity Statement for February 2025. There is a black and white photograph of Japanese Americans walking towards a barracks-style building at an incarceration camp during WWII, while a row of US soldiers in military uniforms watches. The text on the graphic reads: 

"This year marks the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government.

In the midst of relentless anti-immigrant attacks that rely upon similar narratives and policies, we must recommit to community care and solidarity." 

Read the full statement at: bit.ly/dor-solidarity-statement
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Feeling overwhelmed in the face of rising fascism + attacks on our communities? Digital security is one way you can resist. Join us for Digital Security 101 for activists, organizers, and anyone from a community that may be targeted by online attacks and government repression. RSVP: bit.ly/DS_FEB
Hot pink graphic with header text in black reads: Digital Security 101. Body text reads: bit.ly/DS_FEB Tues, Feb 25 2:30PM PT - 4:00 PM PT 5:30PM ET - 7:00PM ET. We keep us safe! Learn the basics of securing your devices, accounts, and communications while fighting for liberation. Photo in the center is by Molly Adams featuring protestors marching during the 2017 Los Angeles March for Immigrant Rights. Signs include slogans like “Full rights for all immigrants now!” and “Our dreams can’t wait.” Top right corner shows the 18MR logo.]
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 29/01/2025
NEW op-ed by @stacysuh.bsky.social, DWN’s program director in @truthout.org: “Now is the time not only to hold the line and defend existing sanctuary policies, but to go even further to implement policies that can throw a wrench into the deportation machine." truthout.org/articles/let...
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Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine
Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hello! We are 18 Million Rising, an organization that grows political power by educating, mobilizing, and organizing Asian Americans towards taking collective action online and offline!✊🏼✨ Learn more about our work at www.18mr.org
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We're hosting Asian American Momentum Training to develop the Asian American left. Learn hybrid organizing skills, dig into campaign development, and develop base building tools while deepening our analysis of power, oppression and current issues. Apply by 2/3: bit.ly/AAMomentum2025
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18 Million Rising @18millionrising.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Happy LNY from 18MR!🧧🐍 Let this year of the wood snake be one where we shed old skins that no longer serve us and adapt to whatever comes our way. Just like how snakes have scales to protect themselves, may we also rely on our community, our allies, and our ancestors, to keep each other safe💚
Illustration against a pink background of three snakes each holding a red envelope with large text: Rise up & strike! Smaller subtext on the top left and bottom right reads: educate, organize, mobilize
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