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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump has hired Elon Musk to co-direct a new Pentagon initiative on the future of warfare. www.war.gov/News/Release...
Man in suit wearing Trump mask in front of Trump Tower | text: Trump hired Musk to lead a new Pentagon initiative on the future of warfare
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Peter Thiel thinks it's okay to be evil if you're competent. "If you're evil, you're not bad and therefore you're actually maybe you're actually kind of kind of good because you're at least getting something done." ― Peter Thiel www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7yl...
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Peter Thiel: The AI Crisis, Europe’s Decline & the Battle for America
YouTube video by MDMEETS - Essential Talks with Mathias Döpfner
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 A fire at a Starlink satellite station in central Poland was a deliberate "act of sabotage". A Polish government minister said the fire was "deliberately designed to disable the station...disrupting internet access for various institutions, including the Ukrainian army". #Ukraine
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Poland says fire at Starlink station is sabotage as Denmark warns of rising Russian threat
The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.
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Jules1212💜🌎☀️ @jules1212.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/qytlf... Black People don’t hang themselves from trees!!!
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Black People Don’t Hang Themselves from Trees!!!
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Nov. 11, 1909, Cairo, Illinois was the site of one of the most violent lynchings in American history. A mob not only lynched William James—a White man was lynched as well. Yep. A double lynching. Pull up a seat🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. | WIRED
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A major incident has been declared near the US-used airbase RAF Fairford Gloucestershire. Several men arrested under the Explosives Act, prompting multiple property evacuations in Whelford. Army bomb disposal experts are currently on the scene. Police believe incident is contained.
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Whelford latest: Major incident declared and homes evacuated near RAF base after men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences
A number of properties in Whelford, Gloucestershire, have been evacuated following a major incident being declared. Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. Sp...
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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
$10 million dollar settlement Doesn't go to medical care for children It goes to DeSantis wife and more Great reporting! youtu.be/MO89Abj14cc
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Massive scandal ROCKS Florida politics with major national implications
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The USPS has installed over 100 dash cameras in their vehicles to leverage its massive daily footprint to collect valuable community and infrastructure data. Like, a surveillance state? #ProudBlue #DeFlockAmerica www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 29/09/2026
A growing tension inside the Democratic Party has become hard to ignore. Moreover, establishment Democrats increasingly use the label “racist” as a political weapon against progressives and Democratic Socialists. #Blues liberalwarrior.eu/how-weaponiz...
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Democratic Labels Weaponized Against Progressives Today
The danger of turning one person’s mistake into a party-wide indictment shows how Democratic labels can be weaponized against progressives, harming unity.
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING ! 🔹️Ken Paxton got caught on tape telling donors that Trump’s midterm convention tanked Republican poll numbers 🔹️Trump scrambles to silence his own AI — America.gov — that has fact-checked him on many of his lies 🔹️Jack Smith fallout keeps growing aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-paxto...
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NEWS: Paxton Caught on Hot Mic Trashing Trump’s Convention, Trump Scrambles to Silence AI That Fact-Checks Him, Jack Smith Fallout Grows
Good morning.
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 29/09/2026
🧵A surveillance vendor is telling police it can add facial recognition to Flock camera data. Flock says it never will. Someone else is ready to jump in. New reporting from @404media.co: www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another day, another trashy ad from another pop-up Trump super PAC attacking Sherrod Brown. This one brings two specific talking points straining credulity from votes 15 years apart. Let’s break this one down. (Thread)
Text from ad mailed in Ohio:

Paid for by No Going Back PAC Inc. and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.NoGoingBackPAC.org
1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW • P.O. Box #27018 • Washington, DC 20038Text from bullshit attack ad against Sherrod Brown:

CAREER POLITICIAN
SHERROD BROWN:
NY:
+5.55 A1.35%
+2,15 +1.21%
+182.45 +0.47%
+35.11
+0.68%
+105,88
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TAKES YOUR TAX DOLLARS
GIVES THEM TO WALL STREET.
RAISED THE GAS TAX
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
30% WHILE AMERICANS
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
STRUGGLED.1
STREET BANKERS.?
Bailouts for big banks. Higher taxes for you. Sherrod Brown works for the insiders and special interests, not for you.
REJECT THE CAREER POLITICIAN WHO SOLD US OUT. REJECT SHERROD BROWN.
HO O Moto HAOG HAOG Detor C Deterson Foundation Foundation: 3/16/21:2 H.R. Roll Call Call 10/1/08More text from bullshit political ad attacking Sherrod Brown:

RAISED THE GAS TAX 30%.'
SHERROD BROWN
RAISED YOUR TAXES.
GAVE YOUR MONEY TO WALL STREET.
SHERROD'S RECORD
VOTED TO SEND YOUR
NOT
TAX DOLLARS TO WALL
LOOKING OUT
STREET BANKERS.2
FOR US.
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Dede Bell ☮️🌎👩‍💻 @dedebell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Education as Resistance 🎓✊ Parents Face Sophie’s Choice in Gaza’s New School Year 💔 The Impossible Choice – Sophie’s Choice "Everything everywhere has become a target of the Israeli military forces. There is nowhere safe in Gaza. . . ." gazagreatminds.substack.com/p/education-...
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Education as Resistance
Parents Face Sophie’s Choice in Gaza’s New School Year
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
During the middle of his war with Iran-which sent gas prices spiraling out of control-Trump decided to lower fuel economy standards That, of course, means Americans will spend more money buying more gas And-to top it off-he’s poisoning the environment as well
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
This is obscene. Buy enough of Trump’s crypto, and you can buy your way into a dinner with the President. Buy even more, and you get VIP access. Presidential access with a price tag. #PayToPlayPresident
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This evening our very own Deputy Director of Campaigns & Organizing Rachel Mandelbaum testified at the EPA hearing to let the Trump admin know we at Dayenu strongly oppose the proposed repeal of power plant pollution limitations.
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Extreme heat is the top weather-related killer in the country — and the impacts are felt most by environmental justice urban communities. In NYC, Black people are 3x more likely to die from heat stress; Latinx people 2x more likely. @weact4ej.bsky.social storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f7f1...
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nagra, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of “Lucknow’s” most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions. Once synonymous with Nawabi opulence and royal patronage, the craft now survives through only six or seven master artisans. 🤲 Support us: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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The Last Keepers of a Silver Legacy - Crushing Colonialism
Nagra, or chandi ke paposh, the Urdu term for silver footwear, is one of the most distinctive yet rapidly vanishing artisanal traditions in "Lucknow"
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Amid nationwide protests, Amazon is building 8 new gas power plants to run its next wave of AI data centers. Amazon already operates 825 data centers across 149 properties in the US alone — more than any other hyperscaler. More on the Cleanview report: newsletter.cleanview.co/p/eight-new-...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump has moved to significantly reduce automobile fuel efficiency standards, according to a Saturday rant he posted on Truth Social. In addition to the environmental impact, the government’s own analysis shows the decision will drastically increase gas prices. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Gas pump | text: TRUMP JUST REVERSED CRITICAL BIDEN-ERA AUTOMOBILE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The history of *Jewish* anti-Zionism speakingoutofplace.com/2026/09/22/a...
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
El Niño is expected to kill 450,000 people in the next 6 months. This catastrophic toll doesn't even include the additional deaths from the droughts, wildfires and flooding that the Super El Niño will cause across the globe. More: salatainstitute.harvard.edu/a-super-el-n...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI: Bernie sanders has introduced a bill to reduce the US work week from 40 to 32 hours — with no loss in pay. sanders.senate.gov
Bernie Sanders at a podium at a rally; text: BERNIE
SANDERS HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO REDUCE THE US WORK WEEK FROM 40 TO 32 HOURS
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#TheMagazine - Long before modern sports filled stadiums, Indigenous peoples across the “Americas” developed games that carried history, ceremony, and community traditions Ullamaliztli has survived through generations. 🤲 Support Indigenous storytelling: crushingcolonialism.org/donate
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Ullamaliztli: The Hip Ball Game Indigenous Sports as Refuge - Crushing Colonialism
Long before modern sports filled stadiums, Indigenous Peoples across the Americas developed games that carried history, ceremony, and community traditions from one generation to the next.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A new report shows public pride events took place in 101 countries in 2025. “State crackdowns, funding cuts, and political hostility intensified everywhere. Communities held Pride anyway, knowing the costs.” (We're recognized for our work on pages 83-84!) crushingcolonialism.org/crushing-col...
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Trump EPA has eliminated all pollution controls on power plants. Rabbi Jennie Rosenn responds to the decision, calling it an "unconscionable move that will result in countless deaths and will threaten the very livability of our planet." dayenu.org/media/statem... @rabbijrosenn.bsky.social
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s not good out there and it’s costing a lot of queer and trans people their jobs.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But “woke 1 “ went too far
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BREAKING: 90% of LGBTQ and intersex rights groups globally have lost funding since January 2025. outrightinternational.org/breaking-point
Two women with LGBTQ flag colors; text: LGBTQIA+
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A RECENT REPORT FROM OUTRIGHTINTERNATIONAL
REVEALS THAT 90% OF LGBTQ AND INTERSEX RIGHTS GROUPS GLOBALLY HAVE LOST FUNDING
SINCE JANUARY 2025.
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Natural disasters struck the United States — and nearly a dozen other countries — in August. From the Grand Canyon to Venezuela to Nepal, Trump's policies are weakening our ability to predict and respond to extreme weather. Do you have the chutzpah to help make change? 🔗 dayenu.org/chutzpah
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza speakingoutofplace.com/2026/09/01/e...
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Join us in welcoming three new folks to the Dayenu team! We're excited to work together to continue building a vibrant Jewish climate movement. We're so happy to have them on board!
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“They weren’t surveys at all, they were campaigning,” one inmate said. “They just had one question at the end of the call: ‘Do we have your vote for such and such?’””
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oklahoma Republicans are paying people in prison $2 an hour to call voters on behalf of the GOP. oklahomavoice.com/2026/08/30/oklahoma-prison-inmates-operated-political-insurance-calls-centers-behind-bars/
Background: closeup of Black man in orange jumpsuit standing behind bars | text: OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ARE PAYING PEOPLE IN PRISON $2/HOUR TO CALL VOTERS FOR THE GOP
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Breaking: 😡 A judge has struck down New York's Climate "Superfund" Law, after challenges from the fossil fuel industry. The law requires corporate polluters to pay $75 billion over 25 years to help the state cope with destruction from the climate crisis. More: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/c...
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Voices of Florida Fund @voffund.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@awkword.bsky.social, @50501movement.bsky.social, & @voffund.bsky.social are urging you to register & make a plan to #vote in the midterms. #VotingIsPunk #voffund #awkword #50501movement
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@awkword.bsky.social, @voffund.bsky.social, & 50501 are urging you to register & make a plan to #vote in the midterms. #VotingIsPunk #voffund #awkword #50501movement
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Communities across the country have been fighting Flock and other ALPR spy camera companies. A new project allows you to track which towns and cities have canceled their contracts ij.org/institute-fo... @ij.org
Background: surveillance cameras | Text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK WHICH TOWNS HAVE CANCELED THEIR CONTRACTS WITH FLOCK
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Anti-Defamation League isn’t what you think it is: How the ADL conflates anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism speakingoutofplace.com/2026/08/17/t...
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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Critical information. Let's use it to shut down ICE!
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Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Boycott fascist collaborators
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...
Background: deli store front | text: A NEW PROJECT ALLOWS YOU SEARCH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FIND OUT WHO'S COLLABORATING WITH ICE
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How the Yellow Vests in France joined Black Lives Matter — and what American activists can learn from their mass movement. speakingoutofplace.com/2026/08/04/i...
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"What haunted me most was not only the absence of infrastructure but the sound—the low, endless wailing outside hospital walls." Western medicine can't solve systemic failures. In so-called "Nigeria", this is where traditional healers come in: crushingcolonialism.org/when-healthc...
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John Gilda @verbalprimate.com · 20/08/2026
I supported: @crushcolonialism.bsky.social You can donate too: By donating to Crushing Colonialism you’re supporting Indigenous led and created journalism and media content creation, professional opportunities, and arts, performance, and educational events. crushingcolonialism.org #Blues #GTS
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's not just fishing boats. US-led military interventions are escalating across Latin America. And it’s nothing new. The US has conducted nearly 400 foreign military interventions since 1776 — or, one every seven months, for 250 years. crushingcolonialism.org/abya-yala-un...
Text: Global Indigenous News | Abya Yala Under Fire: The Return of US Military Intervention | By Phil Mandelbaum and Natalia Molina

Photo: A group of people stands on a rural road, some holding flags and sticks, with trees and greenery on either side. Debris is scattered on the road, and a person in the foreground looks on.Text: Military bombings began just three days after President Abelardo De La Espriella took office on August 7 in "Colombia," in Abya Yala ("Latin America"). The first strikes took place on August 10 in Catatumbo, in the country's northeast, where three civilians were wounded and hundreds were displaced. Bombings and threats of further military strikes have since followed, including in Cauca, in the west, where Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and campesino communities are facing an escalating humanitarian crisis. (NEW PARAGRAPH) The opposition has questioned the constitutionality of the President's decision, calling it a “relinquishment of sovereignty.”

Photo: Two people walk hand in hand down a narrow grassy path surrounded by green plants and trees, with a small house visible in the backgroundText: In June, "Venezuela" collaborated with the "U.S." in a military operation that authorities said targeted alias "Niño Guerrero," a longtime figure associated with the Tren de Aragua. Independent reporting has raised questions about what happened during the strike, including the circumstances of Guerrero's reported death and potential civilian casualties. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In March, "Ecuador" announced that it had launched its "U.S."-backed military operations against Los Lobos, Los Choneros and other Ecuadorian groups the "U.S." has labeled "foreign terrorist organizations.” Perhaps the most infamous of the attacks was the bombing of Fiorella, a fishing boat that "vanished without a trace, along with the eight Ecuadorian men on board." Prior to their disappearance, they had reported seeing drones and a ship with "U.S." markings.

Photo: A young woman in traditional dress with face paint stands outdoors, holding a cup with both hands. She wears a beaded belt and necklace, surrounded by lush, green foliage.Text: The "United States" has a long history of violent international intervention in Abya Yala, and throughout the world. (NEW PARAGRAPH) According to the Military Intervention Project (MIP) at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the "U.S." has conducted nearly 400 military interventions since 1776 — or, one every seven months, for 250 years. Thirty-four percent of the invasions have occurred in Abya Yala. More than 65,000 have died — and this figure doesn't account for "the deaths and disappearances caused by the military dictatorships of the 20th century, in which tens of thousands of people were tortured and murdered."

Photo: A dirt road lined with wooden houses leads up a hill in a rural village, surrounded by lush green trees and vegetation. People are walking along the road and standing near the houses.
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Crushing Colonialism @crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's not just fishing boats. "U.S."-led military interventions are escalating across "Latin America" (Abya Yala). Bombings have struck "Colombia", "Venezuela" and "Ecuador," killing and displacing hundreds. And the Indigenous, Afro-descendant and campesino communities are being hit the hardest.
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Abya Yala Under Fire: The Return of U.S. Military Intervention - Crushing Colonialism
2025 was a year of transformational growth for . Centering multiply-disabled, 2SLGBTQIA+, and global Indigenous communities remained our guiding principle. Our work spanned print publications, interna...
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David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“The people who have the most expertise about the prison system are those who are living in it” Scholar and author Elizabeth Hinton on what we can learn from incarcerated people next.haymarketbooks.org/books/2764-h...
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In spite of need, in spite of history, Indigenous people get less than 1% of the money donated by the philanthropic sector… @crushcolonialism.bsky.social is an Indigenous-led 501(c3) nonprofit that uplifts Indigenous people through arts, media and traditional storytelling And they need our help.
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