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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Movement Memos is back! What can rent strikes and tenant unions teach us about the work of collective survival in this moment? I talked with LA Tenants Union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis about their work and how the lessons of their book, Abolish Rent, connect with this moment.
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We Won’t Take Risks Alone. Our Relationships Make a Better World Possible.
Tenant unions can teach us to strategize “with every lever that we have,” says tenant organizer Tracy Rosenthal.
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Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Historically speaking, the regimes rounding folks up and putting them in camps aren’t well thought of. And eventually, every single one falls.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Advocates fought so hard to end ICE's contract at Etowah--long documented to have abysmal conditions of confinement. New reports that Trump wants to renew a contract for ICE detention there: www.wvtm13.com/article/etow...
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Etowah County Jail gearing up to house detained immigrants
Three years after ending immigrant detention at the Etowah County Jail, federal immigration authorities are eyeing the facility again as the Trump administration continues mass deportation efforts.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...
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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...
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Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X
Dozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
New from me today: The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade. www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/19/m...
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MDC Brooklyn federal jail has just two doctors on staff, hearing reveals
The details about low staff levels at the city’s only federal jail — which has long been plagued by delays in medical treatment, missed medical appointments, and botched cancer diagnoses — ca…
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Truthout @truthout.org · 17/01/2025
Almost 100 million people in the US may be exposed to unregulated industrial chemicals in their drinking water, with communities of color especially at risk.
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Millions in US Exposed to Unregulated Industrial Chemicals in Drinking Water
A new study finds that communities of color are especially at risk of exposure to contaminated water.
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Nick Schwellenbach @schwellenbach.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
ICE's top contractor, GEO Group, is expected to profit from Trump's immigration crackdown. Days before the election, ICE's top official in charge of detention left to work for GEO - one of many to go through the revolving door @pogo.org breaks the news www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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Private Prison Giant Hired ICE Detention Chief
GEO Group hired a top ICE official — one of many over the years — as the company stands to profit from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Alejandra Caraballo explains Donald Trump's "fundamental miscalculation" - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/alej...
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Alejandra Caraballo explains Donald Trump's "fundamental miscalculation" - LGBTQ Nation
"Ignoring the drive to survive" may be one of the incoming administration's fatal flaws, but dirty tech money is gambling otherwise.
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Andrew Free @foiaroundnfindout.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It’s not really “ceding power” to someone else. It’s joining them. The left/right division exists to resolve cognitive dissonance of everyday people who can’t understand why voting for people to interrupt harms doesn’t work, without admitting it’s not designed to work.
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Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
In all, the settlements approved Wednesday account for nearly half of the city’s annual $82 million budget to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.
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Chicago to Pay $38.25M to Settle 4 Police Misconduct Cases
In all, the settlements approved Wednesday account for nearly half of the city’s annual $82 million budget to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.
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