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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A new calculator from workers’ rights watchdog LaborLab estimates that the parts retailer AutoZone has paid $257,943 to managers and lawyers to crush a union drive by 11 workers in one store in White Plains, New York 1/2

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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 21/09/2026

Meet ICE agent Steve Rivas, of Chicago, IL. Rivas is one of the agents who brutalized the U.S. citizen in Evanston yesterday. Rivas has been involved in multiple questionable use of force incidents in Illinois and Minnesota. Rivas and his wife have been active in the local Chicago swingers scene.

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Plain clothed federal agents including Steve Rivas (black beanie with glasses) tackle and arrest a man after a short foot chase in the lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 13: A federal agent [Steve Rivas] exits his car on January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has deployed over 2,400 Department of Homeland Security agents to the state of Minnesota in a push to apprehend undocumented immigrants. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Whether you're a hard hat wearing worker or full time care taker, you're a member of the working class. More importantly, you COULD be a member of the Independent Labor Club! Learn more and sign up at ilclabor.com ❤️

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day, friends! After our inaugural convention in Chicago, ILC members from across chapters wrote this short statement (ilclabor.com/labor-day-pr...) summarizing our mission as an organization. Give it a read, and join us at ilclabor.com. We have a world to win!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026

‘We Get The Food And Then We Eat The Food Until All The Food Is Gone,’ City Of Chicago Announces Unprompted theonion.com/we-get-the-food-and-th…

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It was amazing to see so many of you at the kick-off event of our first Independent Labor Club convention! Your solidarity and pizza purchases helped members from across the country gather to hammer out the vision, goals, and organizing practices of the ILC (more on that to come soon!) ❤️

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

THIS FRIDAY! Live show about alternatives to electoral politics followed by a concert. Buy a big slice of Dimos pizza (VG, GF, VG/GF options) to fund: ✨️Strike Support ✨️Job hunting workshops ✨️Self defense & fitness clinics ✨️Worker organizing trainings ✨️Community events ✨️And more! luma.com/ChicagoILC

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18/08/2026

ICYMI— A Chicago ICE agent has been identified as the man who pointed his gun in a Virginia driver's face last week in videos that went viral. We found members of his team involved in a slew of violent incidents recorded across several states in the last year. They're still active in Chicago:

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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia

A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in a Virginia woman’s face on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been doc...

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Jesse Coburn @jessecoburn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire. General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell. ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...

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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...

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nwbtcw @nwbtcw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm thrilled to be helping to organize this crazy event, and I'd love to see you there! We'll kick things off with a panel discussion on class independence and worker power, then open up the floor for a party/benefit concert celebrating the ILC's first convention here in Chicago! luma.com/tc972eyv

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This Wreckage Live Show & ILC Benefit Concert · Luma

Join the Independent Labor Club at Elastic Arts in Logan Square for a live podcast recording of This Wreckage (formerly Antifada), with Sean KB in conversation…

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Cook County Board (Chicago) just voted overwhelmingly to have a contract with Flock for their stalker cameras

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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 05/08/2026

> Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel as part of the probable cause justification to search his car for weed; he was arrested on possession charges.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The silence on Washington's looting of Venezuela from other Western capitals is really deafening. Imagine what that stolen $13 billion could do for Venezuelans after the earthquake destroyed their country.

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Chicago is excited to be hosting the first national convention of the Independent Labor Club this August! That means we have less on the public calendar than some previous months, but there are still plenty of opportunities to make new friends, learn new things, and get involved! luma.com/ChicagoILC

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our film screening on Friday at Mouse Arts and Letters Club! Check out our other events at luma.com/ChicagoILC, and let us know if you have film screening or other event ideas!

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

You don't want to miss our screening of The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973) this Friday at Mouse Arts and Letters Club! ✶ Set in Chicago ✶ Initially banned by the FBI? ✶ Amazing Herbie Hancock score Get your FREE tickets today! luma.com/vptkxipn

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FILM SCREENING: THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) · Luma

The FBI didn't want you to see this movie! Come watch it with us at 7pm, July 24th, at Mouse Arts & Letters. In the 1973 film "The Spook Who Sat by the Door"…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Absolutely everybody who knows anything about labor demographics saw this coming miles away. The last 18 months have been a steady stream of “nobody could have predicted” things every minimally knowledgable person loudly predicted.

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nwbtcw @nwbtcw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

tl;dr: When the ruling class *knowingly* forces the working class into a situation that makes life impossible, and then people die, that's *murder,* even if there isn't a single man with a smoking gun or a bloody knife to blame for the crime. Quote by Engles, who coined the phrase "social murder."

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Join us in Chicago next month for a live podcast recording of This Wreckage, with Sean KB in conversation with Jamie Merchant about WORKING CLASS INDEPENDENCE ahead of another grueling election cycle. Get your tickets here: luma.com/tc972eyv @thiswreckage.bsky.social @jamiemerchant.bsky.social

Image of an upside down raccoon and a screaming redwing blackbird over a backdrop of neon pink flames. Text reads: This Wreckage live podcast and Independent Labor Club benefit concert feat: DJ Bathwater, 20 Eyes, JOE&RUE, Shavon Reznikov. 18+, Tickets $15, BYOB, Pizza. Friday, Aug 21, Elastic Arts, Talking 5:30pm, Music 8:00pm.

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yesterday's Resume Review Clinic at CPL's Chicago Works Job Fair went so well! Mutual aid activities like this are an important part of what we're building as the ILC. Check out our other events and ways to get involved here: ilclabor.com/chapters/ilc...

Photo of a large standing poster with Chicago Public Library branding that says "Resume Assistance Provided by Independent Labor Club" alongside a table with three ILC members, two smiling, and one talking to a person across the table about their resume.

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Read this excellent piece on exercise and Left culture and then sign up for our upcoming STRENGTH CLINIC! This will be a super chill, all-skill-levels welcome opportunity to learn some new skills and make some new friends ✨ luma.com/rhauwac2

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STRENGTH CLINIC · Luma

The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is holding a STRENGTH CLINIC! ‣ Safely learn lifting fundamentals ‣ Develop a solid foundation for growth ‣ All ages &…

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Independent Labor Club of Chicago is holding a STRENGTH CLINIC! ★ Safely learn lifting fundamentals ★ Develop a solid foundation for growth ★ All ages and skill levels welcome! Sunday, July 26th, 10am - 12pm Hammer Fitness & Boxing REGISTER: luma.com/rhauwac2

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the Independent Labor Club of Chicago presents: STRENGTH CLINIC. Sunday, July 26, 10am-12pm. Hammer Gym, 525 W North Ave. $15 suggested donation. Safely Learn lifting fundamentals. Develop a solid foundation for growth. All ages and skill levels welcome.

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Asinus Pervicax @knownagitator.lol · 07/07/2026

all of this looks extremely cool and it makes me wish I was in Chicago tbh

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This month ILC Chicago is really demonstrating what we're all about--rebuilding the foundation of working class independence through socializing, skill sharing, mutual aid efforts, and organizing. Join us! You can sign up for all of our upcoming events on our new calendar: luma.com/ChicagoILC

July Events:
DA BEACH, Sunday, July 12th, 2pm, 31st Beach
JOB FAIR / RESUME SUPPORT, Wednesday, July 15th, 3pm, Harold Washington Library
FILM SCREENING, Friday, July 24th, 7pm, Mouse Arts & Letters
STRENGTH CLINIC, Sunday, July 26th, 10am, Hammer Fitness & Boxing
JULY MEMBER MEETING, Sunday, July 26th, 2pm, Lincoln Park Library Branch
BUILDING THE FOUNDATION OF WORKING CLASS INDEPENDENCE
THROUGH FRIENDSHIP, EDUCATION, MUTUAL AID, AND SOLIDARITY

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 04/07/2026

this thread is a dozen posts shy of a full 100 sex offenders who are now ice or cbp agents

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

ILC Chicago is excited to be partnering with Mouse Arts & Letters Club to host a screening of "The Spook Who Sat By the Door," a radical 1973 film set in Chicago. Tickets are free but space is limited, get yours today! luma.com/vptkxipn

A photo of the Chicago skyline with an illustrated panther emerging from behind the Sears Tower, and text that says "The Spook Who Sat By the Door. July 24th, 7pm, Mouse Arts & Letters, 555 W 31st St, presented by Independent Labor Club "a do gooder op in Chicago."

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 01/07/2026

for every terrible pundit out there, there are 5 excellent reporters writing stories that don't see even a fraction of the readership (or financial compensation). we should collectively redirect our attention towards supporting good media instead of relentlessly promoting bad media

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Cal-Maine — the only of the three companies that is public and reports quarterly financials — reported a profit of $1.22 billion for the 2025 fiscal year." The settlement isn't even couch cushion money it's a penny in an ashtray

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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nwbtcw @nwbtcw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So much for "vote blue no matter who!" 🙃

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

30 years for moving some zines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Do you know anyone in Iowa? If they are: 1. Working class 2. Into making friends and having a good time 3. Sick of everything but also tired of voting for boot lickers Tell them to check out the newly forming Iowa branch of the Independent Labor Club! forms.gle/K2x2i7zkfV5H...

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Curious about the Independent Labor Club? Join our upcoming monthly meeting, a gathering for both current members and anyone interested in learning more about the organization. ILC Chicago Monthly Meeting Sunday, June 28, 2-4 Chicago Public Library, West Loop Branch RSVP: forms.gle/fhF9aY9gV3tJ...

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

There are no perfect protestors, no perfect political prisoners, no perfect way to resist fascist violence. The state sees us all the same. Ask the Haymarket martyrs. Ask Fred Hampton. Hold the Prairieland defendants close. Give them your support, your letters, your love. They WILL come home.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

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nwbtcw @nwbtcw.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

January 6th rioters are free but these folks got 30-100 years in prison for an action that resulted in no deaths and far less destruction. The difference? The Right supports its own while Liberals run from their own shadows. Free them all or don't expect anyone to fight back when it really counts.

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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Yeah, this. "Use the proper channels" is ever and only those in power shifting things back to their terrain when they're losing on another. It's the political tactical equivalent of demanding you run into a line of machine guns.

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Whether you're going to Labor Notes or not, tomorrow's ILC Labor Notes After Party is a great time to come hang out with friends, comrades, and your coolest coworkers. Join us! luma.com/ih6m5jmq

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ILC Labor Notes After Party · Luma

Join the ILC Chicago on Friday, June 12th for a Labor Notes After Party to hang out, meet new friends, and talk about organizing (or not!). This event is open…

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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸

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ILC Chicago @ilcofchi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We are excited to invite you to next month’s Labor Notes After Party on Friday, June 12th, at Ten Cat Tavern. Whether you’re going to the Labor Notes Conference or just want to hang out with comrades on a Friday night, this party is for you! RSVP here: forms.gle/Pj2oVmUNNWKy... #labornotes2026

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

DATA CENTERS - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKETETEN HOLDIN "DRAW 50 BOATS SHIPS TRUCKS AND TRAINS BY LEE J. AMES " A GREAT BOOK AND IT SAYS "THE ONLY DATA CENTERS WE NEED TO BUILD ARE FUCKEN LIBRARIES" - MODERN SOCIETY WORKS TO ELIMINATE FREE RESOURCES BECAUSE THEN YOU DONT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH IN THE MONEY GRINDER - A LACK OF RESOURCES OR A LOSS IN RESOURCES IS USED AS PUNISHMENT TO KEEP YOU WORKING FOR LESS THAN YOUR WORTH - HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER IS USED AS A DETERRENT FROM THOSE SEEKING TO ESCAPE THE CHAINS OF CAPITAL - AND THERE TIGHTNING THOSE SCREWS EVERY DAY - I WILL NEVER JUMP FOR A RICH MANS DOLLAR I WILL NEVER STOP HATING MONEY AND THOSE WHO SERVE IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

ICE in Chicago again, just recently at Kimball and Montrose

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clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

the columbine shooters were neonazis and nobody was allowed to tell anyone that for like thirty years, and as a result instead of a public backlash to and government crackdown on neonazi internet groups, we have neonazi interns running the government

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