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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/08/2026

Thread 🧵 One year ago, Anas al-Sharif was killed while reporting from Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since October 2023. One year on, questions over Anas’s killing and accountability remain. #Infograph

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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 14/07/2026

Two more ICE murders, two more families mourning loved ones, two more communities terrorized by the Trump administration, two more rounds of DHS lies, blaming the victims and their families while blocking justice and accountability.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 02/05/2026

This year, we‘re celebrating 25 years of publishing books for changing the world! 🌻 We’re so grateful to @ollycostello.bsky.social for this beautiful new illustration. Another world is possible if we fight for it.

An illustration featuring an open book, flowers, bees, and a butterfly. The text reads "Books for Changing the World; Haymarket Books; Celebrating 25 years"

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"Prisons are deathmaking institutions." — our cofounder @prisonculture.bsky.social.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17/03/2026

Fighting cancer has sharpened Amisha Patel’s understanding of what the present moment demands: resist isolation, move even without certainty, tend to trauma, and build for the long haul. Anti-fascist struggle must be deeply relational.

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Fighting Cancer Has Given Me New Insights on the Anti-Fascist Challenge We Face

To resist authoritarianism, our work must be deeply relational. We must act even in uncertainty. Nurturing builds power.

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Hammer and Hope @hammerandhope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The tenth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live! This issue features 18 stories that offer our readers insights into a wide range of prescient political and cultural topics, from the community resistance in Minnesota and Ohio to the enduring legacy of D'Angelo and more. Read here: hammerandhope.org

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We need reparations for ICE victims. Anything short of that is setting the stage for a massive wealth grab from people of color that will re-entrench racial disparities for generations.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/03/2026

1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit. An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans. It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans

They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults.

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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Important & evergreen reminders from Olly Costello @ollycostello.bsky.social 🌌🌌

Digital illustration by Olly Costello on a gray background. The text reads, “uproot tendencies toward policing others that exist inside you.” A person pulls a light blue leafy plant from their leg, its white roots embedded in their skin like constellations.

Digital illustration by Olly Costello on an olive green background. Light green text reads, “ask yourself: are my actions grounded in cultivating safety or control?” A person stands with their hands outstretched as two sunflowers grow beside them with deep purple leaves. The words “safety” and “control” appear on either side of their jeans.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/03/2026

LIVE NOW! Revolutionary Abolitionism Against Cops & Capitalism Join brian bean and Shanice Octavia McBean for a discussion on the integral role of policing and state violence in upholding capitalism, and how abolition paves the road toward revolution. Stream:

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Revolutionary Abolitionism Against Cops & Capitalism

Join authors and organizers brian bean and Shanice Octavia McBean for a discussion on the integral role of policing and state violence in upholding capitalism, and how abolition paves the road toward…

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

There are no quick fixes for fascism - our charge is to confront and uproot the criminalization that underlies and drives it within and beyond borders.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 24/01/2026

When liberal politicians frame ICE bloodthirst as a training problem, they are continuing a broader historical pattern wherein righteous political unrest is used to justify increases in police capacity.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“How can we ground our work in abolition in a way that radiates outward, that extends the care we are building for immigrant families to all our neighbors, with no exceptions?”

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Minneapolis’s 2020 Uprising Laid an Abolitionist Groundwork for ICE Resistance

The George Floyd uprising laid foundations for the politicized networks of care that are organizing against ICE now.

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This fucking piece of paper doesn’t “authorize” ICE to do anyfuckingthing it is a pure power grab They are simply claiming authority they don’t currently have. Yes, the law is not real & the Constitution will be interpreted in ways that serve power and also let’s not do the coup for them please.

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I've been thinking about this a lot, for months: Gaza was a breaking point between verifiable reality and liberal governance. "AI" sparks fears ppl will believe things that aren't true, but Gaza SHOWED things that WERE true—& western governments, universities & news outlets pretened they were not.

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Owl in the Attic Books @owlintheatticbooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I think a common misconception about abolitionalist politics is that abolition means destroying something. If you read the books on this list, you'll come to understand abolition as deeply, challengingly, life-givingly creative. Abolition is about creating new worlds & ways of being.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

"We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all." - @holidarity.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/we-...

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We Can Honor Renee Nicole Good’s Life by Abolishing Death-Making Institutions

Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“They want us to scatter in fear, to give up hope, and to give up on each other. But we will hold more tightly to one another, plan more strategically, and care even more deeply.” - @mskellymhayes.bsky.social organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-...

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The Cost of Staying Human

Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/01/2026

I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The grief is immense. Our movements grow. May the joys we tend sustain us. ✨✨✨ My “Sustain Us Solstice” design for this year. Wishing you all an easeful and nourishing winter solstice! 💚

A vertical scan of a screen print design shows winter trees and five human figures of various ages and heights standing on a shore line silhouetted against a purple sky with bright green norther lights glowing. Words read “The grief is immense. Our movements grow. May the joys we tend sustain us.”

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I’m running an Early Winter Sale this weekend through Monday! Enjoy 15% off calendars, cards and everything in my shop ❄️💞✨ ollycostelloshop.com/collections/...

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Reaching out, connecting and coming together with others, and committing to collective care and action. There is no other way to navigate what we are experiencing. Art by @ollycostello.bsky.social

Art by Olly Costello depicting a group of people wearing masks, standing together with their hands raised forward, some wearing kuffiyas and one person holding a Palestine flag. They are surrounded by plants and flowers below, and birds and stars above. Above and below the illustration is a quote by Ricardo Levins Morales: "What we do in connection makes the world."

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

“When the raids hit, & I see my community out en masse, I feel myself transformed by the bravery, innovation & determination of my neighbors to keep each other safe & defend our shared belonging.” @ollycostello.bsky.social in @mskellymhayes.bsky.social’s latest.

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In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together

"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

11/5, 7 pm: The in-person launch for READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and Atena O. Danner. Preorder the book before 11/4 and receive a special letter from Kelly! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47805

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The Resilience Arts Fest will showcase stories from prison and beyond this weekend: "Art humanizes people." blockclubchi.co/4qlUzfh

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AK Press @akpress.org · 22/10/2025

Next week! Join @mskellymhayes.bsky.social in conversation with Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner to discuss 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, a collection of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times. Register: bit.ly/4ngNHwQ

A landscape oriented flyer for the Haymarket virtual launch of "Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis." There is a photo of the book cover on the left, which depicts a nighttime moonlit scene of someone wading through the water, looking towards the stars. To the right are four circles with individual speaker headshots. From top to bottom and left to right: Kelly Hayes, Shane Burley, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Atena O. Danner. October 28th, 4pm ET.

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I AM COMMITTED TO GROWING OUR NEXT WORLD🌻🪏✨❤️‍🔥 My new 2026 Quarterly Moon Calendar is now available! Find the link to my shop below👇🏼

Olly’s hand holds an 11x17” poster in front of a white brick wall. The dark image includes many garden plants, people marching arm in arm, farming and caring for children. White letters read “I am committed to growing our next world”. Below are the quarterly moons of 2026 in yellow and dark purple.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW: (Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122 (Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831 Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336 I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 03/10/2025

Broadview, Illinois today— A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.

Protesters face off with state troopers with batons

ISP trooper side by side with Border Patrol agent

CBP ride their armored truck down the street for a propaganda op

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

ICE is terrorizing immigrants—and being used as a tool to discipline labor. A witness in a wage theft case was detained. Immigrant warehouse workers face discrimination. Day laborers and street vendors are being targeted, and so are rapid response networks. My latest.

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How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor

While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.

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ollycostello.bsky.social @ollycostello.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

What are you building? What are we willing to build together? What do we know must exist? New WILLING TO BUILD Prints for sale in my shop featuring this quote I love from @prisonculture.bsky.social ✨ 100% of profits will go to support the work of REBUILD. More info below👇🏼

Olly’s light skin hand holds a black poster in front of a garden background. Stary white words read “Transformative change happens when we are willing to build the things we know must exist.” A quote from Mariame Kaba. The image of a pitchfork and shovel surrounded by plants sits in the lower left half of the poster.

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Rattling the Bars @rattlingthebars.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Woods Ervin of Critical Resistance notes the Legislative Analyst’s Office found California could close five more prisons—saving $1.5B a year. That money could fund Medi-Cal, food aid, housing, and other vital programs. Check out my latest @therealnews.com therealnews.com/prisons-clos...

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‘We've got four public prisons and one private prison closed’: CA abolitionist coalition takes on the prison-industrial complex

“We are pushing for the state to not only close prisons permanently and not reopen or sell them, but then to try and transform the conditions of the prison… detoxify the land, give it back to the loca...

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"I think it’s really important for us to understand $150 billion were just inserted into this organization, into this terror organization, that would be as big as the fifth-largest army in the world." - Rep. Delia Ramirez

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ICE Kills Immigrant Dad After Traffic Stop, Detains Day Laborer Who Sued Chicago Cops

ICE’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago is entering its second week of ramped-up immigration enforcement. Community members are mourning the loss of Silverio Villegas Gonzales, a 38-year-old single ...

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Please read this. “Less than one week into President Donald Trump’s surge of deportation arrests in Chicago, an immigration agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop on a near suburban street Friday morning.”

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What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez

Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago. Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/09/2025

There is no origin story of the police without the story of the reorganization of human society by the birth, expansion, and dominance of the system of capitalism.

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Policing Has Always Been a Tool to Repress the Working Class

Modern policing was born out of a series of transatlantic ruling class experiments to repress radical rebellion.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.

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Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

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