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Ray Acheson

@rayacheson.bsky.social
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they/them. abolitionist, antinuclear. author: Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy and Abolishing State Violence: A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages. organizer at reachingcriticalwill.org. writer at counterpunch.org. more at rayacheson.com.

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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
With one day left in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, a new draft text is out. It takes the urgency and concreteness out of nuclear disarmament, but retains some important language. See our latest report for a quick assessment & more: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
As the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference enters its final week, nuclear-armed states are trying to systematically weaken their commitments to nuclear disarmament. This morning’s meeting was closed to civil society, but was open yesterday: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
New draft, new discussions, but same debates. The members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are three weeks into the Review Conference but serious challenges remain, especially over the core issue of nuclear disarmament. Get the scoop with our latest: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As delegations attending the NPT Review Conference complete their first read-through of the zero draft outcome document, it seems clear that the divergences among states’ positions are as stark as ever. Catch up on all the discussions with our latest report: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Committee’s discussions on non-proliferation and nuclear energy are struggling to reconcile with their incompatibility, and with the fact that the key driver of proliferation is the failure to disarm. Catch up with our latest! 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference continues its work, but to what end? The nuclear-armed states still refuse disarm, but as activists, experts, and many delegations point out, action is imperative to prevent disaster and build peace. 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Prairieland 9 were labeled ‘Antifa terrorists’ even before trial — for carpooling, wearing black, carrying a first-aid kit, and joining a book club. Insights from: @willpotter.bsky.social @crimethinc.com @curlyprofessor.bsky.social @rayacheson.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
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From Activists to Terrorists
On June 28, 2025, locals from Dallas-Fort Worth met for a potluck dinner at a community garden, a garden that allows residents to partake in the seasonal
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Week one of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is a wrap! Our report analyses and summarises key discussions from the opening session and general debate, and has several commentaries and advocacy articles from other contributors! 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons starts Monday. See the preview edition of our NPT News in Review for our recommendations for action and join us over the next month as we work for nuclear abolition! 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
125 organisations, including @wilpf.bsky.social, released an open call to all states to end support for US extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. The letter reminds states that continuing to provide support could expose them to legal responsibility.
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An Open Call to All States to Stop Facilitating US Extrajudicial Killings
125 organizations released an open call to all States to end support for US extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and reminding States that continuing to provide support could...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
As the disarmament community prepares for the NPT RevCon, our April E-News features recent developments related to wars and weapons, the worldwide resistance against further violence, and an important announcement from the RCW team. Check it out: www.reachingcriticalwill.org/news/newslet...
The images features the RCW logo followed by the text "April 2026 E-News" and "Reaching Critical Will"
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In response to the US President’s threats to commit genocide against Iran and ongoing Israeli-US war crimes in their illegal war of aggression, @wilpf.bsky.social has issued the following statement calling on everyone to work to end this war and to urgently abolish nuclear weapons.
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WILPF Condemns the US Government’s Threat of Genocide Against Iran
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is holding its next Review Conference starting 27 April. We’ve updated our Briefing Book to provide analysis of the current context, updates on critical issues, and recommendations. Nuclear abolition is needed now! 📘: reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/pu...
Cover of the 2026 Briefing Book has a picture of gas masks on top and the title text below.
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our March E-News it out! 🗞️ Amidst increasing use of AI in warfare and talks of nuclear expansion, our newsletter offers some hope to inspire new actions. Read here: www.reachingcriticalwill.org/news/newslet...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Last week, governments met for the latest round of talks on autonomous weapons, as the US and Israel ramped up their use of AI in attacks on Iran, Gaza, and more. Urgent action is required to prohibit and regulate these weapons now. See our latest report. 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
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Ray Acheson @rayacheson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Once again, the US and Israel have launched an unlawful war of aggression against another country, complete with false claims about WMD. We are being marched deeper into a global hellscape of carnage and chaos, but opportunities to resist abound. My latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social.
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Boys With Toys Try to Blow Up Iran
Once again, the United States and Israel have launched an unlawful war of aggression against another country. Once again, US and Israeli officials claim “self-defense” and “pre-emption,” attempting to...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Once again, the United States and Israel have launched an unlawful war of aggression against another country. The unconscionable harm to civilians in Iran and beyond, the destruction of international law, and the militarised bullying must end now. 📃: reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-...
Poster says No War on Iran! Text and images of bombs dropping and hands rising are in blue. Image by Roger Peet of Justseeds.
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s been a challenging year so far, with ongoing and new imperial military action, occupation, and genocide. But resistance is underway, all over, at all levels! Our February E-News highlights recent developments and the actions to build a better world. reachingcriticalwill.org/news/newslet...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/02/2026
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border Join @harshawalia.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, & @reallandsend.bsky.social of @deathpanel.bsky.social for a discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond. Thursday at 7 PM ET events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border

Harsha Walia, Silky Shah, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton of Death Panel

Thursday, February 12 at 7pm ET
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 06/02/2026
@attackerman.bsky.social on how the politics of counterterrorism led to ICE and CBP completing their transformation into a death squad — and why the agencies are unreformable.
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“Terrorist”: How ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter
Spencer Ackerman on how the politics of counterterrorism led to ICE and CBP completing their transformation into a death squad — and why the agencies are unreformable.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The U.S. conducted more extrajudicial killings in the Eastern Pacific today We’re tracking the civilian toll @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Join us on 11 February at this webinar hosted by @ippnw.bsky.social Canada. @rayacheson.bsky.social and Lovely Umayam will discuss disarmament, abolition of state violence, and art as resistance. 🕰️: 17:00 PST / 20:00 EST Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A horrific new report from Al Jazeera about Israel’s use of thermal and thermobaric weapons provided by the United States reveals how munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians. The supply chain is evidence of complicity in genocide and war crimes.
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Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
As the US sends an armada to Iran and threatens to strike, diplomacy and dialogue are imperative. War is not a nuclear non-proliferation strategy and the imperialist designs of Israel and the United States must not be supported. 📃: reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-...
Graffiti image of a bomb crossed out, text underneath says No War. Image by Egor Myznik, Unsplash.
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
From the United States' new Board of War Criminals to the Canadian Prime Minister’s speech at Davos, imperial states are jostling to control the international system. It’s clear we need a real alternative rooted in human rights, justice, and demilitarisation: reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-...
Satellite image of Earth breaking apart. Image by Yumu at Unsplash.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/02/2026
Join us for our second webinar with organizers from FL, KS, and CA on how they are resisting detention expansion to Abolish ICE!  📆Thursday, February 19th, 2026 at 13:00-14:30 PT/ 15:00-16:30 CT/ 16:00-17:30 ET 🔗Register here: bit.ly/RESISTANCE101
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I talked with three Minneapolis organizers, including Andrew Fahlstrom and Susan Raffo, about community defense in Minneapolis, the social fabric of collective care under federal occupation, and how people around the country should be gearing up for the long struggle ahead. Audio + transcript:
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Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind”
“We are becoming the people that we always knew that we needed to be,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 30/01/2026
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
In case you missed it: @haymarketbooks.org hosted a webinar about artificial intelligence and techno-fascism, exploring the ways AI is being used to replace workers and artists, repress, cage, and kill people around the world, and destroy the planet. Learn more with the recording!
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AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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Joshua Frank @joshuafrank.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I had the honor of moderating this brilliant (and important) panel on the threat of AI, featuring Ray Acheson, M. V. Ramana, and Roger Peet. @haymarketbooks.org @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social @justseeds.bsky.social @toosphexy.bsky.social @rayacheson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWIy...
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AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The last nuclear arms control agreement between Russia and the United States expired today. While the treaty placed important limits on deployed nuclear weapons, it didn’t prevent an arms race, nor did it lead to disarmament. We need abolition now. 📃: reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 04/02/2026
LIVE NOW! Join @rayacheson.bsky.social, @toosphexy.bsky.social, M.V. Ramana, and @joshuafrank.bsky.social as they explore the harms of AI. With @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social, @justseeds.bsky.social, and @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social. Stream:
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AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weapons. Meanwhile, its energy consumption continues to exacerbate…
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CounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A new wave of resource wars are emerging as the AI drive also ramps up.
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The War Intervention: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment
Early on Saturday, January 3rd, Venezuela was attacked on behalf of oil, mineral, tech, and weapons profiteers in a regime change operation. Since then, the Trump administration has threatened Iran, G...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 29/01/2026
AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare Join @rayacheson.bsky.social, @toosphexy.bsky.social, M.V. Ramana, and @joshuafrank.bsky.social as they explore the harms of AI and discuss how to abolish this techno-fascist nightmare. Wed, Feb. 4th at 3 PM ET RSVP: events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...
AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare

Join Ray Acheson, Roger Peet, M.V. Ramana, and Joshua Frank

This event is organized by Haymarket Books,  CounterPunch, Pilsen Community Books, and JustSeeds
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 28/01/2026
The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people — and done it at a national scale.
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While Minnesotans Rejoice Over Greg Bovino’s Ouster, His Replacement is a Deportation Hardliner
The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Greg Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people — and done it at a national scale.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Get ready for a Democratic Party influencer blitz to convince you that replacing Greg Bovino with Tom Homan is a huge win you should be grateful for. Meanwhile here’s Tom Homan:
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Ray Acheson @rayacheson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Worried about how AI is being used to kill and cage people? Concerned about the impacts of AI on art, labour, or the environment? Join this online event next week on 4 February, sponsored by @haymarketbooks.org, @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social, @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, and @justseeds.bsky.social
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Register Now – AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare – YouTube
AI and the Techno-Fascist Nightmare – YouTube, Wed Feb 4, 2026 - Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weap...
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Andrea Still @astill73.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is not okay. None of this is okay. The Canadian government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS after the US regime murdered Renee Good. They know. Those armoured vehicles you see driving around Minneapolis? They are manufactured by Roshel in Canada. #cdnpoli #onpoli #ICE
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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
ICE is ordering armoured vehicles from Canada. If you don't think Canadian military equipment should be used to terrorize and murder civilians, you might send your objections to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs committee: FAAE@parl.gc.ca Story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ICE ordering fleet of 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian firm | CBC News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earmarked millions of dollars for a bulk order for 20 armoured vehicles from Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel that are built to resist bullets and bomb bla...
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Ray Acheson @rayacheson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Important report from @margaret.bsky.social out of Minneapolis: margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
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CounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Cheney’s “Dark Side” tactics aren’t for black sites anymore. They’ve come home to roost against Americans in broad daylight. www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/26/w...
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Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Lies Begin: On the Execution of Alex Pretti
Here’s what I saw after watching multiple videos of the execution of Alexi Pretti: VA nurse Alex Pretti, whom Gregory Bovino said wanted to do “maximum damage,” was trying to protect a woman who was b...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26/01/2026
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition. We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
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Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 16/01/2026
Yes, literally.
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Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
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Ray Acheson @rayacheson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Carney called time of death on the fiction of the rules-based international order at Davos and is getting a lot of praise for it. But Canada helped build this fiction, participated in its crimes, and now wants to build more of the same: more extraction, more militarism, more inequality and harm.
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Carney's Hot Air at Davos as Cover for Western Barbarism
On January 20, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called time of death on the so-called rules-based international order. In a speech lauded by...
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
For @truthout.org I wrote an analysis of the mass deportation boom during 2025. Amid all the spectacle, the passage of the funding bill in July was an ominous milestone in the history of U.S. immigration policy and the Trump administration's aspiring fascism. truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country
With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.
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Joshua Frank @joshuafrank.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
AI is increasingly being used to deport migrants, replace workers, predict “crime,” dox activists, and target weapons. Meanwhile, its energy consumption continues to exacerbate the climate crisis. We must fight back. @haymarketbooks.org REGISTER: www.haymarketbooks.org/events/772-a...
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🧐Did you know that, 5 years ago this month, the #NuclearBan Treaty became international law? At a time of rising tensions and growing nuclear risks, this anniversary is a reminder: a different future is not only possible, it’s already underway. Read more here: www.icanw.org/5years_tpnw #5YearsTPNW
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