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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 23h

Racism is a strategy used by billionaires for their benefit, and we refuse to buy into it.

Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 28/09/2026

Only 36 days until the midterms, and we’re turning out to elect people *like* us to fight *for* us. These are the candidates fighting to: ✅ Protect trans kids ✅ Stop data centers ✅ Protect elections ✅ Win medicare for all ✅ Abolish ICE

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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is tonight!

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 23/09/2026

MAGA-style, authoritarian governments are winning elections across the globe with unapologetic racism at the center of their campaigns. And Black people, Muslims, and immigrants are overwhelmingly experiencing the violent attacks of their regimes.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 21/09/2026

"How do you distract from AI companies threatening the future of civilization, all of us producing, consuming, reproducing, and sharing cultural productions from songs to art to literature? Reposition the threat as the protector (and racialize civilization), just as Nazis did." - Dr. Kendi

theemancipator.org

Black and Brown People Are Not Coming to Replace You. Unregulated AI Is.

“Gut gemacht!” Elon Musk said to Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party leader, Alice Weidel, on X. Musk posted “well done” on September 6, 2026. AfD had won the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the fi...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 17/09/2026

"At the border of Mississippi and Tennessee, historically Black neighborhoods in Memphis have joined forces with majority white communities in South Haven, MS to fight the infrastructure required for Elon Musk’s AI."

convergencemag.com

Is Data Center Resistance a New Vehicle for Multiracial Democracy?

Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 16/09/2026

BIG NEWS: Join us in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on September 28th at 8PM ET about his latest book, Chain of Ideas: the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age, a deep-dive on the startling effectiveness of the use of the “Great Replacement Theory” over time and in this moment.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 11/09/2026

white working class: choose your fighters poll by @dataforprogress.org Join the fight: www.surj.org/join

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 09/09/2026

We need more people like Justin Pearson in Congress who are gonna represent and fight for their communities when big tech tries to bully them or buy their decisions.

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Chandra Russo @chandrarusso.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My newest piece with proud Appalachian organizer Shawna McCown in @convergencemag.com We argue that while data center resistance is winning many of its immediate fights, it can accomplish something bigger: building a multiracial movement of the many. @surj.org j.org @stanfordpress.bsky.social

convergencemag.com

Is Data Center Resistance a New Vehicle for Multiracial Democracy?

Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 04/09/2026

Let’s be real. We have authoritarianism in this country because of white voters. Part of OUR work is committing to going back into OUR communities and organizing our folks away from racism and into movements for change. Join us: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/1...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 02/09/2026

From the civil rights movement to our work today, we know there is immense political power in the south. Learn more in our webinar with TN Rep. Justin Pearson and Rukia Lumumba on September 9th. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/1...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 01/09/2026

OUR FOOD SYSTEM IS UNJUST! Fight with us for a more equitable future: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/7...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 31/08/2026

Racism and scapegoating have been at the core of the authoritarian movement’s strategy since the Civil Rights movement won landmark change that massively threatened capitalists and oligarchs.

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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mass surveillance is inherently un-American and Michigan is sending clear signals to those watching: People across the political spectrum are fed up. We're banding together against Big Tech oligarchs wielding the false promise of safety to surveil our every move.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 26/08/2026

If you’re a white person on the internet who’s not falling for billionaire propaganda, you’ve found your political home! Come on innnn Take your first action with us: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/794925/?…

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 26/08/2026

Rest in sweet peace, Dolly 🕊️✨

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 24/08/2026

Tens of thousands in majority-Black Memphis are still without power. AI data centers? Running non-stop.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

While everyone with sense is rightly excited about Angie Nixon in Florida (!!!) I wanna flag that Anthropic, the supposedly ethical AI company that's so concerned with safety, recently launched a $2.5 million broadcast buy boosting her now-opponent, the Trump-backed Ashley Moody.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 19/08/2026

"Working class people do not need more polished language about their pain. They need leaders who will actually fight the forces making their lives harder. They need to know who we are with and who we are willing to take on." Congrats to Angie Nixon on her primary win in Florida!

convergencemag.com

Don’t Surrender Power: A Conversation with Florida Rep. Angie Nixon

Angie Nixon serves in the Florida House of Representatives, a body essentially under the direct control of Ron DeSantis. Learn how this movement-born official has navigated the complexities of Florida...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 18/08/2026

Flock cameras are everywhere, and the likelihood that your city has installed them in your neighborhood is pretty high.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 18/08/2026

Flock's CEO has had to do major damage control to the company's reputation after communities across the country and across political beliefs have come together to pressure their cities to cancel or block Flock contracts. The fight has only begun.

futurism.com

Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley remains adamant that it's just one big misunderstanding, arguing that "we're not Big Brother."

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 17/08/2026

No ALPRs, no AI data centers, no to surveillance. Dozens of city across the US have cancelled contracts with Flock because of community pressure. Data center plans are getting cancelled or delayed because people are fighting back.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/08/2026

Without real consequences for police abuse, Flock Safety's reforms are "just a fig leaf for Flock,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @techcrunch.com. "The best way to ensure accountability is to pass laws constraining the use of this technology and requiring a warrant for its use.”

techcrunch.com

Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works | TechCrunch

The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool w...

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 15/08/2026

It's horrifying and infuriating that ICE continues to escalate its violence, but it's also not surprising given that is their modus operandi. This is why we need people in office who recognize that it's time to stop sending money to an agency that has been terrorizing us for decades.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is alarming: ICE will spend $20M on electric shock gloves for its agents. This comes as ICE whistleblowers continue warn of new recruits' lack of training and violent backgrounds. Meanwhile the social safety net is gutted — just to funnel billions to Trump's masked thugs.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 10/08/2026

“It was a bipartisan issue within our community. We had work boots and Subarus in our parking lot and they were united in their position against the Flock cameras,” Josh Young, a Republican commissioner of Macon County, North Carolina, said in an interview.

politico.com

‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan

Over 20 local jurisdictions moved toward canceling Flock contracts in July, which the company says represents only a small fraction of its customers.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 10/08/2026

Cities all over the US are cutting ties with Flock safety surveillance systems, and one of the main reasons is because of how these systems are being used by ICE to track down immigrant members of our communities

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 07/08/2026

'“The Trump administration opened the floodgates for these predatory companies to come in and profit off of detaining human beings,” said Jennifer Ibañez Whitlock, senior policy counsel with the National Immigration Law Center.

motherjones.com

As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle

“There is so much money right now in detaining people.”

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 07/08/2026

Congratulations to Justin Pearson on his primary victory in Tennessee's 9th Congressional district! Justin has consistently put his body, voice, and political future on the line in defense of democracy, racial justice, and working people.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 07/08/2026

A moratorium on AI data centers and for so many other things billionaires hate

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 07/08/2026

61 years ago today, on August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, one of the most significant civil rights achievements in our country’s history, protecting Black voters’ rights and a core part of protecting democracy for all of us.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 06/08/2026

SURJ is proud to endorse Justin Pearson for Congress in Tennessee’s 9th district. Justin has been on the front lines of the fight against the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act and the right's attack on Black political power.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 05/08/2026

Congratulations to Will Lawrence on his primary victory in Michigan’s 7th Congressional district, whose platform of housing rights, Medicaid for all, and climate justice just defeated millions in corporate money and the mainstream Democratic opposition 💪❤️‍🔥

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 27/07/2026

Have you ever had a conversation about racism or politics where you looked back and thought, “I wish I had kept my cool and dealt with that differently”?

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S.G. Sarmiento @sgsarmiento.com · 25/07/2026

DAY 2 of ICE OUT (at) COMIC CON! “Comic con Si! Migra No!” With @ndlon.bsky.social, @indivisible.org, @surj.org and many more ☀️ #ComicCon #SDCC2026

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ANUFH (Arlington Neighbors United) @anufh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thank you @jessica_albert @nbcwashington.com for covering our vigil with Unitarian Church of Fairfax, Congregation Action Network and @surj.org @nova #IceOut #PeopleOverPapers #Humanity #HumanRights

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 24/07/2026

BREAKING: JoAnna Mendoza in AZ-06 wins the primary and goes on to the general election!

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 21/07/2026

There actually is a “minority” making our lives worse, and that minority is billionaires.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026

Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.

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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 17/07/2026

“I think this tragedy is going to energize people to put pressure on those candidates to adopt a progressive agenda that includes, among other things, the abolition of ICE and getting ICE out of Maine.” -Christine Livia, member of Central Maine SURJ

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