Sara Koopman
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Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist.
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š§µā¬ļøCheck out the great papers in our new special issue of Geopolitics (29, 5: 2024): Making Space for Peace in Contexts of āNon-warā Violence: Challenging War-Peace Binaries Through Feminist, Spatio-Temporal, & Decolonial Approaches
doi.org/10.1080/1465...
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Making Space for Peace in Contexts of āNon-warā Violence: Challenging War-Peace Binaries Through Feminist, Spatio-Temporal, and Decolonial Approaches
Peace is often represented as a matter of time, as a political state that happens after war. This special issue contests this linear and binary view by giving an account of being and thinking betwe...
https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2024.2379316
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max nesterak
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A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer. āI didnāt assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers."
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Why is ICE seizing peopleās phones and documents? ⢠Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnsonās ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/why-is-ice-seizing-peoples-phones-and-documents/
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Jason Chavez
about 22 hours ago
UPDATE: He was just released. This shows that just indiscriminately took someone because they were Latino. Their illegal tactics continue so we still need neighbors to patrol, observe, and support our immigrant community.
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Taniel
about 18 hours ago
How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad. In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with: "Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Norm Charlatan
about 3 hours ago
Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)
about 16 hours ago
CBP didnāt give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. ā8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians.
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
https://shorturl.at/d2OTJ
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Mark Histed
about 12 hours ago
In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Chris Murphy
about 2 hours ago
DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.
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Jason Chavez
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I am proud of you and our immigrant residents. Your resiliency, strength, and dedication have led to the announcement that āOperation Metro Surgeā will end soon. 1/
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Kyle Tran Myhre
4 days ago
The āabolish ICEā door is cracked open and every one of us needs to push and keep pushing. āLiamās father, Adrian Conejo Arias, said the family was in hiding. He cited a bomb threat at his sonās former elementary school and ICE agents patrolling the Columbia Heights home they no longer live in.ā
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āHeās not the sameā: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/09/father-of-liam-conejo-ramos-says-he-continues-to-suffer-after-ice-detention-release
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Alice Baroni š
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Huge thanks to
@spaceforpeace.bsky.social
for sharing our CfP! Weāre truly humbled by the many wonderful abstracts weāre receiving and canāt wait to engage in the inspiring conversations the symposium will spark. š Still 3 days left to apply in case you haven't done so! ā¬ļø
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Luca Migo āš
10 days ago
Yesterday night, Minneapolis Minnesota, āHit the road ICEā by Brass Solidarity. The band joined the people who were leaving the Alex Pretti memorial.
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Bill Lindeke
4 days ago
Literally under siege
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The Minnesotans trapped at home, too terrified of ICE to go outside: āOur house is like a jailā
The surge of federal immigration agents has forced many families to remain inside for weeks, living in fear of roving ICE patrols snatching people off the street
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/09/minnesota-ice-immigration-deportation-raids
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Bill Lindeke
2 days ago
My defense of the traffic calming checkpoints in South Minneapolis.
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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In occupied Minneapolis, citizen barricades rightly slow injustice
With masked men routinely violating both constitutional rights and traffic laws, local law enforcement should let the barricades stand.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/02/in-occupied-minneapolis-neighborhood-barricades-rightly-slow-injustice/
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meshm
2 days ago
Car crashes are never just "accidents." When it comes to ICE's driving in particular, their sense of impunity and the specter of random violence is, in fact, central to their terror campaign.
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Mike Davis
2 days ago
Genuinely horrifying. Everything Israel has done since October 7 has shown they treat Palestinians as sub-human. The parallels to 1930s Germany are both ironic and devastating.
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Marisa Kabas
3 days ago
āFour of my children just evaporated,ā Badran said, holding back tears. āI looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?ā There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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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.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/10/israel-used-weapons-in-gaza-that-made-thousands-of-palestinians-evaporate
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Stacey Burns
3 days ago
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
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Brent Toderian
5 days ago
āTo all the ICE agents out there, wherever you are,ā Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said. āQuit your sh*tty-ass job. Quit that sh*tty job you have.ā Happy
#SuperBowl
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Green Day Hits Trump ICE Agents With Defiant Message at Super Bowl Party
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong called on ICE agents to ditch their "sh*tty-ass" jobs during a Spotify pre-Super Bowl party on Friday night.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/green-day-hits-trump-ice-agents-with-defiant-message-at-super-bowl-party/
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Ryan T. Pozzi
3 days ago
On This Day in History: Feb. 10, 1967 The 25th Amendment is ratified, spelling out what happens when a president dies, resigns, is removed, or is unable to serve, and how a vacant vice presidency gets filled. I do love anniversaries...
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Alex Van Aken
3 days ago
Thereās a sentiment among some locals that eyes on Minnesota are waning. The situation has NOT changed here. Local resistance is tired, but of course never giving up. Please stay plugged into the news of the Minneapolis ICE occupation and donate where able. We need endurance in this moment.
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Center for Economic and Policy Research
8 days ago
NEW from CEPR's Peter Hart: On FMLA's 33rd anniversary, gaps are stark: 44% of workers can't access unpaid leave, 73% lack paid leave, and 95% of lowest-wage workers have nothing. The US is one of only 6 countries w/o national paid leave. A national program is long overdue.:
https://bit.ly/4kjMIMp
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Nick Wilson
4 days ago
Gun Owners of America is lobbying Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would require a majority of Americans to show a passport to register to vote. But GOA opposes any law that requires showing a drivers license to buy a gun. These are not serious people.
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The Nation Magazine
3 days ago
An estimated 135 million viewers in the United States watched Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show. What they saw was a stunning redefinition of what it means to be an American, writes Greg Grandin.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Bad Bunny's Stunning Redefinition of "America"
His joyous, internationalist, worker-centered vision was a declaration of war against Trumpism.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bad-bunny-halftime-show-latin-america-grandin/
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Phil Rocco
3 days ago
In all the years Iāve taught the federalism section of an introduction to American politics course, the examples ofāand indeed the conceptual definition ofāāfederal overreachā neither included nor contemplated an attack on a stateās economy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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āThese are peopleās livelihoodsā: Minnesotaās economy in crisis amid ICE surge
Local businesses across the Twin Cities are suffering and owners say ā Metro Surgeā could be worse than Covid-19
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/minnesota-small-business-ice-immigration-agents
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Elliott Payne
4 days ago
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we wonāt be intimidated and we wonāt stop until DHS is abolished.
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part of an incredible thread describing all sorts of easter eggs
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For those who don't recognize it, that's the Target symbol. National day of action coming up to get Target to take a stand against ICE on Wednesday - join!
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
(sorry I don't know the details of this action or have the photo credit)
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Mica Rosenberg
4 days ago
9-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra from Colombia was detained on her way to Disney World. She told me when I met her that what was supposed to be a 10-day dream vacation to the parkās Halloween celebration turned into a 100+ day nightmare at Dilley. 6/
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Eric Umansky
4 days ago
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
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Did you catch that he was carrying the light blue version of the Puerto Rican flag? So many fantastic easter eggs in the show.
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If you haven't watched the whole thing yet, give yourself this treat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fu...
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Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6FuWd4wNd8
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Lindsay Naylor
3 months ago
New Book! "All Geographers Should be Feminist Geographers: Creating Care-full Academic Spaces" now available from UGA Press. Excited to talk about the book with folks, so please consider if this topic and ideas are well-suited to department seminars, class visits, or other conversational spaces.
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Brett Christophers
11 days ago
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology. Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
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2 PhD student positions in Human Geography - Uppsala University
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/jobs-and-vacancies/job-details?query=891697
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Jacobin
6 days ago
In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings. Swedenās Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
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US Labor Unions Can Take a Page From Swedenās Meidner Plan
In the US, union pension funds collectively manage roughly $8 trillion in worker savings. Swedenās Meidner Plan suggests how labor can wield that economic power effectively: by using pension funds to establish worker ownership over private companies.
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/labor-unions-pensions-sweden-meidner?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_mn6zpvfclf
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Brian Keith Jackson
6 days ago
The Winter Games is a great place to start international protests for a call to boycott the L.A Olympics/World Cup. Billions in contracts are at stake. Start messing with the money things change. Demonstrating once the games open will be too late. The money will have been made. They won't care.
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CFP due Feb 15 for conference: (De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship 27-28 August 2026 in Turku Finland or online.
sites.utu.fi/whisol/news/...
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Call for Papers: (De)colonial Solidarities Symposium | whisol
CALL FOR PAPERS (De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship 27-28 August 2026 University of Turku, Finland From Indigeno ...
https://sites.utu.fi/whisol/news/call-for-papers-decolonial-solidarities-symposium/
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Siobhan O'Flynn
6 days ago
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport. One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions. Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
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Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5701432/minneapolis-ice-air-deportation-flights
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Gillian Brockell
6 days ago
Measles, Covid and tuberculosis at South Texas camps, yet ICE is flying more migrant captives there at this very moment.
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Matt Novak
6 days ago
āAfter baby Amalia had been hospitalized for 10 days, ICE thought this baby should be returned to Dilley, where she was denied access to the medicines that the hospital doctors told her she needed."
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)
9 days ago
WHERE TO GIVE: St. Paul and Minneapolis Chambers of Commerce have joined economic development partners to launch
WeLoveTC.com
, a listing of orgs collecting donations for small business grants+similar relief efforts. Step 1: I'm buying a burrito...
www.twincities.com/2026/02/04/h...
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Eli Meyerhoff
6 days ago
These fucking monsters. "...his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance."
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Brooke
7 days ago
I just called this place and asked how to donate, they are @leostowingmn on Venmo
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Molly Coleman
9 days ago
Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesotaās economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, Iām going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
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Andrew Karre
8 days ago
The administration routinely calls ordinary Minnesotans terrorists and says observer video is doxxing. You just handed them a pass, Chuck. Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking aboutāand compromising onāmasks is unbearable.
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Sigrid Ellis
7 days ago
TWIN CITIES Armed Citizens Against Tyranny is a HONEYPOT action. No one in the Twin Cities, including the MN Gun Owners association, knows anyone supposedly in this group. Local orgs are STRONGLY urging folks to STAY AWAY from their planned "protest."
acatusa.com
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Protest - acatusa.com
Volunteers Needed We are looking for volunteers to help check firearms and to help close off roads during the march, If you would like to help without needing to carry a firearm, contact us now by ema...
https://acatusa.com/
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Molly Knight
7 days ago
Werenāt these the same people who wanted everyone fired who said anything disparaging about Charlie Kirk?
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Aaron Rupar
7 days ago
ICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
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Meghan Cope (she/her)
14 days ago
Anyone else seeing towns and cities passing anti-ICE resolutions? Symbolic, of course, but unanimous vote by the Selectboard in my town of 10,000 (where ICE has back office ops), Williston, VT. We need to map these!
vtdigger.org/2026/01/21/w...
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Williston passes resolution opposing ICE - VTDigger
After months of opposition to two ICE facilities in Williston, the town took a strong ā if symbolic ā stand.
https://vtdigger.org/2026/01/21/williston-passes-resolution-opposing-ice/
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The quote below is from survivor Chic Canfora. This is a great long read.
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Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree
8 days ago
I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing. Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this. Fuck them.
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