Saying "we should focus on deporting criminals" is really missing the whole point, as a result. Block quote from here, which includes footnotes and sourcing. politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/f...

The point is that "criminals" are created; it's not a neutral category. We see it in action every time a person is shot by police. If we make "criminals, we can also unmake them.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Bill allowing Tennessee schools to exclude undocumented kids clears another hurdle with 5-3 vote in a House subcommittee. One Republican joined Dems in voting ‘no.’ @tennesseelookout.com

Go see this, playing at the Belcourt

For rapid response use ALERTA, and include a specific request for aid, e.g. de-escalation: workersdefensealliance.org/resources/sa... ALERTA is credited to radicals in Asheville, as an alternative to SALUTE, to move away from the U.S. military framework and to emphasize the request for aid.

I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.

VERY important: ICE still needs judicial warrants before they can go into nonpublic areas. Not “administrative warrants.”

Important insights!

The big Haymarket all-bangers free ebook stock-up is on until tomorrow: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

I think a lot about what @nanjala.bsky.social said once about oligarchy and threats to freedom: One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”. We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so. We don’t have to.