Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Simply, just don’t use it.

Homan is equally a fascist and was considered a hero by Obama. Abolish ICE.

he literally dangled from power lines meant to symbolize the dilapidated Puerto Rican power grid

Nothing terrifies imperialism more than this. They want you to think we’re savages but he showed you we’re about community, family, joy & love. His dancers were dressed like regular people. Us. Regular people but we have so much. Money, status power isn’t true wealth. WE have true wealth.

They're torture camps

THIS!

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Thinking of committing to writing a novel? @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social is an extraordinary writer and teacher. A class not to be missed!

Vichy liberals in Paris thought they could moderate Nazis.

Dems and media have told us for decades that the things Mamdani and his coalition have accomplished in one month were impossible. Their spirit has always been Vichy.

Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago. jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...

Apartheid.

Vichy.

“Plato describes how great wealth, in fact, makes it virtually impossible to become a good person…. Thomas Hobbes was concerned that the very wealthy develop a sense of ‘impunity’ — that they seek to stand above both the moral and legal laws that govern society.”

I cannot suggest applying enough. Deeply grateful for the support of the DAG Foundation!

"The gift to spend more unstructured time moving between the US and Latin America deeply informed how I was thinking about the instability of narrative truths." @michaelzapata.bsky.social's interview with Sarah Bruni is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/02/03/c...

Just wait until they find out the Feds will sacrifice them & that qualified immunity by calling them contractors not employees

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Vichy Dems keep the hits coming.

Inhuman people make inhuman things 😉

In theater. So they think they’re at war.

The best film of #Sundance2026 was shot in 1972. In “Once Upon a Time In Harlem,” the late documentarian William Greaves gathers Harlem Renaissance luminaries for an afternoon debate, preserving history as intimate memory. Invigorating cinema. observer.com/2026/01/sund...

Watch this. You need it.

So much love for @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social

I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.

One of the big trends in opposition activism during Trump 2.0 has been the localism of protest. This level of organizing is pretty astonishing to watch, and anyone who insists that there haven't been any protests against Trump is simply ignoring it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

Jan. 23, 2026 will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the ICE regime grasping the throat of the US working class. A coalition of unions - including our sister local CWA 7250 - in collaboration with community groups, has called for a general strike of no working, no shopping, & no school.

ICE is an occupying force. This is how war correspondents report.

Chicago: On Tuesday February 3rd at Women and Children First, 7PM (CT) I have the honor of being in conversation with Sarah Bruni for the release of her radical novel MASS MOTHERING. We'll be talking about friendships that span 25 years (ours!), Latin American lit, and, her novel. Please join us!

On Friday, Emily Hilleren and Lauren Vega ferried a care package containing whistles and instructional zines to Minneapolis, the focus of the latest federal immigration action.

Let’s support Mischief Toy Store for being a cool toy store and for speaking out against our idiotic regime.

I do take a little comfort in knowing that after the fall of nearly every Western empire, the siesta was introduced. #siestas4all

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

"This Week in Democracy – Week 52: A Year of Abuses, Violence, Corruption, and Outright Fascism" Capping off a year of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term. (No other media organization did this, by the way!)

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

One of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement and the author of numerous classic works, Rosa Luxemburg, was murdered on this day in 1919. We're offering 30% all works on or by the great revolutionary and theorist.

Vichy Dems are more than OK with Americans being brutalized. In fact, they vote for it again and again.

“This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement; instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by the federal government."

Really happy that @storystudiochicago.bsky.social is co-sponsoring a fundraiser to support the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights on Saturday, January 24th at 4:30pm 🧵 www.eventbrite.com/e/fundraiser...

I've reached the desolate end of the digital age.

There is no future for our nation with ICE in it.

You can’t and don’t reform Nazis.

In Minneapolis

there is no coming back from this without prosecutions up and down the entire chain of command

Breaks my heart to say because in 1994 the Germany vs Spain match in Chicago with my dad was a seminal memory and moment in my life, but I do think the World Cup in the USA should be canceled. Due to ICE and state terror, nobody's safety can be guaranteed. www.msn.com/en-us/travel...

Love and Solidarity from Chicago! We know and love you!