Assassinated 107 years ago today

The four Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other three are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people including the Dakota 38 during the Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

75 countries::

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

Frankfurt::

Auftakt des nächsten Großprozess gegen #Antifas: Vorm OLG Düsseldorf wirft der GBA 6 jungen Linken Selbstjustiz und versuchten Mord vor, wegen Angriffen auf Rechtsextreme. Die Verteidigung sieht eine völlig überzogene "Machtdemonstration". Und im Publikum gibt es viel Applaus. taz.de/Prozess-gege...

Our next Arden Local meeting is tomorrow night! Facing rent increases? an eviction? No repairs? Come get support from fellow renters! In a good spot but looking to support others? Come share your knowledge and support fellow renters in the area.

Cop “unions” are a repulsive stain on the American labor movement, and it’s truly an embarrassment that so few labor leaders are willing to admit that. www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...

Lisboa:: 15/01 @alfatau.bsky.social @ Tigre de Papel tigrepapel.pt/evento/confe...

"Mas não se pode pensar a morte de Odair Moniz sem se pensar em todas as políticas públicas de habitação... Não se pode pensar a morte de Odair Moniz sem pensar em todas as políticas de segurança ou a criação das Zonas Urbanas Sensíveis que autoriza a polícia a agir de forma diferente."

So now we know this federal agent was trained to do exactly what he did. I hope this helps inform people's response.

It wasn't the ads on Twitter, it wasn't the new training standards, it wasn't Trump, it wasn't Stephen Miller. It was a continuation of past policy, not an aberration.

Barricades Protect Autonomous Grieving Zone in South Minneapolis After ICE Killed Woman Yesterday

Diane di Prima, 1971:: @citylightsbooks.bsky.social

"...the very crisis which we must exploit - the raw materials of profound social change - is tending toward fascism..." RWG 1993

In memoriam, Renée Nicole Macklin Read her poem, “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which won a 2020 Academy of American Poets College Prize. poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Some good news. A great reporter has a job reporting again::

"at one point you realize that there is no possibility of justice in the existing immigration system, that the immigration system is absolutely central to bringing fascism into our lives, to bringing racism into our lives" (Nandita Sharma). RIP Renee Nicole Good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8foE...

Dwayne McDuffie never lied.

Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE yesterday, was a published poet Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs" It's beautiful and you can read it here: poets.org/2020-on-lear... The poem's conclusion is haunting me now

LA has multiple coalitions that have been organizing against the Olympics etc. More people on board would help nolympicsla.com

"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"[P]ropaganda blitz will be targeted at [..] 'people who have attended UFC fights, listened to patriotic podcasts, or shown an interest in guns and tactical gear.'" ICE "is planning to spend $100 million over the next year." #USA #Media #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Weapons

Gramsci translated by @alfatau.bsky.social

Tech Billionaires Threaten To Flee California Over Proposed Vest Tax https://theonion.com/tech-billionaires-threaten-to-flee-california-over-proposed-vest-tax/

'It's tragic here': Lytle Creek residents are cut off, buried in mud after storm, resident says

Marcy Winograd's "United Teachers of Los Angeles: No Endorsements for Congressional Genociders." CounterPunch, December 24. 5/12 🧵

"El denominador común entre los tres era la represión y el punitivismo a ultranza, sin que hubiera variaciones en el nivel de violencia policial. "Claro que pese –por ejemplo– a la profusión del “gatillo fácil”, Rodríguez Larreta seguía destacando el “profesionalismo” de sus mastines uniformados."

For police and prison abolitionists, I have been developing curated feeds of independent journalism under #Policing and #Incarceration. These feeds are updated daily. To Access: 1. Desktop: Click on #Policing or #Incarceration. Mobile: Click and hold. 2. Click 'See #Policing posts by user.'

"Critical Engagements with Alberto Toscano’s Late Fascism" is now out with Studies in Political Economy. Some rad pieces, @raulzelik.bsky.social and I also contributed a piece: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsor20/1...

"And those who believe in something like freedom, in something like liberation, those who believe in the world for everyone, in all for all, know, as Charles Chesnutt wrote in his novel The Marrow of Tradition...'there’s time enough, but none to spare'.” @hystericalblkns.bsky.social

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sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers

here you can support the comrades from cissie ghoul house, a 1000 people strong squad, which is part of the housing justice, tenant and shacks movement: reclaimthecity.org.za

It is the annual Making Of The Soup. If you want to feed some folks sleeping rough, I got me two hundred takeout quart containers. And a metric fuckton of tomatoes. And a Vitamix. Chip in: Venmo linda-tirado-3 PayPal [email protected] Chime $linda-tirado-3 Happy Christmas to every one

Highly recommended & not just for NYers:: “If we are not to become trapped in a permanent state of melancholy, we need a careful analysis of the state’s enormous capacity for reaction in defense of capital’s interests.” Sam Stein quoting @monedero.bsky.social

"Anti-colonial Marxism ... begins from the standpoint of peoples whose land was stolen, whose labor was coerced, whose development was systematically blocked, and whose resistance was met with overwhelming state violence."

Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026 Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026

communists against prisons

Fuck Newsom.