Movement Memos is back! What can rent strikes and tenant unions teach us about the work of collective survival in this moment? I talked with LA Tenants Union co-founders Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis about their work and how the lessons of their book, Abolish Rent, connect with this moment.

Historically speaking, the regimes rounding folks up and putting them in camps aren’t well thought of. And eventually, every single one falls.

Advocates fought so hard to end ICE's contract at Etowah--long documented to have abysmal conditions of confinement. New reports that Trump wants to renew a contract for ICE detention there: www.wvtm13.com/article/etow...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.

New from me today: The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade. www.nydailynews.com/2025/01/19/m...

Almost 100 million people in the US may be exposed to unregulated industrial chemicals in their drinking water, with communities of color especially at risk.

ICE's top contractor, GEO Group, is expected to profit from Trump's immigration crackdown. Days before the election, ICE's top official in charge of detention left to work for GEO - one of many to go through the revolving door @pogo.org breaks the news www.pogo.org/investigatio...

Alejandra Caraballo explains Donald Trump's "fundamental miscalculation" - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/alej...

It’s not really “ceding power” to someone else. It’s joining them. The left/right division exists to resolve cognitive dissonance of everyday people who can’t understand why voting for people to interrupt harms doesn’t work, without admitting it’s not designed to work.

In all, the settlements approved Wednesday account for nearly half of the city’s annual $82 million budget to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.