"ICE surveillance tools were created in Israel, still another Homeland, enforcing the longest “occupation” in modern history. Thus, the citizens of Minnesota have, as American taxpayers, subsidized an occupation overseas that is effectively a laboratory for their own."

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE

Snow sculpture in Duluth.

Wichtiger Draht! 👇 #MeTooAcademia

In der Tat! Stattdessen die Petition der Studierenden unterschreiben, die sich seit geraumer Zeit selbst vor weiteren Machtmissbrauch schützen müssen! www.change.org/p/wieder-ein...

If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.

es hätte spätestens bei "grab em by the pussy" vorbei sein müssen aber here we are

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

"the Trump administration seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear — a fear of violence from which some people may at a given moment be spared, but from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived."

It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.

From @newyorker.com www.instagram.com/p/DTOG4-OE_Fc/

ICE uses extrajudicial violence and intimidation for political ends. It's unconstrained by the law, unaccountable to the public. Its crimes are endorsed at the highest levels. What does this tell us? That it's the force of paramilitary thugs all fascist movements & governments use. It is Trump’s SS.

I'm at a loss for words. I'm glad someone else has them.

YOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING. 202–224-3121 Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.

Facebook reminded me that today it's 17 years ago that I moved to Minneapolis for the second time; after living there in 1991/1992. MPLS is like a second home that is now being invaded by its own federal government. If Minnesota had been a country, we would be enraged... and we should be now too!

🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇 There you have it. ICE has never been about immigration enforcement. It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.

What the f**k?

Nachdem es über Jahre hieß, die größte Gefahr für den freien Westen seien nervige Linke an Unis, kommt Minneapolis für den einen oder anderen möglicherweise ja doch ein bisschen überraschend.

🚨"We wonder why people in the 1930s were quiet, we need to show we weren't quiet. History is gonna look back at all the people that didn't show up—their grandkids are gonna ask what were they doing! It's like -10 degrees and we're here!" -Minneapolis ICE protester. LIVE NOW⬇️

Stephen Miller is a domestic terrorist!

Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it Pressure your senators

Historical fact of the day: The Nazis were already Nazis long before they decided to go for all-out genocide.

Wenn ihr der Meinung seid, dass der Schutz der Opfer Vorrang hat und ihr noch nicht unterschrieben habt: Die Petition der Studierenden ist weiterhin offen. Gegenwärtig ca. 3500 Unterschriften www.change.org/p/wieder-ein...

Das neue Video aus Minneapolis zeigt eine Hinrichtung. Eine Zusammenfassung des Videos: Mehrere Agenten schlagen auf einen Mann ein, ringen ihn zu Boden, einer schlägt ihn mit seiner Pistole. Der 1. Schuss fällt, der Mann sackt zu Boden. mehrere Schüsse werden auf den leblosen Körper abgegeben.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Call. Your. Senators. Right. Fucking. Now. It’s ok if your voice shakes while you leave the voice mail. If you cry. If you cuss. If you’re inarticulate. Just get the message across. bsky.app/profile/jaso...

it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

An deutschen Unis ist das #MeToo-Problem besonders schwer anzugehen wegen der absurden Hierarchie und den dazu gehörigen Abhängigkeitsverhältnissen. Eine Feudalherrscherhand wäscht die andere. Aslı Vatansever ist eine Heldin! Siehe zu einem anderen Fall auch: nataliescholz.org/2024/01/22/a...

2023 begann man in über sexuellen Mißbrauch in der Geschichtswissenschaft zu diskutieren. #metoohistory veränderte den Diskurs. Andreas Kohring musste gehen. Ein weiterer Prof der HU muss sich vor Gericht verantworten, die Uni stellte ihn außer Dienst. ABER: forbetterscience.com/2026/01/23/s...

THEY WILL NOT BREAK US THEY CAN NOT BREAK US THEY DIDN'T BRING ENOUGH GUYS FOR EVERY ONE OF US THEY TAKE, ONE HUNDRED MORE TAKE TO THE STREETS THERE WILL FOREVER BE MORE OF US THAN OF THEM THEY STAND FOR NOTHING, WE STAND FOR EACH OTHER THEY WILL REGRET COMING HERE MINNEAPOLIS WILL WIN

Special counsel Jack Smith: Donald Trump attempted to illegally and violently overthrow the 2020 election result. It does not get much clearer than this. www.youtube.com/shorts/GD3k8...

I just spent two precious hours (in the train) tidying up my mailbox. Why does this never feel like proper work although it most certainly is?

"This story ends with the question of whether we understand that democracy survives not because leaders are virtuous but because systems are defended by those willing to resist abuse even when it is inconvenient."

Rachel Maddow brilliantly dissects the emotional aspects of Trump's rule and diagnoses: "Trump's authority has always depended on the belief that he is feared. But fear without respect collapses into resentment, and resentment eventually turns into resistance." 1/2

My absolutely favorite feel good article so far this year. “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows".

‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality. Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26

"They are selling us conflict, and they're calling it connection". This is a keeper. Spot-on and succinct, diagnostic.

The German Ministry of Science and Technology has produced an exhibition making "make female scientists visible" – by feeding their actual photographs into Midjourney and coming up with some truly terrible AI images. I am calling it now: by next year, we'll get yassified Holocaust victims.

De topvermogens stijgen met de opkomst van radicaal rechts.

Das 'Benennst du das Problem, wirst du zum Problem'-Prinzip in der deutschen Bundeswehr. "Seit etwa einem Jahrzehnt wird eine wissenschaftliche Erhebung gefordert, die sexualisiertes Fehlverhalten und das Dunkelfeld des Leidens aufhellen soll. Geschehen ist nichts." www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

"The Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention calls on public authorities in Germany to immediately halt all active financing, dissemination, and legitimation of genocide denialist propaganda masked as critical expertise." – Deutschland ... ist da wer? www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...

Nu Amerika in een autocratie verandert waar paramilitairen op migranten jagen, en half Europa daar vol bewondering naar kijkt, is het goed om voor de geest te halen dat we decennialang doodgegooid zijn met gelul dat ‘het Westen’ (i.t.t. ‘de islam’ en andere beschavingen) van nature democratisch is.

"In de strijd met de miljarden datapunten verslindende machines, is de gave om met bijna niets het onbekende te kunnen verkennen onze grootste troef."

Very much looking forward to having a conversation with a bunch of very interesting colleagues in Amsterdam in less then three hours (5 pm). Come by or follow via live-stream from afar!

Governor Walz: "Angry is not a strong enough word." 1. Trump wants this chaos. We must protest peacefully. 2. You are not powerless, helpless or alone. 3. Accountability is coming. 4. Minnesotans have risen to this moment, believing in the rule of law and the dignity of all people. #Minnesota

Tomorrow! Friday 16 January 17:00 in Amsterdam. In person or live streaming. @nataliescholz.bsky.social has put together a great panel at SPUI25 called New Ways of Engaging with Colonial Pasts centered on our new graphic history.🗃️🏺Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Inderdaad hartverwarmende reacties. En tegelijk schokkend dat de UvA - na alle opstanden en alle genegeerde eisen voor democratisering sinds 2015 - nu juist dit abonnement stop zet. Willen ze dan geen goed geïnformeerde academische burgers?

I have been delving into the Harry Potter books again and am not exactly surprised but still impressed by how timely and broadly applicable the whole story of Dolores Umbridge as High Inquisitor of Hogwards feels in this specific day and age.

"X is becoming a containment pen for jumped-up fascists. Government ministers cannot be making policy announcements in a space that hosts AI-generated, near-naked pictures of young girls. Journalists cannot share their work in a place that systematically promotes white supremacy."