“In a time when the levers of power are so limited, the steadfast organizing in Chicago remains a beacon of hope and essential guide for activists across the country.” - @silkys13.bsky.social This beautiful piece by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social encapsulates the loving & fierce power of Chicago ❤️

Going thru my phone, I found this reminder of the importance of sending books to people in prison. This was from a man who had been in solitary confinement for several years & received PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME, my book with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social

"The struggle to protect international, immigrant, and undocumented students is deeply entwined with the longer-term struggle for a free Palestine and to build a more liberatory version of higher education itself." [email protected] truthout.org/articles/rep...

rulings like the one from scotus today hurt me most because i know how many trans kids and adults are quietly dying in the shadows

This is terrible news. Transgender Americans need the ability to travel without being outed by government document. The Supreme Court supports efforts by the Trump administration to make us second class citizens.

"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.

The average recipient of federal food aid will see a massive 61% benefit cut this month — and millions will lose November benefits entirely — under the Trump administration’s plan to only partially fund SNAP as the government remains shut down.

1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration. The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Placed my order this morning. Finally going to be able to finish @mayaschenwar.bsky.social's We Grow the World Together!

As DHS attorneys argue in court this morning that reporters are somehow just wandering into the path of fire and catching strays is their own fault, here's a video from 9/26 (the date in question) that shows feds aiming directly at an obvious press gaggle trying to stay out of their way:

The very section that made Teen Vogue stand out amid the country’s major news sources for taking youth seriously and for its progressive coverage is now gone.

Turns out you can turn out people to vote if you give them someone worth voting for....

Good job NYC voters! This is the ONLY time I will say this, LOLOLOL

Much like those who continue carrying out his wars today, Cheney enjoyed impunity for his imperial crimes. He lived out his life as part of the 1 percent, availing himself of luxuries funded by atrocities so vast they are almost impossible to describe in full. truthout.org/articles/war...

I don't like this framing at all. It's not on him as "an individual" but rather on whether NYers can build enough power to make it painful for Albany if they refuse to deliver.

‘Solidarity is always the way forward’: In a Q&A with @adryancore.bsky.social, abolitionist organizer @mskellymhayes.bsky.social discusses her new anthology “Read This When Things Fall Apart,” (pub. Nov. 4 by @akpress.org) featuring encouraging letters from movement leaders, writers, & activists.

Terrible news!!!

Tonight, @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and I organized an event for exhausted Chicago organizers to laugh, find some fellowship, and sing karaoke. Folks were masked when not eating, drinking or performing. Here are my beloved friends @prayingmantis.bsky.social and @thatguywasfly.bsky.social rocking out.

“Chicago is the future.“ @joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com

“Chicago has long been a laboratory for policing. From the repression of labor movements in the early 20th century, to COINTELPRO surveillance, to Jon Burge’s torture regime... the city has been central to testing and refining state violence.” -Ilā Ravichandran truthout.org/articles/thi...

“Refusing to give up in apocalyptic times is an act of love, and in some ways, it’s an act of faith — it’s about making a commitment to what’s sacred to us, and refusing to abandon those people, places, and beliefs.” - @mskellymhayes.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/the...

"[R]eproductive punishment." "The aging reproductive body, especially in the form of menstruation, menopause, and post-surgical healing, is not protected within carceral institutions." "Reproductive aging in this context is not simply biological. It is political." #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

Ten Books to Get To Know Me (upEND edition) 📚 And if you want to learn more about #FamilyPolicing and #Abolition, we have a whole #syllabus on our website. upendmovement.org/syllabus/

I saw Miss Major speak once; she received many questions about handling hard things, e.g. burnout, disagreement w/ allies, etc. Over and over, Miss Major gave a short and pointed reply which basically boiled down to “You get up, every day, and you do the work.” So let’s do the work, for her.

“Major never abandoned the struggle against fascism, which is to say, the fight to free us all… the way to honor Major is to keep hammering holes in the walls that confine us, and to expand the trans and queer spaces she built.” - Toshio Meronek & Eric A Stanley truthout.org/articles/to-...

Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention. @sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting in our latest joint publication with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/chic...

To different audiences, Audre Lorde would note that she was doing her work and then ask, "Are you doing yours?" I love it. We've all got work to do. No exporting or taking on all the responsibility.

Every time you think NYT couldn't possibly get worse, it manages to outdo itself.

As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:

Dunking on liberals is easy. Organizing them is hard. 7M people in the US protested today. It won't fix everything, but it's not nothing.

“People should care that there are human beings who have lived alone in a cell for over two decades — people we’ve never heard of and who will never be released,” says Eric King.

People chanting as they march past Trump Tower in Chicago!

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! This was a very cathartic moment in Chicago.

Oct 22 at Haymarket House. Cell to Table uses food as a gateway to understanding the realities of incarceration & reentry. Over a shared meal, you’ll hear stories of creativity, resilience, & transformation from people who’ve lived it—brought to life by chefs & formerly incarcerated apprentices.

"Remember to stay connected to others while taking action, rooting yourself in interdependence. We’re in this together, we change the world together, & we keep each other safe." The next edition of the YES! newsletter, housed at the Truthout Center, is out! us11.campaign-archive.com?u=7cdb828972...

"The charges against [Mangione] make clear that the criminal legal system’s response to murder has everything to do with who is murdered—and who does the murdering." Political scientist @ch4rlotte.bsky.social on the workings of racial capitalism.

Feeling dehydrated? This quenched my thirst. www.wsj.com/us-news/zohr...

I'm honored my essay on alienation is in @mskellymhayes.bsky.social's wonderful "Read This When Things Fall Apart." I write that we can be "both surviving and flexible—surviving through our flexibility. And in our flexibility, we connect." Order it (@akpress.org)! www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

“You do not have to hand it to any American president” is a good rule of thumb

Fascism sparks joy for him

I was lucky to get my preorder of Read This When Things Fall Apart, edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, early - thanks, @portersqbooks.bsky.social! - and it's exactly as incredible as I had expected. I highly, highly recommend it to anyone struggling with *gestures broadly at everything.*

"Where do you find hope? What transformations have you witnessed - transformations that have stuck? Maybe this is one way we can move beyond our thought loops." - @mayaschenwar.bsky.social

the students at the encampments were right

This year's MediaFest - a conference for student journalists has a Faith breakout section that includes speakers from the Alliance Defending Freedom - a SPLC designated Hate Group (oddly CJR's article doesn't mention that). I hope attendees and sponsors pull out. www.cjr.org/feature/stud...

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

Rest in Power, Miss Major.💔 On solidarity: “We can’t go it alone… I mean, you can try, and get knocked down and get up and try again, and get knocked down and get up and try again. But that’s how it’ll be, until somebody helps you up and says, let me stand with you.” truthout.org/articles/a-m...

“The genocide can take my home, my library, my plans, & my lifelong friends, but it cannot keep me from writing.” During the genocide, writing has become an ultimate form of resistance, allowing Eman Ghassan Abu Zayed to ensure her people, her martyrs, her friend Rama live on forever.