LIVE NOW! Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxWl... .

Chicago! Join Cathy J. Cohen, Adom Getachew, and @rickperlstein.bsky.social for a celebration of 50 years of @bostonreview.bsky.social Thursday, October 9th at 6:30 pm Haymarket House RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

I'll be previewing stuff from my next book at this event, yo. www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Chicago: Come visit with Uahikea Mailie and me tonight at Haymarket House.

From Haymarket Books, an Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List. “In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list…” [haymarketbooks.org]

It’s officially Best of Chicago season! Every year we celebrate the top creators, changemakers, business owners, and more that make Chicago the incredible city it is. Help us build this year’s ballot by nominating your favorite Chicagoans at chicagoreader.com/best

My interview with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social about his excellent new book, “Black History Is for Everyone,” is available at Foreword Reviews shorturl.at/Fj15E. #BlackHistoy #BlackHistoryMonth

What a joy! Thank you, Jesse! ✊🏽

Being targeted for police violence constructs people as criminals. Cops beat someone and the news refers to the victim as a suspect.

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year. For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

once again encouraging you all to support independent, worker owned, billionaire free News media when and how you are able

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year. For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

Whenever someone running a news org talks about representing "all... perspectives" or throws around phrases like "diversity of opinion," ask if they regularly hire and include the viewpoints of abolitionists and socialists.

Please read/consider signing @wakasamemorial.bsky.social's open letter calling for the protection/preservation of the most significant artifact discovered in the WWII Japanese American concentration camps, the Wakasa memorial stone, and its site: t.ly/jh2dE. I wrote about it here: t.ly/DbxB5

Chicago-area journalists and protesters are suing the Trump administration, claiming ICE agents have engaged in a “pattern of extreme brutality” they say is a “concerted and ongoing effort to silence the press and civilians” outside the agency’s Broadview processing facility.

The land of the brave

This is bad, our electeds are not going to use anything other than media appearances and strongly worded letters to stop it, and we need to protect each other. Please 1) go outside, 2) find someone watching a corner during school drop off, 3) ask them how you can help.

In celebration of Black History Month in Britain and Ireland, we're offering readers 40% off a range of titles on Black radical lineages, legacies, and futures. Check out the full list here ⬇️ www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/532-bl...

In “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition,” Shah provides a critical discussion about the intersection between detention, the prison industrial complex, and anti-immigrant racism

*elite capture intensifies*

In celebration of Black History Month in Britain and Ireland, we're offering readers 40% off a range of titles on Black radical lineages, legacies, and futures. Check out the full list here ⬇️ www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/532-bl...

I don’t really understand the people who think we shouldn’t situate the current moment in context of the last 25 years in American politics, including the actions of the three Democrats who were president during that time

NLG Chicago condemns arrests by state and federal authorities at demonstrations outside Broadview ICE detention facility and in Chicago

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot. Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.

Notice that he doesn't mention the unprovoked ICE attack on protesters at Broadview—who were already complying with the commands of police—probably bc his state cops assisted in that violent attack. He prob thought he could prevent the troop deployment by helping ICE police protesters. Didn't work.

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

Your state troopers participated in Friday's fascist photo op attack at Broadview. Get the false charges against protesters dropped immediately!

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Assata Taught Us

Kaveh Boveiri, Marxian Totality - @haymarketbooks.org, July 2025 www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2685-m...

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Non-exhaustive list of cops in Broadview yesterday includes: ICE, CBP + Border Patrol, BOP special ops, DEA special ops, ATF, HSI, FBI IL state police, Cook Co sheriff's officers, Broadview PD, at least a dozen other suburban depts both individually and as part of NIPAS

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors. This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

This is a recurring theme today. While I was grabbing beer(s) off the Western Blue Line stop (northern) around 5:30 today, I heard horns honking and whistles blowing. Looked up to see bikes and cars chasing what I assume were feds west, people shouting "La Migra!" as they passed.

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.

Who fears critical thinking? In my new @wordinblacknews.bsky.social article, I show how the @zinnedproject.bsky.social’s “Teach Truth on Constitution Day” campaign teaches which rights it doesn’t protect—& how the rights we have were won by struggle. ✊🏾 #TeachTruth wordinblack.com/2025/10/no-w...

This weekend on WNUR and @bewaretheradio.bsky.social: @matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org), Join us at patreon.com/thisishell!

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road. "Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!" source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

State police assisted ICE in the performative brutalization and arrest of protesters today. @govpritzker.illinois.gov must answer for this.

Assata Taught Us

Broadview, Illinois today— A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman. Amplify amplify amplify please.

One more book I read for the Notable Small Press Books of 2025 #100smallpress project was Prisons Must Fall by Mariame Kaba and Jane Ball from @haymarketbooks.org with striking illustrations utilizing strong colors on dark backgrounds.

Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?