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Steve in Chicago @spsnomad.bsky.social · 54m

We're currently assembling packets containing a whistle and the instructions (quick blasts for ICE spotted, long for ICE detaining someone.) Here's what we're using. (Thanks to Pilsen Arts & Community House for the flyer design in English and Spanish)
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Resources for Whistle Warriors - Google Drive

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 9m

“Everybody had their orange whistles on, and they were clearly ready. ICE had to be a lot more careful about where they were hitting, and so it was a lot harder for them to take more people.”

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1h

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Former Brundlefly @thatguywasfly.bsky.social · 3h

One thing I want you to take from videos like this is the absolute cacophony of whistles and screams of "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD" from people in the streets and in buildings. And more and more people are at that point every day.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 4h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 2d

Spanish "How to Report ICE" zines now available:

#Chicago
#Florida
#LosAngeles
#Marin County, CA
#Massachusetts
#NewYork
#Philadelphia
#Portland
#Sacramento, CA
#SanFrancisco
#SanDiego

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 8h

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 8h

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

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Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 9h

9 Books to Add to Your #Halloween TBR @catapultbooks.bsky.social @counterpoint @softskull

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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 1d

“We want to ensure our community is prepared but also to send a clear message to the Trump administration: Hands off NYC,” said Perla, our team member.

On Oct. 8, New Yorkers launched the #HandsOffNYC campaign to protect our city & communities from federal intervention.

Join us: HandsOffNYC.com

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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 3d

✊Hands off our city!

Cities across the country are currently under attack by the Trump administration & we won’t let NY be next.

Today, New Yorkers are taking a strong stance to protect our city & our communities from federal intervention. #HandsOffNYC

Join the movement: handsoffnyc.com

‘Hands Off NYC’ coalition forms to resist potential Trump crackdown on city | amNewYork

The Hands Off NYC campaign — backed by the city’s largest labor unions and civic groups, including 1199SEIU, 32BJ SEIU, the New York Civil Liberties Union and

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

What gives you courage? Please immerse yourself in that right now.

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DanaMPatton @danampatton.bsky.social · 7d

Think about all the things ppl in our country, in your town, need but never get. Think about all the organized abandonment of ppl struggling in our communities.

Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 7d

“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“

- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com

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The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 10d

LittleSis have dropped a new report and data visualization about the billionaires and corporations profiting from the deportation industrial complex:

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The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 16d

We've put together an abridged version of @crimethinc.com's Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements guide for those who need a quick rundown.

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The podcast version by @margaret.bsky.social with @coolzonemedia.bsky.social is also fantastic, linked below.

Make Ready (Short Guide): Safeguarding our movements against repression

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 5d

I attended this webinar earlier, and wanted to share this infographic if folx need a visual to highlight how Zionism is embedded in how American newsrooms typically operate, for which I am truly grateful for the much-needed work that @prismreports.org does! 🍉 visualizingpalestine.org/visual/edite...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Alaa and her daughters have lived to see a ceasefire, but they are still in dire need of assistance. They have only managed to navigate displacement, genocidal violence, and her daughter's deteriorating health with the help of donations. Let's help them continue to endure.

Your help are an investment in rebuild a woman and an architect

My name is Alaa, and I hold a Master’s degree in Architecture.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 1d

The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

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Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 1d

Cool to see that @policingblack.bsky.social will be making a quarterly newsletter for @interruptcrim.bsky.social Canada. Sign up here: form.jotform.com/252826314847...

Interrupting Criminalization Canada Newsletter Registration

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 1d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the review, Joseph!

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

“Love Letter in Cuneiform is a novel that challenges and exceeds the norms of a multigenerational family saga at every opportunity. […] its unique energy is sustained in translation with Zucker’s careful, and at times creative, attention to the subtleties and playfulness of Zmeškal’s language.”

Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · 3d

If all happy families are alike, each strange family is strange in its own way: Love Letter in Cuneiform by Tomáš Zmeškal, translated by Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
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If all happy families are alike, each strange family is strange in its own way: Love Letter in Cuneiform by Tomáš Zmeškal

The novel begins with a wedding. Alice and Maximilian exchanged rings and kisses, and signed a document confirming that the state of matrimony was primarily a contractual arrangement, which at the …

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