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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 29m

Why did you think this was necessary to say?

Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 15h

It would be incredible if folks coming into consciousness around the ICE raids were also able to make the connection the family policing. I highly recommend Dorothy Roberts book “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World“

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 15h

Dorothy Roberts calls it family policing. If you’re not familiar, I suggest reading her book “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World“

Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 22h

No, because even the ridicule could lead (and had led) to more training as a solution. Thats more money for things that don’t work.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

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South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE

Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 23h

Some people don’t want it in their tv’s, don’t want to see it on their phones. It’s kinda how things went down with Obama 😬

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 23h

Are people asking for more skillful kidnappings? Is there a more civil way to strip a child from their parents?

I know the answer to that question for some, it’s yes. People would rather it be less visible, less fuss, and less overtly violent.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 23h

folks, the training bit doesn’t work for cops and it doesn’t work for ICE.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 1d

What can we learn from the political organisers who came before us?

Read an extract from the forthcoming collection, WE ARE EACH OTHER'S LIBERATION: BLACK AND ASIAN FEMINIST SOLIDARITIES, edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, and TD Tso (@haymarketbooks.org).

www.wasafiri.org/content/excl...

Exclusive Extract — We Are Each Other's Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities

We're delighted to share an exclusive extract from the forthcoming collection, We Are Each Other's Liberation:

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

We have been winning school board & local elections all across the country thanks to work like this. If you're in Texas, find your district, do your research, share what you learn with your neighbors.

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 1d

It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections

The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in NYC and you would like to plug into public library organizing, you can join NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org. Information is here: nycplan.org

We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.

NYC Public Library Action Network

Join NYC PLAN at our upcoming Public Library People’s Assembly It will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 4th from 12:45pm-4:30pm.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 1d

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done!

Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done! The BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure to end Israel’s genocide and its decades-old regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and ill...

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 1d

I met Paul Vallas backstage during a performance when I was in the third grade or so. I told him that the school lunch needed to be better, his response made me dislike him too LOL.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 2d

The one time I met Paul Vallas was at a conference and after a very brief conversation he showed me a plan for a "reform school" project he was pitching.

The man was carrying plans for a jail for children on his person and just...showing it to people.

That guy came really close to being mayor.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 3d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 2d

It’s been quite amazing to watch people call on CPD (of all entities) to fight on behalf of the oppressed. There is a reason why we don’t see police leading revolutions. They are a function of the state and will give deference to the feds, as required by law. youtube.com/shorts/WDHFe...

Can local police arrest ICE?

YouTube video by The TRiiBE

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations Dan!!!

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

Yooooooooooooooooo.

Gonna do a book.

Journalist, podcast creator, and Punk Planet founder Dan Sinker's I HATE THOSE MASKED BASTARDS!: Terror, Truth, and the Editor Who Took on the Klan, a narrative account of crusading journalist George Dale, who faced off against a powerful, ascendant Klan movement in 1920s Indiana, and who serves as a model of journalistic integrity and defiance in the face of fascism, to Eric Kerl and Katy O'Donnell at Haymarket, at auction, by David Patterson at Stuart Krichevsky Agency (NA).

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 2d

“Schriver has also voted against bills banning child marriage and closing Michigan's marital rape loophole.”

Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 2d

I’m so sick of Republicans & their repressed sexuality. Deal w your psychosis & stop taking your sex issues out on the rest of us!

Hypocrites & prudes.

We all have sex. It’s ok. Be into whatever you’re (consensually) into & STOP JUDGING EVERYONE ELSE’S SEX LIFE!

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State Rep. Josh Schriver Called Queers Perverts. Guess Who Had The Fling Account?

According to records obtained by Metro Times, State Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) — the same lawmaker who introduced legislation in September to ban

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 5d

The footage of Robert Brooks’ killing shocked the public. We identified 46 allegations that corrections officers assaulted prisoners in medical wings of New York prisons since 2010; Brooks and two other prisoners died, while many others were left with severe injuries.

Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 3d

I read this as “unc” needs work. Like Uncle Belichick needs work 😂

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3d

It was always going to end this way… UNC avoids work

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Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d

So this video and the one of the ICE goon bodyslamming the guy that circulated yesterday are in the same location. At the end of this video you see a unique-looking building on the left. The bodyslamming happens right in front of it. These two videos are essentially one near-continuous scene.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Hey everyone, @yusuketrade.bsky.social is impersonating a Princeton grad student and posting some vile right-wing garbage in their name, so please do the world a favor and report and block @yusuketrade.bsky.social

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

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

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 6d

NEW — Darius Fitzgerald, a security guard, was in the midst of a 10-hour shift at a BP gas station in Chicago’s East Garfield Park on Wednesday when he saw a Black man being chased by two federal agents.

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Security guard describes federal agents chasing Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE

Agents were also seen choking a Black man; DHS denies allegations.

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