Craighton Berman
@craighton.bsky.social
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Support your local rapid response network.
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If you know you know—but if you don’t know; now you know
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No one is illegal on stolen land.
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Yeah I didn’t know that when I walked into her office, nor when I wrote the letter and posted it online.
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It’s on her LinkedIn—not sure it’s burying the lede since it was with the city of chicago…
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“Nonchalant violence”
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lol these are the same guys who “collaborated” with WalMart in public parks. I called them out and they freaked out and DMed me to try and understand my perspective on why public parks aren’t for bullshit brand activations.
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Not sure if this is a useful lead for @blockclubchi.bsky.social or @thetriibe.com or @unraveledpress.com — this is the same alder who wrote a nasty op ed about unhoused people in public parks and also worked for homeland security…
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In Chicago we have alders that represent 50 different community areas. I went to my Alderwoman’s office this morning to ask about her silence on the ICE activity in our ward. After a poor exchange I wanted to share the follow-up letter I sent:
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This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
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This “municipal-adjacent” sign is a handy reminder to drivers to keep their cars out of our traffic lanes—or start paying for the privlege.
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In Chicago, public roads are used to store private vehicles en masse—sometimes even for free. And yet my local bike lane has oil stains from the cars that regularly use it as overflow parking.
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There was also a neighbor there (me) who was seeking empathy despite the real problems that are happening with an encampment a block away. It did not feel good to me that the local community was mostly not engaged while this encampment was used for a press moment. Is that good faith solutioning?