Maya Schenwar
@mayaschenwar.bsky.social
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Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism. Board president, Truthout. Co-editor “We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition” Co-author “Prison by Any Other Name” Abolitionist, anti-zionist, pro-cat, pro-karaoke mayaschenwar.com
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I'm honored to share the winners of the 5th Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize, given in memory of my sister. Both essays this year reflect on the stark, inherent violence of prison, and convey a key message for our time: Where there is injustice, there is resistance. truthout.org/articles/ann...
Announcing the Winners of the 5th Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The prize honors the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors who are writing toward a more just world.
truthout.org
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.
ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.
A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
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praeyesright.bsky.social
In a Q&A with PRA, Silky Shah, author of ‘Unbuild Walls’, discusses why an abolitionist approach to immigration is needed to combat the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant authoritarianism. Learn more: politicalresearch.org/2025/09/23/w....
“We Must Fight for Everyone” for Immigrant Justice
Author Q&A with Silky Shah on Unbuild Walls
By Ethan Fauré
“The strategy of ‘good’ immigrant versus ‘bad’ immigrant ultimately targets all immigrants. We knew that would happen: As abolition teaches us, that’s how the system works. If you accept that some people deserve such treatment, they’ll expand who’s deserving.“ 
— Silky Shah
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threnody.bsky.social
it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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interruptcrim.bsky.social
Looking to do some reading this weekend? Check out our Beyond Do No Harm reading guide, which shares articles, books + more for anyone wanting to dive deeper into topics around criminalization of care or providing care for criminalized populations: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
Graphic featuring a small thumbnail of a one-page resource, and text on a background composed of a tan and a dark blue column. The text reads: "Beyond Do No Harm Abolitionist Health Care "Back to School" Reading Guide. for anyone who wants to learn more & dive into topics around criminalization of care or providing care for criminalized populations." At the bottom, the URL "bit.ly/BDNHBackToSchool." A light drawing of a stethoscope is to the left of the resource.
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.
The Emergency Is the Atmosphere
“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."
organizingmythoughts.org
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prisonculture.bsky.social
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.
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lyndab08.bsky.social
Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.
Tweet from @laura_n_rod 

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun
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danampatton.bsky.social
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.
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nlgchicago.bsky.social
NLG Chicago condemns arrests by state and federal authorities at demonstrations outside Broadview ICE detention facility and in Chicago
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lyndab08.bsky.social
This is Brighton Park, the neighborhood where a U.S. Border Patrol agent also shot a woman earlier today. It is a predominantly Latine community on the southwest side.
lordnad.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
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marisakabas.bsky.social
This is an outright lie.
govpritzker.illinois.gov
State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.
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anodynesix.bsky.social
"What [the state] should be doing is getting in the way of these kidnappings. Instead, the state of Illinois has sent the Illinois State Police. This is ... a sanctuary state. JB Pritzker goes on TV every other day talking about how evil Trump is, but the State Police are collaborating with ICE."
harmscommitted.com
"Federal agents led by border patrol chief Gregory Bovino attacked protesters Friday morning."

"One person grabbed my nipple and twisted, and then they put their hands on my throat."

"I'm a pastor. I'm committed to nonviolence."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Federal Agents Again Attack Protesters Outside Broadview ICE Facility
Protesters have gathered outside the facility for weeks with the goal of shutting it down, while Broadview officials have demanded ICE stop the "unprovoked" attacks.
blockclubchicago.org
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nkalamb.bsky.social
“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
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evangreer.bsky.social
I am once again asking you to buy my record cuz they were hella expensive to make evangreer.bandcamp.com/album/amab-a...
Evan Greer staring at camera
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
These fascists have taken my friend, Palestinian scholar and feminist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social into custody.
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hebagowayed.bsky.social
This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.
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myleshigh.bsky.social
Now more than ever, you / I need to develop a cohesive network of likeminded people in your real life (not just on SM).
1. For our sanity & ability to lean on if you are confronted or god forbid - detained by ICE
2. Organize and layout plans to combat whatever atrocity is occurring to our people
mayaschenwar.bsky.social
The administration wants to dismantle left networks. So we need to double down on connection-building—strengthen our networks, grow deeper relationships, prioritize care.

It was an honor to join @mskellymhayes.bsky.social & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social on Movement Memos.

truthout.org/audio/holdin...
Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship
“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.
truthout.org