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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
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Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي

https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed

لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
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adarayiraviews.bsky.social
“That a white woman can be killed on camera, with impunity, & be demeaned & ridiculed in her death for standing up for her neighbors shows just how far down the road of violence the nation has gone.”

THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF TRUTH TO UNPACK, & I KNEW RIGHT THEN the authors WERE. NOT. Anglo-white.😶👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
Terrific piece by @hebagowayed.bsky.social and @victorerikray.bsky.social:
"to truly stop the damage requires going further – it means eradicating the security logic that ever made people think that arming a secret police on an ethnic cleansing mission could ever make them safe."
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January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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bordersarefake.bsky.social
GOD, yes exactly!! I saw one politician say "We should abolish ICE because people want immigration enforcement that focuses on criminals" and its like no, actually what I want is an end to immigration enforcement generally
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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julesboykoff.bsky.social
"To truly stop the damage [that ICE is doing] requires going further – it means eradicating the security logic that ever made people think that arming a secret police on an ethnic cleansing mission could ever make them safe." A must-read from @hebagowayed.bsky.social & @victorerikray.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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teabuoy.bsky.social
This gets to what should be at the heart of any discussion about reforming our immigration system.
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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deminlawrence.bsky.social
highly relevant and well-written piece for your Sunday morning
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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ericdoherty.bsky.social
"Good’s killing is not a “mistake” but a reflection of how the agency is designed to operate... telling citizens that exercising their constitutional right to speech will prompt government agents to gun them down."
January 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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victorerikray.bsky.social
In the first of what's likely to be many collaborations with @hebagowayed.bsky.social (and my @us.theguardian.com debut) we argue that abolishing ICE would be a good start.
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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sarahburnes.bsky.social
"From the start, ICE has been a racial project, with its armed operatives targeting Black and brown people. Its categorical mission and lack of oversight are reminiscent of slave patrols tasked with hunting down fugitives."

Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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1t2ls.bsky.social
Solid article.
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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anodynesix.bsky.social
"We need to move away from a system predicated on violence in favor of one that centers people's humanity. We need to ensure that every human in the [US] facing a legal process – including deportation – has access to a lawyer ... And we need to divest from the logic that violence makes us safer."
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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sergioperez.bsky.social
“Abolishing an agency that teargasses two-year-olds and shoots mothers in the street isn’t radical. It is basic human decency.”
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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krodinehardy.bsky.social
awesome article alert
January 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
#TRL
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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victorerikray.bsky.social
This David French article shows the analytic peril of ignoring the way normal policing and repression work in communities of color. The so-called "dual state" he's highlighting (laws applied unequally, non-compliance met with violence) is *exactly* what Black Lives Matter was protesting.
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
hebagowayed.bsky.social
“Abolish ICE” isn’t radical, it doesn’t go far enough.

Latest in @theguardian.com written with my friend @victorerikray.bsky.social.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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wcbyrdphd.bsky.social
An absolute must read from @hebagowayed.bsky.social & @victorerikray.bsky.social.
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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louiseseamster.bsky.social
new by @hebagowayed.bsky.social and @victorerikray.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
"Abolishing an agency that teargasses two-year-olds and shoots mothers in the street isn’t radical. It is basic human decency."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"From the start, ICE has been a racial project, with its armed operatives targeting Black and brown people. Its categorical mission and lack of oversight are reminiscent of slave patrols tasked with hunting down fugitives. "In the wake of Good’s killing, politicians have claimed that ICE needs better training. The problem, as they see it, is the ramp-up of ICE under Trump, with a $75bn increase in funding. But Jonathan Ross has been with ICE for a decade. Ross wasn’t one of the subpar new recruits who can’t run a mile and a half; according to testimony he gave in December, obtained by Wired, he was a firearms trainer, team leader, and elite member of its special response unit – a Swat team. "Seen from this vantage, Good’s killing is not a “mistake” but a reflection of how the agency is designed to operate. Take it from the border czar, Tom Homan, who said: “There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric.” In other words, Homan, who received an award for his service under Obama, after introducing the idea of family separation, is telling citizens that exercising their constitutional right to speech will prompt government agents to gun them down."
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
hebagowayed.bsky.social
Yes but he responds to Trump with tweets in all capital letters. This is the leader we need!
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 9h
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
maxgranger.info Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 1d
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
maxgranger.info Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 1d
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
hebagowayed.bsky.social
I was speaking to a lawyer & admin are actively trying to send African Asylum seekers — specifically asylum— to Uganda to be processed.

Like the levels of violation of law & the racism is out of this world. People who escaped persecution, war, in some cases enslavement.
January 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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wasilschauseil.bsky.social
„Since the Gaza ceasefire was announced, 100 days ago, on 8 October, Israel's military attacks continue. Over 440 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. Over 2,500 residential buildings have been destroyed, leaving people forced into displacement. Severe restrictions on aid inflows persist.“
oxfamgb.bsky.social Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 10h
🚨Despite the first phase of a fragile ceasefire being in place, people in Gaza are still being deliberately deprived of water. We must be allowed to respond at scale. Read more: bit.ly/4pJkfks
Gaza still deliberately deprived of water under illegal blockade. Oxfam and partners worked around the clock to repair vital water wells. Restoring limited water access for 156,000.
January 18, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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poisonjr.bsky.social
What's happening in this city is unacceptable. We clearly need to increase their funding so they can get better training. And by the way, I hate the monster you turn into when you're drunk. So I've hired someone to teach you Judo
January 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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jayapal.house.gov
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.

Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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davekarpf.bsky.social
See I think it’s great that Gavin Newsom did a podcast with Ben Shapiro.

It’s good to signal early that Newsom has awful political instincts and doesn’t have the juice.
maxgranger.info Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 1d
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM