tamara nopper
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Regarding Kwame Ture (then Stokely Carmichael) coining the phrase “Black power,” James Baldwin said, “He didn’t coin it. He simply dug it up again from where it’s been lying since the first slaves hit the gangplank.”
Again, Baldwin was an Afropessimist thinker before the theory had a name.
Again, Baldwin was an Afropessimist thinker before the theory had a name.
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Regarding Kwame Ture (then Stokely Carmichael) coining the phrase “Black power,” James Baldwin said, “He didn’t coin it. He simply dug it up again from where it’s been lying since the first slaves hit the gangplank.”
Again, Baldwin was an Afropessimist thinker before the theory had a name.
Again, Baldwin was an Afropessimist thinker before the theory had a name.
In his 80s, W.E.B. Du Bois taught courses at the Jefferson School of Social Science, where he bridged Pan-Africanism with Marxism, Lorraine Hansberry was a student in his class, and he had exam questions about war as capitalist tool to maintain white supremacy. I love this man.
February 4, 2026 at 1:42 AM
In his 80s, W.E.B. Du Bois taught courses at the Jefferson School of Social Science, where he bridged Pan-Africanism with Marxism, Lorraine Hansberry was a student in his class, and he had exam questions about war as capitalist tool to maintain white supremacy. I love this man.
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Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
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Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
Martinez ends her testimony with this:
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
"If there's not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government."
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Marimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
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You don’t actually have to feel sorry for the poor overworked Nazi lawyer. If she does a good job, people die
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
You don’t actually have to feel sorry for the poor overworked Nazi lawyer. If she does a good job, people die
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Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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More attention here, please.
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
More attention here, please.
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Guatemalans in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood are supporting each other amid fears of continuing ICE raids.
In Brooklyn, a Community Shows Resolve in the Wake of a Deacon's ICE Arrest - Documented
Guatemalans in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood are supporting each other amid fears of continuing ICE raids.
documentedny.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Guatemalans in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood are supporting each other amid fears of continuing ICE raids.
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
On this day in 1948, an all-white jury sentenced a Black woman and two of her teenage sons to death for killing an armed white man in self-defense.
Feb. 3, 1948 | Black Woman and Her Children Sentenced to Die for Defending Themselves
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Seeing yet another 'using whistles is disablist' piece circulating: for the 40 millionth time, using disabled people as cover like this is disgusting and calculated to prey on people who are anxious about doing the wrong thing. Doesn't escape notice that white people are the worst offenders.
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We decided to drop the paywall on @kwanetaharris.bsky.social because it's so powerful and urgent. Kwaneta writes about how the state is her abuser as an incarcerated woman. Read for free here: www.theflytrapmedia.com/aint-we-wome...
Ain't We Women, Too?
For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We decided to drop the paywall on @kwanetaharris.bsky.social because it's so powerful and urgent. Kwaneta writes about how the state is her abuser as an incarcerated woman. Read for free here: www.theflytrapmedia.com/aint-we-wome...
Like Toni Cade Bambara said, “I'm very serious about improving. It feels good.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Like Toni Cade Bambara said, “I'm very serious about improving. It feels good.”
The idea that committed people don't have egos is strange. Many committed people talked with others or in journals about not getting attention they deserved.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett wrote her autobiography cuz Carter G. Woodson ignored her and young people didn't know her work. I love that about her.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett wrote her autobiography cuz Carter G. Woodson ignored her and young people didn't know her work. I love that about her.
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The idea that committed people don't have egos is strange. Many committed people talked with others or in journals about not getting attention they deserved.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett wrote her autobiography cuz Carter G. Woodson ignored her and young people didn't know her work. I love that about her.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett wrote her autobiography cuz Carter G. Woodson ignored her and young people didn't know her work. I love that about her.
High impact, low ego. Okay. I'm going for high impact, low visibility, and medium ego, lol.
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
High impact, low ego. Okay. I'm going for high impact, low visibility, and medium ego, lol.
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It's great that more abolitionists and the labor movement are challenging union membership of immigration enforcement.
In this spirt, a 2012 position paper on unions needing to challenge Black criminalization and policing by @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social and me.
blackagendareport.com/content/why-...
In this spirt, a 2012 position paper on unions needing to challenge Black criminalization and policing by @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social and me.
blackagendareport.com/content/why-...
Why the AFL-CIO Must Address Black Criminalization and (Un)Employment | Black Agenda Report
by Tamara K. Nopper and Kenyon Farrow Blacks are more likely than whites or Latinos to be members of labor unions. Yet, the AFL-CIO seems not to recognize the multiple challenges that face their most ...
blackagendareport.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
It's great that more abolitionists and the labor movement are challenging union membership of immigration enforcement.
In this spirt, a 2012 position paper on unions needing to challenge Black criminalization and policing by @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social and me.
blackagendareport.com/content/why-...
In this spirt, a 2012 position paper on unions needing to challenge Black criminalization and policing by @kenyonfarrow.bsky.social and me.
blackagendareport.com/content/why-...
Some of us know about the 1960s and 1970s, but not so much the activism and organizing of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Yet those decades are a big part of our political inheritance in terms of leadership, training, organizations, vocabulary, people power, and conflicts and breaks and new directions.
February 3, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Some of us know about the 1960s and 1970s, but not so much the activism and organizing of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Yet those decades are a big part of our political inheritance in terms of leadership, training, organizations, vocabulary, people power, and conflicts and breaks and new directions.
Someday I’d like a serious book to be written about the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. The organization did a lot of important community organizing work against policing in NYC, created political ed, and many of its members went on to create political and artistic projects across the country.
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Someday I’d like a serious book to be written about the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. The organization did a lot of important community organizing work against policing in NYC, created political ed, and many of its members went on to create political and artistic projects across the country.
Do enough people know that copwatching as a political practice and strategy was popularized by the Black Panther Party? It was part of its approach to self-defense.
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
Cop Watch | NYC | Justice Committee
Watch the Fusion video on our Cop Watch model in NYC. Learn what cop watch is and how you can join or create a cop watch team in your neighborhood.
www.justicecommittee.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Do enough people know that copwatching as a political practice and strategy was popularized by the Black Panther Party? It was part of its approach to self-defense.
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
www.justicecommittee.org/cop-watch
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A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
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It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.
February 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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Jerome Deangelo Richardson, a 21-year-old Temple University student and activist, was arrested by federal agents on Monday in connection to an anti-ICE protest that took place at a church in Minnesota. #BlackskyNews
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
DOJ arrests 21-year-old student activist who helped Don Lemon with Minneapolis protest coverage
The GoFundMe page for Temple college senior Jerome Richardson's legal defense has already raised over $11,000.
thegrio.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Jerome Deangelo Richardson, a 21-year-old Temple University student and activist, was arrested by federal agents on Monday in connection to an anti-ICE protest that took place at a church in Minnesota. #BlackskyNews
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
A 2003 article by Steve Martinot and Jared Sexton about how police critics and racial justice folks often treat police violence as exceptional instead of quotidian.
The authors note that violence is part of the job. Full article here.
afropessazania1.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
The authors note that violence is part of the job. Full article here.
afropessazania1.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
afropessazania1.wordpress.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
A 2003 article by Steve Martinot and Jared Sexton about how police critics and racial justice folks often treat police violence as exceptional instead of quotidian.
The authors note that violence is part of the job. Full article here.
afropessazania1.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
The authors note that violence is part of the job. Full article here.
afropessazania1.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
As more of us rightfully get involved in the fight against ICE, more of us should consider how violence is an inherent feature of carceral work, not an exception.
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
As more of us rightfully get involved in the fight against ICE, more of us should consider how violence is an inherent feature of carceral work, not an exception.