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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 1d

I’m planning to be offline at least till the end of the week. Take care of yourselves and each other. Love, Alex

Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 1d

I am aware I could’ve posted this same sentiment multiple times in the past few years—and if I didn’t, I certainly thought it.

If I weren’t involved in organizing with so many beautiful human beings, I would say this species of ours is for shit.

Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

i don't know what there is left to say

"depths of depravity" is a phrase that springs to mind

it's been clear to me for some time that things will get worse before they get better, but i remain astonished at the pace of the descent

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are no longer free. But we can win our freedom back

To meet this moment in US history, we need to revisit the rich – and successful – tradition of nonviolent disruption

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

Disrupt. Delegitimize. Draw defectors.

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

yeah

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

This is a theme we keep repeating too. Until you see it for yourself, I think it’s hard to really understand how completely unnecessary and disproportionately violent the federal response has been.

How much is for fun, terror, or social media, I don’t know. A mix of the three for sure.

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 3d

I've never seen such escalation and use of force toward ends I just could not see. There was no real property destruction, no pushing into the neighborhoods to make arrests, very little obstructing of traffic. Saw chemicals and bangs deployed down streets the feds were not facing and did not travel.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Here are the key events from day 1,320 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,320

Here are the key events from day 1,320 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

Join me in giving to Mohamed if you can: gofund.me/2afaa6eba

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Mohamed-AlQadi❤️‍🩹🌿🍉 @muhammed20.bsky.social · 2d

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Mohamed-AlQadi❤️‍🩹🌿🍉 @muhammed20.bsky.social · 2d

This is a beautiful day for us to have food and we were able to cook Palestinian Maqluba❤️

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

It's about my previous skeet: an ICE video from Portland showing them rolling away a person they arrested on a dolly, face down, with their hands cuffed behind their back. ICE set the video to the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire

www.aol.com/articles/ice...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

i don't know what there is left to say

"depths of depravity" is a phrase that springs to mind

it's been clear to me for some time that things will get worse before they get better, but i remain astonished at the pace of the descent

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Piper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 2d

This one is really fucking me up

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Jason Kikta @kikta.net · 2d

If a military member did this to an enemy soldier, it would be a war crime

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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George @georged.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think people understand what this does to the psyche of people. This is literally putting in the mind of these fed agents that a human being is just a body, an object to be moved and discarded.
Will they start stacking people next?

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

“his writing dwelled most … on the communist era, including the aftermath of the Prague Spring in 1968, … when he and other intellectuals supported the reformist efforts of … Alexander Dubček, who hoped to create a ‘Socialism with a human face’ in Czechoslovakia.” www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Czech novelist Ivan Klima dies aged 94

Author of more than 40 books survived Nazi concentration camp as a child and later became an active member of the literary underground during communism

www.irishtimes.com

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

Please join me in giving if you can

Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · 4d

‏We are 7 souls with no one to care for us. Sarah is sick without medicine, Sulaf is struggling to finish school, and I’m fighting alone to keep my family alive

‏We only need 2.5k more to reach our goal
‏Please help us cross the line and reach safety

chuffed.org/project/help...

Help the Abdelwahed family survive

I'm helping my friend, Akram Abdelwahed, raise funds to help his family survive.

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Anas Basil🍉 @annas--help.bsky.social · 3d

Every day feels like the last. Explosions rip through homes, streets turn into graves, children carry trauma too heavy for their little hearts. My family is trapped in this nightmare. Please, extend your hand before we are buried in silence. donate please, save us 🙏🏻💔
tinyurl.com/anas-need-yo...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

Please join me in giving if you can

If not, please share

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 3d

Please finish the line. Give 7 souls a chance to start again and breath.

Akram Basil Abdulwahed @akramabdelwahed.bsky.social · 4d

‏We are 7 souls with no one to care for us. Sarah is sick without medicine, Sulaf is struggling to finish school, and I’m fighting alone to keep my family alive

‏We only need 2.5k more to reach our goal
‏Please help us cross the line and reach safety

chuffed.org/project/help...

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · Aug 16

We asked Sudanese people to explain what the war is about. What emerges is clear: there is no such thing as a war about nothing. continent.substack.com/p/is-the-sud...

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Feb 19

Feel like you know nothing about Sudan? I sat down with the team at Prospect Magazine to talk about the conflict, and why it’s NOT a forgotten war, but an invisibilised one: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Sudan’s ‘war of opportunity’, with Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Is Sudan really the “forgotten war”? Former broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied breaks down the situation and explains which countries are positioning th...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

"Every activist should bookmark some of the resources @dreanyc123.bsky.social shares in this newsletter—including the 'antifa' executive order explainer from Muslims for Just Futures."

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

MJF EO Analysis & Designation Threats Against The Left

MJF Statement and FAQ on Threats to Designate Domestic Groups on the Left as Terrorists Muslims for Just Futures expresses deep concern at the escalating rhetoric and actions by President Trump, right...

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social: "If you are trying to get your head around recent policy developments, or searching for ideas about how to take action wherever you are, don’t miss ... This Month in Criminalization [@interruptcrim.bsky.social]."

www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...

This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization

The September edition of Interrupting Criminalization’s This Month in Criminalization newsletter shares critical information, calls to action, and resources related to the further consolidation of aut...

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance. He plans to hold onto power—and expand it—by any means necessary, legal constraints and elections be damned. The entire country must raise their voices against this aggression."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

I have a full day today, but I woke up early to put this edition of my newsletter together because I need you all to have this rundown of what we've been up against this week in Chicago as the federal assault on our city continues. To ignore these developments would be a damning mistake for us all.

Must-Reads and the War on Chicago

"Chicagoans will not be a conquered people."

organizingmythoughts.org

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