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I think a lesson here, too, is to actually fucking listen to overpoliced communities.
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
The United States of America. No one is safe — and the government defends this.
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I think a lesson here, too, is to actually fucking listen to overpoliced communities.
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
They live this experience long before it escalates to a point where the colour of your skin no longer protects you.
The marginalized always live the cracks in democracy before they rip wide open. Listen to them!!
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BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
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Canadian-built machines of war
“As we move from fighting the war to fighting the peace, I think we really have to see this as an opportunity for an economic renaissance" - Chrystia Freeland
noraloreto.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Canadian-built Roshel armored vehicles are being used by ICE right now in Minneapolis, including in today's operation where ICE murdered someone else.
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
I wrote about this company in December. And we know this thanks to the work of World Beyond War Canada.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...
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It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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AI used for racism. What a surprise.
Blackface that exists without any actual human behind the makeup is a special kind of dystopian phenomenon
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
AI used for racism. What a surprise.
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🧵 Fellow academics in N. America if a Sudanese student has been admitted to your graduate program MA or PhD please please do your best to help them gather the necessary paperwork for their visa. So many are getting into great programs but (1/3)
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🧵 Fellow academics in N. America if a Sudanese student has been admitted to your graduate program MA or PhD please please do your best to help them gather the necessary paperwork for their visa. So many are getting into great programs but (1/3)
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You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.
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It's easy for right-wing donors to invest in fascist media because they know they'll get what they pay for; we have to be real that left-wing donors DON'T invest in left-wing media because they're afraid they'll get a wild card that doesn't shore up their fundamentally pro-capitalist nonsense.
August 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It's easy for right-wing donors to invest in fascist media because they know they'll get what they pay for; we have to be real that left-wing donors DON'T invest in left-wing media because they're afraid they'll get a wild card that doesn't shore up their fundamentally pro-capitalist nonsense.
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For the 1st time in my lifetime, a majority of Senate Dems have voted against sending weapons to that genocidal rogue regime massacring Palestinian children & terrorizing the region.
In a better world, this would be a unanimous vote held at least 21 months earlier. We can’t rest until it’s done!
In a better world, this would be a unanimous vote held at least 21 months earlier. We can’t rest until it’s done!
By a vote of 27-17, Senate Democrats voted to stop sending arms shipments to a Netanyahu government which has waged a horrific, immoral and illegal war against the Palestinian people.
The tide is turning.
Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.
The tide is turning.
Americans don't want to spend billions to starve children in Gaza.
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
For the 1st time in my lifetime, a majority of Senate Dems have voted against sending weapons to that genocidal rogue regime massacring Palestinian children & terrorizing the region.
In a better world, this would be a unanimous vote held at least 21 months earlier. We can’t rest until it’s done!
In a better world, this would be a unanimous vote held at least 21 months earlier. We can’t rest until it’s done!
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I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
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What is there to say. Palestinians in Gaza are dropping from starvation imposed by Israel. We witness and can do nothing.
July 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What is there to say. Palestinians in Gaza are dropping from starvation imposed by Israel. We witness and can do nothing.
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Migrants at a Miami immigration prison have been compelled to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs,” with their hands tied behind their backs.
These ICE officials need to go straight to The Hague.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These ICE officials need to go straight to The Hague.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Migrants at a Miami immigration prison have been compelled to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs,” with their hands tied behind their backs.
These ICE officials need to go straight to The Hague.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
These ICE officials need to go straight to The Hague.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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In three days of bombing, Israel has murdered nearly 1,000 Iranians. That is over 300 people per day. While continuing to carry out massacres in Gaza, dropping bombs & also directly gunning starving people down. Get this malignant cancer out of our region for the love of humanity
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In three days of bombing, Israel has murdered nearly 1,000 Iranians. That is over 300 people per day. While continuing to carry out massacres in Gaza, dropping bombs & also directly gunning starving people down. Get this malignant cancer out of our region for the love of humanity
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Labor is dignified not merely by the act of working, but by the recognition, respect, and rights afforded to workers and through tangible improvements in their material conditions.
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The Forgotten Workers of Lebanon
Lebanon’s Labor Day highlights the difference between political rhetoric and the reality faced by informal workers. This article explores the pervasiveness of informal labor in Lebanon’s economy, the ...
feminism-mena.fes.de
May 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Labor is dignified not merely by the act of working, but by the recognition, respect, and rights afforded to workers and through tangible improvements in their material conditions.
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68. Sixty-eight. Murdered in their sleep on their way to better but still horrific working conditions. No words. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
May 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
68. Sixty-eight. Murdered in their sleep on their way to better but still horrific working conditions. No words. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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The Israelis have struck Beirut near two schools
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Israelis have struck Beirut near two schools
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I guess if you haven't really been paying attention, you didn't realize how primed North America is for disappearances, mass deportations and unjust detention.
March 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I guess if you haven't really been paying attention, you didn't realize how primed North America is for disappearances, mass deportations and unjust detention.
Today's a good day
"Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant. The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power."
Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant
The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's a good day
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NEW: As hundreds of African Americans seek a home in Ghana to reconnect with their roots, tensions over landownership and identity are rising. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Land Disputes Facing African Americans in Ghana
Locals complain of losing out as wealthier ‘returnees’ from abroad secure prime real estate
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February 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: As hundreds of African Americans seek a home in Ghana to reconnect with their roots, tensions over landownership and identity are rising. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
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Treated like criminals, deprived of lawyers and translators, imprisoned and prevented from even going outside, no ability to claim asylum, and being pressured to return to the places they escaped from
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Help us': Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel
Indians, Afghans and Sri Lankans are among the undocumented migrants unable to leave the hotel after being deported.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Treated like criminals, deprived of lawyers and translators, imprisoned and prevented from even going outside, no ability to claim asylum, and being pressured to return to the places they escaped from
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...