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Matthew Bryan

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Jonathan Stegall

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From @harshawalia.bsky.social, a must read:

I've been part of movements calling for the abolition of ICE since 2003, so of course its meaningful when a position that was seemingly fringe is gaining traction and more people are organizing against the tragic and horrific violence of ICE unfolding.

And, yet, like most things that gain popular legitimacy, it can mean incomplete or distorted understandings, so three things:
1. ICE is a relatively new enforcement apparatus (2003, post 9/11). It has become the most visible terrorizing arm of immigration enforcement, but the calls to Abolish ICE can't be separated from the calls to end all detentions and all deportations, including at the border where Border Patrol operates. Did you know that over 17,600 !!!) federal, state & other government agencies in the US can have enforcement jurisdiction against migrants?!?
It's not just ICE, it's a whole apparatus to be dismantled

2. ICE kidnappings draw from centuries of ongoing anti-Black and anti-Indigenous kidnappings as a method of eliminating Indigenous people and controlling Black people. Some of the earliest border militias in the US swelled their ranks from slave patrols.
Calling for the abolition of ICE requires a grounding in the Black abolitionist tradition and understanding that it's impossible to think about the politics of migration outside of especially anti-Black racial carceral logics & settler colonial violence.

3. I am forever dying on this hill: technologies of border violence are increasingly externalized and are out of our sight in the so-called imperial core. ICE violence is horrific (as is CBSA etc, and people should mobilize against these ghouls wherever we are are, *and* also keep in mind that imperial immigration enforcement is actually largely being externalized or outsourced to countries in the periphery. For example, championed through successive US govt agreements especially Obama, Mexico now deports more Central Americans than the US does. Border imperialism and migration agreements are now a cornerstone of all imperial soft power and this is not a solely "domestic immigration" issue.
Which is to say that abolish ICE cannot and must not be separated from abolishing all bordering regimes, abolition of all policing, and ending all imperialism.”

January 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM

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Jonathan Cook

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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM

Matthew Bryan

@greasefriday.bsky.social

Happy Pride Month!
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#pride2025

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June 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Matthew Bryan

@greasefriday.bsky.social

Getting (some) course work done is helped by caffeine and treats (vegan Nanaimo bar!) #localcoffeeshop #focus

January 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Matthew Bryan

@greasefriday.bsky.social

We all have to vote this federal election for our rights and those who can't vote. Conservatives are supporting hateful and discriminatory policies and aligning themselves with trump. We must take a stand #canadianpolitics #translivesmatter #lgbtq