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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 9h

For years The Marc Steiner Show has lifted up voices of Palestinians and Israelis fighting against the violence of Occupation. And that vital work has earned us a spot as a 2025 finalist for a prestigious Signal Award, but we need your vote to win!
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Help us make sure voices from Gaza are heard!

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 11h

Such an important new #documentary has just been released. It looks at the disappearing of immigrants by masked federal officers outside NYC immigration courts. Incredible, shocking footage & interviews by @nigrotime.bsky.social @therealnews.com Please watch & share therealnews.com/iced-out-of-...

ICED out of America

For over four months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight.

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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 2d

Editor @brianlyman.bsky.social writes that the detention and departure of two immigrants in the state -- both lacking criminal records -- is a reminder that immigrants aren't the problem. The problem is an immigration system determined to keep most immigrants outside the protections of the law.

Immigrating legally shouldn't be hard. Harassing immigrants shouldn't be easy. | Alabama Reflector

You can't immigrate to the United States "the right way" when the system makes it effectively impossible to come to the country legally.

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 2d

We take you inside the horrifying halls of the NY immigration courts you've been seeing on the news. But you've never seen and heard this... Please watch and get everyone you can to watch.

"ICED out of America" by Michael Nigro @therealnews.com

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ICED out of America

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 2d

Marches have erupted in recent days in defense of Palestine and the passengers kidnapped by Israel from the @GlobalSumud Flotilla. They demand an end to the violence in Gaza & an end to their countries’ complicity in the genocide. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social

Gaza flotilla capture inspires global solidarity protests and strikes

Hundreds of thousands of people in dozens of cities have taken to the streets, demanding respect and safety for the flotilla passengers kidnapped and detained by Israeli forces. This is episode 70 of ...

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 2d

It was remarkable for me, in its calm, its warmth, and the matter-of-fact understanding that we can’t go on with our everyday lives while starvation and slaughter continue and Israeli forces act with impunity on land and sea.

Report from Rome: One of One Million

So many people in the US and abroad express that they don’t know what to do in response to the utter violence they are witnessing. Start by doing what the Italians did this past Sunday, get outside and walk with others who feel the same

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 5d

In Ecuador, the country's largest Indigenous movement Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, has been in the streets against president Daniel Noboa. They have faced repression. But they have vowed to continue. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #Ecuador

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement launches ‘indefinite national strike’

Ecuador’s Indigenous movement’s “indefinite national strike” is rattling Ecuador and the government of President Daniel Noboa. This is the latest episode of Stories of Resistance.

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 5d

Indigenous-led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in #Ecuador. Indigenous protesters have been demonstrating and shutting down highways since Noboa lifted Ecuador’s diesel subsidies. My latest @truthout.org #paronacional #Ecuador
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Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Is Gaining Momentum in Ecuador

Indigenous protesters have been demonstrating and shutting down highways since Noboa lifted Ecuador’s diesel subsidies.

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 8d

Happy International Podcast Day!
Yes. It's a thing. Please consider supporting my podcast #StoriesOfResistance & give it your vote. It's a Signal Award finalist for Best History Podcast. You can vote, here👇 Many thanks! #InternationalPodcastDay @therealnews.com vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 8d

The question now is not whether Americans can hear the warning bell of authoritarianism, but whether they will heed it before it is too late.

Is This the Beginning of the End for US Democracy?

In Portland, in 2025, we hear echoes of the same beginnings of dictatorships everywhere: protesters recast as “terrorists,” and enemies within, and federal troops poised to turn against us.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11d

Border Patrol standing off with protesters, press and legal observers who are still here.

Presuming many people are injured at this time, unsure how many detained in last attack.

Hearing folks believe the earlier arrests were targeting some specific organizers, unclear on that at this time.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11d

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 11d

This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police.

Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11d

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 11d

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

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Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 12d

Harriet Tubman is an icon for freedom. She first fled slavery with two brothers in September 1849. But it was not enough to be free. She would return again and again, to help others flee to freedom. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #HarrietTubman

Harriet Tubman showed how to act bravely in dark times

September is Underground Railroad Month. The month when both Harriet Tubman and the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass freed themselves from slavery. This is episode 69 of Stories of Resistance.

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 12d

My podcast #StoriesOfResistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. You can check it out, vote & support here! @therealnews.com
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We’re finalists for the prestigious Signal Awards. Help us win!

Move over, Jon Stewart. The Real News is here…

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13d

Stephen Miller said that calling Trump "authoritarian" is an "incitement to violence and terrorism," in what may be the Trump administration's clearest statement yet of its intent to criminalize left-wing dissent.

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Stephen Miller Claims Simply Calling Trump Authoritarian 'Incites Violence and Terrorism' | Common Dreams

Stephen Miller said that calling Trump "authoritarian" is an "incitement to violence and terrorism," in what may be the Trump administration's clearest statement yet of its intent to criminalize left-...

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 14d

Host @marcsteiner is also in the running for a Signal Award for best episode host, for his incredible reporting on the situation in Gaza. You can vote for him, as well, here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @therealnews.com

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 14d

Huge news! My podcast Stories of Resistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. It's also now running for a Listener's Choice Award. Anyone can vote. Here's the link! 👇 Thanks for the support. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social #StoriesOfResistance

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 14d

Host @marcsteiner is also in the running for a Signal Award for best episode host, for his incredible reporting on the situation in Gaza. You can vote for him, as well, here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @therealnews.com

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 14d

Huge news! My podcast Stories of Resistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. It's also now running for a Listener's Choice Award. Anyone can vote. Here's the link! 👇 Thanks for the support. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @therealnews.com @globalexchange.bsky.social #StoriesOfResistance

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Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 16d

As indigenous federation CONAIE calls for a general strike in Ecuador, Military police in Gonzalez Suarez, despite an APC and heavy riot equipment, are completely routed by indigenous protesters and flee in terror ✊️

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Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social · 16d

David Letterman has a big beard now, and some thoughts about the current situation in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpAH...

David Letterman on the Future of Free Speech | The Atlantic Festival 2025

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Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 16d

@davduf.net How are you? My name is Michael Fox. I'm an independent journalist from the US. I'm developing a narrative podcast about police violence in several countries & in particular the practice of shooting for people's heads. Would you have time for an online interview in the coming weeks?

Michael Fox @undertheshadow.bsky.social · 16d

Ecuador's largest Indigenous organization CONAIE has announced an "immediate & indefinite" national strike against president Daniel Noboa's lifting of gas subsidies, which caused the price of diesel to spike by 56%. Noboa has promised to charge protesters with terrorism.
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Indígenas de Ecuador a paro indefinido por alza al diésel – DW – 19/09/2025

Los manifestantes piden "la derogatoria inmediata" del decreto que puso fin al subsidio por "ser una medida que encarece el costo de vida de millones de ecuatorianos”.

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