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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 1h

I’ll say this as many times as it needs to be said, but socialism is not anarchism; the left is neither an org nor a movement; and left-right distinctions are only useful as shorthand for clarifying assumptions and intellectual tendencies

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 5h

I am not a DSA member and I have various grievances with different local DSA chapters and committees, but I will 100% join and start paying them dues at the first sign that Trump is going to weaponize DOJ and DHS against them.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 22h

Something tactically brilliant about the disarming, inherently non-menacing nature of meeting force with inflatable fun shit

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 23h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 1d

“Far right political movements are not good at economic analysis, but even if they were, they’re not exactly invested in the global implications of their nation-centric ideology.” www.un-diplomatic.com/p/war-on-the...

War on the World (in the Name of Hollywood)

Hollywood drew my attention last week in two ways—one catastrophic, one hopeful.

www.un-diplomatic.com

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 2d

The nation-states that siphon our resources also seem to have given up any pretense of protecting us. www.un-diplomatic.com/p/the-nation...

The Nation(-State) Has Forsaken You...

...and might also judge you an enemy of the state.

www.un-diplomatic.com

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 2d

"Being a citizen or a veteran does not inoculate you from ICE detention. Being part of the property-owning class does not guarantee your right to free speech, or your ability to vote in the next election. If you are in a place the state decides should be occupied, there are no exemptions for you”

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 3d

Bring back the #samuelljacksonchallenge for 2025

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 3d

You can’t be neutral on a moving train

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 4d

“The state form is not looking after its citizens. It’s sucking up the resources of citizens and using them to repress citizens. It’s a violation of any social contract that justifies the way life is organized”

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 4d

Fixed it

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 4d

www.un-diplomatic.com/p/hegseths-f...

Hegseth’s Fat-Generals Theory of War | Gaza Flotilla | China Soybeans | NSPM-7 is Trump’s War on the Left | Ep. 263

Just dropped a new episode of the pod, covering a range of national security and political issues from a critical perspective:

www.un-diplomatic.com

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 4d

“The state form is not looking after its citizens. It’s sucking up the resources of citizens and using them to repress citizens. It’s a violation of any social contract that justifies the way life is organized”

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 5d

If you violate the due process rights of immigrants, you violate the due process rights of citizens. Without due process, you can’t validate in advance that a person is an immigrant or not. What we do to our fellows we do to ourselves

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 5d

We're in not just another red scare, but the worst one we've ever experienced, because it's powered with AI. Laughing through the pain in the latest episode of the pod

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 5d

www.un-diplomatic.com/p/hegseths-f...

Hegseth’s Fat-Generals Theory of War | Gaza Flotilla | China Soybeans | NSPM-7 is Trump’s War on the Left | Ep. 263

Just dropped a new episode of the pod, covering a range of national security and political issues from a critical perspective:

www.un-diplomatic.com

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 5d

New episode 🚨!
--Hegseth’s fat-generals theory of war.
--NSPM-7 is a war on the left.
--Gaza Flotilla targeted by Israel, in violation of international law.
--Trump wants a soybean deal w/ China—the makings of a new detente, but with corrupt, elite-serving foundations.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 6d

Did not anticipate that Tony Blair would became one of the world’s greatest villains in the 2020s

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 8d

world.kbs.co.kr/service/news...

Special Counsel: Raid on Osan Base Didn’t Concern USFK

The special counsel team investigating insurrection allegations related to the December 3 martial law bid says evidence seized during a raid of the Air Force’s Master Control ...

world.kbs.co.kr

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 8d

Holy crap, we might’ve ended up with a false-flag war against North Korea last year. Diversionary war revival: “allegations that former President Yoon ordered a covert drone operation over Pyongyang to create conditions that would justify declaring martial law.”

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 8d

One thing Hegseth is right about: The honorable thing for every officer to do who disagrees with white nationalist empire is to resign. They’ve been following too many unlawful orders and it’s not going to stop. All the red lines have been crossed.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 8d

Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me:

"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 8d

Holy shit

Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 9d

Why I care www.un-diplomatic.com/p/on-utopias...

On Utopias, Imperial Decline, and Monterey, California

Some of our treasured utopias will be washed away with imperial decline. But we can remember what made them magical as we imagine a new, post-imperialist world.

www.un-diplomatic.com

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 9d

It’s crazy how much MAGA hates actually existing America. Trump has killed grants “for Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Minority-Serving Institutions, resulting in $350 million in cuts affecting 615 colleges and universities nationwide.” www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...

Hispanic-Serving Institution grants are ended, impacting all colleges in the county.

Federal funding cuts impact Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Monterey County, affecting student support and programs at local colleges.

www.montereycountynow.com

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Van Jackson @vanjackson.bsky.social · 9d

The people who sign up for ICE and the troops deployed to US cities have never known a successful war. The best of them will maybe know combat, but not victory. Think about what kind of insecurities and personal pathologies that causes (I say this being part of Generation GWOT)

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