If you’re in or around Bloomington IN Sunday night at 7, come to our Forugh Farrokhzad event at Redbud Books.

When we said that the police were defunding everything else in every municipality and needed to be defunded, most of the country lost its mind, lololololol.

Peoples Want and 'Us' A note on the New Internationalism

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I wrote briefly about The People’s Want manifesto, their book launch, and the need for a new international. link below

Imagine what it was like to be publicly opposed to the Patriot Act & to the establishment of DHS as a Black Muslim after 9/11, 😂 I remember clearly that it took less than 2 months for Congress to pass the Patriot Act with almost no debate. When you called to register opposition, there was disbelief.

The online 'nobody is doing anything' chorus also becomes enraged when you say that this is a lie. I wonder why.

Lawsuit revived against activist DeRay Mckesson over 2016 protest The lawsuit stems from a demonstration in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, held after the fatal police shooting of a Black man named Alton Sterling.

I’ve been critical of Deray for many reasons but this is bad www.baltimoresun.com/2026/03/19/a...

The ‘Primal Father’ and ‘Us’ Notes on work by Yasmin El-Rifae, Melinda Cooper, and Freud

I wrote about Totem and Taboo, and class in recent work by Yasmin El-Rifae and Melinda Cooper using things I learned about groups from Wendy Trevino’s tweets and poems. open.substack.com/pub/ffodwoa/...

Ramadan has officially ended. Eid Mubarak! Hoping that we take the lessons of Ramadan into the year and that we offer more compassion to each other and commit to lessening suffering how we can.

The bottom line about OBAA is that no surviving fighters from the BLA, The Weather Underground etc were meaningfully consulted in the writing, production, or editing process which makes it an Adam Sandler level cartoon free of any politics save the reactionary.

Israel is an Apartheid state that is continuing to genocide people while also displacing millions around the world. Evil.

Bloody Bloomington #3 Iran, Arms Dealers, Tech Bros and Us

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I tried to connect the slaughter in Iran to Bloomington IN through something like political economy with a view to local organizing. Maybe it’ll help you think about collective action where you’re at. link below

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I wrote too briefly about a technical problem in our struggle which I am confident the creative streets can solve.

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coming soon to your neighborhood

Love this piece by @dreanyc123.bsky.social. Such a necessary intervention.

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here’s a short thing about Marimar Martinez, Flock Cameras and why we have to get rid of them open.substack.com/pub/ffodwoa/...

Following the latest ICE raids and major developments from Operation Metro Surge on Friday, Feb. 6.

More: bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/list-of-i...

The Prairieland Defendants and Us In early July of 2025, 11 people were arrested for allegedly participating in a noise demonstration outside of The Prairieland Detention Facility, an ICE concentration camp in Alvarado Texas (about 40...

I wrote about the need to support the Prairieland Defendants especially for folks who might not think the case has much to do with them. Please feel free to share widely open.substack.com/pub/ffodwoa/...

#Minneapolis

The Prairieland Defendants and Us In early July of 2025, 11 people were arrested for allegedly participating in a noise demonstration outside of The Prairieland Detention Facility, an ICE concentration camp in Alvarado Texas (about 40...

I wrote about the need to support the Prairieland Defendants especially for folks who might not think the case has much to do with them. Please feel free to share widely open.substack.com/pub/ffodwoa/...

Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.

This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.

Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.