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If you live in (or were recently displaced from) Nashville, take 5 min to complete this important survey (by March 23)!

Imperial war is always holy racial class war

James Baldwin said, “We are a racist society, racist to the very marrow, and we are fighting a racist war... My own condition, as a black man in America, tells me what Americans really feel and really want, and tells me who they really are. And, therefore, every bombed village is my hometown.”

The Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration's immigration agenda • Tennessee Lookout Dozens of Tennessee companies have landed contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based AMI Metals, a global aerospace materials manufacturer, has inked a $1.5 billion deal with the federal government to provide steel for a border wall. It's one of dozens of Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration's immigrant detention and deportation agenda.

Required reading for those of us organizing community defense in our own communities, which should be all of us. Gratitude and care to the people of Minneapolis helping to show us the way.

Warm up & build people power at our Feb 7 Community Assembly! 🔥

REGISTER: bit.ly/npbcassembly

All are welcome to join us at this family-friendly event as we build people power to secure the permanently affordable housing and genuine community safety we all deserve.

There was a time before ICE—2003—and there will be a time after—in our lifetime. Abolish ICE. Abolish olice. Renee Nicole Good & all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.

Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all victims of state/imperial violence, Presente.

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

Every year! And we'll keep at it til something changes.

Not public. In recent years it has been between $7-15 million annually. Hard to measure because there aren't many requirements on how they identify or track what they do with it. Metro Finance doesn't seem to really ask that of them, or maybe any department (tho no dept gets slush funds like MNPD).

They retain it and use it for other things. They do not return it.

The Right in Tennessee wants you to know that they are once again excited to be blazing the fascist trail. All signs point to this next legislative session being filled with terror.

There was a time before ICE (in my lifetime) and there will be a time after (in my lifetime).

Poster | 11x17 — Andrew Krinks Screen-printed poster | 11×17” Poster designed by Andrew Krinks with art depicting two partially superimposed statuesque, cut-and-paste-style police heads—one fracturing, the other solid. The words...

If you're looking for a gift for the person in your life whose spirituality is abolition, I got you! Order ASAP to get by Christmas.

December Month of Action for Xinachtli Texas is killing Xinachtli Read and join us in taking action to prevent another revolutionary elder from dying in prison

What's happening Xinachtli (Alvaro Hernandez) is a 73 year old Chicano revolutionary organizer who has survived 23 years of solitary confinement under the Texas carceral system. Today, his health has collapsed under the weight of state violence: rapid weight loss, multiple falls, severe mobility issues, and increasing difficulty breathing. He is being held in the McConnell Unit infirmary under so-called palliative care, yet denied real medical treatment, denied diagnosis, and denied access to his own medical records. During his time in the infirmary, prison staff threw away his belongings, "lost" his commissary card, and have intentionally given him incorrect forms to obstruct medical visitations and access to care. Xinachtli is hungry, isolated, and his health is rapidly declining. the state has made it clear that they intend to let him die.

What you can do no. 1: phone and email blast Call the McConnell to demand they give X access to commissary and his medical records immediately: McConnell Unit: (361)362-2300 Call TDCJ Health Services to demand X receive his medical records and get transferred to a hospital for treatment IMMEDIATELY. TDCJ health services: (936)437-4271 Call or email TDCJ State Classification Committee to demand they reclassify X so he can be transferred to a medical facility TDCJ SCC: (936) 437-6231 classify@tdcj.texas.gov

Our Demands Our demands below represent the minimum necessary steps to prevent the continued deterioration of his health and premature death. We DEMAND: 1. Immediate re-instatement of his access to commissary so he can obtain food, hygiene supplies, and other critical items necessary for survival. 2. immediate transfer to the TDCJ hospital in Galveston for a comprehensive medical evaluation and treatment, with complete access to his medical records and full transparency regarding all procedure. 3. Transfer to an ADA-accessible geriatric and medical unit, with Xinachtli requesting placement at the Richard P. LeBlanc Unit in Beaumont, Texas. 4. Approval of Medical Recommended Intensive Supervision (MRIS) in recognition of the severity and progression of his medical condition, ensuring he can receive appropriate care outside of TDCJ's abusive environment.

*URGENT CALL TO ACTION** Xinachtli's health continues to decline and his life hangs in the balance. After the devastating loss of Jamil Al-Amin, we cannot afford to lose another revolutionary to the jaws of the state. Plz sign up for a phone shift TODAY! bit.ly/xphoneblast

One song, both categories: "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978) (bookended by "Silent Night") youtu.be/a1v7HakNz4E?...

NEW EMERGENCY SESSION AT #AARSBL25

"Emergency Session: ICE Enforcement in Sacred Spaces"
4.00-5.00 PM ET, Hynes Convention Center 208

Join us for an emergency town hall to discuss steps to take in response to threats of increasing immigration enforcement, including on and around sacred grounds.

Another year, another missed #AARSBL. Someone send me a photo of my paperback baby in the wild. @nyupress.bsky.social

Ice melts in the South

Mass Meeting / Interest Meeting tomorrow!

We're a member-based organization, and we're excited to grow our membership to build community and power to transform how our city does budgeting, housing, and safety.

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) to learn more!

I didn't listen to YHF until maybe 2004. But it is a perfect album that came out in 2002 and it's close to my heart.

Not to mention:

Pretty much can't beat this coming out when you're 16.

It was such a gift to be with students, faculty, and community members at Elon for the last few days. Dr. Maria Mejia and others across multiple departments and programs (Philosophy, Religion, History, English, more) are cultivating community-engaged scholarly + abolitionist community. More of this!

White Property, Black Trespass - Reading Religion Uncovers the inherently religious structure of the criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and dispossessed peoplesMost popular critical accounts of mass crimi...

"White Property, Black Trespass is more than an analysis of religion, racial capitalism, and the carceral state; it is also a tool for abolitionist scholars seeking to challenge the presumption that society 'needs' prisons and police."

Gratitude, always, when folks take the time to engage the book!

This is a wonderful and right-on-time conversation. I especially loved the recognition that fear clarifies what we value that we don't want taken away, and the invitation to connect with our fear, without shame, to let it show us what we love, and then to "think about possibility from that space."

made no sense, glad they snuck it out anyway. the announcer said something about can't kick a FG...I was so confused.