UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
Spread Information not panic When reporting or signal boosting potential threats: provide as much information as possible! S.A.L.U.T.E. Size/Strength "5 to 6 Armed Agitators" Actions/Activity "Harassing random people on the move" Location & Direction "Manhattan, East of Central Park, E 97th St" Uniform/Clothes "Dark Jackets, ballcaps" Time & Date of Observation "8:32 PM June01" Equipment & Weapons "They have Body Armor and Pepper spray" Not a useful tweet: "proudboys spotted" "Where? When? What are they doing? How Many? What are they carrying?" Use your Judgement!
The threat of ICE has tons of people on high alert, the result is claims of ICE seen without firm or specific info people can actually use — & sometimes, no ICE at all.
It’s never “ICE spotted in Queens,” but “4 SUVs labeled DHS seen parked on 57th & 59th in Maspeth at 2:34pm.”
Be specific!
wish my life was like a 90's movie where all my friends work in record stores and bookshops and coffee shops and we see really cool bands in small little clubs and get breakfast together and like hang out on roofs and shit
Their research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use.
Is this why libraries are such a threat?
bookriot.com/innovative-s...
in my early 20s I felt like I was born at the wrong time & should've been alive in the 60s-70s when radical activism seemed to be at its height
little did I know.....the 2020s were coming with a vengeance
thankful I at least *tried* to prepare for a scenario like this instead of caught off guard
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this reminds me of the documentary The Grab (2022) and how wealthy countries are carving up the resources of the planet to continue hoarding for themselves as climate change and fascism worsen survival chances for everyone else
“He delights in the fact that those around him fear his power—and not only that, but that they perceive he will wield it arbitrarily. He loves that they know the old ties—allegiances, treaties, laws, norms—will not protect them. If they are to prosper, they must pay obeisance to the king.”
Annual New Year’s Eve noise demo at MDC Brooklyn, partial compilation (full linked below).
About 100 gathered to make noise and remind people locked inside that they are not alone and to advocate for improved conditions — such as functional plumbing.
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every new restaurant in every major city is either called Thistle+Thorn and thinks adding turmeric to brussel sprouts makes them worth $30 or is called Burger Bitch and has a neon sign in the window that says “im gonna fuck a hamburger”
NYU has closed all entrances/exits to Bobst library, leaving students waiting outside and stuck inside. ESU (Emergency Services Unit) spotted surveying the sleeping dragons demonstrators are blockading with as rallying energy increases.
It’s not enough to control everything about our lives and live in idle luxury off our labor—the rich demand adoration as well. But if people really understand their parasitic position in society, that’s out of the question.
Dying in America What an American way to die! The fear of other people and the fear of dying alone. What an American way to die! In a hospital room with the meter running. What an American way to die! A million souls raptured out of their clothing on their way to work and only we unworthy remain in "a tight labor market." What an American way to die! Choking up the reds for your white sheets and blue gown. What an American way to die! Another lamb slaughtered and the stock market goes wild, frothing with bloodlust and frenzy, cash falling from the hospital ceiling like a game show. What an American way to die! After two years we think we know everyone for whom the bell tolled but it tolls still-we've tried breaking it apart but it won't stop tolling and tolling and tolling into existence new wings of wax for the people we love still slipping through our cold fingers into the blinding winter sun.
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This is useful as what it says it is: the beginning of a roadmap.
Key takeaways: Don’t reinvent the wheel, emphasize multiple tactics, and community is everything.
My favorite thing when reading Long Walk to Freedom was that Mandela made me think he was incidental to the struggle- a bystander as a community of people did the real work, and he *happened* to be there. It was the community he joined and helped create, and he was a face. Nothing happens alone
does anyone have proof of #luigi himself actually claiming responsibility for any of these documents being labeled as his #manifesto
that's what I'm really curious about right now
I hope it will all come out in the trial, but knowing this legal system.... 👀there will not be a fair outcome
Really coming down to the wire on this one.
The legal system 🤝 The media
Bullshitting fairytales for everyone to believe
some people say they don't want to hear celebrities/artists opinions on these kinds of topics but I personally want to hear MORE
it's refreshing
Every time I see this man I'm going to remind everyone who will listen that his career started under Obama where he was ICE's head of deportations & innovated a policy of separating children from parents as a migration deterrent. Obama gave him a Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executives.
long pages of text from the 2022 book THEY KNEW about oligarchs attempting to destroy the US
long pages of text from THEY KNEW about manipulative attempts by oligarchs and media to start a civil war
long pages of text from THEY KNEW about kleptocrats, oligarchs and others with no loyalty to a particular nation trying to carve up the US into parts for profit
cover of THEY KNEW
"They are stripping down the United States and selling it for parts and trying to convince ordinary Americans that it was their own idea."
THEY KNEW (2022)
It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
It’s cool that we just had a presidential election where healthcare basically never came up. They don't even pretend to care anymore
NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Photo of a page from a Nikki Giovanni poetry book. The poem is entitled "For Saundra"
Nikki Giovanni, For Saundra #poetry
