Brett Smiley’s Plan to Veto Rent Stabilization Shows Why Providence Needs Decentralized Governance Mayor Brett Smiley has said he will veto the Providence Rent Stabilization Act, an ordinance passed by the Providence City Council earlier this month that would cap annual rent increases at four perce...

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By: Ella Fassler on Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Oh yeah that's the good stuff

New today in @thepvdeye.bsky.social: an interesting piece from @ella-writes.bsky.social.

Brett Smiley's Plan to Veto Rent Stabilization Shows Why Providence Needs Decentralized Governance - The Providence Eye Mayor Brett Smiley has said he will veto the Providence Rent Stabilization Act, an ordinance passed by the Providence City Council earlier this month that would cap annual rent increases at four perce...

PVD Mayor Brett Smiley is set to veto a rent stabalization bill despite its popularity among voters. In an op-ed for the Providence Eye I argued this is a reminder we live in a highly centralized governing system & proposed democratic confederalism as an alternative pvdeye.org/decentralize...

"No ICE, No War, No Billionaires": A Second Minneapolis Workers' Assembly Prepares for May Day - Left Voice On April 4, 200 workers and activists gathered for the second Minneapolis Workers' Assembly to decide the next steps for the movement. Attendees voted to adopt the slogan "No ICE, No War, No Billionai...

The Worker's Assembly "shines a light on the political possibilities of an anti-ICE, anti-war movement organized democratically by rank-and-file workers, and provides an alternative to a movement dictated by the labor and social movement bureaucracies."

www.leftvoice.org/no-ice-no-wa...

Macomb Co. sheriff's new drone lands arrest by tracking teen cyclist The equipment had been in use less than 24 hours before it yielded an arrest, the sheriff said.

“The department's new Drone as a First Responder (DFR) program led to the arrest of a 14-year-old who was speeding on an e-bike…”

A person wearing blue surgical gloves plus a bear shaped mask and a long fur coat in order to feed a little tiny baby bear.

I think it's vitally important that everyone know that when baby bear cubs are orphaned and taken to our local wildlife center, they get fed and rehabbed by people masking their scent and wearing costumes like this so they don't get habituated to humans

Behind the Hunger Strike: Swift Justice Continues Fight for ‘Prisoners’ Rights’ - UNICORN RIOT Kenneth 'Swift Justice' Traywick started starving himself November 20, 2025, striking in solidarity with 'prisoners' across Alabama and the United States.

Behind the Hunger Strike: Swift Justice Continues Fight for ‘Prisoners’ Rights’

Kenneth ‘Swift Justice’ Traywick started starving himself November 20, 2025, striking in solidarity with ‘prisoners’ across Alabama and the United States.

unicornriot.ninja/2026/behind-...

Jury Convicts 8 in Texas Case Tied to Trump’s War Against “Antifa” Experts warn the verdict could set a precedent for prosecuting protest activity as terrorism.

Experts warn the verdict could set a precedent for prosecuting protest activity as terrorism.

We have a verdict and we are heartbroken at the results.

This is only the beginning. We will continue to fight the remaining charges until every defendant is home.

PKK rejects US-Israeli war on Iran: 'Kurds are not anyone’s soldiers' Neither side's win would lead to greater democracy and freedoms in the region, according to Duran Kalkan.

“Kurds know themselves. They come from the depths of history. They have struggled for freedom for a century,” he said. “They are not in a position to be anyone’s soldiers or instruments of anyone’s interests.” bianet.org/haber/pkk-re...

Kurdish forces deny reports of alleged ground offensive against Iran International media reports about an alleged ground offensive by Kurdish fighters in northwestern Iran have been rejected by Kurdish organizations. Representatives of several Kurdish forces stated ...

these lies are told by: Israel-based broadcaster i24News, Axios relied on confirmation from a senior US official that post later deleted & of course a Fox News reporter on X citing a US official of course didn’t deny the lie of “thousands of Iraqi Kurds” launching a ground offensive in Iran

‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade

“Indigenous campaigners in the Brazilian Amazon this week after they staved off a threat to the Tapajós River by occupying a grain terminal operated by Cargill, the biggest privately owned company in the United States.”

The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas As nine of the "Prairieland 19" face their days in court, the broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance.

Our top story: Protesting, wearing black clothing, owning zines, guns, or first aid kits. Using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The federal government is using all these activities to build a so-called "antifa" conspiracy case.

Beautiful piece from @ella-writes.bsky.social on how projects like @pmpress.bsky.social are building organized power and resistance culture.

"Unlike most outlets, The Defender pairs its editorial work with a robust community programs wing aimed at building material and political power through mutual aid, political education, and arts and culture events. These efforts include a free clothing program, a free grocery program ... and more."

The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.

“Good old-fashioned human interaction is the way that you actually build [movements]. Not through a virtual world that is owned and manipulated by corporations and the right.”

ft @pmpress.bsky.social @kcdefender.bsky.social and Build Coffees & Books

The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.

Left media workers & publishers are opening physical spaces aimed at building collective power.

my latest for @truthout.org

truthout.org/articles/the...

The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.

Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power.

Rojava’s Experiment in Revolutionary Autonomy Is Facing Its Greatest Threat Yet “With the ceasefire there is always the danger that the solidarity stops,” a member of the Rojava commune said.

“If Rojava were to be forcibly brought under the control of a re-centralized Syrian state, it could spell the end of the libertarian communalist project that has inspired the world.”

great piece by @shaneburley.bsky.social @truthout.org

truthout.org/articles/roj...

great piece by @natashawalter.bsky.social

📢Syrian Kurds are Under Attack❗

📃Read and share our joint-statement and call-to-action in collaboration with other US-based Kurdish organizations.
www.defendrojava.org/news/syrian-...

The revolutionary women of Rojava are in grave danger. That has consequences for us all | Natasha Walter For a decade, the autonomous territory in Syria has been a bastion of gender equality. It holds important lessons for the fight against authoritarianism, says author Natasha Walter

"The intellectual confidence among the women I met struck me hard–and I don’t mean just the writers or teachers. I mean all the women: from soldiers to judges, from women working in a textile factory to those on an agricultural committee." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.

📣Call Congress Today! 📞Demand immediate action to stop the Syrian state's ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Aleppo! 🚨
www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in...

📢 ECR Statement on the situation in Aleppo:
🕊️ Hands Off Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh!
✌️ Solidarity with the Kurds of Aleppo!
🌿 Syria is for ALL Syrians!
www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-sta...

Anti-ICE protesters are having a rolling noise demo and protest in downtown Minneapolis targeting hotels where federal agents are reportedly staying -- starting at the Canopy by Hilton and going to the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel. Police have just arrived as we are posting this.

Rohilat Afrin: "We are at the table because of our own achievements" – Kurdish Peace Institute

"We, as the YPJ, did not start with weapons. I want to emphasize this fact. We started with organization. Our greatest weapon at the very beginning was our organization. From two, three, four women, we became hundreds and hundreds."

www.kurdishpeace.org/research/kpi...