How We Get Free
Join @keeanga.bsky.social for a virtual conversation with Ula Y. Taylor about Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Thursday, April 23rd at 5:00 pm ET
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The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz
"The ghosts of Oakland’s Black past are remembered and mobilized by different constituencies for different political ends, as the vampiric appetites of gentrification feed on the blood and bones of culture and infrastructure."
@drbrandi.bsky.social, on the specter of Blackness haunting Oakland, CA:
@keeanga.bsky.social offers a sharp-eyed, historically rooted assessment of white supremacy's evolution under the Trump White House (tinyurl.com/2xf8csmn) and Khury Petersen-Smith contextualizes this current era of U.S. militarism within a broader history of U.S. imperialism. (tinyurl.com/j2ywj8sp).
I have been waiting for this story (because it's the story of my region and the wealth inequality therein) and I'm so happy that Hammer and Hope did it. Not just as news, but as a broader story of why they sicced DOGE on the feds.
"The day of no work, no school, no shopping on Jan. 23 was the culmination of all the work that the unions had been doing before..."
Marcia Howard, president of the teacher chapter of Minneapolis Federation of Educators Local 59 spoke to @lfelizleon.bsky.social
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The tenth issue of Hammer & Hope is now live!
This issue features 18 stories that offer our readers insights into a wide range of prescient political and cultural topics, from the community resistance in Minnesota and Ohio to the enduring legacy of D'Angelo and more.
Read here: hammerandhope.org
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
Another great episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social talking about Minneapolis resistance organizing overcast.fm/+AAFPlzpzXhY
Next week in NYC…
Out now from @haymarketbooks.org in DRM-free ebook format:
How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition): Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
By @keeanga.bsky.social.
"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
NEW: Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon announced “we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November,” and told Democrats they’re not going to “steal the country again.”
The comments come amid rising concerns that Trump is plotting to interfere in this year’s midterms. https://bit.ly/3O6AIBY
This is absolutely insane: DHS claims the right to subpoena your emails and to send investigators to your house. In this case, because a retiree sent the mildest possible criticism to a prosecutor. No judges involved.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
U.S. immigration officials have imposed quarantines and stopped all movement inside a family detention facility in Texas after two measles cases were confirmed among detainees there, a DHS official said on Monday.
NEW: @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is calling for Dilley Immigration Center to be “shut down immediately.”
Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly.
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Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEDirector @CBPCommissioner . Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis. As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country. The most transparent administration in American history—thank you @POTUS Trump. Make America Safe Again 🇺🇸
Congrats to Hakeem Jeffries. He’s worked so hard for this victory.
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
University of Arkansas–Little Rock professors withdrew from a lecture series due to censorship concerns after administrators proposed changes to programming on race and racism. Administrators were worried about riling state lawmakers.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective Join @keeanga.bsky.social for a conversation with Michelle Alexander at @strandbooks.com Wednesday, February 18th
NYC!
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Join @keeanga.bsky.social for a conversation with Michelle Alexander at @strandbooks.com
Wednesday, February 18th
Tickets
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Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the @strandbooks.com in New York City, where Hammer & Hope co-founder @keeanga.bsky.social will discuss the 2026 edition of "How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective" with Michelle Alexander. www.eventbrite.com/e/keeanga-ya...
“The country with the Statue of Liberty deprived us of our liberty without any kind of evidence,” Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan who was held in CECOT for months, said two days after he was returned to his family.
(Published July 2025)
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
The entry to the Mexican restaurant (Don Julio) in my hometown of Forest Lake MN that closed as a result of ICE has become a shrine. Two-thirds of voters in Forest Lake supported Trump in 2024.
A CALL TO MINNEAPOLIS A NATIONAL INVITATION FOR FAITH LEADERS DR. KING PUT OUT THE CALL IN SELMA. WE'RE PUTTING OUT THE CALL IN MINNEAPOLIS. JOIN US JANUARY 22-23. MARCH MULTIFAITH ANTIRACISM, CHANGE & HEALING
If you are a faith leader, we need you to come to Minneapolis!
Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org
