Against Gatekeeping, For Liberation Why transmedicalism fractures collective struggle and reinforces the very system we must dismantle.

"Gatekeeping fragments oppressed people and serves the system by keeping the struggle horizontal. Revolutionary politics requires rejecting both liberal flattening and reactionary dismissal, and instead organizing around the material conditions that shape all of these experiences."

Break with Illusion A Line Struggle Brews Over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Future of Democratic Socialists of America...

This is the line struggle we are already living through. AOC is simply where it becomes unavoidable."

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Para Todos, Todo; Para Nosotros, Nada. A life full of family & collective struggle, and the quiet terror that none of it guarantees someone will be there at the end

"It feels like I am betraying everything I believe in by centering something so personal, so intimate, so small compared to both the scale of the work I do, and the amount of people in my personal life who love me."

But the truth is, this is not separate from the political..."

From the Masses, To the Masses: Reorienting DSA Toward Dual Power Why the mass line offers a path beyond electoral limits and toward building real working-class power in the United States.

"Dual power refers to the creation of institutions, practices, and relationships that meet people’s needs while also building their capacity to govern themselves."

Combat Tailism: A Maoist Reply to Lake’s Bean Pies What does Mao Tse-Tung have to do with modern organizing?

"Maoists do not counterpose political struggle to material practice. We fuse them. In every successful revolutionary movement, communists distributed food and medical care while organizing collective survival and waging ideological struggle."

A Call for Help Should Not Be a Death Sentence Named for Tanisha Anderson, whose death was ruled a homicide, Tanisha's Law brings sweeping reforms to police training, 911 dispatch, and creates first-line mental health responders.

Tanisha’s Law is a response to a life lost under a system that treated a medical emergency as a criminal threat. Whether the new approach prevents similar tragedies will depend on how fully the city commits to replacing force with care.

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They Tried to Break the Movement A conversation with Food Not Bombs organizer Maggie Rice about FBI entrapment, political prisoners, and how nourishing stomachs and spirits keeps resistance alive.

“Law Enforcement knows,” Rice said, “that if people are hungry and thirsty or in heat exhaustion, they’ll go home sooner. We were aware that we might be a target for that because of our connections.”

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Journalism and Liberation: A Conversation with Kim Heller A conversation about the south African racial terrain, with insights on global liberation and the American situation.

A very insightful conversation with journalist, author, and activist Kim Heller on the subject of the anti-apartheid terrain in South Africa, with global implications and insights into the American situation.

www.mathcitytimes.com/p/journalism...

Saturday, 10AM Eastern:

Join author, journalist, and political analyst Kim Heller and MCT's own Alexandria Rose for an intimate look at journalism and its positive (and negative) impacts on state repression and the liberation struggle.Jan. 24, 2026. Only on Substack.

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One Big Main Ask coming out of Twin Cities DSA to support their anti-ICE organizing in Minnesota and it is fundraising. They are going into overdrive with rapid response, mutual aid, and legal observation. Their main ask right now is fundraising support!

Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/iceou...

Ohio BCI investigating fatal shooting by Euclid Police. Shooting occurred at 11:30pm last night.

Investigation is ongoing.

Here's Everything You Need To Know About Ohio's 136th General Assembly A flurry of legislation introduced by Republicans seeks to bring Ohio into line with the policies of the Trump admin. Critics warn: Discrimination, targeting of marginalized groups.

Dozens of bills have been introduced in the 136th general assembly. Below is a categorized summary of legislation that targets specific minority groups, along with primary sponsors and key arguments raised by opponents.

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Every Single Person in the United States And Abroad Needs To See This Right Now It is vile. It is disturbing. And it is absolutely imperative that you all know what is happening here. It is even more imperative that we stop it. Immediately.

"Neighbors and local activists later gathered outside the home, blowing whistles and demanding that ICE agents leave the area. As more people arrived, the woman confronting the agents grew more defiant..."

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Mexico Pushes Back on U.S. Military Threats Sheinbaum dismissed American threats of intervention as "unlikely." Poll shows most Mexicans oppose foreign intervention, though support remains divided

President Donald Trump said the United States would begin targeting drug cartels “by land,” signaling a potential expansion of U.S. operations beyond maritime interdictions.

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BREAKING: Two Shot, Wounded, by ICE In Portland, Oregon Second federal shooting reported as tensions escalate nationwide after Wednesday's ICE killing. Scrutiny intensifies.

BREAKING: Two Shot, Wounded, by ICE In Portland, Oregon

“Federal militarization undermines effective, community-based public safety,” the mayor said in the statement, “and it runs counter to the values that define our region.”

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Renee Nicole Good; Who Was She? Why Was She Executed By The State? UPDATE: Per the Minnesota Star Tribune: The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good has been identified as Jonathan Ross.

UPDATE: Per the Minnesota Star Tribune: The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good has been identified as Jonathan Ross.

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Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

Per the Minnesota Star Tribune:

The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good has been identified as Jonathan Ross.

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Renee Nicole Good; Who Was She? Why Was She Executed By The State? The Federal Government and witnesses on the scene have given very different accounts.

Although I was correct in all of the facts surrounding the events which transpired between ICE, activists, and the fatal killing that led to so much more state violence yesterday, I was not once correct about the woman who was killed.

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Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting “They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”

Report from @theadvocatebr.bsky.social identifies the victim.

Speaking plainly for a moment, this is fucking heartbreaking and absolutely broke me. Readers, be advised. - A.R.

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Ah, yes. After the poor, sweet ICE agents murdered a woman in cold blood, the crowd had the audacity to weaponise..

*gasp*

Snow.

Surely that warrants tear gas, bear mace, and pepper balls.

You used to be more credible than this.

BREAKING: Gov. Walz issues a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard following the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. ︀︀ ︀︀

︀︀"We have soldiers in training and prepared to be deployed if necessary."

Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.

Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

ICE Fatally Shoot Unarmed Woman DHS Statement brought into question as video provides a direct contradiction to official statements. WARNING: Content may be disturbing to some viewers.

DHS Statement brought into question as video provides a direct contradiction to official statements. WARNING: Content may be disturbing to some viewers.

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BREAKING: Observer killed by ICE in Minneapolis UPDATE: MCT has obtained video of the shooting, confirming witness statements.

UPDATE: MCT has obtained eyewitness video of the shooting. Content confirms witness statements, refutes DHS account. Video may be disturbing to some viewers.

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BREAKING: Observer killed by ICE in Minneapolis Governor Tim Walz: A woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis.

The U.S. DHS said the woman was shot after she and others in a vehicle attempted to run over federal agents.

Witnesses disputed that account, saying the woman’s vehicle did not begin to accelerate until after shots were fired.

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ICE has shot and killed an observer in the powderhorn area of Minneapolis. Jon Farina is en route details to follow.

Mafia Diplomacy In the early morning hours on Jan. 3, we ran an article suggesting that war had been declared on Venezuela. Here is everything we know so far.

While Trump talks about stealing Venezuelan oil and pressuring the country to supply the Empire with crude, Venezuelans take to the streets to prevent further Imperialist aggression and the loss of their way of life.

Viva Los Colectivos!

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Mafia Diplomacy In the early morning hours on Jan. 3, we ran an article suggesting that war had been declared on Venezuela. Here is everything we know so far.

"Trump spoke at length about the importance of Venezuelan oil to U.S. interests in the region, declaring that the American Empire would “run the country for as long as necessary,” to allow U.S. companies to rebuild infrastructure and begin exporting."

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Western media "Objectivity" is often an appeal to the average American's privilege, not facts.