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Leaked memo reveals federal policing agencies have been redirected to assist ICE in ongoing mass arrests
Thousands of undocumented people have been arrested over the last week as part of Trump’s inhumane “mass deportation” plan. As these ICE raids are unfolding, many have been blindsided about the scale of the operation, with over 7,000 people arrested and counting. Today the Trump administration confirmed that all undocumented people are being labelled as…
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Proposed state laws would imprison and enslave undocumented people
Mass detentions of undocumented people are set to exploit loopholes in the 13th amendment, enslaving them “for life.” “Beneath the Concertina Wire” art by Karma Bennett by Subversas Editorial Board In Trump’s first week in office, over 7,000 undocumented people were detained, at a rate of 1,000 people being rounded up per day. It is…
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Was there a conspiracy to create “white Jesus”? And what does this have to do with the Doctrine of Discovery?
The historical Jesus had brown skin, so who is the white guy Christians have been worshipping? Some believe it is a 16th Century Italian playboy, Cesare Borgia. Borgia’s father, Pope Alexander IV, is responsible for the 1493 Papal Bull that launched the genocidal Doctrine of Discovery. But did he also replace images of Jesus with…
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Consent Economics: What is the consent economy?
Consent economics is a way of approaching our social, political, and economic relations to ensure that consent is structurally centered and is at the core of our decisions and decision-making processes. Over the last several years, a number of activists have been exploring the importance of consent across a range of human activities, especially sexual…
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A SIMPLE explanation of the GameStop stock short sale—and why it’s led to #EatTheRich trending on Twitter
Reddit versus Wall Street: Explain it Like I’m Five How Game Stock’s stock (GME) went up by 1600% in one day, and what it has to do with Reddit. Wall Street treats the economy like a casino, making bets on what will win and lose. When they talk about a short sale, they are basically…
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State Arrests, State Judges, State Convicts, State Transmits—Welcome to Greece
As 2020 is coming to an end it was time to assess the sequence of police brutality throughout the world. A country which seemed to witness a wild shift on this matter was Greece. Beatings, excessive use of authority, unreasonable convictions and hard-line hate rhetoric were all over Greek cities the past few months. Are…
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Is there a plan in America for social reconstruction? An example of Greece and backtracking.
As we move into the last half of 2020 its time to evaluate the experiences that the first half has given us. The global pandemic, the upcoming economic crisis and the rise of the BLM movement are all characteristics of the extreme contradictions of the capitalist system that we live in. As the protests continue,…
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Timeline of Police Murders over Past 50 Years
A timeline of police murders that allows you to visually explore police violence over time, spanning from 2020 to 1968.
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How to donate to the CHAZ/CHOP garden (#BlackLandMatters)
Marcus Henderson at the CHAZ/CHOP gardens. (Photo credit: Sarah Hoffman/Crosscut) by Hayley Steele and Babs Babson THE SEATTLE PEOPLE’S GARDEN, CHAZ/CHOP – On June 9th, 2020, Seattle activists created CHAZ/CHOP, a police-free zone of organized protest in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Demands of the protestors include defunding the police, increasing Black and indigenous representation in…
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Dispatches from the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (and Free CHAZ Photos You Can Use)
CAPITOL HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE, EARTH Once you have an autonomous zone, what are you supposed to do with it? A little bit of everything, apparently. Walking around the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone today, I spotted folks painting murals, playing with soccer balls, staffing a free store, giving out free pizza, strolling with dogs and babies.…
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