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This text on resistance in Minneapolis reminds me so much of @pluralistic 's book "Little Brother". It shows that groups need not be powerless victims, even when facing evil.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:y…
#Minneapolis #democracy #FuckICE #nokings
Page by Margaret Killjoy | @margaret.bsky.social
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some prot…skywriter.blue
We're not doing the General Strike where I live, so to support the people of Minneapolis today I made a contribution to Mastodon-for-Minneapolis (grapevine.org/giving-circle/do…).
If you're looking for a way to show your support today you could throw a few bucks their way.
[It's run by the same person (@heidilifeldman) who did Mastodon4Harris, so you can trust it!]
"Each and every unnecessary death is the predictable result of political decisions that are being made to serve a very narrow set of interests."
#Trump #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #murder #ICE #Minneapolis
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"But it’s not a tragedy when you spend a decade telling lies about immigrants to win political power that you then use to fund a masked paramilitary force to hunt people based on their race and the language they speak. It’s not a tragedy when one of those crusaders kills someone who objects to the assault on their community."
#Trump #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #murder #ICE #Minneapolis
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"But this is not a tragedy.
A tragedy is a house catching fire when its inhabitants are asleep. It is an earthquake in a dense urban area that kills hundreds of unsuspecting people. It’s a tornado that strikes without any possible warning."
#Trump #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #murder #ICE #Minneapolis
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Bishop William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove note that Trump is changing his tune about the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. He initially labeled her a domestic terrorist and suggested she got what was coming to her.
Now he's speaking of her murder as "a tragedy."
#Trump #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #murder #ICE #Minneapolis
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ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/…
It's Not A Tragedy When You've Ignored the People Who Told You It Was Going To Happen
No one wants to take responsibility for policies that are killing AmericansWilliam J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)
This is Liam Ramos. He is 5 years old. He was abducted by #ICE on his way home from school and flown to an El Paso detention center.
This is what your tax dollars are paying for. These are the terrorists they are trying to protect you from.
We can't look away.
#minnesota #msp #minneapolis
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to TexasSam Levin (The Guardian)