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Lilia
@lilialetsch.bsky.social
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Work in mission-driven and social movement public relations. Other interests: spinning and weaving, ecology, gardening, organizing, and liberation for all.
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samrlevine.bsky.social
Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas
Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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natashalennard.bsky.social
Really bad news…
March 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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natashalennard.bsky.social
some background from me last year on these really terrible antifa "terrorist support" convictions @theintercept.com: theintercept.com/2025/10/17/a...
“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity
After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.
theintercept.com
March 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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biketrouble.bsky.social
for @autostraddle.bsky.social, i wrote about how minnesota's queer-owned businesses (and queer folks in general) are standing up to ICE and defending their communities:
How Minnesota’s Queer-Owned Businesses Are Leading the Fight Against ICE
As the federal occupation continues, community members are committing themselves to standing up to the feds while supporting the state’s immigrant communities in any way possible.
www.autostraddle.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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letsgomathias.bsky.social
3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it.

A thread of what people are saying abt it & why I hope you'll help make it a bestseller www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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tonolatino.bsky.social
Over 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever...

But that's not the only shocking number:

- There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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minneapolis-spring.bsky.social
A separate "block party" style blockade has popped up in a different part of town from the filter blockade at 34th and Cedar. People dancing, kids playing soccer, having fun while defending the neighborhood against ICE.
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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brucespringsteen.net
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.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
The nurses are pissed
nursesonja • 7h & Threads Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control. This is about total control. O240 Q5 G34 → 21
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
The Civil Liberties Defense Center is looking for a Communications Manager! At least 5 years of mission-aligned communications experience required. Based in Eugene, OR, but possibility for this to be a remote position. Check out the position description for more details: cldc.org/wp-content/u...
cldc.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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elleisanisland.bsky.social
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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sarahlazare.bsky.social
It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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jonahmv.bsky.social
My latest: As the United Nations convened in NYC this week, 10 new countries recognized Palestine as a state. Despite this, these 5 nations still ship WEAPONS TO ISRAEL, funding the genocide in Gaza. Critics called this a "performance of justice."
@theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/09/25/p...
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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anarchistagency.bsky.social
We're publishing scott crow’s “Insurrectionary Utopias” as a 3-part series commemorating the 20 year anniversary of the Common Ground Collective, founded 9/5/2005 in New Orleans.

Read it at ➡️ anarchistagency.com/insurrection...

Part 2 and 3 will be published in the coming weeks.

#anarchy
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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anarchistagency.bsky.social
It's going viral again! Check out the response video and story that Agency worked with Cara on back in 2016 when she went viral for confronting Rick Scott (FL Governor at the time) after unexpectedly running into him in a coffee shop in Gainsville.
anarchistagency.com/cara-jenning...
Cara Jennings: I Called Florida Gov. Rick Scott an A**hole At Starbucks. Here's Why.
Does the man who sits at the helm of our sinking state deserve my best manners? Should I have chosen decorum over disgust? Source: HuffPost https://youtu.be/BHtLUEikILs Last month I had a c...
anarchistagency.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
Did a 5 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail to Siskiyou Peak today. So incredibly beautiful, and wildflowers everywhere.
July 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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404media.co
Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police

🔗 www.404media.co/emails-revea...
Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.
www.404media.co
June 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
This is so disturbing. Relates directly to Oregon / Southern Oregon, but I'm sure this is happening all over.
www.404media.co/emails-revea...
Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.
www.404media.co
June 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
An important and timely new piece by the Agency team
anarchistagency.bsky.social Agency @anarchistagency.bsky.social · Jun 13
With every wave of mass protests comes the need to debunk the notion that some forms of protest are good and others are bad. These five resources are valuable tools for debunking the good protester/bad protester fallacy and resisting attempts to divide movements. anarchistagency.com/five-resourc...
Five Resources for Debunking the Good Protester/Bad Protester Fallacy
By Agency With every wave of mass protests comes the need for anarchists and other critical thinkers to debunk the notion that some forms of protest are good and others are bad. Most often we find ...
anarchistagency.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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anarresproject.bsky.social
The popular story is that liberals let drugs go rampant leading to the destruction of cities like Portland. The truth is that cops siphoned off money. This experiment was never going to work because powerful elites want to control and punish vulnerable people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors and police gadgets
As the state abandons decriminalization, treatment grants are going to sheriffs and district attorneys: ‘that might be two or three case managers’
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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anarchistagency.bsky.social
How did we get here? Gelderloos takes a look back at the last two decades of organized right wing harassment towards scholars, anarchists, sex workers and others, laying the groundwork for the Trump regime's widespread repression of opponents.
anarchistagency.com/peter-gelder...
Peter Gelderloos: Trump’s Censorship Campaign Draws on Decades of Infrastructure Built by Big Tech
Trump’s escalation of censorship and retaliation is terrifying. The groundwork for it was prepared years in advance. Source: Truthout "It’s a chilling feeling,” Tariq explains to me. “Here at Ya...
anarchistagency.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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annaroseholmer.bsky.social
Me after every episode of Andor:
The words GENERAL STRIKE in all caps, Star Wars iconic font
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
Help Buy a Printing Press for Sudanese Anarchists
Call to support anarchists in Sudan. To donate, go here. In the midst of one of the world’s deadliest crises, anarchist comrades are bravely fighting - both for survival and for revolution. Since Febr...
itsgoingdown.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
lilialetsch.bsky.social
How the war on homelessness and drugs is going here in the Rogue Valley...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests
Last year, the state ended a trailblazing law decriminalizing possession. Drug users in some counties are now in and out of jail, without lawyers, struggling to get treatment
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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ostonox.com
mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
mr beast tweet reads: I have a pilot living in a $2,500,000 private jet and if he doesn’t leave for 100 days he keeps it, a cop/criminal in a jail and if they don’t leave for 100 days they win $500,000, and someone living in a gym until he loses 100 pounds for $500,000. Can’t wait to upload these 🥰
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM