journalist covering anti-capitalist social movements, mutual aid & policing | @truthout.org contributor | newsletter https://substack.com/@ellafwrites
Ella Fassler
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Repost the Leather Dachshund from Seattle Pride 1991 to be blessed this Pride Month!
“We need to take control of the ability to create the things that we need, especially the most important things — things that save our lives, things that we need in crises”
my latest for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/a-g...
“We need to take control of the ability to create the things that we need, especially the most important things — things that save our lives, things that we need in crises”
my latest for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/a-g...
Second night of Jersey cops attacking protesters who are there supporting hunger strikers inside a sadistic immigrant jail
In the face of rising government surveillance and the suppression of left organizing, independent libraries are part of growing efforts to expand non-state alternatives including mutual aid networks, free stores, and free universities.
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"The effort is notable, though, as grassroots groups are attempting to move toward decentralized medical manufacturing that is less dependent on traditional corporate production chains."
Even when local police have no formal contracts with ICE, some departments still provide critical help to ICE agents. But in many jurisdictions, 911 call records are subject to public records law—providing watchdogs a tool for tracking ICE activity.
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i've been covering mutual aid groups for quite a while, and was especially impressed with this crew
decentralized medical device manufacturing ftw👇
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now on the blog, how I learned about Mexmûr, a refugee camp of more than 10,000+ kurds in Iraqi-occupied Kurdistan building a new society from the ground up ellafassler.substack.com/p/learning-a...
“‘My political camp is that I don’t want people bleeding out because they don’t have access to equipment that we have the luxury of having access to,’ Barton told Truthout.”
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A small non-hierarchical collective in Arizona is using an open-source design to create life-saving tourniquets.
How are states restricting ICE activity? Can local prosecutors charge federal officers? How can local leaders prepare for ICE deployments? We provide answers about local responses to the immigration crackdown.
“We need to take control of the ability to create the things that we need, especially the most important things — things that save our lives, things that we need in crises”
my latest for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/a-g...
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“We need to take control of the ability to create the things that we need, especially the most important things — things that save our lives, things that we need in crises”
my latest for @truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/a-g...
A small non-hierarchical collective in Arizona is using an open-source design to create life-saving tourniquets.