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I am a rumbling cartography. I am all arms and ears, hug and pull.I observe.I write.I have swallows on my arm

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Georgia: Protect Our Freedom to Vote act.moveon.org/letter/georgi…
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"Research & Self - Study As A Way Of Life" 08/03/2024

"Research &  Self - Study As A Way Of Life" 08/03/2024

"Research & Self - Study As A Way Of Life" 08/03/2024

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anyways im radicalized now poets.org/poem/anyways-im-ra…
anyways im radicalized now

anyways im radicalized now

I’m not funding a war

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Fear poets.org/poem/fear-2 ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS TODAY'S POET!
Fear

Fear

If the pain doesn’t come back,

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And this is what we have been trying to help folks see- the mainstream mental health movement has been empowering carceral systems and not care- but everyone is so excited about the conversation folks are missing what the conversation is being used to do to our folks!!
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Alexander Morris visited a Michigan hospital for chest pain. He said staff thought he was mentally ill after he said he was a singer with The Four Tops A white security guard told him to “sit his Black ass down” & he was put in straitjacket, lawsuit says statnews.com/2024/06/11/alex…
Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straitjacket

Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straitjacket

A member of the Motown group The Four Tops is suing a Detroit-area hospital over claims that he was treated poorly when he arrived at the ER experiencing a heart attack.

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Why Is Asian Salad Still on the Menu? nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opini…

Opinion | Why Is Asian Salad Still on the Menu? (Published 2017)

The casual racism of “Oriental Chop Chop” or “Secret Asian Man” tells us a lot about who we think is authentically American.

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Richard Siken by Z. L. Nickels@BOMBmagazine bombmagazine.org/articles/ri…
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The Game Over Books '24 Fundraiser gofund.me/a69c85f4

Donate to The Game Over Books '24 Fundraiser, organized by Game Over Books

Game Over Books is a small Boston-based press run by nerdy artists who have worked … Game Over Books needs your support for The Game Over Books '24 Fundraiser

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this is rad
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hello: bittersoutherner.com/2024/an…
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Be careful friends. These systems are using “mental health” as a frame to expand the state’s capacity for forced incarceration and nowhere in history has that ended up well for Black folks.
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kunm.org/local-news/2024-05-… The link here between the un-housed in community with the university encampent is interesting

Gaza Solidarity Encampment defies UNM’s ultimatum for 12 hours before State Police arrive

Twelve hours after the deadline to either pack up and leave or face more police raids, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of New Mexico stayed in place. By 7 a.m. Wednesday, police had...

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It disn't have to go down like this ‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’ chronicle.com/article/call-t…

‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’

An Emory professor who was arrested when the police broke up an encampment spoke to The Chronicle about what happened, and what it says about the state of higher education.

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It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/pr…
It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle (Published 2024)

It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle (Published 2024)

In many students’ eyes, the war in Gaza is linked to other issues, such as policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, racism and the impact of climate change.

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The rhetoric of protesters being a "safety" issue is gaslighting when there's literally no safety issue UNTIL you introduce city police forces into the equation. See also how unsheltered tent populations are regarded as "safety" issues.
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At Emory University in Atlanta, economics professor @CarolineFohlin was attempting to protect students by asking Atlanta police officers “what are you doing?” when they violently arrest her and throw her to the ground.
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How to Live With the Anxiety and Grief You Can’t Escape getpocket.com/explore/item/t… via @Pocket
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I just signed up to be Reader. Voter. Ready. this election season! Join me and the multitude of library supporters nationwide: ala.org/advocacy/reader-vote… via @LibraryPolicy
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