by Eleanor J. Bader | May 24, 2026 | Activism, anti-Zionism, doxxing, Florida, Interview, Israel, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palantir, Palestine, Protests
When Miami Beach activist Donna Nevel was leafleting for Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) last year at one of the biggest art fairs in the country, she was shocked to see a billboard-bearing truck emblazoned with her name and photo, along with the words “Jew hater.” Now, JVP is alleging that Miami Beach City Commissioner David Suarez spent $4,000 of his own money on three billboard trucks to…
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by Marianne Dhenin | May 14, 2026 | ACLU, Activism, antifa, counterterrorism, Department of Justice, doj, Domestic Terrorism, Donald Trump, FBI, ICE, News, NSPM-7, Pam Bondi, Repression, Resistance, Trump Administration
The White House’s 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy, published May 6, reveals startling new details about the Trump administration’s plans to target progressives. The new memo builds on one issued last September, called the National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) on “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” Organizers warn the administration’s so-called “America…
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by Mike Ludwig | Apr 30, 2026 | Activism, big tech, Civil Rights, Delia Ramirez, Democrats, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, doxxing, EFF, Facebook, Fascism, First Amendment, free speech, Google, ICE, Israel, Meta, News, Privacy, Reddit, Social Media, spying, Spyware, Summer Lee, Surveillance, Technology, Trump Administration
Lawmakers and privacy advocates are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its weaponization of digital tools and popular web platforms to spy on critics and activists. Targets have included a student who attended a pro-Palestine protest and anonymous web users posting about President Donald Trump’s violent immigration crackdown, but the administration’s secret systems of…
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by Gabriel Arkles | Apr 30, 2026 | Activism, Gender Nonconforming, LGBTQ activism, LGBTQ Rights, Op-Ed, Organizing, Resistance, Sexual Assault, Sexual Violence, Stonewall, Supreme Court, Sylvia Rivera, Trans Rights
Over the past year, we have seen the Trump administration repeatedly use the specter of sexual violence to scapegoat immigrants and trans people — specifically women and transfeminine people. Both historically and currently, these groups are disproportionately likely to face sexual violence, but in the right-wing narrative, they have been reframed as its perpetrators. While breathtaking in its…
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by Chris Mills Rodrigo | Apr 29, 2026 | Activism, Chicago, civic engagement, CTU, ICE, International Workers Day, Interview, May Day, protest, Students
This May Day, workers, students, and families across the country are set to turn out in the thousands or even millions to make their voices heard against the growing power of the billionaire class. May Day, often referred to as International Workers’ Day, has a long legacy in the labor movement. In the late 1800’s — an era of extreme wealth concentration much like our own — American workers…
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by Lydia Pelot-Hobbs | Apr 25, 2026 | Activism, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, ICE, Immigrants, immigration, immigration jails, Interview, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Organizing, Policing, Resistance, Surveillance
The recent move from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to convert empty or surplus warehouses into large-scale ICE detention centers has produced a new terrain of struggle in the fight against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A notable departure from ICE’s existing detention system, which largely relies on contracts with county sheriff’s departments and privately run prison…
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