by Glen Stellmacher | Jul 1, 2026 | Anarchism, anarchists, anti-capitalism, Anti-Fascism, antifa, Criminalization, criminalization of dissent, criminalizing dissent, Dissent, FBI, Minneapolis, News Analysis, NSPM-7, Organizing, Policing, Prairieland, Protests, Repression, Resistance, Surveillance, Trump Administration
The FBI says that anti-capitalist graffiti can indicate a mobilization to violence and can be reported to the bureau, according to a counterterrorism report obtained by Prism through a public records request. The public safety awareness report, dated Jan. 30, states that “anarchist violent extremists,” dubbed AVEs by the FBI, “pose [a] persistent public safety threat.
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by Ibrahim Hirsi | Jul 1, 2026 | antifa, Criminalization, criminalization of dissent, criminalizing dissent, Dissent, Fascism, First Amendment, free speech, ICE, intimidation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, Prairieland, Protests, Repression, solidarity, Texas, Trump Administration
Minnesota activists and scholars are decrying the recent federal indictment of 15 people who took part in demonstrations against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities metro region earlier this year. The indictment accuses the protesters of surveilling federal agents, disrupting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations…
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by Samantha Borek | Apr 20, 2026 | Dissent, Energy, Energy Crisis, Imperialism, Iran, iran war, Ireland, Militarization, News Analysis, Protests, Resistance, solidarity, War
As of April 16, the International Energy Agency reported that Europe has around six weeks left of jet fuel amid the ongoing war on Iran. This comes on the heels of a seven-day long blockade of major roadways by a decentralized coalition of farmers, truckers, agricultural contractors, and others in protest of skyrocketing fuel prices in Ireland. The country grinded to a halt as protesters also…
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by Nermeen Shaikh | Mar 16, 2026 | Dissent, Interview, Iran, iran war, Repression, War, war in Iran
As the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran extends into a third week, President Trump is demanding other countries send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, which has been largely shut, as oil prices keep rising. This comes as the U.S. and Israel continue to launch major strikes on Iran, while Iran has retaliated by repeatedly striking Israel and U.S. allies in the Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates…
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by Jonathan Ng | Mar 16, 2026 | Augusto Pinochet, Authoritarianism, cartels, Central America, chile, Cold War, disappearances, Dissent, Donald Trump, El Salvador, history, Honduras, Human Rights, ICE, immigration jails, Latin America, mexico, NAFTA, Nayib Bukele, News Analysis, Repression, Ronald Reagan
Josué Aguilar Valle, a Honduran national, recalls the “terrible” conditions at the migrant jails where U.S. immigration authorities imprisoned him last year. In La Salle County, Texas, Aguilar shared a frigid cell with 50 men, sleeping on the concrete floor. “I thought I was going to experience hypothermia,” he explained. Aguilar’s wife struggled to locate him…
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by Blanca Missé | Mar 11, 2026 | academic freedom, Activism, Criminalization, criminalization of dissent, Dissent, free speech, history, ICE, labor, Op-Ed, Organizing, palestine solidarity, protest, Red Scare, The Red Scare, Trump Administration, Unions
On July 10, 2025, as federal agents stormed cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, community members rushed to protest what they saw as yet another sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. Among them was Jonathan Caravello, a 37-year-old philosophy lecturer at California State University Channel Islands. Today, he faces a federal felony charge that could send him to prison…
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