Some of the things that surface at 3am.
https://fallingintoincandescence.com/2026/09/19/world-sharp-edges-knives/
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Scott Campbell
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mastodon 4.6.8Anarchist writer, translator, and educator. De vez en cuando, tooteo en español.
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It bothers me when radical publishers and other vendors of radical content in a capitalist economy attempt to sell stuff by linking it to often-terrible events.
"ICE raiding your community? Buy these titles from our book list!"
"Undergoing repression? Buy this swag with our logo on it and we'll send 'a portion' of profits to the defense group."
How often do these companies urge people to donate directly to anti-repression or mutual aid work? How often do they boost content that doesn't in some way benefit themselves? How do they differentiate between investing in the struggle and investing in their business?
I understand these gestures are sincere to a degree, that these groups hate ICE and prisons and all that. It's better than nothing, but in my opinion, it's not good enough. Crisis should not be treated as an opportunity to profit. That not how solidarity and mutual aid work. That's not radical.
It is telling how Democrats spend more time, money, and effort fighting against the tepidly left wing of their own party than they do against the fascist regime in power.
"The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements."
https://theintercept.com/2026/07/30/bob-vylan-germany-deport-palestine-israel/
#Palestine #Israel #UK #Germany #music
"Just last month, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that survival rates for childhood cancer dropped from 85 percent to 65 percent amid the oil blockade.
"Infant mortality has also steadily climbed. In 2017, at the start of Trump's first term, Cuba had an infant mortality rate of four for every 1,000 live births. That figure climbed to 7.7 in 2024, just before Trump's second term, and reached 9.9 in 2025.
"The maternal mortality rate similarly rose to 44.1 deaths for every 100,000 live births by the end of 2025, up from 40.6 the previous year."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2026/7/30/to-play-god-cubas-healthcare-system-collapses-under-us-pressure
#Cuba #USpol #healthcare
"The choice to film in a territory under foreign belligerent occupation has led to calls for a boycott from human rights groups, arguing that the film gives legitimacy to the Moroccan government’s ongoing violations of international law and mistreatment of the Indigenous Sahrawi population."
"More than 90 percent of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, and Israeli forces are in control of 80 percent of the besieged territory, authorities in the enclave say, as the world marks 1,000 days since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/2/gaza-wars-1000-days-90-of-strip-destroyed-80-seized-by-israel
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
"At least 1,111 members of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) will travel to Mexico City in December 2026 to meet with mothers, fathers, and collectives dedicated to searching for disappeared persons, announced Insurgent Subcommander Moisés."
"Federal immigration agents used racial slurs, including 'wet' and 'tonks,' to identify people to target while sweeping through Los Angeles last year, according to text messages cited in a new court filing asking a federal judge there to bar agents from racial profiling."
https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/07/immigration-agent-text-messages/
#California #LosAngeles #ICE #immigration #USpol
"At least 72 people have died after around 60,000 migrants surged across the border from Morocco into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta over the past few days.
"The Spanish news agency EFE reported that the death toll is expected to increase."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/2/migrant-deaths-in-ceuta-rise-to-72-after-border-surge-from-morocco
#Spain #Morocco #Ceuta #immigration
"California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S."
https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/04/california-dmv-shares-immigrant-driver-data/
Keeping the three year old home from school tomorrow due to planned obligatory participation in a Fourth of July parade.
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"Despite the violence, autonomous communities in resistance refuse to surrender or cede their prerogative of self-defense. The war against those who refuse both the state and organized crime continues."
https://fallingintoincandescence.com/2026/05/21/mexico-axolotls-attacks-autonomy/
#Mexico #CDMX #Guerrero #Indigenous #autonomy #solidarity #WorldCup #news
"[A]fter students emailed complaints and threatened to hold a public rally, student Aryan Dixit said the campus police chief, Lamine Secka, agreed to leave the grant program in a one-on-one meeting."
https://calmatters.org/education/2026/07/uc-san-diego-homeland-security-border-patrol-students-protest/
#California #SanDiego #UCSD #immigration #USpol #academia #education
"Despite evidence that Pegasus software had been used to spy on activists, journalists, and opponents, [current governor of Sonora] Alfonso Durazo offered the malware — in his capacity as head of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) — to the administration of [then-Nuevo León governor] Jaime Rodríguez, 'El Bronco,' revealed Aldo Fasci, former secretary of security for Nuevo León during that state administration."
"[M]uch of the West Bank – particularly Nablus Governorate, but also Ramallah and towns stretching as far south as the Bethlehem Governorate – has been sealed off, forcing ambulance crews to navigate lengthy detours and prolonged checkpoint delays to reach hospitals."
"Dropping in the words 'naturalistic' and 'positive' has been leveraged as a gloss on what remains the core and damaging practices of ABA: conditioning the autistic behaviors out of autistic children by manipulating them into conforming with the expectations of non-autistic adults."
https://buttondown.com/TPGA/archive/no-asf-modern-aba-is-still-a-way-to-coldly/
Historical question: One hundred or so years ago, how widely read were prominent anarchists such as Bakunin and Kropotkin? Was their work more broadly known and available?
Nowadays, to encounter and read Kropotkin you have to know what you're looking for. But back in the day, it seems like these thinkers could be found in a lot of libraries alongside Rousseau, Marx, Tolstoy, etc.
For example, I'm currently reading about how Práxedis Guerrero read Bakunin and Kropotkin on his hacienda in Guanajuato, long before becoming an anarchist. Same for Ricardo Flores Magón (sans hacienda). Today, to have read Kropotkin *before* becoming an anarchist strikes me as improbable.
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"We denounce that the criminal group 'Los Ardillos' is keeping the Indigenous communities of the Montaña Baja region of Guerrero under siege, including Tula, Xicotlán, Acahuehuetlán, and Alcozacán. Since May 6, this group has intensified its armed attacks through the use of drones and direct assaults against the communities that make up the CIPOG-EZ; today, it bombarded these communities for more than 8 hours. As of now, more than 800 families have been displaced and their lives are at risk, all without the slightest intervention from local, state, or federal governments."
https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2026/05/09/denuncia-urgente-en-estos-momentos-cientos-de-familias-estan-siendo-bombardeadas-y-desplazadas-por-el-grupo-criminal-los-ardillos-mismo-que-es-protegido-por-el-gobierno-de-evelyn-salgado-con-la/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
"The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers — a tactic that opens up a vast new pool of people for deportation."
"An Israeli soldier’s photo of a Palestinian man from Gaza stripped to his underwear, blindfolded and bound face-down to an iron rod corroborates extensive reporting on Israeli torture of Palestinians in detention and itself may constitute a war crime, rights groups have said."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/08/photo-palestinian-prisoner-corroborates-israeli-torture-claims
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
"Two U.S. government officials who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity said the CIA has been running covert operations in Mexico, working alongside vetted Mexican state-level police forces and other government agencies. The sources said the Americans died after a raid on a synthetic drug lab."
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/21/cia-mexico-deaths-drugs/
#Mexico
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An interview from 2021 that provides some background on the Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero - Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ), whose communities are currently being besieged and attacked by the state-backed narco-paramilitary group Los Ardillos.
https://itsgoingdown.org/indigenous-resistance-in-guerrero-an-interview-with-cipog-ez/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
"A strike called in protest over the inclusion of Israel at the 2026 Venice Biennale meant several pavilions closed on the last day of the preview, some for a few hours while others – including the standout work from Austria – remained closed all day."
Only halfway through this book on Práxedis Guerrero. Unfortunately, it's not that good. But here are some of my favorite quotes from him thus far:
"I am not merchandise, I am an idea; and ideas are not bought, they are defended."
"There are things that you cannot kill and you cannot imprison."
"I am not a mere political enemy of General Díaz. I am an anarchist; I don't fight because I hate government, but for the love of a free humanity. Our revolution must show the manner of liberating and not of governing."
"The revolutionary phrase, when not accompanied by deeds, or followed by them, acquires the insensitive soporific monotony of Christian prayers."
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"The Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ) reported on Monday morning that the criminal group Los Ardillos 'is flying drones over Alcozacán and the area where displaced families are staying' following the armed attacks on May 9.
"'The army remains absent in the face of these attacks. Children, mothers, fathers, and the elderly are at grave risk,' warned the council members in an urgent statement."
https://desinformemonos.org/continuan-ataques-contra-comunidades-nahuas-del-cipog-ez/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
"Dozens of people were arrested outside a London courthouse on Thursday after expressing support for Palestine Action, a protest group that has been banned as a terrorist organization by the British government."
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/uk-police-arrests-dozens-at-protest-supporting-banned-group-palestine-action/article_cc8566a3-a45f-5844-93e8-417a057464f3.html
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #UK #PalestineAction #solidarity
"Since the Trump administration passed HR 1, more commonly known as the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' on July 4, 2025, EBT, known as CalFresh in California, is facing some of its largest funding cuts in U.S. history. Other changes include an increased budget of $85 billion for ICE, making it the single most funded federal law enforcement agency."
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-07-28/calfresh-cuts-push-la-families-farmers-to-brink
"While land is stolen, Palestinian bodies are treated as objects through which Israelis perform domination, publicly and repeatedly. Stories of displacement, torture and humiliation punctuate daily Palestinian life."
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"Right now, 'Los Ardillos' are burning down homes in Xicotlán and Tula, and the shooting continues in the CIPOG-EZ communities. This is happening with the complicity of the Mexican State, which watches the terror our communities are enduring without doing anything!"
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
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"More than a thousand Indigenous families from the Nahua communities of Xicotlán, Tula, and Acahuetlán in Guerrero were displaced on the night of May 9 following drone attacks and shootings orchestrated by the criminal group Los Ardillos, according to a report by the Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ)."
https://desinformemonos.org/pasamos-la-noche-huyendo-atacan-a-comunidades-del-cipog-ez-y-desplazan-a-mas-de-mil-familias-nahuas/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
"Gaza community figure, Mohammed al-Wahidi was killed in an Israeli air strike just moments before displaced children gathered to watch Egypt face Argentina in a World Cup screening he organised."
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/8/gaza-aid-worker-killed-minutes-before-world-cup-screening-he-organised
#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #WorldCup
A punto de cumplirse 11 años de su asesinato, así recuerda su mamá a Nadia Vera.
That episode from "The Greatest Democracy on Earth™️" where the Party openly despises and belittles Party members for not voting the way the Party dictates.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/01/melat-kiros-colorado-degette-democrats-reaction
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@rubixhelix@kolektiva.social Those are good ideas, thanks. At some point we'll do that. Right now, he can't make an informed decision either way, so it's especially messed up to do this. I'll communicate our concerns to his teacher and prepare for what awaits down the line.
Some days just need to end with a solid '90s post-hardcore track.
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot This might be useful: https://itsgoingdown.org/indigenous-resistance-in-guerrero-an-interview-with-cipog-ez/ Let me know if you have specific questions and I can do my best to try to answer.
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"This Civil Observation Mission will take place from May 22 to 24 in the communities of the Montaña Baja region of Guerrero, where we will document the situation they have experienced and continue to face, as they were effectively forced by the state and municipal governments to return to the communities from which they were displaced, despite the fact that fear and, above all, the risk of being attacked remains."
https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2026/05/18/convocatoria-a-la-mision-de-observacion-civil-en-los-pueblos-integrantes-del-cipog-ez-desplazados-por-la-violencia-criminal-de-los-ardillos/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
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"We call on everyone to collect and contribute what they can — be it a lot or a little — to support the resistance of the CIPOG-EZ communities."
https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2026/05/16/campana-de-solidaridad-con-el-concejo-indigena-y-popular-de-guerrero-emiliano-zapata/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous #solidarity
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Carlos González García, lawyer for the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) told Aristegui News that four bodies have been found in the midst of the ongoing attacks by Los Ardillos against the communities of the Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero - Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ).
https://aristeguinoticias.com/1105/mexico/cni-reporta-hallazgo-de-cuatro-cuerpos-tras-presuntos-ataques-de-los-ardillos-contra-comunidades-indigenas-en-guerrero/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
"The Madres Buscadoras de Jalisco collective reported on social media the discovery of 28 bags containing human remains and bones in the Las Pintitas area, about six kilometers from Guadalajara International Airport.
"'While the world’s eyes are on Guadalajara Airport for the World Cup, just 6 km away, in Las Pintitas, pain springs from the earth: 28 bags containing human remains and bones,' they reported."
"I heard my sisters screaming as they awoke to the stench of smoke and burning walls, realizing what was unfolding."
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After promising to provide protection to the Civil Observation Mission to the area attacked by the state-backed narco-paramilitary group Los Ardillos, the federal government notified the mission this morning that there would be no protection or accompaniment offered, including for those members of the mission who already have court-ordered protection orders that the state is bound to comply with.
https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2026/05/22/alerta-urgente-de-la-mision-civil-de-observacion-que-se-dirige-a-la-montana-baja-de-guerrero/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
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"We have now learned with alarm that the Mephaá community of San Pedro Huitzapula, in the municipality of Atlixtac, Guerrero, has been under attack by this criminal group [Los Ardillos] for the past 22 days, using high-powered weapons, drones, and bombs. This has resulted in the killing of two of its residents, the destruction of a large number of homes, and the displacement of hundreds of people to the hills."
https://www.congresonacionalindigena.org/2026/05/15/ante-los-asesinatos-y-la-destruccion-provocados-por-el-cartel-criminal-de-los-ardillos-en-la-comunidad-mephaa-de-san-pedro-huitzapula-los-gobiernos-municipal-de-atlixtac-y-del-estado-de-guerrero-resp/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
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Abel Barrera Hernández, director of the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center of the Mountain, stated that the criminal group known as 'Los Ardillos' is waging an offensive against Indigenous communities in Chilapa, Guerrero, with the aim of displacing residents and weakening the community police force operating in the region, amid a crisis of violence, murders, and forced displacement."
https://aristeguinoticias.com/1305/mexico/los-ardillos-cercan-comunidades-indigenas-en-guerrero-defensor/
#Mexico #Guerrero #Indigenous
Searching mother Patricia Negrete Tafoya was murdered on the night of June 23 in Guanajuato. She is the fifth searching mother to be killed this year.
https://desinformemonos.org/asesinan-a-la-buscadora-patricia-negrete-en-guanajuato/
"'This year we’ve seen such a skyrocketing of numbers that indicates how much people are willing to put their lives at risk in order to call attention to these conditions that are ultimately life-threatening for people.'"
https://prismreports.org/2026/07/27/hunger-strikes-ice-detention-centers/
#ICE #immigration #abolition #USpol
"Israel’s Knesset Education Committee head Zvi Sukkot stormed a Palestinian school for orphans in occupied East Jerusalem, smashing the school’s ceramic sign and vowing to shut it down over Palestinian symbols."
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/15/far-right-israeli-lawmaker-raids-palestinian-school-and-threatens-shutdown
#Palestine #Israel #Jerusalem #education
"'We wouldn’t let anyone else live in a place that doesn’t have a smoke detector.'"