Maya Schenwar
Director, Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism.
Board president, Truthout.
Co-editor “We Grow the World Together”
Co-author “Prison by Any Other Name”
Abolitionist, anti-zionist, pro-cat, pro-karaoke, Chicagoan
mayaschenwar.com
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarRe-upping this episode today because it feels so resonant in a time of profound state violence against children and for anyone currently choosing how to talk to young people in their life about abolition
- In today’s episode, after a brief introduction on children as a target of state violence by ICE, we speak with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social & Kim Wilson about care work and parenting as part of abolitionist practice and how we show up for each other in dark times www.patreon.com/posts/149776...
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarIn today’s episode, after a brief introduction on children as a target of state violence by ICE, we speak with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social & Kim Wilson about care work and parenting as part of abolitionist practice and how we show up for each other in dark times www.patreon.com/posts/149776...
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarA new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarAn extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarHorrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
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- The criminalization of journalism is a key component of escalating fascism. We must denounce the charges against Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, and denounce the targeting of journalists more broadly at every turn. Here's a statement from our Movement Media Alliance: movement-media.org/statement-fr...
- "Imagine what people must be suffering behind closed doors, when we can see so clearly the violence they are inflicting on the streets." - Setareh Ghandehari, @detentionwatchnetwork.org truthout.org/articles/ice...
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarAmid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarOn the other side, feds are trying to move some of their vehicles (they did not have success). More neighbors gathered, hundreds of people are here now across several blocks.
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarI'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.
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- Reposted by Maya Schenwaronce again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarYesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.
- Reposted by Maya SchenwarThis is absolutely what the video shows. A person is wrestled to the ground by 6 ICE agents and then executed at point blank range.
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- "In Minnesota, our siblings in struggle are lighting the way, and giving us a glimpse of what’s possible. They are creating a story we can live together, if we refuse the unpersoning of our neighbors and defend our collective humanity." Thanks for this, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social!
- Minneapolis's anti-ICE organizing grew, in part, from seeds planted in the 2020 uprising. And as Minneapolis organizers @jonathanstegall.bsky.social & @annekosseffjones.bsky.social write, "By protecting our neighbors from ICE, we are practicing abolition." truthout.org/articles/min...
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarWith so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:
- "If ICE’s expansion plans are realized, the immigration detention system will triple in size—detaining 120,000-150,000 people at any given time, mirroring the scale of Japanese American internment... Another prison boom is taking place." -@silkys13.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/tru...
- This is horrifying. Chicago's Lurie Children's hospital -- home of one of the US's oldest gender-affirming care programs for youth -- continues its pattern of compliance in advance. This denial of care is a form of the violence against children that is escalating on so many fronts in this country.
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarEvery day some story breaks me some. Today it’s the guy who approached parents at a school patrol, told them he was with Indivisible, and asked about how the patrol system works. The parents gave vague answers, followed him back to his car — and of course it was ICE.
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarNEW FROM ME: for @theappeal.org. After a year of: ✅ Sifting through more than 200 pages of records. ✅ Sifting through more than 3,000 court document searches. ✅ Interviewing many sources. ✅ And filing many public records requests. My story is finally published today. theappeal.org/pepper-spray...
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarThousands march in Greenland against Trump’s threats to take it over aje.news/f70j2d
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarReporting on the transgender community? Here are resources from TON and @transjournalists.org for reporting accurately and responsibly. 🧪
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- Reposted by Maya SchenwarUnions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
- "We must defame, defund, and abolish these systems. We must empty all the cages, kick dirt over made-up borders, and fund the things that help us thrive, imagine, create. Free us all." - @holidarity.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/we-...
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