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Tidbits-Sept. 10: Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside’s Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil’s No Land To Stand on; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Portside
Reader Comments: New Nazis Win in German State Elections; Portside's Gloria Steinem's Final Essay; ICE Horrors Continue; Three Book Launches: Red Lives; Mahmoud Khalil's No Land to Stand On; Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor; and more....

A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy

Naomi Bethune The American Prospect
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.

Atlanta Offers a Model for Building Sanctuary

Stephanie Guilloud Waging Nonviolence
By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety.

Tidbits-Aug. 20: Reader Comments: Where Next for Wisconsin?; He Doesn’t Care About the Crew; Gloves That Deliver Electric Shocks; ‘Zionist’ Has Become Toxic; Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate; Live-Stream the Socialism Conference;

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Reader Comments: Where Next for Wisconsin?; He Doesn't Care About the Crew; Gloves That Deliver Electric Shocks; ‘Zionist’ Has Become Toxic; Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate; Live-stream the Socialism Conference; Cartoons; and more...

ICE Plans To Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks.

Madeleine Ngo and Shaila Dewan The New York Times
The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics have expressed alarm over equipping immigration agents with another tool that they say could actually escalate their use of force.

The Cost of Deportations Calculator: Technical Documentation

Monique Morrissey Economic Policy Institute
The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies has estimated the federal government plans to spend $268.9 billion to undertake mass deportations throughout the second Trump administration.
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