Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

On this day in anarchist history, June 14th 2006, we remember the Oaxaca Commune, when a sit-in organized by a militant teacher's union transformed into a months-long popular insurrection against the Mexican state.

https://kolektiva.media/w/omsRf8NFetPRLwbfNknuWY

Redox is Hiring!

Check out the job description in our monthly report:

https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-250531/#redox-is-hiring

Police have arrested a man for handing out face shields to protesters in LA (I’ve also seen reports that he may have been distributing masks)

Why is this a crime? Why is providing PPE to people who are being hit with chemical munitions and rubber bullets an offence?

This is bleak.

Once again this ties back to disability rights.

If more people would help normalize masks; they wouldn’t have such an easy time vilifying them

Ironically these protests are going to lead to more disability, at least in part because police are making it impossible for people to protect themselves.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/alleged-l-a-rioter-arrested-for-handing-out-face-shields-during-protests-u-s-attorney/

#fascism #la #losangeles #uspol #disability #ableism #eugenics

Sigh, the establishment Democrats' response to one of their senators being attacked by Trump goons was to beg.

They begged Trump to pretty please not do it again.

They begged everyone who'd ever given a nickel to one of their candidates to fork over more money.

They begged each other to find ways to please the right wing.

Taking to the streets on "No Kings" day is more and more essential.

So is organizing, starting in your neighborhood.

It's getting very, very late.

If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.

Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.

Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."

That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."

OK, as a military brat*, the idea of these upward-failing techbros commissioning in at Lt. Col. is extraordinarily offensive. They're basically buying their way into a rank that the military normally withholds from officers for decades.

https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/114677987075768011

(*Slang term for someone whose parents are military.)

For We the People to halt Trump’s autocratic breakthrough, millions of Americans need to feel like we’re part of something bigger. We need to understand that we’re part of a movement. We need to feel like we will win.

That’s where tomorrow’s #NoKings Day comes in. https://indivisibleteam.medium.com/the-strategic-logic-of-the-no-kings-protests-e92e9dd27465

Immigrants are a first target of rapidly expanding government surveillance, EFF's Matthew Guariglia told Truthout, but “if they can get away with doing these things to immigrants, what are the legal barriers from moving on to the next undesirable group?”
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-rapidly-expanding-the-surveillance-state-as-protests-grow/

Semafor - US-based nonprofits are looking to establish UK entities amid potential Trump administration executive orders targeting them. https://www.semafor.com/article/06/11/2025/fearing-action-by-donald-trump-us-nonprofits-seek-shelter-in-the-uk

From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:

Los Angeles immigration raids protests began a week ago on June 6. The Tracker is investigating:

- 32 assaults on journalists
- 6 detainments/arrests of journalists
- 4 equipment damages
- 2 equipment searches/seizures

View our database:

https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/?date_lower=2025-06-01&tags=immigration&endpage=2

Because you probably missed it ⏵ French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis - The New York Times

No Paywall: https://archive.ph/8PPDp

I had the BEST time today at #PubConf2025. It was really inspiring and energizing to connect face-to-face with people championing the Fediverse and working tirelessly to create better online spaces - away from Big Tech’s closed silos.

It was also SUPER COOL to meet IRL people I had been corresponding with online. Thanks for coming up to say hi :)

Feeling hopeful for the future ✨🚀
https://macaw.social/@andypiper/114675034253105598

I hope martial law does interfere with Hollywood's ability to churn out slop for us hogs. https://www.patreon.com/c/BrianMcFadden

@digitalcourage
Hey, I've had enough of giving my name to Deutsche Bahn in exchange for a ticket at not-millionaire price. They ask my name even in person.

I'm in Sachsen and I'm ready to go all in to fix this attack on #privacy. This smells like a GDPR violation (what legitimate interest do they have?). Would you want to coordinate my next steps?

#db #DeutscheBahn #trains #gdpr

My team wasn't free to stop me from writing whatever I wanted about them on our About Us page. Now I just need to revoke their production privileges.

https://www.hermit-tech.com/about

One of them (Stephen) has a day job at a bank and will have a lot of explaining to do about his taste in music.

This stuff makes you -- or should make you -- ashamed as an American. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/middle-tennessee-family-torn-apart-after-ice-highway-patrol-checkpoint-looking-for-color-of-skin-wife-says