Behind the Blockades: Intersectional Organizing to Abolish ICE

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[Donate Now]( [Behind the Blockades: Intersectional Organizing to Abolish ICE]( Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Protesters crashed another Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Monday, this time in Ohio, where recent workplace raids have resulted in the arrest of hundreds of undocumented immigrants. The activists behind the lockdown and street blockade connected the dots between migration, climate change, Indigenous solidarity and the mass criminalization of people of color. [Read the Article]( [Trump Card: Brett Kavanaugh and the "Unitary Executive" Theory]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Within the realm of post-Reagan Clinton-hating GOP society, Brett Kavanaugh is a product of the rage-flecked devolution that took place in Republican politics after the 1992 presidential election. Kavanaugh is also a devout believer in the "Unitary Executive" theory, which puts presidents above the law. For Trump in the age of Mueller, this is the only fact that matters. 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