Community members held a vigil on Saturday night to mourn the killing of 26-year-old Seattle activist Kai Sorem by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sorem was a longtime Filipina American youth organizer in South Seattle and her shocking death sparked cries for justice and accountability.
— Read on gossipguy.net/seattle-activist-kai-sorem-killed-by-philippine-military/
When Black Writers Were Public Enemy No. 1 – POLITICO Magazine
Decades before today’s tensions between black communities and the police, J. Edgar Hoover’s ghostreaders targeted literary legends as dangerous dissidents.
— Read on www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/fbi-black-writers-117512/
Who is paint bombing Oakland’s Flock cameras?
Some of OPD’s license plate readers have been vandalized with paint. The vandalism coincides with a nationwide pushback against surveillance.
— Read on oaklandside.org/2026/04/24/who-is-paint-bombing-oaklands-flock-cameras/
Recruitment flyers for controversial Jewish group spotted in Queens — Queens Daily Eagle
Flyers calling for recruits to join a far-right Jewish group once dubbed a terrorist organization by the FBI were recently spotted in Queens, plastered to a parking meter across the street from the office of the borough’s top cop.
— Read on queenseagle.com/all/2026/4/26/recruitment-flyers-for-controversial-jewish-group-spotted-in-queens
Central Valley big-game hunter trampled to death by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a prominent wine grower in the Lodi area and a well-known member of the big-game hunting community, was killed in Africa last week.
— Read on www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/lodi-big-game-hunter-killed-22224929.php
Guilt by Solidarity – LPE Project
The conviction of Anti-ICE protestors on terrorism charges represents a dangerous new front in the Trump administration’s war against the left.
— Read on lpeproject.org/blog/guilty-by-solidarity/
War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine
War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine
— Read on proteanmag.com/2026/04/10/war-is-the-continuation-of-politics-by-other-means-and-politics-is-concentrated-economics-materials-for-a-poem/
Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita
Yes, joy. You felt it, too. It does no good to deny it. You don’t have to say so. I say it for you. It might not have been a sustained joy once you had time to reflect on things. Or maybe it was. You may have denied it in the moment or disavowed it later on. But I’m talking about that flash of joy you felt, seemingly visceral but unmistakable, the one that immediately disrupted years of social conditioning. The thing is, it wasn’t visceral. It wasn’t random. It wasn’t out of character.
— Read on stevesalaita.com/existence-and-belonging-six-reflections-on-palestine/
Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers | Reuters
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over the environmental impact of their projects.
— Read on www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/investors-press-amazon-microsoft-google-water-power-use-us-data-centers-2026-04-06/
The noise about sideshows
The screeching moral panic over the sideshow hides what it really is: an event, shaped by cops and capital flight, where Oakland youth fights for a place to play.
— Read on www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/sideshow-history-oakland/
Aida Rends 