Protests
No Off-Ramp in LA
In two days, ICE arrested 44 people, raiding workplaces to deport workers who had not been convicted of any serious crime. Because Trump had sworn to deport only criminals — or because the labor community recognized the falsehoods in conservative media as cover for a racist government sweep — LA erupted.
A Digital Uprising
Protests triggered by the introduction of a tax bill broke out in Kenya two weeks ago. Initially coordinated by young people on social media, they drew in other groups as they spilled onto the streets. Amid the destruction, Kenyans are focused on government accountability like never before.
It Felt Like Love
It felt like love, that initial part of the thawra. Like love, there was a total transformation of consciousness from the solitary I to the rapturous we, only here we was the people, al-shaab, al-shaab al-lubnani.