by Jacob Richards On Oct. 27, at about 7:30am ICE kidnapped Fernando Jaramillo Solano and his two children, Kewin and Jana, while they were on their way to school. The Solano family had an active asylum claim and ICE later admitted that they had stopped the family by mistake. Federal agents deploy chemical agents against … Continue reading Durango: ICE Resisters Brutalized then Blamed for Violence
Grassroots Organizing Demystified
There is far too much smoke and mirrors when it comes to community organizing. Too many highly educated organizers hiding behind buzzwords and technical jargon. Maybe they enjoy the mystique as the wizards of movements. I don’t know. I just want to share some lessons learned the hard way, and some ideas I have on … Continue reading Grassroots Organizing Demystified
Wednesday was an Average Day
By Jacob Richards on Wednesday Charlie Kirk was assassinated. that same day two children were shot in a school shooting in Evergreen Colorado and at least 72 civilians were killed in Gaza. Photo by Mohammmed Ajjour. it was an average day. Except Kirk wasn't the average victim of violence in our system. He was a … Continue reading Wednesday was an Average Day
Hickenlooper Admits Gaza a Genocide
By Jacob Richards Senator John Hickenlooper probably thought he was just grabbing a beer with the party regulars on Friday in Grand Junction, Colorado. But the question and answer portion of the event, billed as “Happy Hour with Hickenlooper,” was anything but happy for the former governor and first-term senator. According to those in attendance, … Continue reading Hickenlooper Admits Gaza a Genocide
GJPD Cameras Accessed Five Times During Goncalves Incident
by Jacob Richards On June 5, from when Deputy Zwinck first pulled over Caroline Dais Goncalves for following too close behind a semi truck, through her release and later arrest by ICE/HSI officers, five separate queries were made of the Grand Junction Police Department’s Motorola Solutions cameras by two Garfield County Sheriff Deputies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfVuGeBL9o4 The … Continue reading GJPD Cameras Accessed Five Times During Goncalves Incident
The Colorado Rapid Response Network (CoRRN) Demands An Investigation following Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Shooting and Collaboration with El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
By CoRRN Colorado Springs, CO – Yesterday's armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Black Forest proved once again that immigration enforcement makes our neighborhoods more dangerous. On July 31, an ICE agent fired three shots at a fleeing vehicle during an operation supported by El Paso County Sheriff's deputies. "It appeared to be a … Continue reading The Colorado Rapid Response Network (CoRRN) Demands An Investigation following Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Shooting and Collaboration with El Paso County Sheriff’s Office
ICE eyeing expanded detention capacity in Colorado
Colorado ACLU NEW YORK — New documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Colorado reveal further details about Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) plans to expand ICE detention facilities in Colorado. The records, obtained as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the ACLU and ACLU … Continue reading ICE eyeing expanded detention capacity in Colorado
Colorado Melting Under ICE Pressure: How Governor Polis and Local Law Enforcement Are Colluding with ICE
by Jacob Richards with The Revolutionist's Editorial Collective Luis Armando Rivas has lived in the United States for twenty-one years, and for the last eighteen, he has called the Roaring Fork Valley home. He is a devoted family man, a father of three, and a man with an eternally optimistic outlook. His family, neighbors, and … Continue reading Colorado Melting Under ICE Pressure: How Governor Polis and Local Law Enforcement Are Colluding with ICE
GJ: Freedom City USA? No!
A cabal of tech-bro oligarchs have their greedy eyes on almost 200 square miles of public land near Grand Junction and Montrose, as potential sites for their dystopian deregulated company towns, that they are unironically calling Freedom Cities.
Haitz’ Hate: On CHSSA, Curriculum, and Local Control
Haitz says she stands for local control, while taking marching orders from a shadowy cabal of far-right front-range education activists led by Brad Miller, and pushing D51 to adhere to federal edicts, the very opposite of local control. She is mirroring Trump’s playbook of destroying the Department of Education under the guise of returning education to the states while at the same time trying to dictate how schools should operate and what they should and should not teach. Haitz and the cabal of the far-right school board members Colorado are a threat to education and marginalized students across the state. They will continue to use their position and networks to undermine Colorado’s laws and protections for students while eroding our educational standards.
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