“ The idea is to get all the information on the total population so that law enforcement can identify the small active minority and keep them separated from the passive majority. Then, second, to target that small minority, in order to eliminate the insurgency – and, third, at the same time, to work on the general population and win their hearts and minds. When those mechanisms begin to be used at home, they constitute a new mode of governing that works on the entire domestic population .” – Bernard E. Harcourt All over the United States, grassroots opposition is growing against expanding mass surveillance, data center construction, and the ongoing crackdowns on immigrants and democratic rights. Technologies like Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) face opposition in town and city halls around the country. Community members from all walks of life are organizing networks to raise awareness about ICE activities in their neighborhoods. After a year of ICE and CBP violently occupying...
Duluth is home to the only abortion clinic in northern Minnesota, the WE Health Clinic. In fact it has traditionally drawn patients from a huge geographic area, spreading from the Red River Valley to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But since the overturn of Roe vs Wade, sometimes patients come now from across the country, even from places as far away as Texas. In many ways Minnesota has become an oasis where reproductive rights are still legal, and still accessible - if you can afford them. To help make sure that nobody is turned away for lack of funds, the HOTDISH Militia runs a robust abortion fund. And starting this year, it now offers funding to any patient in need of assistance getting an abortion anywhere in Minnesota, not just Duluth. But to keep the fund solvent requires constant fundraising. While the WE Health Clinic does a lot of fundraising on its own, the HOTDISH Militia hold a variety of fundraisers too - all of them designed to be acce...