The busiest port in North America is 45 minutes down I-35 from Texas’ infamous migrant prison. I try to demystify their relationship in the April issue of Field Notes
brooklynrail.org/2026/04/fie…
Next up in this series of poems on repression/resistance via @saintbitcho, Bisson's response to an FBI subpoena to a grand jury on the Puerto Rican Independentistas. He tracks history of non-cooperation & political prison resistance against a history of FBI & US state violence.
Here: a 1st in a series suggested by @saintbitcho around fed/judicial/prosecutorial repression (h/t Freedom Archives!). Saxe was imprisoned following bank & arms expropriation. Here she defends the alleged dishonesty of women in a patriarchal world against which they revolt.
In the second Trump term, struggles over borders and migration have roiled cities and inspired city-wide uprisings. But struggles – both the fear and the hope that they inspire – manifest on the shop floor, in Amazon warehouses and beyond.
longhaulmag.com/warehouse-fl…
Ahora que hemos vuelto a hablar de decenas de miles de inocentes presos en El Salvador, les dejo los testimonios de horror de algunos que sobrevivieron a esas cárceles. beta.elfaro.net/testimonios
Thousands of Mexican workers use visitor visas twice a week to “donate” plasma to multinational corporations in the US, receiving a $50 gift card in return (a “gift” to avoid a labor designation).
For @longhaul_mag I went from Brownsville to El Paso to speak w/ those workers
Reading Geoff Mann's LRB essay on prediction markets, learning about the Onion Futures Act, which is probably the most Brechtian article in all of Wikipedia
New on our site: "Beneath Class and Consciousness," an essay from X. Rivera Maya and Richard Hunsinger. The authors provide a critique of the theory of the party in Phil A. Neel's work and defend an alternative conception of the party.
at one point Nicolas Jaar could have just been another very good millennial techno dude, but he leaned into being experimental, Latin American, political, and outspoken. Now he's just genius and hot 🥵. Inspirational, really. youtube.com/watch?v=GhxQ-Pck…
NEW: In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 9yo rested her head on the table, a 6yo pretended to fly an airplane, and a 3yo played with the mic. Many in attendance didn't have an attorney — and a 13yo was ordered removed. A look inside, thru sketches.
The question of whether ICE deports "criminals" or not is epiphenomenal to the slow accretion of both fixed and circulatory infrastructures of violent deterrence both at and beyond the border
From my recent field work in Laredo for @VersoBooksversobooks.com/blogs/news/bl…
NEW: Texas's biggest cities use an Israeli data firm to monitor residents online—Houston on HPD-ICE collaboration; Austin on residents' feelings about license plate readers like Flock; and Dallas on a range of issues, including reactions to police misconduct.
Full docs inside:
ALT substack headline: "These Texas Cities Use an Israeli Data Firm to Monitor Residents Online: Zencity touts its Listen module as an innovative way to help 'build community trust.' Do the local officials using the tool across Texas have the same aim?" From srussek.substack.com
Learn More: ow.ly/ouO350ZOXt4
The finalists for the 2026 Supply Chain Innovation Award are getting ready to take the stage @CSCMPEDGE We’re looking forward to hearing about the projects and results that earned them a place among this year’s finalists. #SupplyChainBrain