RT @SkokieLibUnion
We are officially unionized!

#Skokie #Library #Union #Libraries #UnionsForAll @SEIU @SEIU73

A personal piece from my blog, written in 2018:

"What Holocaust Survivors Told Me When I was Growing Up"

"The Skokie of the late 1960s and early 1970s felt like the safest place on Earth...Against that implicitly felt safety thought, were the admonitions of the generation before us, especially the #Holocaust survivors. My family did not have Holocaust survivors, our ancestors came to America escaping the shtetls of Eastern Europe at the turn of the century. But often at friend’s houses, their parents or grandparents would say to us—don’t be so sure that it will always be safe here, things could change in a second and we could lose everything. They sounded a bit like Grandpa Simpson would later sound. Sure, sure we thought, they just say that, but nothing can happen here. That happened there, in the old country. And we went outside and played Capture the Flag or Statue Maker."

https://shrtm.nu/v1Ep

#antisemitism #Skokie

My follow-up to that over on the #birdsite, still in reply to #Musk:

What do you know about the 1978 #Skokie riots? Philosophically, I supported the right of Nazis to march. Everyone, even the odious, has a right to public redress. Do I support the Nazis' "right" to force me to buy from companies who give them money or a voice? Uh, fuck no, Elon.

Police use Private Database to ID & Racially Profile Roma in US https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/police-use-private-database-to-id-racially-profile-roma-in-us/ #Investigative #Police #Racism #antiroma_racism #big_data #data_records #database #datacollection #dossier #gary_nolte #illinois #nabi #new_jersey #police_training #profiling #racial_profiling #racism #roma #romani #romani_people #skokie #training #training

Looks like we’re talking about Illinois Nazis in ConLaw II today.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

#skokie #FirstAmendment #conlaw #bluesbrothers #law #lawfedi #lawschool

Looks like we’re talking about Illinois Nazis in ConLaw II today.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

#skokie #FirstAmendment #conlaw #bluesbrothers #law #lawfedi