✌🏼fortworthreport.org/2024/08/15/tar… i have spoken on here about the circumstances leading to this harassment campaign—my reporting on the trial of a local antifascist

https://twitter.com/nonmodernist/status/1821910338620547381

in the years since sines v. kessler, i have noticed far-right extremists adapting their playbook to respond to, appropriate, and weaponize the plaintiffs' historic win.

i think antifascists cannot ignore this, and i'll explain why 🧵

https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1458427833198465029

sines v. kessler was a civil suit in which multiple plaintiffs sued the organizers of unite the right in charlottesville. the lawsuit was about a "conspiracy to interfere with civil rights" under federal law, as well as virginia state law regarding civil conspiracy

good morning! yesterday, while i was watching the state try (and ultimately fail) to convict an antifascist of a crime outside a drag show in 2023, kelly neidert and carlos turcios launched a targeted harassment campaign against me. this is interesting given what i saw in court

the criminal case regarded events that happened when antifascists came to a fort worth restaurant to defend a drag show from kelly neidert and other protesters.

carlos's employer, the dallas express, had a reporter on scene that day who made sure to get images of the arrests

day 4 of c's trial recap from my notes 🧵

first and most importantly, c was found not guilty today by a jury who deliberated for less than 45 minutes :)

day 3 recap is linked below if you need to catch up:

https://twitter.com/nonmodernist/status/1821336710069825979

we began by taking up objections to the voir dire testimony we heard at the end of yesterday. the court sustained the defense's objections to evidence submitted with the testimony, so the state decided not to call that witness back in front of the jury

day 3 of c's trial recap from my notes 🧵

day 2 is here:

https://x.com/nonmodernist/status/1820970692084412576

we began with the jury in the courtroom today, and the state finally called lt. delano, the cop struck by the umbrella during the alleged assault that this trial is about.

he had offered to put a team together for the protest/counterprotest back in 2023.

kieran padraig morris of patriot front has started or joined a new active club in nctx, called the lone star active club. he and thomas rousseau appear in a video with their faces unblurred. video shows the club sparring in a fort worth park.



active clubs are white nationalist groups that practice "leaderless resistance" and train in kickboxing, mma, and other combat sports. there are a few active clubs already spread around texas, including in houston rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

let's learn a little bit more about russell womack, the treasurer of real texans for justice and a founding member of the nationalist coalition

https://twitter.com/nonmodernist/status/1804930006893666476

according to the walker county tax assessor's website, the russell womack listed on the real texans for justice paperwork is RUSSELL DEREK WOMACK

Weelaunee Forest exploration report back!! On Sunday March 5, I hiked the proposed #CopCity site to record my observations. I have hiked numerous other Atlanta greenspaces but it was my first time here. #StopCopCity #DefendtheAtlantaForest

Here’s what I saw: I began at Weelaunee People’s Park. Ryan Millsap has done intense damage to the park’s accessible paved paths and former infrastructure, and has felled several pines in the process, despite his land swap being the subject of an ongoing lawsuit

Let’s dig into the newly-released AAUP report on the effective abolition of tenure in the University System of Georgia @BORUSG

The full report can be found here: aaup.org/report/academi…. It was prepared by AAUP staff and approved for publication by AAUP’s Committee A

https://twitter.com/AAUP/status/1468610891092574214

The AAUP report on USG begins with brief information about the system: founded in 1931, comprising 26 institutions, combined enrollment ~340,000 students, TT and tenured faculty numbering ~8,400. Each institution has its own faculty senate & president

last month i participated in a really exciting workshop presented by @copsoffearth, who are organizing for police abolition across north america

the workshop presented three ways of doing research about colleges in service of abolition

i'm ready to share what i learned! 👇 i attended the breakout session on how to research university real estate holdings. it was incredibly informative and eye-opening, and over the past month i have been compiling information and resources about my current campus.

here's what i learned: