“Alex Pretti” 1/24/26

Mother Bear writes you a letter about current events and resisting fascism through acts of neighborism. The text read from Che is found in:Guevara, Ernesto Che. “Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War”, pg. 12 (Seven Stories Press, Oakland), 1963/2006.

Mother Bear shares a poem of revolution with you today:“If They Should Come for Us” by Fatimah Asghar (they/them)these are my people & I findthem on the street & shadowthrough any wild all wildmy people my peoplea dance of strangers in my bloodthe old woman’s sari dissolving to windbindi a new moon on her foreheadI claim her my kin & sewthe star of her to my breastthe toddler dangling from strollerhair a fountain of dandelion seedat the bakery I claim them toothe sikh uncle at the airportwho apologizes for the patdown the muslim man who abandonshis car at the traffic light dropsto his knees at the call of the azan& the muslim man who sipsgood whiskey at the start of maghribthe lone khala at the parkpairing her kurta with crocsmy people my people I can’t be lostwhen I see you my compassis brown & gold & bloodmy compass a muslim teenagersnapback & high-tops gracingthe subway platformmashallah I claim them allmy country is madein my people’s imageif they come for you theycome for me too in the deadof winter a flock ofaunties step out on the sandtheir dupattas turn to oceana colony of uncles grind their palms& a thousand jasmines bell the airmy people I follow you like constellationswe hear the glass smashing the street& the nights opening their darkour names this country’s woodfor the fire my people my peoplethe long years we’ve survived the longyears yet to come I see you mapmy sky the light your lantern longahead & I follow I follow (2018).https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/92374/if-they-should-come-for-us

Mother Bear writes you a letter outlining the current demands of Pam Bondi to the state of MN and how best to respond.

Alex Pretti, a Minnesotan VA nurse, was murdered by ICE agents today in South Minneapolis.

Mother Bear writes to you regarding the presence of ICE in Minnesota.

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Johanna is joined by the AMAZING Jenn Kelly as they discuss Johanna’s Top 10 films of 2024!

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