Weather is heating up and that means travel season! But state repression/surveillance/harassment is heating up too, esp at border crossings.

This guide to rights and digital security at US border crossings was written in 2022, but all the information is still good, accurate and relevant even though it doesn't include all the details of our current circumstances, esp as it relates to detention and denial of entry of visa and green card holders. I think it's an especially useful guide for US citizens who don't have immigration considerations.

"At the Threshold of the Empire: Border Crossings, Government Harassment, and How to Protect Yourself"

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At the Threshold of the Empire: Border Crossings, Government Harassment, and How to Protect Yourself

Last weekend, an activist from Austin was detained at the Austin airport by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon reentry to the U.S. after traveling abroad. They were held for about 3 hours and…

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"This interview is a reflection on the successes and missteps of the Koreatown Popular Assembly (KPA), an attempt at neighborhood based organizing that existed from 2016-2022 and aimed to confront the first Trump administration’s deportation policies. With Trump now back in power, many are once again looking for models to defend themselves and their communities from an even more rabidly anti-immigrant agenda."

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How the Koreatown Popular Assembly Organized Neighborhood Power to Confront ICE

Members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation speak with organizers of the Koreatown Popular Assembly (KPA), who worked to stop deportations and ICE raids during the first Trump administration....

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Signal provides:

- Excellent protection against third party interception of communications (wiretapping).

- Limited protection against compromised (hacked) or lost devices

- No protection against certain common usage mistakes (accidentally including a reporter in your large group war planning chat).

If Elon does end up being forced to step down from Tesla, remember this:

1. They didn't ask him to step down after telling advertisers to go fuck themselves if they didn't want their products next to Twitter Nazis.

2. They didn't ask him to step down after doing a Nazi salute on live national TV.

3. They didn't ask him to step down after he put Nazi youth in charge of cutting veterans benefits, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, or USaid.

They could have.

But no. They're doing this because the stock prices are spiralling. And the only reason that's happening is because of the Tesla protests.

Keep going. Become ungovernable. It's working.