bsmall2Jan 27
> “There’s been an incredible, incredible response from the community. I’ve seen our neighbors go straight from allies to family—more than family—checking in on each other, offering food and rides for kids and all kinds of support, alerting each other if there’s ICE or any kind of danger,” Malika Dahir, a local activist of Somali descent, told me.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/the-neighbors-defending-minnesota-from-ice/685769/
#AdamSerwer making me think of #RebeccaSolnit's #ParadiseInHell human response to collective disaster..
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong

The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

The Atlantic
Show threadbs2Jun 18, 2024
> “We’re happy here. We’re treated well. Everyone is equal,” she says. “Everyone is homeless. Everyone has their story and we are helping each other. If someone needs a diaper or milk for our little ones, we share amongst each other. If I have bread, I’m going to share with everyone else. And if others have food, I’ll eat too.”

#ParadiseInHell comes to mind, by #TheHopeLady #RebeccaSolnit
Show threadbs2Oct 8, 2022
@babelcarp Important article! But I felt frustrated not to read of broader views, policies, and models to avoid feeling futile and hopeless. I was enticed by mentions of #RebeccaSolnit and #AmitavGhosh but then left hanging without hints that we can build a #ParadiseInHell and avoid the #GreatDerangement with a decent conception of the #GoodLife that Ghosh says is "mimetic." I guess NYT is limiting, hopefully he'll fill out the promising parts as a book, #RobDietz's #EnoughIsEnough would help!