DFW Support Committee6d ago

How the Trump Administration Has Turned Left-Wing Activism Into Terrorism

"One morning, Amber Lowrey, the sister of a defendant named Savanna Batten, showed up early after dropping her kids off at school. Lowrey told me that her younger sister had been acutely aware of the suffering of others, human and nonhuman, from a young age: “When she was twelve, she became vegan, and she never wavered. It was just immediate.”"

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/how-the-trump-administration-has-turned-left-wing-activism-into-terrorism

The Trial of Anti-ICE Protesters Accused of Terrorism

The trial of supposed Antifa members after a shooting at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, is part of a disturbing strategy. Rachel Monroe reports.

The New Yorker
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"During the trial, a group called the DFW Support Committee recruited volunteer note-takers to transcribe the proceedings. The volunteers included a divinity student on spring break and a woman with a long gray braid who told me that some of the defendants had helped out at her community garden. Outside, a small group of supporters congregated in a park across from the courthouse, where they passed out zines and vegan empanadas."
Mar 26 at 7:37pmWeb