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Ellen Wolcott

How many of us know that "The US did not have closed borders until the Immigration Act of 1924"? Capitalism is the culprit. "By the 1990s, however, multinational corporations understood that closed borders were a powerful weapon in their arsenal to squeeze ever more profit out of global supply chains." "we as taxpayers pay increasingly absurd sums of money for the violent border security measures that keep this system in place."
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#immigration #capitalism #borders

The Guardian · America had open borders until 1924. Racism and corporate greed changed thatBy Daniel Mendiola
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Joseph Meyer

U.S. Conservatives Like Borders, Fences, Walls

Is this true in other countries? When we bought our home 35 years ago, it and 4 other homes backed up to one another and formed about a 1-acre area of shared green space where children could play and adults could socialize. One neighbor’s young child even let himself into our house through the rear door whenever he needed a cookie. It was a delightful little community. During the first ten years that open space remained undivided with an informal agreement to keep it that way. Then, gradually, our neighbors began to break that agreement and put up wooden privacy fences. I know three of those four other homeowners are Republicans and they all installed privacy fences. (One of the Republican neighbors actually fenced in my sprinklers on their side of the fence, argued that maybe my sprinklers were on their property, and left the responsibility of hiring a surveyor to prove my property line up to me, only having installers move the fence after I had done so.) The one neighbor who I believe is Democrat, like me, left one side of our property unfenced. At that point we added fencing to close in the yard for a dog, though we would have much preferred to keep things the way they were when we purchased the house and just walk the dog as needed, which we do anyway. #Conservatives #Republicans #Borders #Fences #Walls #Barriers #Community #USA #Texas

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Kim
[20.08.2024]
Let‘s talk about borders!

When bikepacking around the globe, you‘ll have to cross national borders at some point. And that‘s where you have to aknowledge some of your huge privileges as a German traveler: You can only cross borders “legally” when having a certain nationality (or a nationality at all) and enough money to afford visa (if necessary), when you’re not in danger of being extradited for any reasons whatsoever, and the list goes on..

If you make use of these undeserved privileges, at least don‘t do it carelessly.

In case you have some money left, you can donate to human rights/volunteer organizations fighting for refugees rights—e.g. for Seapunks (link in bio).

Since September 2023 the volunteers on board of the ship “Sea Punk I” provide fleeing people in the central Mediterranean Sea with life-jackets, food, and water, and save them from drowning. Your donations help with the maintenance of the ship, the supply of people and volunteers at the site and the purchase of necessary equipment, food etc.

Never forget: Soldiers and cops are willing to shoot at people. Otherwise they would have chosen a different profession. They will shoot when they are told to do so. And sometimes they will even shoot when they are not told so.

Stay tuned, take it slow, and be part of team 161

#bikepacking #bike #bikepackinglife #donations #donation #cycling #cyclinglife #searescue #noborders #nobordersnonations #borders #nooneisillegal #acab #allcopsarebastards
#allcopsarebastards
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Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Russia losing battlefield edge in war against Ukraine, WP reports — It’s terrorism: Russia launches one of the heaviest strikes on Kyiv during full-scale war — Russia’s continued aggression has a simple explanation: it hasn’t faced enough pressure to stop — ‘Shoot them on the spot’ — Ukraine’s military intel records over 150 cases of Russia executing POWs … and more

activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

A local resident of a damaged residential building looks on as he clears debris following a Russian strike in Kyiv in May 2025, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine
#airdefense#airforce#apartments
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