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From : Internment of Japanese Americans

"During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (), mostly in the western interior of the country. About two-thirds were U.S. citizens.

"These actions were initiated by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the outbreak of war with the Empire of Japan in December 1941. About 127,000 Japanese Americans then lived in the continental U.S., of which about 112,000 lived on the West Coast. About 80,000 were Nisei ('second generation'; American-born Japanese with ) and Sansei ('third generation', the children of Nisei). The rest were Issei ('first generation') immigrants born in Japan, who were ineligible for citizenship. In Hawaii, where more than 150,000 Japanese Americans comprised more than one-third of the territory's population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were incarcerated.

" was intended to mitigate a security risk which Japanese Americans were believed to pose. The scale of the incarceration in proportion to the size of the Japanese American population far surpassed similar measures undertaken against German and Italian Americans who numbered in the millions and of whom some thousands were interned, most of these non-citizens. Following the executive order, the entire West Coast was designated a military exclusion area, and all Japanese Americans living there were taken to assembly centers before being sent to concentration camps in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Arkansas. Similar actions were taken against individuals of Japanese descent in Canada. Internees were prohibited from taking more than they could carry into the camps, and many were forced to sell some or all of their property, including their homes and businesses. At the camps, which were surrounded by barbed wire fences and patrolled by armed guards, internees often lived in overcrowded barracks with minimal furnishing."

[...]

Prior use of internment camps in the United States

"The United States Government had previously employed civilian internment policies in a variety of circumstances. During the 1830s, civilians of the indigenous were evicted from their homes and detained in 'emigration depots' in Alabama and Tennessee prior to the deportation to Oklahoma following the passage of the in 1830. Similar internment policies were carried out by U.S. territorial authorities against the and peoples during the American Indian Wars in the 1860s.

"In 1901, during the Philippine–American War, General J. Franklin Bell ordered the detainment of civilians in the provinces of Batangas and Laguna into U.S. Army-run in order to prevent them from collaborating with General Miguel Malvar's guerrillas; over 11,000 people died in the camps from malnutrition and disease."

Read more:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internme

en.wikipedia.orgInternment of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
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"": A conversation with , PhD

"Sheeva Azma talks to Dr. David Shane Lowry about his work magnifying from an anthropological perspective, including in science and technology, and science communication.

"Dr. Lowry serves on the faculty at the University of Southern Maine. He earned his BS from MIT and both Master’s and PhD from UNC Chapel Hill, all in anthropology. He is an anthropologist and member (citizen) of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He grew up in the community in Robeson County, North Carolina. In 2021-22, he was Distinguished Fellow in Studies at MIT, where he led a new conversation at MIT about the responsibilities of MIT (and science/technology education, more generally) in the theft of American Indian land and the dismantling of American Indian health and community. From 2022 to 2023, he was Visiting Senior Fellow in the School of Social Policy at Brandeis University. At USM, Dr. Lowry runs the as a place for and commitment to and re-mattering of American Indian and other Indigenous peoples from , to , to . David writes and hosts conversations on InTrust [link below]."

Watch video [includes transcript]:
youtube.com/watch?v=E-mqEXlJmo

link:
indigenouspeoplestrust.org.

YouTubeIndigenous "Re-Mattering": A conversation with David Shane Lowry, PhDBy Fancy Comma
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ICYMI at America's Voice: Over the weekend, 1,000 demonstrators marched in Tom Homan’s hometown—population 1,400—to protest his cruel detention of a dairy worker and her kids.

On Monday, the Sackets Harbor Superintendent announced they would be coming home: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/

Combating Nativist Narratives · Rural Americans Stand Up to Tom Homan, Stand With Immigrant Mom and KidsBy Gabe Ortiz
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Tesla Takedown actions this weekend in Eastern Massachusetts! More info at actionnetwork.org/event_campai

Watertown Tesla Takedown
Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00 AM
Watertown Tesla Service Center
457 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA 02472 US

Tax Day Tesla Takedown April 12th
Saturday, April 12, 2025 12:00 PM
Tesla Showroom - Prudential Center
888 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199 US

Tesla Takedown Saturdays - Dedham
Saturday, April 12, 2025 11:00 AM
Tesla Dedham
840 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA 02026 US

Don't see one near you but have Tesla infrastructure nearby? Host an event! More info here:
actionnetwork.org/events/1f5fc

actionnetwork.orgJoin me at the TeslaTakedownThe #TeslaTakedown movement is growing! Join us for an event in our community—or find one of more than 100 events every week across the country. And if there's not one near you, it's easy to sign up to host your own. Let's fight for our country!
#TeslaTakedown#Massachusetts#BostonMA
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History April 8, 1864: The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, banning chattel slavery. However, it permitted a continuation of wage slavery and the forced labor of convicts without pay. And on this date in 1911, 128 convict miners, mostly African-Americans jailed for minor offenses, were killed by a massive explosion at the Banner coalmine near Birmingham, Alabama. While the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which occurred just two weeks earlier, elicited massive public attention and support for the plight of immigrant women working in sweatshop conditions, the Banner explosion garnered almost no public sympathy, probably due to racism and the fact that they were prisoners.

Workers standing at the opening of the Banner Mine. Source: Birmingham Public Library Archives
#workingclass#LaborHistory#prison
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The courts were never going to save us. The police were never going to save us. We need to save ourselves.

We're not going down without a fight.

Go get some rest, everyone. We're going to need our energy in the days that follow.

Don't doomscroll. Make a plan for what you're going to do to help, get some rest, and then get working on it.

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This week in our material aid and survival distributions, we supplied the encampment with hot meals, cases of water, requested items, and good vibes. The state continues to relentlessly hound the residents with threats to sweep their tents again and again with the excuse of providing resources on local shelters. Shelters are not a substitute for housing. They separate couples, pet owners from their pets, they ban storage of personal belongings, some require sobriety, and none of them ever feels like a place a person can grow from. They're used to blame people for surviving with a little more dignity.

Mayor Wu's war on drugs continues to rip through our downtown, tearing apart lives and communities while helping no one. The only people that benefit from this social cleansing are the rich, freeloading business owners who want to sell us the lie of American prosperity. The sight of homeless people and the sight of drug use harm no one.

We are doubling our efforts to train and develop our membership to make our distros more sustainable and accessible. Thank you to all of our new volunteers who have stepped up to be in community with the residents of this city who the housing market constantly chews out. It is because of your efforts we are able to dedicate more and more of our time and resources to changing the material conditions that cause a person to live outside or in shelters.

WUB members pose for a photo in a line on a rainy path surrounded by trees, some are holding up peace signs. They are wearing jackets and rain gear and their faces are covered by globe emojis. They are holding grocery bags of supplies.
WUB members gather around bags and carts of supplies. Their faces are covered by star emojis. They are under a large outdoor umbrella and the surrounding area is paved with a cloudy sky in the background.
2 WUB members walk with their backs to the viewer. Their heads are covered with sun face emojis. One person pulls a foldable cart with supplies, the other holds grocery bags.
WUB members in rain gear gather around a mid sized gray dog in a pink harness and blue collar who is looking up at the group excitedly
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[Thread] Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events

April 7-14 - All Week - . Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores.

April 8th - , Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets.

April 8th- , Tue 11AM-1PM (& every Tue) - Federal Building, 202 Harlow Street - Weekly peaceful protest

April 8th - - Tues 12noon-1PM (& every Tuesday) - Across from Susan Collin's office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street

April 8th - - Tues 12-1PM (& every Tue) - Stand at - 334 Main Street (Elm Plaza Tesla charging station) mobilize.us/indivisible/event/

April 8th - - Tues 6pm-7:30PM - Rockland Public Library - Midcoast : Success in Creating Housing - mobilize.us/mobilize/event/767

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Source:
bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv

Pine Tree Activism Calendar Scheduled Events April 7-14 - All Week - #WalmartBoycott. Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores. April 8th - #FreeportME, Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets. #AmericansUnitedInCommonCause April 8th- #BangorME, Tue 11AM-1PM (& every Tue) - Federal Building, 202 Harlow Street - Weekly peaceful protest April 8th - #LewistonME - Tues 12noon-1PM (& every Tuesday) - Across from Susan Collin's office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street April 8th - #WatervilleME - Tues 12-1PM (& every Tue) - Stand at #Tesla - 334 Main Street (Elm Plaza Tesla charging station) https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762157/ April 8th - #RocklandME - Tues 6pm-7:30PM - Rockland Public Library - Midcoast : Success in Creating Housing - https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/767554/ (cont'd)
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Morning folks! It's Mutual Aid Monday! Go out there and find some people to share your resources with.

Helping each other survive fascism is how we get through this. Help keep your neighbors whole so we can survive this onslaught together.

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If you went to a protest yesterday in Massachusetts and left the protest wanting to do more, make it your goal this week to join a local organization that mitigates harm from or fights back against racism, sexism, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, other forms of bigotry, or fascism.

If you haven't found one yet, we have suggestions! You can reply here, DM us, or reach out to our email anonymously. We can offer recommendations based on your general area of the state and interests.

Let this be the beginning of your involvement in the social movement to make our country a better one. Don't sit by when there is so much to be done. You don't need to do it all- just supporting one initiative is all it takes and our collective efforts will make a difference.

#Massachusetts#HandsOff2025#Antifascism
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