Max Granger

I wrote about the state-sanctioned killing of Renee Good and the sadism at the core of ICE and Border Patrol culture.

On this special edition of LLWD we have a report back and timeline from Camp O:shad in Lochiel, Arizona where land defenders have been blocking border wall construction with tree sits and lockdowns along with creative theater and ceremony. live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/bab4...

“Nobody has any idea what’s actually happening out here,” Quiroga said. “This is true dystopia.”

⚠️ Border wall contractors plan to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day. Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation.

Tadai Me:i Camp calls supporters to join in prayer and protest on the Tohono O’odham Nation as border wall construction is set to begin this Monday, on Indigenous Peoples Day.

⚠️ Border wall contractors to remove thousands of sacred saguaros (ha:ṣañ) on sovereign O'odham land starting Monday — Indigenous People's Day.

Last night, the offices of the border wall contractor Fisher Industries had all their ground floor windows smashed out in solidarity with the Lochiel land defenders.

Right now, brave land defenders are risking their lives to disrupt the construction of Trump's border wall. You should donate to their legal fund here: givebutter.com/free-the-jag... And you can go to Lochiel, AZ now and fight this. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

Two new pieces today: Latest from the ongoing border wall standoff in Lochiel. A person remains in the tree on the Mexican side, despite Border Patrol cutting down their platform last night. www.lookoutnews.org/lochiel-ariz... and an essay on fascism: johnwashington.substack.com/p/the-quicks...

It's been 12+ hours since Border Patrol cut the tree sitter's platform and safety and stole her food & water. Ground support is now cut off by the wall and BP is the only US agency with access to provide life-saving aid. Please call Border Patrol public affairs now!

Hey @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social, is killing tree sitters to help Trump build the border wall part of Morena's ecosocialist transformation?

Latest from this morning: tree sitter is still in the tree, holding strong after hours without water, food, or a platform to rest on, stranded in the branches 100 feet off the ground without safety or a way to get down.

This is incredibly dangerous and willfully so. They’re choosing to put this person at great risk, and many of the people participating are contractors along side cops from both sides

Land defenders are now cut off from the tree by the border wall, banging pots and pans and singing in support of the tree sitter, who has been stranded all night without water, a platform, or supplies.

Last night, Border Patrol & Fisher Industries, with the cooperation of Mexican authorities, cut down the tree sit platform and safety lines, leaving the tree sitter stranded 100’ off the ground. She has no water or supplies.

“I said, with due respect, sir, they are standing here with pepper spray artillery and gas masks on. They are not talking to us; they are assaulting us.”

Last night in Lochiel, Arizona, heavily armed Border Patrol agents fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters trying to stop a double border wall from cutting through the San Rafael Valley. Melissa del Bosque reports on what witnesses say happened next. Read full story🔗🦂:

BP are technically first responders, but as we can see here and we have seen countless times through the years, they do not respond to help people who they don’t think need help. Because of international cell phone agreements, it can also be very hard to call 911 in remote border areas.

Isn't this attempted murder?

US Border Patrol demonstrating, in vivid detail, their murderous cruelty.

In Lochiel, Arizona, where people have been resisting the construction of the border wall, one brave activist locked down to construction machinery—and Border Patrol drove it away with them locked to it. "We're taking you to the middle of nowhere where no one can hear you scream."

This immediately brought to mind the way Border Patrol monopolizes the 911 emergency response systems for migrants, ignoring calls from people presumed to be crossing the border, then leaving them to die in the desert.

"When bystanders called 911 seeking emergency medical attention for the locked down protester, the callers were informed that emergency medical services would not be responding to the scene."

Local fire and EMS were called, Border Patrol told them to leave. BP is gassing and shooting pepper balls at people on private property, and moving the truck with the person still locked to it. Go follow tierralibre_no borders and rally.forthevalley on IG for updates.

🚨 Latest from the border wall blockade: tree sit is still up, one land defender is locked down to machinery, Border Patrol has wrapped a Mylar blanket around them and is running the truck and pumping the blanket full of exhaust to try to gas them out, potentially killing them.

Good morning. Tree sit is still up, wall is still blocked ❤️‍🔥

One of the small things I love about being an anarchist is getting to be morally consistent and say shit like yes obviously I don't think Israel should exist no states do not have the right to exist because states can't have rights Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

La Noria and the ranch on the north side used to be the same ranch until the physical manifestation of the border divided them.

man border walls are really ugly

Happening now! Border Patrol amassing forces after land defenders re-established a tree sit on the Mexican side of the border in La Noria, Sonora, this morning, stopping wall construction the day after DHS killed the Grandmother Tree.

Tree sit is back up in Mexico. Border wall construction is still stopped. La lucha sigue en La Noria / Lochiel ❤️‍🔥

Tree sit is back up in Mexico. Border wall construction is still stopped. La lucha sigue en La Noria / Lochiel ❤️‍🔥

The tree sit blocking border wall construction is back up in La Noria, México! Construction has been stopped! 🔥 After yesterday's raid and toppling of the Grandmother Tree, this morning, land defenders climbed into a nearby cottonwood on the Sonoran side, blocking the wall.

The tree sit blocking border wall construction is back up in La Noria, México! Construction has been stopped! 🔥 After yesterday's raid and toppling of the Grandmother Tree, this morning, land defenders climbed into a nearby cottonwood on the Sonoran side, blocking the wall.

Just horrific and evil

This morning, at least 50 armed Border Patrol agents, including BORTAC, raided the border wall resistance camp and tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona, attacking and arresting land defenders and cutting down the last “grandmother” cottonwood that stood in the path of Trump's double wall on the U.S. side.

I've been so sad about this all day.

man the video in this article of the tree going down is just fucking agonizing

The only world fascists envision is one of metal beams that protects their concrete prisons. These trees did more for our world than any one of these fuckass brownshirts ever could.

Since July 27, brave people have been occupying an ancient cottonwood tree to block the construction of Trump's border wall, which is destroying the region's ecology. This morning, Border Patrol raided the camp, arresting a number of people and killing the tree. Background: crimethinc.com/lochiel

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