@susanantolin
Poet. Editor. Mother. Artichoke Season (2009), The Years That Went Missing (2020). Editor: Acorn (acornhaiku.com). Co-editor: The San Francisco Haiku Anthology: Volume Two (2024). Publisher: Spare Poems Press. she/her
When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?
This one hits hard.
Wow.
Oh, I would be all in on an AOC presidential run! With all the country has lost with the current administration, this is not the time to go back to the way things were. It’s time to truly move forward with a new vision for our democracy.
Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract.
I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.
Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.
Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
Moulton: This is state-sponsored terror. This is what you would expect to see in North Korea or Iran or the old Soviet Union. We’ve got to crack down on the government before they crack down on the American people.
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
The paid out of state agitators are literally the ICE agents.
I’m convinced that’s exactly what the administration wants—to provoke a violent response. They can’t understand why it isn’t working. We keep the world on our side by sticking with nonviolent resistance.
The unimaginable evil of this. No punishment will suffice. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Verge headline: I grew up with Alex Pretti by Kristen Radtke Photo: An old picture of a boy and a girl at a birthday party
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player intros ahead of Mist’s game this afternoon.
Photo via @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social
I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
We joined an action at the Hilton in Walnut Creek to stand in solidarity with Minnesota. We see your pain and we see your courage as you stand up to this terrorist regime.
Hilton: stop housing ICE agents!
Did you protest at a Hilton hotel today?
Photo credit: ProBonoPhoto.org/Sammy Braxton-Haney
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
state-sponsored child trafficking
The U.S. attack on Venezuela is illegal. Congress never authorized this use of military force. I will vote to stop it. This is insane. Heath care costs and food prices are surging. Trump’s response is we’re going to run another country. Batshit crazy.
Statement on Trump’s military actions in Venezuela.
Protest sign that reads “no war for oil” held at an outdoor protest
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Acorn, Issue #55, Fall 2025
deeply grateful to Susan
Okay, I’m sold! I have to do this trip!
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.
