
Documentary on suppressed story of Japanese American #RESISTANCE during WWII incarceration. https://xitter.cf/t.co/bKLZ4MtNlr
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Trump's Executive Order ending birthright citizenship takes effect February 19, the anniversary of FDR's #EO9066 authorizing mass incarceration of Japanese Americans. buff.ly/40wixZ0
This is what happened the last time the Alien Enemies Act was used. For Giving Tuesday, please support THEY TOOK MY FATHER TOO, a film about a Little Tokyo, Los Angeles family facing forced removal and separation in March 1942. Read about the project: buff.ly/3ZtkDcV
Japanese Americans know a bit about the Alien Enemies Act that Trump just said he'd use in a mass deportation program. It was last used to arrest and lock up thousands of Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants during WW2. buff.ly/4dQF5IF
Please remember the 150K-246K people killed by the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And if you believe these bombs were "necessary" to end the Pacific War, you need to read this: foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30…
If you haven't yet, it's about time to start watching ENEMY ALIEN & then join our 7:30pm discussion of how Farouk Abdel-Muhti's victory can inspire Palestinian solidarity movements. Watch on vimeo below, RSVP for post-screening discussion here: buff.ly/3WiCcL5
#OTD July 21, 2004, Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti, newly freed from Homeland Security detention in a case won by @theCCR, died as he was finishing a solidarity speech in Philadelphia. In his honor we're sharing the film ENEMY ALIEN buff.ly/3WiCcL5
Online screening 7/22: ENEMY ALIEN, on the 2-year fight to free Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti, detained by Homeland Security after 9/11. Today, Farouk's heroic struggle has renewed relevance. buff.ly/3WiCcL5 @theCCR
ACTION NEEDED NOW! APRIL 1 DEADLINE: Your public comments needed to stop the construction of a massive fence on the Tule Lake concentration camp, that would desecrate the historic site where 27,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated. facebook.com/groups/58575738…
Yesterday some anti-immigrant posters used the #EO9066 Day of Remembrance to spread a months-ago debunked lie, counting on the #MAGA right's utter ignorance of history. In a way, this is a perfect illustration of how white supremacist ideology endures. buff.ly/3SLzieT
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San Francisco's Day of Remembrance included Rev. Michael Yoshii, Grace Shimizu, and Jeffery Matsuoka standing up with Rabab Abdulhadi, speaking for Palestinians who are under murderous attack abroad and silenced in the U.S. #CeasefireNOW sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti……
Watch this weekend: Asian American activists share their struggles on a 1,700 bicycle journey for justice #citizenship4all The Dream Ride directed by #tulelake filmmaker @aderkon fb.watch/jlvoMUGgj8/ @nakasec @HANACenter













