A year after Trump allocated billions for his immigration terror campaign, deportation agents are amassing historic amounts of military weapons.
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Anti-Militarism: News & Updates
News Article
July 14, 2026
News Article
July 14, 2026
This article looks at El Salvador's State of Exception through the lens of the unrightfully detained lawyer, activist and human rights defender Ruth López.
News Article
July 14, 2026
Following the election of a far-right government in Colombia that threatens vulnerable and marginalized communities, the author describes a feeling of initial fear and paralysis among activists and citizens. Drawing inspiration and faith from the creative, peaceful resistance of local peasant communities like Guayabo, the author calls for renewed spiritual and social resistance against oppression, injustice, and violence.
News Article
July 13, 2026
Was a Canadian military/security consultant company complicit in the 2016 assassination of Indigenous Lenca land defender Berta Céceres? Did they financially benefit? What was their role in broader intimidation efforts against Indigenous land defenders?
Event
July 11, 2026
Brian Stefan Szittai, Co-Director of the InterReligious Task Force on Central America and Kathleen McDonell, a mediator with the Cleveland Mediation Center, will provide on overview of de-escalation techniques and the priniciples of non-violent protest as useful tools for those in our community who are preparing to monitor and respond to immigration enforcement in our communities.
Event
July 9, 2026
As the world faces an out-of-control diversion of energy and human resources into warmaking, and with United states planning a long and costly upgrade of nuclear weaponry , Dr. Helfand will outline the work from Back from the Brink. This organization brings communities together to prevent the growing threat that nuclear weapons pose to our health, environment, and all we hold dear transmuting fear and anxiety over the threat of a nuclear holocaust into meaningful action.
Event
July 9, 2026
As the world faces an out of control diversion of energy and human recources into warmaking and with the United States planning a large costly upgrade of nuclear weaponry, Dr. Helfand will outline the work of Back from the Brink.
News Article
July 9, 2026
To dismantle authoritarianism and the fascist surveillance state, communities must strategically target and break its local foundations, such as municipal contracts for surveillance technologies, data centers, and detention facilities. By engaging in these targeted local campaigns, people can achieve tangible structural wins that disrupt oppressive machinery while building durable, lasting neighborhood organizing networks for broader resistance.
News Article
July 9, 2026
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released its latest data-driven report that shows the Trump administration is lying about who it is arresting, detaining, and deporting. “Counting Errors, Missing Denominators, and Misplaced Arrests: An Ohio Case Study of the White House ‘Alien Arrest’ Tracker” compares White House data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data, revealing startling discrepancies that show the White House site cannot be trusted. Comparing White House data to data from the same source, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests from the Deportation Data Project, the OIA report identified four key problems with the White House site.
News Article
July 7, 2026
Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador welcomes tourists with open arms while ruthlessly imprisoning its own people.
