Michael Letwin

Public Defender | Ex-Pres:LegalAidAttys/UAW 2325 | Labor4Palestine, Jews4PalestinianRightofReturn, Labor4Standing Rock | RedTide | #BDS #BLM

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

Just donated to support a brave worker facing serious legal challenges. Every bit helps! Please consider contributing and sharing this. Let's stand together in solidarity! https://t.co/SoIKFbXuLg

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

Demand @TheJusticeDept @AGPamBondi Prosecute Israelis Responsible for Murdering American Teenager Omar Rabea & Other U.S. Citizens https://t.co/Asi1aDVsaS

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Support Corning Workers in North Carolina!. Sign here: https://t.co/PX7QmqmZ9z

[National Students for Justice in Palestine @NationalSJP]

📍 NEW YORK, NY

🚨 BREAKING: Columbia University students chain themselves to Columbia’s gates, demanding the name of the trustees who gave Mahmoud Khalil’s name to ICE. We will not leave until our demand is met. Free Mahmoud Khalil. Free Palestine

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

Thursday, corrupt @UEFA votes on including genocidal apartheid Israel in its Executive Committee.

I join football fans worldwide instead calling on UEFA and @FIFAcom to: #BanIsrael #RedCardIsrael

https://t.co/P9LmZgxRJL

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

BREAKING: Pro-Palestine Student Activist Momodou Taal Leaves U.S. Amid Deportation Threats

Momodou Taal, a British Gambian pro-Palestine activist and former PhD student at Cornell University, announces that he has left the United States, following ongoing threats of deportation. Taal faced escalating pressure from the U.S. government after filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging two executive orders that targeted pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide activism.

In a statement shared on social media, Taal expresses his gratitude to those who have supported him throughout this ordeal. He recounts how the Trump administration attempted to prevent his day in court, sending ICE agents to his home and revoking his visa. Despite a court denial of his first motion, Taal had hoped a second briefing would allow him to remain in the country while the lawsuit proceeded. Taal writes, however, that he has lost faith in the U.S. legal system’s ability to guarantee his safety and freedom, explaining, “I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted.”

He said the U.S. government has shown a disregard for both the judiciary and the rule of law and criticized the silence of those who have not spoken out against the ongoing genocide in Palestine: “For every person that has remained silent, just know that you are not safe either. Is the imprisonment of those who speak out against a genocide a reflection of your values? Is this the kind of nation you want to live in?”

He also writes, “The repression of Palestinian solidarity is now being used to wage a wholesale attack on any form of expression that challenges oppressive and exploitative relations in the U.S.”

Reaffirming his commitment to a liberated Palestine, and urging continued support, he said: “Do not seek to secure your personal safety by undermining the Palestinian right of resistance.”

“A world where genocidal violence can be waged with impunity is a world built on hatred and cowardice. Such a world will, over time, destroy itself entirely. The only future, the only world, we can accept is one that will have a liberated and reconstructed Gaza at its heart.”

He concludes his message expressing confidence in the eventual liberation of Palestine and with a reminder of the larger struggle and the long-term fight for justice, writing, “As sad as I feel right now, I do not despair. I have never been more confident and sure that we will win and that Palestine will be free within our lifetime. History will absolve us.”

[Zito @_Zeets]

This is wild

[suhauna hussain @suhaunah]

“Per population, the death toll of Palestinian journalists is roughly equivalent to the killing of 8,500 U.S. newsroom employees.”

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

NEW: An ACLU filing sheds light on how "Andry," the gay make-up artist sent to rot in a prison in El Salvador, ended up labeled "Tren de Aragua" by ICE.

Documents filed by ICE shows that the ONLY evidence ICE listed for membership in TdA was a tattoo of a crown with "mom" below.

[Hannah Dreier @hannahdreier]

A woman was assaulted at her job at a nursing home.

She reported it to Michigan police.

The police department alerted ICE, and now she's being deported.

[gaming disorder pawg @roun_sa_ville]

Two weeks ago, ICE kidnapped my friend Karim while he was picking up documents to renew his work visa. Karim came to the US from Egypt legally 20 years ago. He has no criminal record and is BELOVED by our community. ICE disappeared him anyways. We need your help to #FreeKarim

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

Protect student privacy: Congressional demands put students at risk - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/I4q4nVR7bd via @Change

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

BREAKING: The Senate will vote to block $8.8 billion in weapons to Israel, including 35,000+ one-ton bombs. Israel broke the ceasefire, unleashing massive violence against Palestinians in Gaza. Take action: ask your Senators to vote to block weapons! https://t.co/EiRwKYn3wX

[Michael Letwin @MichaelLetwin]

I just wrote a @nycdsa letter: Stand Up Against Gov. Hochul’s Mask Ban. Write one here: https://t.co/xjsISmIPL1

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

REPORT: The Trump administration is attempting to deport non-citizens due to their perceived pro-Palestinian support or criticism of U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Here’s an updated list of those known to have been targeted by the U.S. government: 🧵🔽

1. Mahmoud Khalil (Targeted: March 8, 2025)

Khalil, a 30-year-old Syrian-born Algerian citizen and Columbia University graduate student (master’s in international affairs), was arrested on March 8, 2025, at his Manhattan apartment. He’s detained at the ICE facility in Jena, Louisiana, facing deportation after the Trump administration accused him of risking “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States,” per a DHS document cited by The Guardian. On March 23, DHS filed additional claims, alleging he “withheld that he worked for [UNRWA]” and “failed to disclose continuing employment by the Syria Office in the British Embassy in Beirut” on his 2024 green card application, per Reuters. In Newark federal court on March 28, Judge Michael Farbiarz said he’d rule “as quickly as I can” on jurisdiction and bail, leaving Khalil in custody pending a decision.

[Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 @ScooterCasterNY]

NOW: "Free Palestine" chant Columbia University graduated students as they RIP APART their Diplomas in Protest - NYC

Video by Kevin RC Wilson @FreedomNTV [email protected] to license

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

I have not seen all armies, but in my 45 years, I have never seen a more cowardly army than Israel’s that massacres an encaged, starving people, by air, sniper fire, w their hands zip tied, and in their incubators. Israel’s disgraceful defeat is of its own making.

#Gaza #Nakba

[On the Line @laborontheline]

On the Line interview Leah Duncan, the Financial-Secretary of @alaa2325, about the union’s remarkable history and rise across legal aid services in NYC, their approach to building sectoral and industrial power, and the coming fight ahead @UAW https://t.co/Mt77CLG7IS