The NYT article on the Supreme Court denying Trump permission to call up the National Guard to go to Chicago reports, "They [lower court judges] noted that federal facilities had remained open and that immigration arrests and deportations had continued at a rapid clip." ( https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/supreme-court-national-guard-chicago.html)
Why were fascist ICE arrests able to continue at a rapid clip? Reuters reports, "Lawyers for Illinois and Chicago told the justices that the local protests have 'never hindered the continued operation' of the Broadview facility, and that state and local authorities have responded to every request for assistance and contained any sporadic disruption." ( https://www.reuters.com/world/us-supreme-court-rejects-trumps-military-deployment-chicago-area-now-2025-12-23/ ( https://www.reuters.com/world/us-supreme-court-rejects-trumps-military-deployment-chicago-area-now-2025-12-23/ ) ) That is, while the Trump administration and local Democratic officials contend in court, the latter deploy police to make sure that ICE terror continues. In New York, for example, "Multiple people who were protesting possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Lower Manhattan were arrested Saturday, the New York Police Department said. The protesters were seen near Centre Street in Chinatown blocking vehicles and shouting, 'ICE out of New York,' according to video obtained by ABC News. At one point, the protesters were observed blocking a van from coming out of a garage..." ( https://abcnews.go.com/US/protesters-arrested-nyc-ice-related-activity-chinatown/story?id=127968220) Responding to these arrests, "Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team released a statement that reads, in part, 'The Mayor-elect has made it clear - including to the President - that these raids are cruel and inhumane, and fail to advance genuine public safety.'" ( https://abc7ny.com/post/multiple-people-arrested-during-anti-ice-demonstration-chinatown/18226817/) Mark advises, "We can only watch and hope the courts will stop a military takeover in US streets." Well, a little more than watch and hope. He goes on, "The socialist strategy is to organize all of the troops, and especially their families." Organize them on the grounds that the police will suppress mass protest? The choice between *demanding a return to ordinary capitalist repression* versus *organizing for socialist revolution* is no longer just a debate in small left circles. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39880): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39880 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116950047/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
