🦄 Borders & Migration

Indonesian Undocumented Immigrant Detained at ICE Check-In

UPDATE (5/24/17 6:55 PM MDT): Haris Simangunsong has been deported back to Indonesia; a country where he has not lived in for over 20 years and where he faces religious persecution. This breaking news was confirmed by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Coloradans For…

🦄 Borders & Migration

Deportations Begin Under Trump’s Regime

Phoenix, AZ – Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos may have become the first person to be deported due to Trump’s executive order on immigration. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 while completing a routine immigration check-in, Garcia de Rayos was taken into custody; she was deported to…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community

Thousands Flood Downtown Minneapolis for #MuslimBan March

Minneapolis, MN – On January 31st, thousands converged in downtown Minneapolis between the Federal Building and City Hall to protest a travel ban which targets seven predominately Muslim countries.
Unicorn Riot was live on the scene for the rally and march:
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🦄 Borders & Migration

Twin Cities Young Muslim Collective Holds CVE Forum

Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, October 28, the Young Muslim Collective (YMC) of the Twin Cities hosted an informational presentation and discussion panel about Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), a counter-terrorism initiative of the United States’ Department of Homeland Security.
Unicorn Riot was in attendance and…

🦄 Arts & Culture, Borders & Migration, Community, Eco, Police, Prison, Protest & Direct Action

Deprogram: Episode 28

Ep. 28: #Mizzou #ConcernedStudent1950 #BlackOnCampus #ClimateChange #KeystoneXL #Enbridge #Hackers #CWA #Anonymous #Securus #PrisonMonitoring #MMM2015 #CopsLie #BlackLivesMatter #Turkey #Silvan #SilvanUnderAttack #Palestine #Justice4KeithLamar
https://vimeo.com/393792793
#ConcernedStudent1950
For episode 28 of Deprogram we start at the University of Missouri, where a hunger strike to combat the systemic racial injustices…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Eco, Protest & Direct Action

Enbridge Office Flooded With Protesters During Direct Action Against Tar Sands Pipelines; Seven Arrested

Duluth, MN – Nov. 2, 2015. A rally in Duluth agitated against pipeline construction and demanded full Tribal consultation regarding these dangerous projects. Many groups are rallying to resist the construction of more dirty pipelines across northern Minnesota and beyond. UnicornRiot.ninja had reporters onsite and…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Prison, Protest & Direct Action, Social Control

Deprogram: Episode 26

Ep. 26: #CISA #StopCISA #OpSingleGateway #Thailand #Anonymous #Iceland #IRS #WalmartElves #FreeTheWalmartElves #Podgorica #Montenegro #RefugeesGr #Lesbos #HurricanePatricia #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh #FeesMustFall #FBI #Anarchists #Denver #Homeless #ResurrectionVillage #TinyHomes

https://vimeo.com/393805158

After the rundown and music video, we were gratefully joined by members of the collective Denver Homeless Outloud, who spoke…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Eco, Police, Protest & Direct Action, Social Control

Deprogram: Episode 25

Ep. 25: #DronePapers #StLouis #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches #CoreyJones #BlackLivesMatter #ToroDeLaVega #Anonymous #LibertadHactivistas #Hambach #Germany #Xenophobia #RefugeeCrisis #FortressEurope #Palestine #FeesMustFall #NationalShutDown #BaltimoreUprising
https://vimeo.com/393793150
After the rundown and music video, we had the pleasure to speak with Ralikh Hayes of Baltimore Bloc, an organizing collective in Baltimore.
Deprogram is…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Eco, Police, Protest & Direct Action, Social Control

Deprogram: Episode 24

Ep. 24: #Ankara #AnkaraBombing #MatthewKeys #Anonymous #FBI #DoJ #Police #MatthewAjibade #TPP #TPIP #Berlin #Manif7Oct #Brussels #Exxon #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #Flint #FlintWater #Nicaragua #InternationalReport

After the rundown and music video, we had the 8th installment of our International Report, which brought us news from #Accra #Ghana #Thailand…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Eco, Police, Prison, Protest & Direct Action

Deprogram: Episode 22

Ep. 22: #OpNimr #Anonymous #PirateBay #SnowdenTreaty #ShellNo #FloodTheSystem #FWSW #Catalonia #RefugeesWelcome #KarmaPolice #LasBambas #COP21 #DirtBoxes #Surveillance

https://vimeo.com/393804926

After the rundown and the music video, we conducted two interviews.

The first interview was with Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof about stingrays and surveillance:

The second interview was…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Community, Police, Protest & Direct Action, Social Control

Deprogram: Episode 21

Ep. 21: #AIDS #KimDotCom #Anonymous #Vietnam #Surveillance #BlackLivesMatter #FightForDyett #FireDanteServin #RekiaBoyd #SayHerName #Palestine #AlAqsa #GreekElections #PavlosFyssas #RefugeesGr #RefugeesWelcome #Volkswagen #Japan #TyphoonEtau #DSEI #Dismaland

We covered two of our latest videos during Episode 21:
“South Minneapolis Creates Free Organic Market“:
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“Protesters Shine a Light on…

🦄 Borders & Migration, Eco

Pipeline Politics in the Syrian Civil War

Oil politics in the Syrian civil war is a complex web of money deception and proxy war. What began as non-violent grassroots rebellion against Bashar al Assad and the Syrian state has morphed into a complex proxy war involving countless factions and alliances competing for…