Don’t miss this deep dive into Target's dystopian mass surveillance police partnership. I spoke with South Minneapolis activist and freelance journalist Marjaan Sirdar about his astounding findings after completing a 12-part investigative series titled 21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City: How Target Corp., the City of Minneapolis, and Hennepin County Created a Domestic Spy Program that Rolled Back Civil Rights on its Black Population.

We discuss Target’s high-tech forensics labs, its broad surveillance of anyone who even enters its stores or parking lots, and its partnership with law enforcement to surveil and police Black and homeless youth and adults around their stores. We also dive into Target's role in the wrongful conviction of 15-year-old Madhi Ali, who has already spent half his life in prison for a triple homicide he did not commit.

LINKS:

21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City

Madhi Ali's story

People Powered Podcast

Article on Madhi Ali’s Case

CALLS TO ACTION:

-PROTECT YOUR DATA, AVOID TARGET AND DELETE TARGET APP

-PUSH FOR EXPANDED DEMANDS FOR THE TARGET BOYCOTT:

-Divest from policing

-Divest from funding prosecutors & city attorneys

-Transparency regarding uses of customer data

-Divest from its massive surveillance apparatus

-Call for exoneration of Madhi Ali

-Expunge Downtown 100 + the geo-restriction lists

-PUT PRESSURE ON TARGET TO MEET ABOVE DEMANDS

-CONTACT HENNEPIN CO ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (612)348-5550 citizeninfo@hennepin.us Request review of cases Target has touched

-PETITION: Target, stop funding police!

-MADHI ALI PETITION

-WRITE TO MADHI ALI, j-pay: OID #236437

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I had the honor of speaking with award-winning Palestinian-American producer, content creator, and storyteller Jenan Matari back in June. Jenan has been harnessing the power of her voice and her social media platform to shine light on Palestine’s history and present reality amidst this genocide.

We spoke about the ways that social media has been used for Palestine -- from combating propaganda to raising funds for evacuations to mobilizing students and protestors across the world.

In Jenan's words, "Palestine is proof that when we connect with each other through applications like this, it can move the needle towards whatever world we’re working towards outside of colonialism and capitalism."

We also touched on Jenan's Palestinian roots and her work to make PR affordable for minority owned and operated brands through ZAYTOUN Publicity.

FOLLOW JENAN ON IG:
@jenanmatari
@jenan.matari


DONATE to Anas' campaign, Sun of Freedom, which is feeding orphaned & disabled folks in Gaza. (Anas is a wheelchair basketball player)


The Free Palestine Cocktail

100 ml Watermelon Juice

30 ml Lime Juice

15 ml Simple Syrup (1:1 ratio) to taste

Small pinch of salt

25 ml green juice of choice (celery, apple, kale)

Optional:

25 ml Clear spirit of your choice: Tequila, Gin, Vodka, Arak, etc

Watermelon slice for garnish

Freeze a small layer of green juice in a glass ahead of time. Combine watermelon juice, lime juice, simple syrup, & a pinch of salt in a mixing tin and shake with cubed ice until properly diluted and chilled. Fill glass (containing frozen green juice) with crushed ice, then fine strain the watermelon mixture over the ice. This will create layers that resemble a watermelon.

Glassware: Collins glass or your favorite tall clear drinking vessel

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I’m joined by Tariq Ra’ouf, a Palestinian freelance journalist and advocate for diversity and inclusion who was recently fired by Apple after speaking out about the company’s complicity in and silence about the genocide in Gaza.

After losing over a dozen family members, Tariq has been working with Palestinian and Congolese activists to organize an international day of action to demand that Apple break its silence about the genocides in Palestine and the Congo.

TAKE PART IN THE DAY OF ACTION DEMANDING AN END TO APPLE'S SILENCE ABOUT PALESTINE AND THE CONGO this Friday Sept 20th. On iPhone release day, show up at Apple stores where you can…

• stand at new product tables
• Book Genius Bar appointments
• Book Apple Vision Pro demo appointments
• Line up, walk away when you’re supposed to pay
• Contact store business teams and ask “Why does Apple do business in Israel?”

To organize an action, reach out to @applesagainstapartheid

EMAIL TIM COOK! Go to Apples4ceasefire.com and click the button to generate a pre-written email. (Customize subject line & some wording to bypass filters)


COCKTAIL / MOCKTAIL PAIRING:

BAD APPLE

This blended and strained drink can be made as a cocktail or mocktail. The recipe makes 2 drinks.

• 1 Apple (like Fuji, gala, honeycrisp)
• Water — 2 oz (60 ml)
• Lemon juice — 1.5 oz (45 ml)
• Grenadine — 1 oz (30 ml)
• Sugar — 2 tsp
• Gin (or Kombucha) — 2 oz (60 ml)

Blend all ingredients (except kombucha for the mocktail). Strain & add strained juice to a shaker w ice. Shake vigorously & pour into a coupe or martini glass (any sort clear glass will do.) If you’re making mocktails, add the kombucha at the very end. Garnish w apple peel twist & enjoy!

BIG THANKS to Anthony DePice for all of his hard work to organize tech workers and consumers for Palestine and the Congo! It was his hard work that led to this connection and this C&C episode. Follow him here and here.

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Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to educate, agitate, and amplify the voices of those who are working to dismantle capitalism and create a better world.

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