#Looted

Reading about last night’s protests in Milwaukee and it is not lost on me they stopped near the District 5 station.https://amp.jsonline.com/amp/5290062002?__twitter_impression=true District 5 includes a large portion of Milwaukee’s Nort
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If you making the “it’s just property ugh capitalism” argument for people being critical of the riots First of all you’re groomed and pathetic.You’re also horribly racist. Because that would
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Why? Christies failed to adhere to a non-legally binding, non- enforceable 50 year old UNESCO resolution ignored by almost all museums in the Middle East and Asia & often, for
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1/8 Social media has facilitated the explosive growth of the illegal antiquities trade by providing criminals an anonymous way to market stolen heritage and transact payments globally. Read @counteringcrime’s Fact
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Here's the thing about the "foreign interference" narrative that bugs me: it seems undeniable that Russian state elements (and quasi-state elements like "patriotic hackers") interfered in the 2016 election It's
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Reminder that Alan Dershowitz is an intense art collector. According to the @nytimes, he owns not one but two Egyptian sarcophagi! According to me, he owns two thingies that are
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A thread of how Islam has been glorified by destroying Indian temples. The temple was completely destroyed on the orders of Muslim Sultan Sikandar Butshikan in the early 15th
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The lives of the essential workers were sold off to fuel a new bull market in the middle of a pandemic. Masks are being confiscated by federal agents so they
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Our Sisters in Chicago are all safe, but our bookcenter was broken into and looted last night during the riots. Please pray for our Sisters. And pray for peace. For
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"To the people who looted my car last night: A Thread1. Why? Why did you need my lighter collection and my safety goggles for chemistry?2. Why did you take only
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The @metmuseum's new installation, "Crossroads," is a master class in using your looted antiquities to justify keeping your looted antiquities. A short thread. The exhibit "examine[s] the idea of cultural
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On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa known as the Black Wall Street.White supremacists killed more than 300
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Private equity was always a catastrophically destructive grift. Just ask employees of the Olive Garden, Toys R Us or Sears. And PE's expansion into health care was terrible even before
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Some of the businesses that were destroyed in the George Floyd fallout have gotten a lot of attention online, which helped them vastly exceed their fundraising goals by 10x or
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I'm sure I have many friends and family who recoil at images of fires burning and stores being looted. I can only ask that you don't rush to dismiss the
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One black person's life is more valuable than every single item stolen from Target combined.Until the government proves that they recognize that, forgive me if I don't give a shit
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