#Protests

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Now I can't sleep—I just feel ill. I can't unsee what I saw. For some reason there are armed civilians with AR-15-like weapons patrolling a Wisconsin city alongside or instead

PDX Comrade Collective

ComrdCollective

If you've ever said something like "these protests are playing into trumps hands!" This ones for you. Because your take is just... the worst thing ever.In Portland, right now, there

Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈

leahmcelrath

We must both act as if the system is intact enough to enable us to remove a tyrant from power through the electoral process AND we must recognize the tyrant

Evan Hill

evanhill

Two people were killed overnight in Kenosha when a group of men with guns who said they were protecting property, including a gas station, opened firehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/kenosha-shooting-protests-jacob-blake.html Thread wi

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CrankyAssCajun

Lafayette. This is fucking Lafayette, y'all. One Louisiana city refuses to take hurricane evacuees. Officials blame racial justice protesters.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/31/lafayette-hurricane-laura-shelter-protests/ P

Cap'n Peanut B. Crunch! #DefundthePolice

Peanut_Crunch

Oh yeah, and buy games from trans creators/developers w/ trans staff.For those who can't afford to do the donation thing I recommended (the "don't buy is the only option" route),

قیصر خان

Qaiser__Khan

Since today is the death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, I decided to prepare a thread on how he's remembered by the Ahmadiyya Community of

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

The vast majority in the US support:• Medicare for all (70%)• ↑ taxes on extreme wealth (74%)• ↑ environmental protection (68%)• ↑ social security (77%)• Ending police repression (67%)But we

Synchronicity

Synchronicity34

So the recent UK Government announcement of an end to #ICE sales by 2030 and an acceleration of transition to #BEV has ignited the usual round of bluster and sputtering

ⒶokiefashbashⒺ

okiefashbash

What is the Boogaloo Movement and its connection to Oklahoma? A Thread:The Boogaloo Movement is an Alt-Right Anti-Government Militia movement that started as a meme-centered community in the depths of

Texas Rose~Suburban Woman For Trump⭐️⭐️⭐️

AmericanRose8

@IAMJHUD #JenniferHudson After everything @realDonaldTrump did for you after your family was brutally murdered in Chicago you disrespect the good deeds of a good man by performing “A Change Is

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taesdivinity

not a fan but i see halsey REALLY being proactive out there & using her platform for good. she’s one of the few celebrities actually going out protesting (whilst having

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Neoliberalism's starting gun went off on 1973, when a US- and UK-backed fascist military deposed Salvador Allende, the incredibly popular, democratically elected president of Chile. 1/ The coup embodied Peter

Matt Alt

Matt_Alt

Very interesting thread, but perhaps too simplistic? Pre-Miyazaki, there was a failed strike at Toei that fed many defections to Tezuka's Mushi Pro (which made Astro Boy, Japan's first TV

Scott Hechinger

ScottHech

Just as COVID struck, I met Lacie. A public defender in Louisiana. The *only* in East Baton Rouge assigned to represent the 12k arrested each year at bail hearings. Since

Holmes Chan

holmeschan_

#THREAD: There are 2 kinds of arrests in #HongKong.When police arrest high-profile lawyers and activists -- like they did last Saturday with Martin Lee & co. -- they want you