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🎤 a podcast that pairs crafted beverages with stories distilled from our capitalist hellscape🍸💲🔥[email protected] #capitalismisunsustainable
California, USA
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BREAKING: UC Davis has divested from apartheid Israel. The bill prevents the ASUCD’s $20 mill budget from being spent “on companies complicit in the occupation and genocide.” . This is huge. University divestment efforts played a massive role in ending South African apartheid.
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The Girl Scout organization threatening legal action against a troop of Girl Scouts who made bracelets to raise money for children in Gaza. “What did we do wrong?” The girls ask. "Didn't other troops participate in other service projects for Ukraine?". �
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This is such a powerful response to the “outside agitator” talking point police have been spreading about #StopCopCity protestors: “The reality is the ones who are engaging in violence are the police and they’re from right here in Atlanta, Georgia.”
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@SDonziger Folks are reporting that labs have stopped testing people’s blood dioxin levels in the area surrounding Norfolk Southern’s toxic derailment. Seems like a clear attempt to cover up catastrophic health impacts of this corporate disaster. Please speak out if you’re having this issue
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Trans folks are on the front lines of the fight against fascism. Resist fascism by standing with your trans neighbors.
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So disturbing. Feeding hungry & unhoused folks is being criminalized in cities across the US. Houston Food Not Bombs has been ticketed 23 times for the crime of feeding their homeless neighbors. Here’s my discussion with FNB volunteer Shere Dore:
"Jordan Neely was arrested 40 times" . Being homeless is illegal in the US. Loitering, pan handling, trespassing, open containers in public, public urination, + dozens of other crimes are used as an excuse to arrest ppl who don't have a place to live and public facilities to use.
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The police are swarming the Week of Action in Atlanta. They’ve been circling the vigil for Tortugita, who was killed by the police while sitting peacefully with hands raised. This is more than oppression, it’s desecration. Video update from @atlanta_press
Atlanta police circling a vigil for a forest defender killed by state police.
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“The police for the most part serve as the pubic army for private interests.” .— @kamaufranklin . From my conversation with Kamau and 2 other activists working to #StopCopCity.: @defendATLforest
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“They are shooting at us randomly. We can’t leave. The drones are above us shooting at anything and everything.” . Red Crescent volunteer @merhankeller just shared these words. The Israeli army is attacking the last NGOs that are on the ground attempting to save Palestinian lives
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From Standing Rock to Cop City, we’ve seen the marriage of corporate and state power used to crush activism. @amywestervelt and @paulpaz help me explain how domestic terrorism & #RICO charges are part of a growing trend of criminalizing dissent in America.
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For months, organizers like Kamau Franklin of @CommunityMvt and Marlon Kautz of @ATLSolFund have been warning about extreme charges for Stop Cop City protestors & those who have dared to offer support. Now the state is targeting bail fund organizers.
Georgia Officials Target Bail Fund in Crackdown on ‘Cop City’ Protests. Kamau Franklin said "The latest arrests are part of a larger bid to chill protests and scare would-be activists"
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The City of Atlanta continues to make a mockery of its own Democratic institutions. The Council just voted down efforts to codify a referendum process, spitting in the faces of the 100,000+ residents who signed the petition to put Cop City on the ballot. The people responded:
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We are entering “a new era of community defense.” . “the people who showed up to counter the Proud Boys, Patriot Front, and other fascists ranged from militant anti-fascists to queer community groups to moms organizing on Facebook”. @JoshuaPHilll .
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Why do the police violently respond to mutual aid groups for simply feeding unhoused neighbors?. @JoshuaPHilll explains:.“It’s because they’re the foot soldiers of capitalism.”
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“I don’t care if the Wendy’s burned down after Rayshard Brooks was killed if it’s a warning to stop killing Black people.”. -@kamaufranklin . From the recent Cocktails & Capitalism episode about Cop City
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@JoshuaPHilll When I made this meme, I thought I was using hyperbole to make an important point about forced birth and capitalism. No — this is the actual logic right wingers use when arguing that abortion must be outlawed. @kylietcheung
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I had to remake this meme because it perfectly captures the relationship between capitalism and #forcedbirth
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“That’s a key tenet of capitalism — that the reason people don’t have enough is that there isn’t enough …. “There are about 552,000 homeless people in the United States but about 16 million vacant units” . - @kaburbank on @CocktCapitalism.🎧
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10 years for beating an officer with a flag pole at the Capitol. That’s the longest sentence handed to any of the January 6th Capitol rioters. 18 protestors have been charged with domestic terrorism for being in the forest to STOP COP CITY. Their possible sentences: .35 YEARS
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“People used to like this term ‘diversity of tactics,’ and we’ve gone a step further. We’ve created something that actually mimics the forest itself: this is AN ECOSYSTEM OF TACTICS” . - Tree (#StopCopCity forest defender) @defendATLforest .1/
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Not only are orcas extremely intelligent, but they may actually experience emotion even more intensely than humans. When studying the brains of orcas, scientists discovered that the parts associated with emotion and compassion were incredibly developed.
This is next level. A captain whose boat was attacked by orcas off the coast of Spain got footage of them going direct for the ship’s rudders.
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I spoke with Osage professor Jimmy Lee Beason II about the film & history behind #KillersoftheFlowerMoon . These murders for oil money & the blocking of food aid by Israelis expose the same truth: . Settlers take it upon themselves to enact the violence of settler colonialism
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I am so convinced that this is true. It's the main reason why I've worked to create the Cocktails & Capitalism podcast.- Erika.
Capitalism is an economic system based on infinite "growth" & endless consumerism on a planet with limited resources. Therefore, by definition it will result in the death of the planet. We can choose to have capitalism or we can choose to have a future. But we can't have both.
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Demand more from Norfolk Southern and the government, but know that they will try to skirt accountability and avoid paying to clean up this mess and compensate victims. If you can help provide mutual aid for the people of East Palestine, please do.
The company is worth $55 billion and the CEO alone gets $8 million a year. This stuff is insulting.
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@Pal_action is shutting down Israel’s weapons providers … using sledgehammers!. Here’s my conversation with a member of this network of activists using direct action to shut down businesses profiting from the violent oppression of Palestinians.
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Capitalism fails to meet our most basic needs. @JessicaLBurbank explains this beautifully in the latest Cocktails & Capitalism episode .🎧
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Capitalism is a horror show.
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You can’t eat the rich if you’re too busy eating other leftists . 💀.
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After an absolutely historic public comment period with folks speaking overwhelmingly against Cop City for ~ 15 hours, the Atlanta City Council voted to fund the project. At ~5 am, the incredibly resilient audience responded by loudly chanting "COP CITY WILL NEVER BE BUILT!"
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Abolitionist author & organizer @micahinATL spoke with me about the escalating tactics that are being used to crush the #stopcopcity movement. We discuss the #RICO charges for 61 people & the indictment’s criminalization of mutual aid. Full video:
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“Why did Palestinians ask the international community to boycott divest & sanction Israel? It’s because they understand the economic factor that people are benefiting from their oppression, from their occupation, & from their apartheid”. From my conversation w @hebh_jamal
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Anticapitalist bartender Jesse Torres helped me break down how we developed this fucked up system that relies on customers to compensate servers for their work. Check out this fascinating deep dive into this history of tipping in America: .
This constant drum beat about tipping is an effort to pit workers against consumers, when the truth is we're all workers who should unite against the bosses.
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I grew up in Indonesia, which is a Muslim country, and the people there always treated my family with such kindness. It warms my heart to see how many Indonesians are expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people ❤️✊🇵🇸.
The size of this protest for Palestine in Indonesia is incredible
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German riot police defeated and humiliated by some kind of mud wizard ✨🪄🧙♂️🪄✨ . I believe this is from the brutal eviction of protestors protecting the town of Lutzerath, Germany from being destroyed for a coal mine. Imma cover this story on the show soon.
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“The fake urban village APF [Atlanta Police Foundation] seeks to create will train officers to view Atlanta like a warzone and treat civilians like potential enemy combatants.” @kamaufranklin . TELL CORPORATIONS TO DIVEST FROM COP CITY❗️❗️❗️❗️👇.
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This is the face you make when your parents just signed you up to work in a coal mine
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You can take these actions to stand in solidarity with the forest defenders working to #stopcopcity . Justice for Tort! 💔✊.
Manuel Teran, AKA Tort, was murdered by police yesterday. They were camping in a public park to defend the Weelaunee Forest. They are the first environmental protester we know to be killed by US police. This is a big thread of submissions to love and mourn Manuel.
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@kandistmallett @JoshuaPHilll “Movement politics is something that scares the status quo … The state will use everything in its power to not only scare but to destroy movements.”. - @kamaufranklin speaking about the extreme charges for #StopCopCity protestors.
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@JoshuaPHilll Here’s @kamaufranklin of @CommunityMvt talking about the extreme charges that have been used against folks in the movement to STOP COP CITY.
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@Pal_action deserves recognition for this huge victory against Elbit — an arms manufacturer that says its products are “field-tested on Palestinians.” . Through sustained direct action, this group has shut down 2 Elbit facilities in the UK before ending this massive contract ✊🔥.
BREAKING: Elbit fired from £280MILLION worth of British military contracts, after Palestine Action's two years of direct action ruins firm's operational security and reputation. It's the beginning of the end for Israel's largest arms firm #ShutElbitDown
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Happy May Day to the workers of the world! ✊ Let’s ditch these chains!
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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen orcas rebelling against humans. Captured in Iceland & imprisoned at SeaWorld, Tilikum killed 2 trainers and a trespasser. Orcas don’t kill people in the wild. The deaths resulted from the distress & misery Tilikum experienced in captivity
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“Can you imagine that if you did a die-in someplace that you could be charged with domestic terrorism? And if … your organization supported you in doing it then that whole organization … and other coalition members could also be charged now with RICO charges.”
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This episode connects the dots between #MutualAid, capitalism and policing. Listen to hear how the practice of mutual aid can help us start to build a world outside of capitalism. Listen: Watch:
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"I ain't scared … but if anything happens to me it's not suicide." . A close friend of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett claims he told her not to believe any reports of suicide in the event of his death.
Before his untimely death, a Boeing whistleblower told his friend that if anything happened to him, "it's not suicide," according to local network ABC News 4.
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“Because our housing industry is run by ppl who want to make money off the commodification of housing, we’re never going to see those 1/2 a million homeless people in 1/2 a million of the 16 million vacant units” - @JessicaLBurbank . 🎧
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What is the point of encouraging people not to vote? What is gained? As we watch reproductive freedoms, voting access, and trans rights being stripped away, why not use the little bit of power we have to minimize harm to these communities and slow our backslide into hatred?.
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As the scapegoating of trans folks becomes increasingly dangerous, Elon Musk weighs in by completely shitting on any mainstream acceptance of gender identity that already existed. Shame on you, @elonmusk . We know what side of history you’re on.
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Fossil fuel profiteers don't deserve a moment of peace. Youth-led @ClimateDefiance is using direct action to expose the politicians most responsible for the climate crisis and compel them to act with the urgency this crisis deserves.
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All the #leftistinfighting is so counterproductive. Our enemies are only growing in power and influence. Let’s redirect the energy we’re wasting name calling & #gatekeeping towards building #leftistsolidarity and a powerful #anticapitalistmovement
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Pretty scary that a single billionaire can control a massive platform we use to learn and communicate. I made this creepy costume in honor of Elon’s Twitter acquisition
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Police violently attack protestors trying to stop a coal mine in Lutzerath. Then they kill a forest defender in Atlanta opposing the corporate-funded “Cop City.”. It’s clear that police are here to protect property and serve capital no matter the cost to people or the planet.
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“Taking on a trillion dollar company can never be a loss for workers “. -Chris Smalls on the results of the ALB1 union vote.
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@Eve6 If you want to hear the history of Palestine in 3 parts, we covered this on the Cocktails & Capitalism podcast. “We hope you have tissue boxes nearby. Your souls are going to hurt”.
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@mikaelaloach seized the opportunity to announce that capitalism is causing climate change and “billionaires shouldn’t exist” at the recent Gates Foundation annual event. We spoke about this and her climate activism on the Cocktails & Capitalism pod:
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“What happened in Atlanta is clearly part of a dangerous trend of wholesale escalation and violence by US law enforcement, courts, and the fossil fuel industry to attack leaders of the climate movement.” .-@SDonziger .
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Gun nation.Under God.Unforgivable .With mass shootings and covid for all.
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I asked @amazonlabor founder Chris Smalls if we’ll ever end capitalism. His response:. “We gonna do some damage.”. “Forming unions and putting money back into our communities, our pockets — that’s the ultimate ‘fuck you’ to capitalism”. @Shut_downAmazon .
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This depth of emotion is why we saw a mother orca carry her baby for 17 days after it passed away. Given their extreme capacity 4 emotion, it’s no wonder that orcas would feel the destruction of their environments, food sources & communities very intensely & want to fight back
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“There were tactics that involved smashing a window at a corporate office… But I’m one of those people who would say that I would rather property get damaged when it comes to saving the lives of people” . - Kamau Franklin .@CommunityMvt #StopCopCity .
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What’s the difference between the “targeted sabotage” of a pipeline and the destruction of boat rudders by an endangered group of orcas? . Both are justified forms of protest against ecocide that target property — not people.
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I spoke with @kamaufranklin of @CommunityMvt about the insane domestic terrorism charges for protestors opposing #CopCity & how potential RICO indictments would have a chilling effect on social & environmental justice movements & organizations. 🎧
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The insular cortex of orcas “is the most elaborated in the world. The insula is involved in consciousness & playing diverse functions linked 2 emotions that includes compassion, empathy, perception, motor control, self-awareness & interprsonal experience”.
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Happy May Day! ✊ Solidarity with the workers of France who are facing so much police brutality while protesting the increase of their retirement age
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Dear leftists, . Rather than ripping each other apart, why don’t we focus on common cause? . From tackling the climate crisis to showing up for our trans neighbors to dismantling global capitalism, we are on the same page.
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As a climate justice activist, @mikaelaloach has been fighting fossil fuel projects in the UK. She is one of three claimants who has taken the UK government to court for handing over taxpayer money to fossil fuel companies. 🎧
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I’ll finish this thread with some of the most incredible orca resistance memes I’ve come across. @lupelenape94_ for helped me find these gems 🖤The virus of capitalism design is from @earthliberationstudio on IG
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ChevronTexaco caused THE BIGGEST OIL DISASTER IN HISTORY, deliberately dumping billion gallons of toxic oil waste into the Amazon rainforest. This episode explains how farmers and Indigenous folks take on the oil giant and win, but the fight continues!.
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@dystopian_grift @stripstrikenoho Tysm! 🙏✊ It was such a fun, deep chat with the @stripstrikenoho dancers!. These women were just walking the picket line with the dancers at Magic Tavern in Portland who are likely to become the 2nd existing stripper union & the 3rd EVER in America!🎉. 📺
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Oligarch Elon unofficially endorsing DeDantis through this platform exposes the cozy relationship between capitalism and fascism. This shit is so dark that it’s hard to enjoy how much these fools botched the announcement. “Tech genius” my ass ….
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Such a great discussion with @jamie_elizabeth about the extreme police response to the #BlockCopCity mass action & the creative tactics employed by protestors to keep each other safe!. “Jamie Peck: Tear Gas and Tactics at the Block Cop City Action”.
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Steven Donziger describes his epic battle against oil giant Chevron, connecting the dots between his own struggle against corporate power & the fight to stop Cop City. STEVEN DONZIGER ON CORPORATE CAPTURE & COP CITY.Cocktails & Capitalism Season 3 Finale 🎧
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Fascism on full display in the oppression of folks protesting Cop City. Arrests of protestors, journalists & legal observers during militarized raids. All in the wake of the police killing of a forest defender to make way for a center to expand state/corporate backed policing.
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Israel has now bombed every single office of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. @ThePCRF
LAST PCRF OFFICE IN GAZA IS BOMBED TODAY…. PCRF’s last office in Gaza was destroyed by one of Israel’s air raids today. Two other offices were destroyed in previous months by Israeli air attacks as well. We are thankful that no one was killed or severely injured during these
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Under capitalism, simple acts to ensure survival for oneself and others are repackaged and sold to us as feel-good stories.
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You can’t call yourself a feminist, an environmentalist, or a progressive if you’re not speaking out about Palestine. Jewish comedian and @palestinepod cohost Michael Schirtzer made this crystal clear during our discussion.🧵. 🎧
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When you’re feeling burned by @GretaThunberg but the only comeback you can come up with is “No, YOU’RE the one with a small dick!”. And then you receive a pizza delivery that gives away your location so you can be arrested for human trafficking
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If you dread mandatory workplace fun, you’re not alone 🙃
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“They abuse the legal system as a business model.”.
BREAKING: Two top partners at @Chevron law firm @gibsondunn – the same firm that detained me illegally for 3 years – were just hit with a huge fine for lying to courts to help a corrupt corporate client. They abuse the legal system as a business model.
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Once again, law enforcement has turned the Cop City site into a war zone. We can expect more and more of this in our cities, communities, and natural spaces if the project is allowed to move forward. #StopCopCity
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Nearly 50% of Palestinians are CHILDREN. These children regularly face arrest, prosecution, physical abuse and imprisonment by an apartheid regime. Israel is the ONLY country in the world that prosecutes children in military courts.
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As the sun sets for Twitter, the golden hour is just so beautiful …
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Chevron’s ruthless targeting of @SDonziger sets a terrifying precedent for anyone who defends people or the planet against the ravages of greedy corporations. “Chevron’s Corporate Prosecution of Steven Donziger” with @paulpaz of @amazonwatch. Listen now:
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Even business students are questioning capitalism
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My new kink is watching #AlexJones squirm and panic as he realizes he’s been caught. I would pay to regularly feel this degree of #schadenfreude about dangerous right-wing goobers like Alex.
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So many of us are ready to join the orca resistance to this anthropogenic destruction of our earth & ecosystems. Check out groups like @ClimateDefiance who are using direct action to halt the ecocidal fossil fuel industry. Resistance is possible, & we need it now more than ever
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“Anyone can figure out the logistics by which these weapons are transported from their local community to battlefields and figure out how they can stop it”. From my conversation with Max Geller of @Pal_action.
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@MorePerfectUS @ActorsEquity This is the best news! 🎉🎉🎉✊. I had the chance to interview Reagan and Velveeta about their work and how it relates to capitalism. The discussion was incredible! I highly encourage folks to listen or watch the video . 🎧: VIDEO:
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If anyone is planning to protest at the Gal Gadot screening, please beware that this event seems to be set up so that the optics can be used to paint pro-Palestine protestors as #antisemetic . This is why they are holding the screening at the Jewish museum.
Israeli actress Gal Gadot will organize a screening of a propaganda 47-minute video provided by the Israeli military in #LA and #NY. #US
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Elbit is apartheid Israel’s largest weapons provider. This is why the brave people of Palestine Action are working to shut them down. Solidarity with the activists as they apply direct action to shut down an Elbit factory in Leicester ✊🇵🇸.
BREAKING: Palestine Action declares a siege against Leicester’s Israeli weapons factory from May 1st: no one leaves until Elbit does #ShutElbitDown
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61 RICO charges for folks protesting an ecocidal police urban warfare facility. Meanwhile, #FoodNotBombs volunteers have been handed 56 tickets for feeding the hungry in Houston. #MutualAid and “solidarity” are being criminalized. It’s even spelled out in the RICO indictment
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A ceasefire is not an end to the genocide.
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