Today is a good day to read about the Jane Collective, a group who successfully ran an underground abortion clinic in Chicago.
In May ‘72, they were raided by CPD. In Jan 73 the SCOTUS legalized abortion, and all charges were dropped against the Janes.
What are the load-bearing posts of our time? Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count? PS if you can parse this you should probably log off
I’m at 30th Street Station where the largest interfaith civil disobedience demanding a
#CeasefireNOW
since the crisis in Gaza just began. Multifaith, multiracial, multigenerational Philadelphians have gathered to say stop the genocide of Palestinians — Ceasefire now!
#LetGazaLive
“This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog” as he threw his first shoe towards Bush. ”This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq" Muntadhar al-Zaidi shouted as he threw his second shoe.
He became a political prisoner and then ran office in 2018.
This is cynical and offensive. Reading this, it feels like
@SenFettermanPA
Staff wants to paint us as cowards. It is about more than narratives. It's about stopping genocide. The office is in a US Customs Building, which DHS was guarding. They threatened us with federal charges.
sorry if this does not fit the narrative but our state director heard these folks out until they had nothing more to say. then they hung out in the lobby for a while until other tenants complained (we share a building) and they were asked to leave by security. but hey you do you.
Congregants from Dor Hadash who shared the Tree of Life synagogue led a years-long campaign pleading for ‘justice tempered by mercy.’ Jewish tradition weighs heavily against the use of the death penalty. This judgement heightens the tragedy.
“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is the banality of evil.” Hannah Arendt
77 years ago, young anti-fascist activist, Sophie Scholl and two members of the non-violent resistance group the White Rose were executed by the Nazis for treason. They were caught distributing anti-war pamphlets at the University of Munich in 1943 and executed by guillotine.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but tear gas should not be allowed to be normalized as a crowd dispersal tool. It is a chemical weapon that if it were to be used in warfare would be a violation of the Geneva convention.
For over a year, Haitians have demonstrated against government corruption and rising costs. As protests grow, I am concerned about increased violence. Using live ammunition against protesters and journalists violates basic human rights and is unacceptable.
@sarina_reads
@waitinginstars
That's right! "In the police van, the women ripped off the sections of index cards bearing their patients' names and addresses and swallowed them. "
“Mifepristone is one of the most studied drugs in this country. The evidence shows that it is safer than penicillin, Viagra , and thousands of other drugs the FDA has approved…
Matt Kacsmaryk’s ruling does not have to bind the rest of the nation.”
If you’re frustrated by everyone talking about the blue lights in Queens / NYC imagine how you’ll feel when every moment of the day is interrupted by crumbling infrastructure fails under climate collapse.
.
@MLB
is proposing to cut 42 Minor League Baseball clubs.
This has nothing to do with what's good for baseball and everything to do with greed.
It would destroy thousands of jobs and devastate local economies.
I'm urging
@MLB
Commissioner Manfred to stop this proposal.
Abolish ICE means Abolish ICE. People belong in our communities, not in cages.
Give what you can to the folks fighting to dismantle this atrocity.
@RAICESTEXAS
💵
@UNITEDWEDREAM
💵
Today cops killed Walter Wallace in broad daylight in front of his mother and neighbors in West Philly. Almost exactly two years ago to the day, a gunman shot 11 people inside the
#TreeofLife
synagogue in Pittsburgh
If we seek to repair this world, we need to abolish the police.
The national emergency is ...
that 44 million Americans collectively hold over $1 trillion in student debt
global economic collapse assured by rising sea levels & devastating droughts
Puerto Rico still awaiting disaster relief $
The 1% owns 40% of the nation's wealth
The narrative that doesn't fit is calling yourself a progressive without calling for a
#ceasefireInGazaNOW
. How can you make good on a single progressive policy while allowing our pain to be weaponized to invest deeply in a budget for horrific cruelty on an unimaginable scale?
Now is not the time to talk about a ceasefire. We must support Israel in efforts to eliminate the Hamas terrorists who slaughtered innocent men, women, and children.
Hamas does not want peace, they want to destroy Israel. We can talk about a ceasefire after Hamas is neutralized.
You're telling me you're not hostile? It seems to really irk you that you can't bully your way out out of this one.
Tell your boss, Netanyahu & Biden we’d be better off if they picked on someone their own size instead of trying to manufacture consent for apartheid and war.
what gets me here is the deception. a hostile reception is sexier, which is why protestors seek to get arrested when they don’t need to. contrary to that, these folks were listened to by our staff, but then tried to say we “expelled” them. protest all you want, but don’t lie.
I’m exhausted by these attacks on my jewish community. Artists, writers and political dissents were the first to be targeted under Hitler’s regime. The right wing is threatened by our collectivism. The antisemitic attacks on jewish humorist
@elivalley
endanger all of us.
Mazal Tov to our Antisemite of the Week-
@elivalley
!
Often praised by David Duke, Valley is known for his sickening cartoons that often target women and fellow Jews.
More on Eliezer here:
Please be extra tender with one another as this year comes to an end. The world is dark. Many of us are experiencing hypervigilance, the persistent feeling of being under threat.
The us here is big.
Cultivate solidarity.
Express gratitude.
Nourish community.
Fight with yr heart.
If you’re frustrated by everyone talking about the blue lights in Queens / NYC imagine how you’ll feel when every moment of the day is interrupted by crumbling infrastructure fails under climate collapse.
I love my comrades
@mdc_dsa
chased out Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen
@nycDSA
spooked Milo Yiannopoulos
@YaleYDSA
antagonized Henry Kissinger
We’re a big tent and we can all come together around making fascists scared.
The fact that I am only just now learning that Sheryl Crow and Laura Dern were roommates means we have not been talking enough about Sheryl Crow and Laura Dern. Collectively this is a failure.
It’s truly a miracle that I was able to get these Union made shirts printed and distributed in time for
#Chanukah
. As my Bubby always said wear it in good health!
Why would anyone support Joe Biden for President?
🚔Author of Violent Crime Control Act incarcerating more people
🚌Leader for antibusing/segregation crusader
👩🏾🏫Failed Anita Hill/Gave us Clarence Thomas
🏦Love banks
🎖️Voted for the Iraq war
⚕️Bad on abortion
What am I missing?
Treat all workers you encounter today with abundant care & tip generously. I worked today for years (malls, holiday markets, coffee shops, restaurants, customer service online, to name a few.) I’m thankful that I do not have to work today. Wishing all workers strong unions + PTO.
Today is a great day to check in on your local Gaza solidarity encampment!
UPenn is good on cash donations and directing money to evacuation campaigns:
Capitalism wants you to believe it’s not cool
To defend the vulnerable
To be in need
To be in Solidarity
To be wholesome
To sing
To be loud
To be messy
To make mistakes
To organize
To win
Don’t worry. Capitalism was never cool. You are.
Tiffany Caban is the DA of Queens
Astoria
Bayside
College Pt
Corona
Elmhurst
The Rockaways
Floral Park
Flushing
Forest Hill
Fresh Meadows
Jackson Heights
Jamaica
Kew Gardens
LIC
Maspeth
Middle Village
Ozone
Rego Park
Ridgewood
Rockaway Park
Rosedale
St Albans
Sunnyside
Woodside
Living in Pittsburgh I admired the work that Gisele did to build community. We know the root of violence is oppression. Our safety is in our solidarity, not retribution. I hope his loved ones call him out about his dehumanizing Palestinians with vitriolic rhetoric.
#CeasefireNOW
"I voted, I voted forever."
📸
@CarbieThe
🎨
@ojeazz
Original art obviously by none other than Ulster County’s own Hudson Rowan!
Thanks to
@AshleyDittus
for being a great BOE Commish!
🌹Reduce Class Size
🌹Improve School Safety w/ nurses, counselors & more
🌹Less Testing
🌹Invest in Community Schools broadened curriculum/wraparound services
🌹Support Students & Families
🌹Regulate charter industry
🌹Fund Schools
@Monica4LAUSD
@GavinNewsom
#UTLAStrike
#RedForEd
Pretty sure my papa had stent placements in his 70s and lived well into his 90s. Stunting is a relatively minor procedure and patients are usually discharged in about 12-24 hours. I’m looking forward to seeing Bernie and his big bionic heart back on the campaign trail soon.
Antwon Rose was a 17 year old, AP student who skated and wrote poems. He was a son, a brother, an uncle, a guardian to younger kids and a beloved member of our community. He was shot three times in the back while running away.
This movement is being lead by his peers.
#j4a
#blm
High school and college students gather for a rally protesting the acquittal of Michael Rosfeld in the killing of Antwon Rose II, Monday, March 25, 2019, Downtown.
@PGVisuals
@PittsburghPG
@bombsfall
I heard a rumor that when a contestant gets upset and starts crying bc of baking mishaps, the other constants make a habit of yelling obscenities or sing copywritten songs so they the crew can't air those scenes.
Immigration violations have only been criminalized for the past 15 years. DHS was created in 2002, ICE in 2003. If ICE/DHS sought to prioritize making conditions humane, they would have. The agencies tasked with doing humanitarian work is NOT ICE. ICE is an enforcement agency.
There are some people in my mentions whose imaginative capacity is so small and broken that they think the only alternative to ICE detention camps is letting children loose on to the street. There are many humanitarian alternatives that don’t necessitate brutality.
AIPAC doesn't care about people in Palestine or Isreal.
#AIPAC2019
doesn't want peace or democracy.
AIPAC wants to consolidate nationalist power.
Netanyahu, Trump, Bolsonaro are all on the same side.
What side are you on?
#RejectAIPAC
When I had my Abortion I was already a radical feminist leader on my campus. I was in a long term relationship. I had less than $1k in my bank account. I contacted
@NYAAF
bc I couldn’t afford the $400+ for the two small pills, exam and follow up appointment.
Allen Ginsberg handwrote this poem for Bernie Sanders after a visit to Burlington in February 1986. This is my favorite thing.
Socialist snow on the streets
Detention is not necessary, is harmful to communities and traumatic to individuals, and has not been the norm until recently.
The only way to get people out of detention is to divest from detention centers and invest in community-based alternatives.
I’m voting for a DSA endorsement
@BernieSanders
. I just got text banked by a volunteer with
#Sanders2020
asking me to support
@ueunion
. This is a grassroots campaign that’s already proving it seeks to strengthen capacity across the things that matter to me.
I say this as a Jew who has studied the Holocaust since I learned to read. This is beyond repugnant. This is immoral. There is no innocent way to stand with this genocidal state sponsored hate speech.