As someone who worked in these offices- the way that your calls work when you call representatives is essentially they just take a tally of how many calls they got on a certain topic. There is no need to make an impassioned speech. Just call, leave your name, address -
“I’m calling in regard to the Palestinian genocide currently being carried out by the US and Israel an as your constituent I am demanding a ceasefire now”
And then do that every day.
Over 100 Harvard undergrads staged a walkout and protest today against predator Prof. Comaroff, who is again teaching young students and without any warning from the College to those students.
#firecomaroff
On Friday, I was notified that Prof. Comaroff, accused of sexually assaulting and harassing my friends, and at least half a dozen women over ten years, who was found guilty of sexual harassment by the University, was going to be teaching at Harvard Law School this fall 1/4
truly bold of
@NoahRFeldman
to wax and wane about "the new antisemitism" when he has no problem with old fashioned anti-Black racism and includes the word n!gger in the casebooks he authors
I sent a clear email asking who was responsible, why Harvard was putting more students in harms way, and whether Comaroff will be able to employ student workers, in direct violation of our contract
@hgsuuaw
but the university elected not to answer any of these questions 2/4
And acted as though this was a regular inquiry about a class offering and not, in fact, another instance of them putting a predator in a position of power, notably, without informing students. This is so unacceptable but I honestly can’t even say I’m surprised. 3/4
Ok real talk every pharmacy I’ve been to in the last 4 years has seemed like it had the worst working conditions and like 2-4 week max turnover, that I’ve ever seen- hope to see more of this
CVS pharmacists are fed up. They're understaffed, overloaded with patients, and some report having to give 125 covid boosters in one day, on top of their other work.
So last week they staged walkouts at 22 stores in Kansas City.
Today, they plan to protest across the country.
@Harvard
Are you actually accusing victims coming forward to correct the incredible injustice of the investigatory process, as having a chilling effect on student reporting?
I don’t have anything to add of substance except
@hakeemjefferson
was my regular when I was a barista and he is a very kind and cool person and tips well. ❤️
@SenWarren
@SecBlinken
Sorry let me get this straight-
1. Netanyahu can’t occupy gaza
2. You said nothing about the last 75 years of Netanyahu occupying gaza
3. But it’s ok for him to kill every last man woman and child in Gaza.
Just want to make sure I have your non-ceasefire position right.
Harvard is not the focus. Columbia is not the focus.
EYES ON RAFAH.
They’re about to kill half a million kids. EYES ON RAFAH.
EYES ON RAFAH.
EYES ON RAFAH.
I’m fucking dying at this Ford Statement that almost reads Pro-Union- “this particular plant strike is extremely important and the union is being maximally effective by striking here. Also, it generates $25 billion/yr that we don’t share with our employees”
I'm sorry but I cannot be silent on this: professors who tweet about Trump and don't tweet about their Black and brown students being beaten and arrested for exercising their 1A rights against a genocide - who is normalizing authoritarianism?!!!
UC BERKELEY LAW PROFESSOR ASSAULTS PALESTINIAN MUSLIM HIJABI LAW STUDENT‼️
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of
@BerkeleyLaw
, (huge Zionist) hosted a dinner for graduating law students. Chemerinsky’s wife & law professor, Catherine Fisk, assaulted a Palestinian Muslim hijabi law student
@LolOverruled
Tbh he actually seems chill and good about labor stuff and IP ownership/profit sharing there which is good bc I get the impression the cast and Brennan specifically would not stick around if it wasn’t
Lmao
@Harvard
using “involuntary leave” to get rid of the encampment like they’ve been doing to students with disabilities, illnesses, poor students, students of color, and union organizers for decades
@VoidOfRoses
one time I was in a packed staff/visitor elevator with him, (which he mind you, chose to take despite having access to the Senator elevator immediately next to them) and he actually GRUMBLED
@JortsTheCat
Oh my god. Also, looks like LA Times folks are going on strike again on Friday? Are they currently asking for a boycott do you/anyone know?
HLS recent grad running for Congress saying "we need to strengthen the NLRA" you can start by joining your fucking union you grifter - never once organized with HGSU fuck all the way off
Another Democrat says he is running for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District held by Republican Derrick Van Orden.
This time, a 25-year-old law student from the Milwaukee area…
tell us about a time when u displayed leadership:
well one time on the last day of our first strike I cussed out Harvards entire admin team and lawyers, told them I had a second strike to plan, and then left to go do that
I’m looking forward to joining our auto workers on the picket line this weekend. For Michigan’s sake, I hope the strike is short lived. As someone who used to negotiate international agreements, I know that no one should let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
About 18 people were arrested last night calling for a ceasefire during Boston's state of the city address. Despite the mayor talking about 'democracy in action' during the chanting, and video showing them leaving the event when asked to leave, all were arrested.
#bospoli
.
@RashidaTlaib
, I have supported and defended you countless times, even when you have said the indefensible, because I believed you to be a good person whose heart was in the right place.
But this is so hurtful to so many. Please retract this cruel and hateful remark.
Some of our strike chants from 2021:
Workers need arbitration / *it’s in Bacow’s dissertation!*
Strikes for safety can be great / *(Bacow, 1978!)*
Unions give us all a vote / *That’s what Larry Bacow wrote!*
Workplace safety, union perk— / *This was Bacow’s thesis work!*
lol I’ve been like ha ha I achieved nothing this year all I did was rot and pay student loans but actually wait I graduated from Harvard law school, passed the bar, and got a forever job with permanent work from home accommodations doing labor/employment law wait haha
my hot take here is peoples baseline needs are so far from being met right now that engaging in academia, committing to anything above passing, can really be such a non-priority. Also, so many classes =/= anything related to interests/ careers I can’t blame them
I am fucking dying at the SINGULAR 24 year old white man Pinkerton in a fuckin suit in June hahaahahah Starbucks tryin to be some 1890s mine owners but they just got fuckin Justin
And just to be clear -
Comaroff -IS- a predator. HAS sexually assaulted and harassed students for decades. HAS and IS using the institution to cover it up and retaliate against those students.
And the people enthusiastically helping him do it, are just as responsible.
In 2020 Comaroff's attorneys sent a cease-and-desist letter to me and HGSU for an email I sent out to a union listserv about the case that, in their view, contained too few "allegedly"s. They were clearly accustomed to legal threats instantly getting them what they wanted.
Y’all the most validating thing just happened - I wrote a bill from scratch pretty informally and sent it to leg counsel and they returned it in legislation format with text basically unchanged
I WROTE A BILL
so I interviewed with Rashida Tlaib a few months ago (she interviewed me herself after I got through a round of interviews with staff) and I didn’t end up getting the job because I just didn’t have any banking oversight experience (totally ok) but I’m so proud
Public defenders: bailing out the boat with just their hands
Government lawyers: building a bucket really really slowly
Prosecutors: using a bucket to pour water back into the boat
Corporate lawyers: punching holes in the boat
Today
@UAW
President Shawn Fain wrote to President Ono, Provost McCauley, and the Regents to support our demands for a living wage and a fair contract! We are humbled to have you alongside us in this fight! ✊
NLRB rules that when majority of staff sign up to unionize, employer can still insist on secret ballot vote, but if boss violates law in ways major enough to require overturning the election, company has to recognize the union rather than having a new vote
LOL at the credit card lady calling me about my late payment and giving me probably the most heartfelt congratulations for graduating Harvard law school that I’ve received
@Sej_Singh
You know the vibes that sketchy illegal tv streaming sites give off when you’re trying to guess which download button is right? These are the same vibes
Walgreens told me my prescription refill was denied by insurance yesterday, turns out they lied to cover for the fact that the pharmacy staff walked out to protest their labor conditions