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from miami. spox @protectourpwr @sunrisemvmt . frederick douglass distinguished scholar @americanu . @sociology_u student. views my own.
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words can’t begin to describe how proud I am to be in
@sunrisemvmt
and how good it feels to win. ❤️
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I’m hearing too much “recycle, compost, go vegan!” and not enough “100 corporations cause 71% of emissions”
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BREAKING – Young climate activists with
@sunrisemvmt
confronted Sen. Manchin as he stepped off his yacht this morning. “We want to live!” they say. This comes after Manchin once again declines
@POTUS
’ Build Back Better Act, holding hostage significant investments in climate.
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Ok so this tweet does not say please litter and be a carnivore.
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DEVELOPING– After
@Sen_JoeManchin
walked away without giving any answers to the
@sunrisemvmt
activists who confronted him for obstructing
@POTUS
’ climate and jobs package, they blocked his exit from the parking lot demanding answers.
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While sustainable lifestyles can help change our mindset around consumption, the individual action narrative pits us against each other and distracts us from punching upwards to those who are responsible for the crisis. Let’s organize to create a green new world for all.
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Turning “the biggest climate bill in US history” into the smallest one is my goal for the next decade.
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BREAKING – After a large rally in front of the White House, hundreds of protesters with
@sunrisemvmt
are blocking all entrances to the White House.
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AOC and the Squad were the earliest dissenters of Netanyahu’s war and proponents of a ceasefire. Alienating our institutional allies at a moment when extreme right-wing organizations like AIPAC are spending millions of dollars to trash and oust them is unserious and destructive.
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BREAKING – Capitol police have begun arresting hundreds of indigenous and frontline activists demanding an end to fossil fuel projects and the declaration of a climate emergency.
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Leading the group are 5 young people with
@HungerStr1ke
who didn’t eat for 2 weeks in a bold effort get
@POTUS
’ attention and demand that he stop negotiating away his climate promises to politicians like Manchin who are bought out by fossil fuel corporations.
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UPDATE – Secret Service have begun arresting
@sunrisemvmt
organizers blocking entrances to the
@WhiteHouse
. They remain holding signs that read
#NoClimateNoDeal
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BREAKING: Young marchers from across the South are outside Ted Cruz’s lawn. Their message to Biden: We are well aware of the climate deniers and insurrectionists that you are negotiating with, it is time you listen to the people who elected you, those whose lives are on the line.
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Having ended their strike, this confrontation marks the continuation of
@HungerStr1ke
’s fight for climate justice with a new tactic and new target. Give them a follow to stay updated!!!
#WeWantToLive
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hey guys! this is fucking wild!! We just won a government program to employ tens of thousands of young ppl with good union jobs to stop climate change and keep communities safe!!! Thanks to everyone who called, knocked on doors, and even got arrested to make this possible.
Today, we are mobilizing the next generation of clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience workers.
Join us at
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It’s freshmen move-in day on AU’s campus and
@austaffunion
has successfully blocked entrances to dorms. Administrators, who walked away from negotiations, can be seen awkwardly explaining the situation to new students and parents. The staff union is demanding better pay.
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Want to help these young people win a livable world back from a corrupt senator who wants to see it burn? Join them here:
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want to help these young people stop a corrupt senator who wants to see the world burn? check out
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AIPAC and their Trump-supporting donors are spending tens of millions of dollars to throw the Squad out of politics because they are the voice of Gen Z and millennials. Today we launched
@protectourpwr
to fight back.
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3 words for the pundits and politicians scratching their heads wondering how get the support of young people: Green. New. Deal.
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Don’t forget–
What we got on the table: $6T
Where we compromised: $3.5T
What they gutted it to: $1.75
What science and justice demand: $10T
A topline isn’t just a number, it’s a measure of how much we care about people’s well-being as we face health, economic, and climate crises
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Today I represented
@sunrisemvmt
alongside frontline leaders and leading members of Congress to demand that
@POTUS
declare a Climate Emergency. Our communities can’t wait.
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BREAKING – After citing their fight to the oil lobbyists that testified before congress today, Rep.
@RoKhanna
meets & appreciates the 5 hunger strikers with
@HungerStr1ke
who are urging Biden and the Dem party to commit to big on climate. They ask him to
#HoldTheLine
. He affirms.
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BREAKING –
@SenTinaSmith
greets hunger strikers outside of the capitol. She says she will meet with CPC chair
@RepJayapal
to go over text in the next hour to see how strong the bill’s provisions are. They thank her for having held the line thus far. (1/3)
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This is a massive and dangerous betrayal to young people.
I’m scared that our planet will cease to be habitable as it’s forced to withstand more fossil fuel development.
I’m scared that democracy will crumble as it’s forced to withstand more disillusioned young people.
President Biden officially approved the Willow Project.
Instead of sticking to his own climate goals and listening to the millions of young people who carried the party for the last three election cycles,
@POTUS
is letting the fossil fuel industry have their way.
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California, Pennsylvania, New York, DC & the gulf south. Organizers with
@sunrisemvmt
from every corner of the country have descended upon DC demanding that
@POTUS
stop negotiating away lives and futures and listen to the people who elected him.
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Climate being the 2nd debate topic in a Republican presidential debate is a pretty big deal relative to what was going on 4 years ago. Thank the Green New Deal.
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BREAKING –
@SenMarkey
greets the hunger strikers demanding that Dems go big on climate in reconciliation. “I’m not gonna vote on anything until I know what’s in there” says the Senator.
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I’m confused. Which Joe did I reluctantly vote for to be President?
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Bowman is the first Black man to hold this seat. He has led with and been accountable to movements of young people.
This organization is supporting a GOP funded candidate against him and they’re doing it in the name of the most progressive and diverse generation in history. 🤦♂️
We're proud to endorse
@LatimerForNY
for New York's 16th District!
For the last several decades, George has led a life of public service -- proving that he'll fight for common-sense solutions delivering for working families, American democracy, and our generation's future.
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If you’re a lawmaker and you’re not rushing to extend the eviction moratorium, you’re no climate champion.
You’re either ignorant about the severity of the climate crisis or you’re choosing to subject millions to the streets amidst heatwaves, floods, and fires.
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BREAKING — Unionized grad students and adjunct profs from
@AmericanU
are demonstrating outside a fundraising event attended by the University president,
@SylviaBurwell
. Most adjuncts make as little as $3.8k/course. Burwell made a total of $1,066,509 in the 2019 fiscal year.
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Support their bail fund here!
18 young people have been arrested outside of Kevin McCarthy’s office for peacefully protesting a government shutdown and demanding climate action.
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BREAKING: In a statement, members of the Congressional Progressive Staff Association claim to be “prepared to take action” against Senator Manchin’s move to remove critical climate investments in the reconciliation bill and Democratic leadership’s move to appease him.
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With seas rising & infrastructure crumbling, Miami is forced to live through radical change every day.
But no longer will Miami be the poster child of constant crisis.
This decade, the winds of change blow in our sails. Miami demands a
#GreenNewDeal
& a
#CivilianClimateCorps
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if you’re a young person involved in political/movement work and believe that defending the squad is crucial for the power our generation’s movements, HMU!!! There’s a good amount of us from across different movements working on something exciting.
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A group of young people just occupied Speaker McCarthy’s office calling bullshit on the false choice he’s imposing on the American people: shutting down the government entirely or stripping its ability to help people amidst a climate emergency and an affordability crisis.
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you think jeff bezos demolishing that 144 yr old bridge is bad? wait till you hear what fossil fuel billionaires are doing to a 4.6 billion year old landmark.
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Besides notching a history-defining win for the labor movement,
@UAW
has just achieved a history-defining win for the climate movement. A just transition for workers in greening economic sectors has gone from theory to practice– at scale! A Green New Deal on the horizon.
We just won a just transition at General Motors.
Facing the threat of a strike at its most profitable plant, GM has agreed to put battery production under the master UAW contract.
This is what winning looks like.
#StandUpUAW
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NEWS🚨Sunrise Movement American University has officially launched the Green New Deal for AU campaign. We will make
@AmericanU
the model green university it swears to be. What makes us different than admin? We won’t lie or leave students and workers behind in the process.
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We need to call this what it is– a takeover of the last remaining “stable” institution of the constitutional order by an extremist right wing minority. What will it take to prove that a system owing its origins to compromises with slaveowners is unfit to work for the many?
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes.
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I’m hearing nothing but crickets from a lot of men who feel confused or unaffected by the threat to roe v wade. I’ll admit, at first I used to feel that way too. When I understood the stakes, I wasn’t sure how to be a good male ally. So let me put what I’ve learned simply.🧵(1/6)
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Look at that, Elon Musk replies to Bernie the same way he does to workers.
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If 2 people making backroom deals can defeat
@POTUS
’ promise to deliver us a safe future, 5 brave ones with a movement behind them can win it back.
@POTUS
the generation that elected you is fighting this hard to keep YOUR promises. Will you put up a fight at all for us?
BREAKING: 5 young people begin hunger strike at White House, calling on
@POTUS
to keep his promises for climate justice. The stakes of this moment are life and death, and we are putting our bodies on the line to fight for the side of life.
#HungerStrikeForClimate
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Every new climate disaster should be named after politicians obstructing progress to make clear the blood their hands are stained with.
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If you’re a corporate lobbyist, Joe Manchin will personally host a meeting with you.
If you’re one of his constituents, you’ll have to track him down and hope he hears you from the moat of his floating castle.
Fucking disgusting.
Joe Manchin talking to
@CPDAction
,
@greenpeaceusa
,
@CASAofDC
,
@Race_Matters_WV
,
@_youngwv
,
@BlackByGodWV
at his boat house today. Photo Credit to
@CPDAction
&
@julesp__
!
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Why the school and not the police department?
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guys... I’m going to school on a full ride with some really cool ppl😁
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i’m telling you, the green new deal hoodie makes you act different
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how I’m meeting the word count on all my finals next week
VP HARRIS: "I think it's very important [...] for us at every moment in time & certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist & are present & to be able to contextualize it — to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment — as it relates not only
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Some earth days ago, a fearless terrestrial warrior was born. Everyone wish
@VarshPrakash
a happy bday ✨🎂
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We’re really doing this. Today
@protectourpwr
launches with over 100 youth organizers across issues, including students from 30+ universities. We’re defending the Squad and our generation’s political power from right-wing, billionaire-funded organizations that want to silence us.
Youth organizers across movements are coming together to launch a new initiative: Protect Our Power. We’re a campaign led by young people, for young people – to protect our generation’s political power.
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Briahna, I remember discussing this when we first met. Sunrise did not endorse Biden. We did however reach over 6.5M voters in 2020 encouraging them to vote and put their pressure on Biden for action on climate if he were elected. This set up the fight that followed… (🧵)
I say this with compassion and respect: You should really consider not endorsing Biden next time.
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After trainers discussed the public sector led vision of the GND, you had high-schoolers envisioning their communities planning, governing and owning a green transition. Powerful stuff! We’re in desperate need of political will, imagination and courage. Sunrisers have all three!
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Dems should’ve had a sensible narrative that connected democracy, inflation, climate, & why expanding their majorities matters. Have they forgotten how close we were to passing popular, fascism-fighting, green public investment? Probably not, losing & blaming AOC is just easier.
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And just like that, the line was held.
It’s official: no deal, no votes in the House tonight on the bipartisan infrastructure bill
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why is everyone arguing over this? it’s clearly black and blue.
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The Buffalo shooter stated support for “those that wish for a future for white children.”
Days ago, Fox News anchors bellowed disgust at migrant babies receiving formula.
Don’t be convinced that racial extremism isn’t mainstream. The difference is often just the weapon chosen.
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Did you hear?
@sunrisemvmt
is hiring two full-time organizers to launch a Green New Deal for Schools campaign! Think you got what it takes? Learn more and apply here:
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I can be wiped out by the next big hurricane. I know the community mourning 140 ppl after a building collapsed. I worked with
@sunrisemvmt
to elect you in return for action. You should be negotiating with us– not climate deniers. We’ve requested a meeting and expect an answer.
The American people can be proud. Because this country came together and forged a bipartisan infrastructure deal that delivers for everybody.
We’ve shown the world — and we’ve shown ourselves — that American democracy can come through.
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Young people held back an expected electoral bloodbath for Democrats. The party owes us.
Youth turnout was historic and strong for Democrats in an off year election — likely motivated around democracy, abortion, student debt, and climate.
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Thriving in the homeland rn, the funny fit is a part of it
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It is worth noting, mobilization and disruption by congressional staffers is rare. The urgency to act is brought by the fact their bosses, congressional dems, may be out of power soon, meaning that the best opportunity to pass federal climate policy before it’s too late is now.
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online classes nudged me to turn my dorm into a home. what do we think?
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Y’all, I cannot recommend this book enough especially if you’re serious about social movements contesting for power. I’ve read this twice and have successfully evangelized it to about dozen young people as a key piece of political education for this moment. Thanks
@ryangrim
!
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In high school, my friends and I successfully got a high-profile republican mayor to declare a climate emergency.
@POTUS
, c’mon man.
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Today, the
@WhiteHouse
announced a series of listening sessions where our generation can begin to help shape the American Climate Corps. Each listening session will feature a special guest and climate champion like
@EdMarkey
&
@AOC
. We need you there!
This September, our movement achieved a huge win: the announcement of an American Climate Corps that would put young people to work fighting the climate crisis.
Today, the White House announced a series of listening sessions where our generation can begin to help shape the ACC.
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10 yrs ago when Dems held the power they do now, an opportunity to deliver fed. climate action was on the table and wasted. We can’t wait another decade.
@POTUS
must meet the moment by corralling his party and delivering executive action on the climate promises he was elected on
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I just just asked
@SpeakerPelosi
as she left her fundraiser if she would hold the line on the $3.5 Budget Reconciliation and deliver on the promises we elected her on. She waved at me, walked into her motorcade and gave me a thumbs up.
time will tell what the hell that meant…
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Not only was the BBB important for climate— It would’ve dampened the dangerous temptations of fascism by securing some hope for what remained of democracy in America.
History will condemn Joe Manchin for single-handedly hurdling this country towards violent catastrophe.
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Not too long ago I saw too many people up in arms over police cars and department stores on fire. You were worried about the wrong fires.
#GreenNewDealNOW
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The food you eat is cultivated by underpaid hands. The land it was grown on is stolen. I’m grateful for truth speakers, cultural conservationists and world builders. Only by interrogating a past & present built on injustice will we be able to build a just and livable future.
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As the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal was signed into law, students across DC universities with
@sunrisemvmt
gathered on the capitol lawn to remind congress that:
#1
the bipartisan bill is NOT a climate bill.
#2
that the Build Back Better Act needs to be passed ASAP.
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jsyk republicans are holding up and cutting disaster aid money WHILE this is happening.
New York City emergency officials have issued a travel advisory as heavy rain and flooding hits
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wish bro was this triggered when the government took peoples’ rights over their own bodies
This is a recipe for disaster. The federal government has no business telling American families how to cook their dinner. I can tell you the last thing that would ever leave my house is the gas stove that we cook on.
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“El Paso is on the verge of potentially passing one of the most progressive pieces of climate legislation in the country,” said Deirdre Shelly, campaigns director for the national
@sunrisemvmt
. Building local power, escalating to national wins 💪
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