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Indigenous Lakota PhD, immunology & microbiology Volunteer #TeslaTakedown Organizer Former Organizer of Food & Water Watch Former Senior Organizer of UCS Former Bernie 2020 Field Organizer "Strong people don't need strong leaders"- Ella Baker #WeKeepUsSafe
🚨BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) followed through Friday on his threat to ask courts to remove quorum-breaking Democrats from office, as a group of state lawmakers continues to hold their ground to block a GOP redistricting scheme. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I think it's a waste of time to spend your time on social media yelling at people who have the exact same level of power that you do to change the world which is to say very little.
It IS a good use of your time to enlist other people into actions and projects you would like them to join with you.
Climate leaders, faith leaders, youth activists, immigrant rights advocates. All descended on 26 Federal Plaza this morning, demanding to be let up to the 10th floor to examine conditions of the detention center where New Yorkers are being held without due process by ICE.
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"The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Naziism was their failure to unite against it." -William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
I remember some years ago, the quiet white girl who our group used to hangout with in high school made a post about how Latinos ruined our neighborhood. You know what we did? We stopped talking to her. Literally all of us. That's how you deal with bigots, none of that "They mean well" shit.
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The EPA announced that it has terminated collective bargaining agreements with five unions representing thousands of employees.
Hero move: some federal courts were deleting old oral arguments for lack of hard drive space. ⚖️🤦♀️
@free.law preserved them, and even made them searchable! 🙌
Lewis: When we organized into the union at the Omni Hotel, we saw an opportunity to protect our passion and continue practicing our craft—while no longer tolerating low wages, poor treatment, lack of healthcare, or being treated with anything less than respect and dignity.
As ICE expands its presence across the Midwest, activists fight the reopening of private prisons to jail migrants.
