🚨STATEMENT FROM THE PEOPLE’S FORUM! Right-wing Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson has joined other Republican leaders in a major political attack designed to criminalize dissent, and silence those who oppose the Israeli genocide in Gaza, by demanding that the Internal Revenue Service revoke the nonprofit status of The People’s Forum and other organizations. By promoting the Republicans’ blatantly false allegations and demonizing language, reminiscent of the worst part of the McCarthy Era, Speaker Johnson is abusing his office by targeting people in the United States who are only ‘guilty’ of exercising their First Amendment right to speak out against the US government’s policy of financing and arming the Israeli military so that it can carry out the killing spree that has taken the lives of more than 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza, a great number of whom are children and their mothers. People from all political backgrounds and positions should stand together in defense of free speech rights, which are under attack. The political assault against The People’s Forum is part of a larger effort by Republicans and other right-wing forces in Congress to criminalize and demonize Palestinian, Muslim-American, and anti-war organizations. Everyone who believes in justice should stand together and reject this assault on democracy.
We are so very excited to announce that Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor (she/they) (who many of you know as "Natty") has joined the Climate Disobedience Center as a Fellow! You can see what Natty has to say about this new role on our blog! #buildupjustice https://t.co/GLDuuS8bIi
BREAKING: @SenAmyKlobuchar was just confronted at a fundraising event by a group of water protectors who SHUT DOWN her speech.
When faced with Indigenous youth questioning her inaction on Line 3, she rolled her eyes, tried to interrupt, and eventually fled the stage. #StopLine3
Celebration continues for folks looking to #StrikeDownCoal! Let's make it happen even sooner, while we also work to #BuildUpJustice w/ @NoCoalNoGas
New England’s last coal-fired power plant loses key revenue source - CommonWealth Magazine https://t.co/7rK3fZXhM1
Massive news:
https://t.co/AoCLWU6abd
For the first time ever, Merrimack Station did NOT receive forward capacity payments in the latest ISO-NE forward capacity auction.
Next stop: a shutdown date and just transition plan for Merrimack Station.
#StrikeDownCoal#NoCoalNoGas
@POWHR_Coalition @baristanomics @halfalachian Thank you @POWHR_Coalition and the vast community of frontline groups whose tenacity ensured #NoDirtyDeal (for now). We know that fossil fueled business-as-usual will keep trying. We're still here to protect one another. #NoSacrificeZones
BREAKING: The heads of 13 climate + EJ orgs are on Capitol Hill in DC right now, risking arrest to denounce Senator Manchin’s #DirtyDeal to fast-track fossil fuel projects.
We stand w/ them and the frontline-led movement rising up to say #NoDirtyDeal! https://t.co/2D6Z6VlGyN
CJA Calls on Dems to stop relying on fossil fuel industry to solve the economic + #ClimateCrisis. The #InflationReductionAct MUST NOT Sacrifice Frontline Communities; Prioritize Community Controlled Renewables Instead. Read the full statement here. https://t.co/qZ2dMZOzI7
"it's a compelling and inviting danger- to pretend that continuing to take ineffective actions will get different results, and that's participating in a lie." - Defense Attorney Kira Kelley
"Or whether the injustice perpetrated in December 2019 was that the private property and profit rights of the aggrieved railroad were harmed by the trespassing and delay of their train for 4 and a half hours."