Rest in peace ๐๐๏ธWhat a gifted artist. Celesteโs work is beautiful, powerful, truthful and provocative. A tremendous loss.
https://t.co/zXrxPWyBzx
"Be very skeptical of all arguments to go to war, or to torture, massacre, or mass-imprisonโeven if, or especially if, for "humanitarian" reasons.
Above all, be very skeptical if you are asked to go to war for freedom, democracy, or regime change."
--Daniel Ellsberg, 2007... from "Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope," a book of his previously-unpublished writing, coming out tomorrow. (https://t.co/HGjHkHLeTl)
"The Constitution doesnโt provide for a delegation of open-ended, indefinite powers to the president to decide on war and peace. The Constitution is very explicitly and clearly intended to give the power of going to war entirely, exclusively to Congress. Not that they should be consulted, not that they should share it with the president. But that they alone, it says, should declare war, not the president. And by declaring war, they meant going to war in any circumstances other than an immediate attack on our forces."
- Daniel Ellsberg on @democracynow, 2002
(Source: https://t.co/1NvyiUH1GI)
Zohran Mamdaniโs opening of his victory speech quoting Eugene Debs ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ
โThe sun may have set over our city this evening but as Eugene Debs once said, โI can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.โโ
I am not a terrorist! I am an Oregon emergency physician and a constituent of Senator @JeffMerkley. I am sailing with the Global Sumud Flotilla, a non-violent humanitarian mission to Gaza. Israel has threatened to label us as โterrorists.โ We are doctors, nurses, journalists, clergy and civilians, not terrorists.
Senator Merkley, please speak out now: defend your constituent, reject this false charge, and ensure that if detained we are rapidly deported home to the U.S. #Gaza #SumudFlotilla