As countries are deporting Syrians back to Syria claiming it’s “safe” This young man was deported from #Turkey to Idlib and lost his life today from Assad regime cluster bombs and Russians warplanes. Syria is NOT safe. Humanity is lost in our world.
To request asylum, you have to be physically present in the United States. I wish that instead of parroting false narratives like this from federal officials, reporters would actually push back.
Courts are closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. My incarcerated clients, all of whom are black men, will remain in jail to celebrate the emancipation of slaves. This is America.
What's funny to me is that the mural clearly has "Syria Idlib" written on it, and even in their correction tweet they refuse to name where this photo is from. When we say intersectionality across movements, that includes the Syrian movement.
Activist: STOP BIDEN'S WAR ON SYRIA!
Syrian: No civilians were killed in that attack. Target was Iranian militia that massacred Syrian civilians.
Activist: STOP ENDLESS WARS!
Syrian: What about stopping Assad's war that has killed 500,000?
ACTIVIST: BUT WHAT ABOUT YEMEN?!
I want student loan debt canceled even though I don’t have student loans for the same reason I want public schools funded even though I don’t have kids.
There’s no punch line or quip here, it’s just that I don’t hate other people nor do I enjoy their suffering.
When George Floyd was murdered by police, the media highlighted his criminal record
When Ashli Babbitt was murdered by the police, the media highlighted her status as a Air Force veteran
... & largely ignored her property destruction charges & 3 restraining orders