"You can not buy the Revolution. You can not make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere."
- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
We will not allow Republicans to divide us up between those working class Americans who went to college and left deeply in debt against those who did not. All of us need to stand together for an economy that works for all, not just the 1%.
Earlier today in Jerusalem, Farah Abu Ramouz being comforted by the community after being forced to demolish his own home by Israeli colonizers.
Imagine being forced to demolish your own home, there are no words
I want you all to know that we are looking at a situation in this country where a relatively small number of corporations control what we see, hear, and read.
The climate crisis isn't the music of a distant future — it's already here.
Imagine you're on a train that is stopped because there's forest fires in every direction.
This was yesterday in Sanabria, Spain.
Listen to the CEO of Intel tell you all you need to know about oligarchy, corporate arrogance, and the state of American politics. It sure sounds like extortion to me.
🚨NEWS: 4 in 10 Americans are now struggling to economically survive, according to Census data.
In response to this crisis, Congress is advancing legislation to give a handful of tech CEOs $52 billion they can use to boost executive pay & offshore jobs. https://t.co/Tha0pV0acx
The Senate can't expand Medicare or Social Security. It can't raise the minimum wage. It can't combat climate change. It can't tax the rich. But it can provide a $76 billion blank check to the highly profitable micro-chip industry that shipped 150,000 jobs abroad with $0 offsets.
Record heatwaves worldwide. Hospitalizations, injuries, and deaths. Crops destroyed. Fires raging.
Some say bold climate action is "expensive." Compared to what?
Nancy Pelosi’s husband just bought $5 million dollars in Nvidia stocks while she is pushing congress to vote for a bill that’ll give $53 Billion dollars in subsidies to semiconductor companies, where Nvidia will get the largest share of that money.