Rob Amerman

Social Worker with MSW from Portland State University. Interested in the intersection of ecology, mindfulness, and democratic socialism. #Humboldt #Cascadia

[Rob Amerman @RobAmerman]

"A loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour when one is weary of prisons, of one's work, and of devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart."

-Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)

[Dripped Out Trade Unionists @UnionDrip]

Rage Against the Machine inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and our brother @tmorello is wearing the IWW hat https://t.co/2kpyuQequY

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

I appreciate the intense and candid dialogue with brother Chris!
#TruthJusticeLove

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

🇺🇸 WATCH: CORNEL WEST FOR PRESIDENT 🇺🇸

America has never had a presidential candidate with Brother West's lifelong devotion to the poor, the working class, the oppressed and the marginalized.

LIKE. SHARE. DONATE. VOLUNTEER. VOTE.

https://t.co/ldDnUZxdTa #CornelWest2024

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

President Biden let the country and the world down with an address to the American people that can only be characterized as a declaration of war. He refuses to listen to people in his own party like @CoriBush and @RashidaTlaib, nor millions of everyday folk like @jvplive calling for a #ceasefire and an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

[Katie Halper @kthalps]

Inspiring words from Holocaust survivor @DrGaborMate: “Never again isn’t a tribal slogan. It has to be about how human beings treat other human beings. It means that human beings will not act that way again anymore.” #Gaza_under_attack https://t.co/0EpnWe7KaT

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Free the Israeli hostages. Free Palestine. Stop the bombing of Gaza. No ground war. Equality and human rights for everyone in the region.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Biden Urges Americans Not To Let Dangerous Online Rhetoric Humanize Palestinians https://t.co/vn1QzmxbXJ

[We Are Somebody @StrikeForAll]

Reminder that no political party is coming to save the working class.

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

It was great to have this conversation with sister @briebriejoy
https://t.co/eGecFtvy3y

[Katie Halper @kthalps]

You stand with genocide and war crimes against Palestinians. Please be honest about that. Your family survived the Holocaust so you could support concentration camps and genocide. Disgusting. I’m a Jew and for me “never again” means never again for anyone. NOT just Jews.

[Rob Amerman @RobAmerman]

@PushBidenLeft #BidenLiedPalestiniansDied

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

In politics, the easiest question to answer should be "do you side with the oppressors or the oppressed?"

[Save California Salmon @SaveCaliSalmon]

On #IndigenousPeoplesDay week we were able to visit where Copco 2 was removed & see work the on Iron Gate & Copco 1 w/ families that fought to #UndamtheKlamath 3 more dams will be removed in 2024
This is a win for #NativeAmericans & proof that taking action works #ClimateJustice

[Leila Charles Leigh 🌹 - Purity Tester @leilacleigh]

Petro Pete is a disgusting coward whose only focus is his career and his bank account. As the world burns.

Well done, @ClimateDefiance 🔥✊❤️

[The Onion @TheOnion]

‘New York Times’ Issues Apology For Reporting Palestinian Deaths https://t.co/ejIJW2TcHi

[Ralph Nader @RalphNader]

With Biden’s backing, the Israeli govt’s cut off of water, food, electricity and fuel to Gaza are classical conditions for genocidal violence under int'l law. You’ve disgraced what our country should stand for, Delaware Joe, and are fueling the dangerous expansion of this war. -R

[Rob Amerman @RobAmerman]

@vurnt22 When I was kid I used to watch Twilight Zone reruns with my dad who was a teenager when the original series was on TV. As an adult, I've rewatched the series and loved it again. It's amazing that the show's social commentary still resonates and is still relevant today.

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

This TV show, more than any other, was foundational in forging my aesthetic worldview. It was certainly more realistic than the Happy Go Lucky pablum of Father Knows Best. Ordinary ppl in scary, extraordinary situations, for no reason at all, with no guaranteed Happy Endings.🤡😈

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

This is my response to the many media requests as to what my aim would be as President in regard to the catastrophe in the Middle East: "I would stop the killing of innocent people - be they Palestinians or Israelis - by calling for an end to the vicious U.S.-supported Israeli occupation. This violent resistance to oppression is the desperate language of an occupied people. And as Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us, only a genuine peace with justice can stop the barbarism of war and domination. In this sense, the U.S. government, the Israeli government, and the occupied Hamas forces have blood on their hands. We must fight for the masses of Palestinians and Israelis to live with dignity and security! As I have said for the past fifty years, a precious Palestinian child has the same value as a precious Israeli child!" #TruthJusticeLove
#Palestine #Israel

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

STATEMENT FROM CORNEL WEST FOR PRESIDENT:

Dr. Cornel West Calls for Immediate Cessation of Violence in the Holy Land and for an End to the Illegal Occupation of Palestinians. Urges Western Colonial Powers to Be Conscious of Their Rhetoric and to Push for Peace, Not War

Saturday, October 7, 2023

New York City - Independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West today urged for peace in the Holy Land upon learning about the situation in Palestine and Israel that has already left hundreds dead and many more people injured.

“For this to occur on the Jewish Sabbath, on the day when the festival of Sukkot reaches its conclusion and Jewish siblings around the globe celebrate Simchat Torah, the joy associated with their holy book, is heartbreaking and a call for global action” said Dr. West.

He continued, “Until the global community holds up the value of precious Palestinian lives in line with the value of precious Jewish lives, this violent cycle of death and destruction will continue unabated.” Dr. West called for an immediate cessation of all violence, including violent rhetoric uttered by certain Western nations.

He stated, “Western nations and colonial powers from right here in the United States to the European Union must be conscious of their language as this situation unfolds. We need not allow our words to act as fuel to exacerbate a fire that’s been burning for too many decades.” He added, “President Biden and other world leaders must spend less time conjuring a fog of war with subjective and violent vernacular associated with who does and who doesn’t have the right to defend themselves, and more time evoking a language of love and dignity for all people involved.”

A well known Christian with roots in liberation theology, Dr. West called on the global community to immediately commence a discussion that will end the war between Israel and Palestine once and for all. "We all desire to manifest the beautiful scripture of Isaiah 2:4 … nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more,” Dr. West declared, adding, “However, this will not be a reality until Israel and Western nations understand that the pathway to and for peace in the Holy Land must be parallel with a pathway to and for liberation and dignity for Palestine.”

Dr. West offered his prayers, his love, and his condolences for the lives lost and injured, and his hopes for immediate and lasting deescalation initiatives.

#Palestine #Israel