As someone who worked in these offices- the way that your calls work when you call representatives is essentially they just take a tally of how many calls they got on a certain topic. There is no need to make an impassioned speech. Just call, leave your name, address -
Good news for our university student communities!
Our First Amendment rights should never be criminalized. Speaking up against genocide should be lifted up, not slammed with felony charges. Palestinians deserve safety + dignity.
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Ideally done with this website. I haven’t made the full switch to BlueSky as I’ve been distancing myself from social media anyway but that’s probably the move, at least for organizing.
if trans people wanna comment surgery gofundmes, I’m gonna give away 10k in $500 increments until it’s gone, & if other people wanna scroll through and make donations, please do
the government will never be the source of our validation or protection, we have to do it ourselves
Protest has concluded. Students are heading to a teach in by @ColumbiaBDS. The teach in covers how universities are involved in war, through investments & research partnerships. @Columbia receives over $50 million in research funding from the Department of Defense.
First day of class at Columbia in University and protests are back. Students are chanting “1,2,3,4, OCCUPATION NO MORE” while walking out of the gates at Broadway and 116th. They are surrounded by NYPD.
Dr. Mustafa Al-Najjar. The doctor who improvised and saved a Palestinian new born by cutting the umbilical cord with a kitchen knife and tying it with a wooden clothespin. He also loved to cook and bake.
we didn’t get Roe codified, we didn’t get healthcare, we didn’t get affordable housing or groceries, we didn’t tackle climate change, or gun violence, we didn’t increase minimum wage. But we did get a genocide, students thrown in jail, and handing the country over to fascists
my friends in the west bank are reporting horrifying stories rn… jenin is being bombed and attacked, over 90 palestinians abducted yesterday, everything and everyone that moves gets shot, all the roads are closed trapping people in… and this as soon as trump gets inaugurated.
Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.
People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all.