NOW: Thousands of #FreePalestine protesters flood streets of Chicago for 5th straight day #DNCConvention2024 . Promise you won’t see these never-ending lines on CNN, MSNBC, etc. #DNC2024CHICAGO
ICYMI: Fairfax County Government wrings hands about “challenging budget picture,” then increases funding for police while slashing funding for housing, healthcare, and community services. https://t.co/E6lMWzfG50
Disgraceful. #DefundNovaPolice#BudgetwatchFY25#WhoDoYouServe
📢 DC CLOSED DUE TO GENOCIDE!
Protesters chained themselves together to SHUT DOWN traffic for U.S. government war criminals on their way to work this morning.
"BRICK BY BRICK, WALL BY WALL! Apartheid has got to fall!" #CeasefireNOW#StopArmingIsrael
HAPPENING NOW:
DC protestors shut down 5 major highways demanding that they meet their 5 demands:
1. A permanent and total ceasefire
2. End to all US military funding to Israel
3. Reinstate funds to UNRWA
4. Freedom to all political prisoners
5. An end to 76 year occupation
The U.S. Left has spoken. Leading justice organizations call on Biden to Stop the Genocide in Gaza and End the Israeli Occupation ➡️ Read & Act: https://t.co/3zgnVZQQ5S #StoptheGenocide#StopGazaGenocide
They do this with literally everything; BLM, Palestine, LGBT rights (and trans rights most specifically)... they find something objectionable and then demand you disavow/condemn it.
You're not allowed to do anything except apologise and let them move onto the next thing.
The right-wing debate strategy of demanding minorities 'condemn' stuff is just a silencing tactic. It's designed to stop you from talking.
And it works by stun-locking you in a never-ending cycle of 'condemnation' until you get bored or refuse, at which point they smear you.
ALL OUT TO PROTEST CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE THIS WEEK!
The past tells us that Israeli state atrocities against Palestinians only stop once there is a sufficient mass outcry from the international community. We need to bring our fullest force to D.C. https://t.co/OfDo5pnmlj
The Israeli military bombed the headquarters of Gaza’s heroic civil defense so they can’t dig survivors and dead bodies from the rubble. Non-stop crimes against humanity.
We call on all people of conscience to take action now to stop a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Make a call into congress to demand immediate de-escalation. https://t.co/723KYVpMbI
Which means... the contract will not be renewed on the 15th, and the town is currently investigating whether they can leave the IGSA altogether! This is one step closer to our goal to #ShutDownICAFarmville and #FreeThemAll !
The councilmembers pass a unanimous motion, and the Mayor summarizes: "This body has set a motion and voted unanimously to have the town manager investigate any mechanisms by which we could withdraw if we chose to and what that would mean for us at a federal level."