@B_Schwaz I realize that this argument is not going to end with you having empathy for people worse off than ourselves, so I just request that u check ur privilege every once in a while
@B_Schwaz Its about millions of people feeling safe in their own country. And unfortunately rioting appears to be the only form of speech that the government might listen
One enormous, major lesson that I hope people realize in this moment:
Resistance to revolutionary policy was never really about a lack of money, or capacity, or logistics.
It was always about power and a lack of political will.
So you're tellin me the UC system is the #1 employer of California, the state with the fifth largest GDP in the WORLD, and won't pay grad students a living wage ??????
I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia’s democratic institutions.
Just so we’re clear, if you’re in the media and you parrot this uncritically as opposed to questioning the proven liars in command, you’re complicit in our next illegal war & the subsequent deaths
A single mom wakes up in Ohio. She has a sharp pain in her side but no healthcare. Can she make it to the doctor in between her 2 jobs? Can she afford it? On the bus to work the potholes in the road magnify the pain. A tear falls down her cheek, "we must stop Maduro", she cries