LA County signed a corrupt contract to hand pretrial services to a consulting firm with ties to LAPD and ICE. Join us to demand they cancel the contract.
If you are wondering why so much isn’t working, and why it seems only policing, surveillance, and militarism are all that survive austerity, there are answers.
ANNOUNCING 🌐 The Accenture Files
Today, the @ProgIntl, @ExposeAccenture and the Movement Research Unit release the Accenture Files, revealing the central role of one of the world’s largest consultancy firms in the Reactionary International.
MAYBE THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD STAY OUT OF YOUR BUSINESS IF WE WEREN’T GOVERNED BY A COUNCIL OF SNAKES COMPLETELY AND ENTIRELY INCAPABLE OF REFORMING THEMSELVES.
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Hello! Two bills to increase coercion in “CARE” Court are up for committee hearings today, June 30th: Senate bill (SB) 28 in Assembly Judiciary and SB 1016 in Assembly Health. So we’re back and posting through it!
Four bills that make CARE Court more coercive (we’ve had a slew of such bills every year since 2022) are currently zooming through the legislature this week: Senate Bill (SB) 1242, SB 989, SB 1016, and SB 28. Some thoughts.
Here is the second installment of the Poverty Traps essays from Carolina Valle & Disability Rights California. The social safety net should not be conditional, punitive, or in place to keep you poor.
🎤New podcast episode!
Listen to @fund4gi Fund for Guaranteed Income's Melody Parker give a brief history of #GuaranteedIncome in the US.
Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/Mj5w3urwyw
Israel continues its genocide in Gaza and expands it into Lebanon. Israel’s occupation of the UK is being revealed through NHS contracts with Palantir, the UK Lawyers for Israel, and the proscription of Pal Action as a terrorist group. 2000 people have been arrested as a result. This should be the focus. This should be the target of action and protest.
Every single one of them scammed off of social movements, including taking credit for the work of others, and then without taking a beat acted no different than the politicians before them. This also proves that DSA-LA never had anything to do with it in the first place.
Every single “progressive” used the work of the time to get elected, and not a single one has invested that momentum into anything beyond their entrenchment with the Democratic Party. Not a single one.
"A group of civil rights orgs is ratcheting up the legal pressure on San Jose over longstanding complaints that too often mental health-related emergency calls receive a police response — rather than assistance from mental health professionals." @svdebug
https://t.co/U6ix2Zqzh4
❌ Myth: Guaranteed income creates a disincentive to work
✅ Reality: Guaranteed income actually helps people find suitable and sustainable work that leads to more stable employment:
The Resnicks ALSO donate millions to the California Donor Table, which funds "progressive political causes, orgs, and candidates" such as Gavin Newsom, Michael Tubbs, Lateefah Simon, and Ro Khanna. Their son sits on the board.
Last week, American/Israeli fighter jets targeted Iranian Pistachio Company warehouses. The Resnick family's Beverly Hills-based pistachio empire stands to gain. You won't believe the backstory ⤵️
The Murdoch-controlled NY Post can call me a nepo baby and label @DropSiteNews a rogue outlet all they want. We publish breaking news with clear sourcing & attribution—and readers can tell the difference.
Short clip on the Independent Living Movement from our latest podcast with the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers' Russell Dawson Rawlings.
Listen to the full podcast episode here: https://t.co/Ugw7ylXTvT