Only some #western_liberals understand that being 'kind to refugees' is shallow hypocrisy if we say nothing about the root cause of the wars which drive those #refugees.
Sad news. Barbara Ehrenreich, my one and only mother, died on September 1, a few days after her 81st birthday. She was, she made clear, ready to go. She was never much for thoughts and prayers, but you can honor her memory by loving one another, and by fighting like hell.
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BREAKING: @Chevron paid CEO Mike Wirth an obscene $60 million last year as he mocked the Amazon Indigenous peoples his company poisoned and refused to pay their pollution judgement.
Wirth's "earnings" in 1 year surpass the combined income of 50,000 people in Ecuador. Vile.
BREAKING: The same @Chevron lawyers who jailed me and demonized Amazon Indigenous peoples are now using an adoption case to help Big Oil undermine tribal sovereignty in the U.S.
Thanks @lakotalaw for exposing a fossil fuel industry scam by @gibsondunn to exploit Native lands.
Julian Assange is being persecuted for the same reason Jamal Khashoggi was murdered: to scare off other journalists from trying to hold powerful governments to account
BREAKING: Bannon released pre-trial for contempt with essentially no conditions.
Donziger - charged with the same crime for protecting privileged info held by Indigenous Peoples decimated by @Chevron - faced:
- Two Years House Arrest
- 24/7 Monitoring
- $800k bond
Shameful
HAPPENING NOW: @QueensDAKatz asks judge to expunge 60 convictions based on the work of 3 NYPD officers caught for fabricating evidence + other crimes. The move follows a campaign from @LegalAidNYC, @ExonerationLaw + others. Story TK, see more here:
https://t.co/duzUo7lyFM
Legendary lawyer Martin Garbus, who represented Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez, and Daniel Ellsberg, released a powerful statement on Steven's incarceration.
"His struggle is our struggle and his clear and courageous voice will be heard."
- #FreeDonziger Team.
This is what's possible when media refuses money from the fossil fuel industry.
A startling exposé on the world's worst climate villains including @Chevron and their lawyer @BoutrousTed.
- #FreeDonziger Team.
https://t.co/OdcHImhuW4
.@POTUS refusing to end Trump’s #MPP and #Title42, policies designed to keep asylum seekers out of our country and make them suffer, is cruel and unacceptable. I’m joining @RAICESTEXAS to demand that your administration end these policies now. #EndMPP
Slanted benches don’t reduce homelessness.
Bolts on steps don’t reduce homelessness.
Raised grate covers don’t reduce homelessness.
Spiked windowsills don’t reduce homelessness.
There’s only one thing that *does* reduce homelessness — and that is housing.