“White collar crime” is a euphemism for large-scale theft and criminality on a level that far exceeds what normal people have the means to do. So Eric Adams stealing $10,000,000 is “white collar crime” but stealing a $1,000 purse gets reported as “felony theft” and a “shoplifting epidemic.”
“Order must prevail” he said. 10 years this summer since Ferguson. A decade of images like this, under three different presidents. They’ve brought us to the brink for “order.” It has never been clearer than in this moment that it is us, it is Palestine, or it is the abyss.
Hundreds showed up to protest @WashU's ties to @Boeing amid the war in Gaza today.
Now, as @erjlee documents, mass arrests have begun by campus and local police. Stay tuned to @stlpublicradio for more soon.
Breaking: NYU students and faculty are walking out and holding a mass rally in response to the school's violent crackdown and targeting of professors and students at the Gaza solidarity encampment.
if you’re not sure where to donate to help the Palestinian people, Anera is a great option. they are doing amazing work and are extremely informative ❤️
This is an ongoing thread of fundraisers for Palestinians in Gaza. Feel free to add to it. No one should have to crowdfund to escape a genocide. Free Palestine
this was a place. life has been hard in gaza for a long time but it was life. people went to school here, to work, wrote books, ate ice cream, had kids, bought houses, painted, went on dates, took out the bins. this was a place and now it’s gone
useful material if you’re calling representatives—legal experts say politicians voting to send military aid to Israel could be liable for abetting genocide https://t.co/feijRhtu63
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of American Jews are holding a sit-in at Congress — and we won’t leave until Congress calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. As thousands of U.S. Jews protest outside, over 350 are inside, including two dozen rabbis, holding prayerful resistance.