We are witnessing the tragic consequences of settler colonialism and capitalism in real time. Native Hawaiians are forced to pay the price of climate change, while the US military that occupies their land is also the world's largest polluter.
The fact that the federal minimum wage is 3x less than what is needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment is a policy failure.
My Unhoused Bill of Rights addresses the unhoused crisis by investing in affordable housing and programs that keep people housed. (1/2)
The fact that so many Indigenous peoples are missing in Maui & the government aid wasn’t fast enough to save lives just shows why Indigenous peoples are tired of sitting in DEI trainings, being asked how to improve work environments, etc.
the U.S government is pulling the same imperialist moves they made on Puerto Rico during Hurricane María .
In 2017, they intentionally underreported the death toll to portray relief efforts as more successful than they were
They reported 45 deaths.
The exact death toll was: 4,645
The US banned Hawaiian language, overthrew our country, let us die in Maui fires, devastated our universal healthcare, & illegally occupies Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. The US is not a beacon, but the destroyer of independence
capitalism depends on people being disconnected from community, it drives people to consume more. the analogy of a neighborhood needing one lawn mower if they share vs. each home needing one if they don’t comes to mind.
why is it hard to believe that loneliness is manufactured?
Rent is sky high, student loans + groceries eat up entire paychecks, climate emergency after climate emergency, no affordable health/mental health care, no work-life balance + mass violence + one mistake leaving you on the street will do that.
Stop Cop City for Johnny Hollman.
Stop Cop City for Tortuguita
Stop Cop City for Kathryn Johnston.
Stop Cop City for your friends and neighbors.
Stop Cop City for yourself.
The message from Maui community is loud and clear: cancel your vacation and travel plans. Lāhainā needs time to heal and regenerate, and Native Hawaiians and local communities must be centered in the rebuild. Not realators, developers, and tourists. Lāhainā isn’t for sale.
Tennessee House subcommittee members had state troopers physically remove gun safety activists who quietly held signs from a hearing.
We bow down to this woman who - visibly shaking - said: “You will have to drag me out.”
Moms will win.
They had them removed by the police for quietly holding up a sign.. These far right-wing authoritarians want you to fully submit to their view of the world. Democracy is not something we can agree to disagree on.