The dark blue line after 1973 is theft. They stole that money from their workers. But nothing happened, because capitalism legalizes theft from the working class by the capitalist class.
This week, Chile announced a proposed new constitution written by a democratically elected convention, and it is likely the most legitimate constitution in the world, as it is written boldly in the context of the climate crisis. A 🧵on its inspiring climate provisions.
“The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.” — R.I.P. Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, killed by the Israeli Mossad on this day in 1972.
Remember when Warren was 2weak 2run against Hillary, so she sat on her fence n didn’t endorse Bernie’s platform in 16, then decide to run in ‘20 n stole his entire platform,then walked it back,then turned around n called him a sexist so she could endorse a rapist and not get VP🤣
Our movement's won a victory today. City Council voted to DEFUND the SWEEPS of homeless encampments.
Congrats to those fighting for years: homeless activists & advocates, People's Budget, socialists!
We need to keep organizing for tiny house villages, services, social housing.
“We came out here in t-shirts, they started gassing us. We came back with respirators, they started shooting us. We came back with vests, they started aiming for the head... And now they call us terrorists. Who’s escalating this? It’s not us.” @MacSmiff https://t.co/quc0qwfncg
Remember when Elizabeth Warren came in 4th in almost every state and still stayed in the race to make sure Bernie would lose so we wouldn’t get health care, so she could sit on her lil fence and wait for another VP offer, that prob won’t happen? K just making sure you remember 😘
It can’t be stated enough that if the Democratic Party succeeds in replacing Trump but fails in directly ameliorating the conditions that created him, the next Trump will be even worse.
DNC platform committee vote on M4A:
Yea: 36
Nay: 125
Abstain:3
*Workers who lost health insurance Feb-May: 5.4 million
*Workers projected to lose employer-based coverage by end of 2020: 10.1 million
*Total # of Americans who've already lost coverage: 27M
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