Feeling the despair?
James Baldwin has a prescription for those who would like to pivot towards a better tomorrow. It's not easy but it is rewarding.
@esglaude
Monday May 19th marks 100 years since the birth of Malcolm X. So what should I read to learn about him?
@esglaude quotes Malcolm X as saying he always listens to Baldwin because he "always learns something from the little brother"
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UPDATE: After pushing back the protest line and creating a perimeter around the IEB, SPD riot police have stormed the building
Video credit: SUPER UW
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Like Trump, the Democrats in the Biden administration did not understand how to manage empire. They supported and continue to support expansionist military fiascos in the Middle East and the proxy war in Ukraine, and acted as bag carriers for the extremist government in Israel.
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Journalist and Drop Site contributor @AbubakerAbedW explained to @ryangrim last week that Israel has armed certain gangs in Gaza, enabling them to hijack aid shipments and resell the stolen supplies at exorbitant prices. These gangs, he reported, operate under the protection of Israeli quadcopters.
Abed emphasized that Israel has systematically targeted and killed civilian local security forces responsible for safeguarding aid. However, he noted, these officers “are not Hamas.” By eliminating them and enabling gangs to create chaos, Israel shifts blame for aid disruptions onto the resulting disorder. In reality, it is Israel’s actions that are directly undermining aid distribution efforts.
🚨BREAKING: Two bakeries in Deir El Balah, central Gaza, serving over 700,000 Palestinians, have announced they will not be supplying bread tomorrow due to a flour shortage.
A Drop Site source in central Gaza, also a member of Deir El Balah’s Internally Displaced Civilians Association, tells us the humanitarian situation in southern Gaza “is on the verge of becoming catastrophic.” Here’s why:
➤ The World Food Program is considering suspending operations in Gaza, unable to guarantee the safe entry of aid trucks. Earlier today, 100 of 140 trucks were stolen in Rafah by armed gangs.
➤ Israeli authorities have rejected requests to route supplies through the safer Netzarim checkpoint, continuing to direct aid trucks through the more dangerous Kerem Shalom crossing, where looting is rampant.
➤ Earlier today, Israeli forces targeted and killed six civilian security officers in Khan Younis, who were working to facilitate aid entry into central Gaza’s warehouses.
➤ Heavy rain and flash floods are expected tonight and tomorrow, threatening over 1 million displaced people in tents across central Gaza.
➤ Our source stresses, with famine imminent, urgent action is needed to pressure Israeli authorities to secure aid trucks and allow supplies through the Netzarim checkpoint “before it’s too late.”
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77% support expanding Social Security
75% support a cap on rent increases
63% support Medicare for All
18% approved Rahm Emanuel's job as Mayor
13% approved Dick Cheney's job as VP
Ruling Elite: Let's get Dick Cheney's endorsement & anoint Rahm Emanuel as DNC Chair.
1 word: No!
Axelrod pushes for Rahm Emanuel as DNC chair trib.al/AxGxlUO
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It’s clear at this point that the Netanyahu government’s response to the Biden Administration’s October 13 letter giving it 30 days to stop restricting aid delivery in Gaza has been to do the opposite.
U.S. law is also clear — security assistance to Israel must stop immediately.
Gaza aid falls to lowest level since start of war despite US warning to Israel ft.com/content/99488ed6-e3e3…
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Don’t Rank Rene. Seriously. Here are 16 reasons why you shouldn’t.
Why are you not ranking Rene? Tell us in the comments. ⬇️
#DontRankRene
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I didnt throw paint or soup at a fancy white museum as a fancy white activist but I did draw flowers in easy removable chalk on Earth Day as Indigenous.
I go on trial tomorrow.
10-30-24
0900
Multnomah County Courthouse 1st Ave
I'm on trial for 3 cases this is just one.
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@OurPortland agrees - @DontRankRene. He's no good for Portland, so leave him off your ballot!
#DontRankRene
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super happy to canvass for @TeacherTiff4PDX today because I am so tired of developers and Nike executives running the show in Portland 😫🤑
we need a SOCIALIST TEACHER on city council!!!!! 😤😍
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The United States has plenty of influence over Netanyahu—our government sends him the bombs that he continues to drop.
Stop sending the bombs & watch how cooperative Netanyahu gets, it’s called leverage.
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If sex workers can’t make a living making porn because of excessive regulations, we'll need to rely more on offline sex work - which is more heavily criminalised and therefore riskier. patreon.com/posts/what-onlin…
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Yesterday the US sent another $8.7B to Israel. Today Netanyahu said there's a "missile in every kitchen" in Lebanon and bombed a whole housing block in Beirut.
Biden and Harris aren't "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" - they're aiding and abetting mass murder and genocide.



































