November 10, 2019 by V Leigh

The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken

Boulogne-Billancourt When they’re defending billionaires, we’re winning. This is excellent from @ParkerCiccone 🌹 pic.twitter.com/u2jOoQyBUl

Newry — Michael Walker (@michaeljswalker) November 2, 2019

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Proof that when you give billionaires tax breaks to help the economy they literally just piss it away https://t.co/m3enGp93CT

— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) November 2, 2019

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what happens when all your mates are on massive salaries, and you can barely afford to go to the pub?

i wrote about how wage differences between friends can affect friendships for @VICEUK https://t.co/InNeRiFXkI

— ruby lott-lavigna (@RubyJLL) October 28, 2019

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With debate qualifications that ask supporters to contribute monthly to keep their candidate on stage, we should ask what the implications are for candidates of color.

We shouldn’t punish candidates whose supporters are more representative of America. https://t.co/IpLwsxSVRJ

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) November 1, 2019

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Wealth gap among retired Americans worsens despite a growing economy https://t.co/TlBxmTHIpw pic.twitter.com/LmvRHnaqh0

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 31, 2019

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One billionaire calls another billionaire and asks him to run for president—I'm shocked! Here's the deal: Companies like Amazon have too much power, and billionaires like @JeffBezos and @MikeBloomberg should pitch in so that everyone can succeed. https://t.co/TTF5jYIVxh

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 9, 2019

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What we need is a dynamic democracy — a democracy where all of us play a role in shaping public policy.

Not some billionaire who decides to run for President of the United States because he's a billionaire. pic.twitter.com/Mj0vFBWkel

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 9, 2019

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The world’s 26 richest people own as much as the poorest 50%. These kinds of statistics should have us all protesting in the streets. Instead, we are debating whether we should all be nicer to billionaires.#FightFor15 https://t.co/dpkMs9veIx

— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) November 10, 2019

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Cash “is essentially free for those who have money and creditworthiness, [but] it is essentially unavailable to those who don’t have money and creditworthiness, which contributes to the rising wealth, opportunity, and political gaps.” https://t.co/5opg4FxL4G

— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) November 6, 2019

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July 7, 2019 by V Leigh

The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers

The Homeless Are Dying In Record Numbers On The Streets Of #L.A. – https://t.co/tUiUKzKkyy

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) May 14, 2019

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August 25, 2018 by V Leigh

Let me be clear: class warfare goes on in the United States right now. The richer are getting much richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the middle class is disappearing.

We need #MedicareForAll.

It's absurd that we spend so much on healthcare for so little. Every other major country has done this. It's not rocket science. https://t.co/ZyfgvbelpO

— Shaun King (@shaunking) August 14, 2018

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There are currently thousands of prisoners fighting wildfires in California for pay of $2/day and $1 extra for every hour spent on an active fire line. These firefighters are barred from working in civilian fire departments after release from prison due to criminal records.

— Sister Helen Prejean (@helenprejean) August 8, 2018

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The Homestead Acts gave 10% of all the land in the US to white people *for free.* Racist employers and laws kept most black people from participating. Today 1 in 4 white people owe part of their wealth to this program, the largest handout in history. https://t.co/K1LHL4Ajm4 https://t.co/Nuzk99WUnS

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 7, 2018

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Also important to note that the Homestead Acts were passed after the US military removed Native Americans from this land and forcibly moved them West. And then they gave this land away to white people for the price of an application fee.

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 7, 2018

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This is a clear example of the racist, classist and anti-democratic practices of white political figures to deny the black vote. We must all raise our voices and decry this horrible planned action! @itsgabrielleu @cthagod @johnlegend @shaunking @common https://t.co/xHxAB0pKBZ

— Michael Eric Dyson (@MichaelEDyson) August 16, 2018

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Let me be clear: class warfare goes on in the United States right now. The richer are getting much richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the middle class is disappearing. https://t.co/3gbSH1nq3i

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 14, 2018

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January 4, 2018 by V Leigh

The United States has the highest child poverty rates in the developed world

What is #privilege?

You can do everything you're supposed to do, yet still live in dire #poverty.
You can screw up in every imaginable way, and still end up a multi-millionaire*

The difference is whether or not you were born to rich parents. https://t.co/l5FHOWdZVi

— Danielle Muscato (@DanielleMuscato) December 29, 2017

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Most homeless LGBT people end up on the streets before their 18th birthday. https://t.co/GJmE5TYHsO

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 1, 2017

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The United States has the highest child poverty rates in the developed world.
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— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 24, 2017

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February 23, 2016 by V Leigh

Race Best Predicts Whether You Live Near Pollution

Crystal City is 97 percent Latino/a.

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— Tyler Clemons (@TylerClemons) February 19, 2016

On Flint and environmental racism: It's not that people aren't complaining… https://t.co/tEciAw0jNG pic.twitter.com/iw91VKAscX

— ProPublica (@ProPublica) February 23, 2016

NRDC: The water management issues in Flint form a textbook case of environmental racism, says brentinmock: https://t.co/TPGUYbOxDF via Cit…

— Ali Ebrahimzadeh Esq (@PrometheusLaw) February 14, 2016

US environmental racism is showing up in lead. But racially unequal access to a clean environment is world-wide prob https://t.co/l3P6eqE2So

— SuzanneMilthorpe (@SueMilthorpe) February 13, 2016

Race Best Predicts Whether You Live Near Pollution https://t.co/4xRE1YJ4Ot

— Jessica M. Johnson (@jmjafrx) February 21, 2016

February 3, 2016 by V Leigh

Flint Water Crisis

@getgln #Emails Show #Flint #Govt Bought Clean #Water for Themselves While #Residents Drank #Poison for a Yr https://t.co/fOh7ixEAVh @po_st

— Afro-Latino Assoc (@AfroLatinoAssoc) January 30, 2016

Officials: Some areas in Flint have higher lead levels than filters can handle https://t.co/6Lzu8PI37y pic.twitter.com/r3WAjW6RyK

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) January 31, 2016

Families are STILL being poisoned in #Flint. The cheap filters ARE NOT working. Babies are having seizures. https://t.co/4V3XTQ60pL

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) February 2, 2016

10 Things They Won't Tell You About The Flint Water Tragedy. But I Will https://t.co/ynbXfpQJuq via @HuffPostPol

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) February 2, 2016

January 27, 2016 by V Leigh

Racial Injustice and Abuse of Power

This is a racial killing. Flint MI is 60% black. When u knowingly poison a black city, u r committing a version of genocide #ArrestGovSnyder

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 20, 2015

6 Cleveland police officers fired in connection with 2012 fatal chase https://t.co/ctgEyUqstF pic.twitter.com/CiMQLuR2BA

— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2016

Minn. cop blames ‘muscle memory’ after dashcam video shows him shooting unarmed driver https://t.co/PleHmViKhn pic.twitter.com/ZeUWh5mLMO

— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 25, 2016

August 27, 2015 by V Leigh

#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 8.26

Black Students Expelled at a Higher Rate in 13 Southern States ……………………………….. http://t.co/FERAR4DNsl

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) August 26, 2015

#BlackLivesMatter Activists #ShutItDown https://t.co/dyDus59YI7

— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) August 25, 2015

Just shut down 7th avenue in midtown. No justice, no peace!! #blacklivesmatter #peoplesmonday pic.twitter.com/e2BwCE7ujl

— Millions March NYC (@MillionsMarch) August 25, 2015

'Black on black crime' is the oppressors way of transferring blame of their own culpability in creating an oppressive capitalist project.

— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) August 23, 2015

I've received 6 death threats today. As conservative media fans the flames they increase daily. Doubled my life insurance. This is no joke.

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 26, 2015

Identifying, categorizing, and naming injustices helps me feel sane and not alone.

— Dr. Adrienne K. (@NativeApprops) August 25, 2015

An investigation that took me months: How companies pocket millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks. http://t.co/ib9fauJ3mW

— Terrence McCoy (@terrence_mccoy) August 25, 2015

May 11, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Stop Punishing People for Poverty: Abolish Bail

Most of the people incarcerated in local jails have not been convicted of a crime.

Source: www.truth-out.org

March 2, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Public Policy and Blaming Poor Black Communities For Their Own Poverty [VIDEO]

On the 50th anniversary of the Moynihan Report (The Negro Family: The Case For National Action), john a. powell of the Haas Institute discusses the economic and political struggles faced by black communities today

Source: therealnews.com

Powell explains:

Segregation was [and is] about separating access to opportunity.
The War on Drugs is really a war on Black people.
We may have a plutocracy now. Rule by the rich.
White people don’t see Black people as being part of the country, as being legitimate members.
We bailed out banks, and GM with billions of dollars, but we did not bail out Detroit to help the African-Americans who live there.

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