June 12, 2025 by V Leigh

FULL SPEECH Governor Newsom delivers a powerful and urgent address to the people of California and the nation in direct response to President Trump’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles and his broader assault on our democracy. A must watch till the end.

🚨🚨FULL SPEECH

Governor Newsom delivers a powerful and urgent address to the people of California and the nation in direct response to President Trump’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles and his broader assault on our democracy.

A must watch till the end. pic.twitter.com/fBWbKDkpSR
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 11, 2025

Democrats know that our immigration system is broken and that the American people want a fair and humane system that actually works.

They do NOT want terrifying ICE raids, or anymore kidnappings and disappearances. pic.twitter.com/4JUIT4UmJt
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 10, 2025

The United States spends billions of dollars on ICE detention centers each year — most of which are privately owned.

We are making it profitable to illegally and unconstitutionally detain immigrants who have been convicted of no crimes and are just waiting for hearings. pic.twitter.com/bB4uijOp1H
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 11, 2025

“No one’s illegal on stolen land” chants in LA this evening pic.twitter.com/Hwiza6NtHf
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) June 10, 2025

I’ll say it again 👇 pic.twitter.com/bb5xtHQJV1
— Karly Kingsley (@karlykingsley) June 10, 2025

June 11, 2025 by V Leigh

Friendly reminder. An oppressor is not going to relinquish power because you tread lightly

Friendly reminder. An oppressor is not going to relinquish power because you tread lightly
— Dr. Allison Wiltz (@queenie4rmnola) June 8, 2025

Read Pitfalls of Liberalism by Kwame Ture

“The liberal is so preoccupied with stopping confrontation that he usually finds himself defending and calling for law and order, the law and order of the oppressor. Confrontation would disrupt the smooth functioning of the society and…
— E (@Ericangelo_ms) June 8, 2025

History won’t remember ICE kindly.
“Just doing their job” didn’t work for the Gestapo either.
— zellie (@zellieimani) June 8, 2025

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”

-Thomas Jefferson.

This child was tear-gassed by the government. pic.twitter.com/MYM1kr2Ctb
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 8, 2025

“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” Baynard Rustin
— Dr. Allison Wiltz (@queenie4rmnola) June 8, 2025

June 11, 2025 by V Leigh

Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great. Single-payer healthcare will make America great. Universal childcare will make America great. Housing for All will make America great. Tuition-free college will make America great.

Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.

Single-payer healthcare will make America great.

Universal childcare will make America great.

Housing for All will make America great.

Tuition-free college will make America great.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 9, 2025

If the United States saw what the United States is doing in the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States. pic.twitter.com/jfBJyJZZh4
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) June 8, 2025

Anti-ICE protests do not “turn violent.” They begin with the inherent violence of ICE.
— Read Starting Somewhere (@JPHilllllll) June 9, 2025

Not sure LAPD knew they were being watched here…… pic.twitter.com/Q4rFZLLSv5
— Bricktop_NAFO (@Bricktop_NAFO) June 9, 2025

When they turn the military into domestic police then they start to see the people they are supposed to protect as their enemy. pic.twitter.com/pjm9E22Q4S
— Boston Smalls (@smalls2672) June 8, 2025

“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty” TJ pic.twitter.com/a1s9Rwbsf1
— MC Squared (@mcsquared34) June 9, 2025

May 14, 2024 by V Leigh

Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”

Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.” pic.twitter.com/wxsMxpI9n8
— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) May 8, 2024

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Barry Blitt for the win on the state of American higher education right now pic.twitter.com/eelRsgYQcq
— 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 (@thrasherxy) May 10, 2024

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HIND’S HALL Now Available on Streaming. All Proceeds to UNRWA. https://t.co/daXnWRmBHE pic.twitter.com/J0Ft6wjuSv
— Macklemore (@macklemore) May 10, 2024

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A comic on being silenced. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Ms6ShEA4oc
— 張嘉欣 🇵🇸 (@Kaitoonist) May 9, 2024

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Leaving this here 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/dZ6GsYDkBw
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 6, 2024

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“The students don’t know what they’re talking about”

The students: pic.twitter.com/S49k31sMCg
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 7, 2024

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Black Americans experience the most hate crimes of any group in America. They live at the bottom of every indicator of well being. They face rampant and documented discrimination in employment, housing, you name it. I really wish pundits discussing campus protests and…
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 6, 2024

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Student protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza and universities’ investment in companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine are not slowing down. Salma Hamamy of the University of Michigan describes disrupting the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Yrw6CuRabb
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) May 6, 2024

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Over the weekend, anti-war protesters disrupted several college graduation ceremonies, including one involving comedian Jerry Seinfeld at Duke University. https://t.co/MzPVDqpCse pic.twitter.com/YTZpcTS0sm
— ABC News (@ABC) May 13, 2024

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Students who walked out of a commencement ceremony in Duke University to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, held a makeshift graduation ceremony and continued to chant, “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” https://t.co/45odJdpo1i
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) May 14, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear. A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear.

A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY. https://t.co/mAvq8QWxxe
— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) May 1, 2024

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All these grown ass men with full body armor, weapons and military vehicles against kids with signs and a real cause. Every last one of those NYPD entering campus is an embarrassment to the city and the country. Weak, stupid, followers who deserve neither a salary nor any…
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 1, 2024

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Columbia are using the NYPD to place all of their students on house arrest. This is martial law being imposed on the people of New York for the benefit of a foreign government. https://t.co/MJILCV6wxb
— P.B. Gomez (@pbgomez_) May 1, 2024

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It’s so incredibly clear that the police stood aside and let a pro Israeli lynch mob run wild at UCLA. They did nothing for two hours as violent Zionists assaulted students, launched fireworks into the encampment, and sprayed mace on students. pic.twitter.com/kyT4mOLbMk
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) May 1, 2024

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Absolutely deranged comment from an elected official https://t.co/nrcLktfYPb
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) April 25, 2024

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Stop calling young people lazy, ambivalent, and disinterested. They are showing us now that they are sick and tired.

These young people witnessed the killing of Trayvon Martin, the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the killings at Parkland High, COVID, and Trump.

THEY ARE FED UP.
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (they/them) (@JennMJacksonPhD) April 26, 2024

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In his letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., told us the white moderate “is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” and said this is someone who “prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.” https://t.co/Uxs1VkkNHd
— William C. (@williamcson) May 2, 2024

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This is what UT students are protesting

Don’t manipulate the narrative https://t.co/foW7FLqGNN
— Sam Musubi (@SamAllega) April 24, 2024

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April 30, 2024 by V Leigh

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement. The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality.

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement.

The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality. pic.twitter.com/7BJXGidZ0X
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 23, 2024

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We must be clear that administrators are inviting police, who are legally authorized to use deadly force, on campuses to respond to what are peaceful protests. It is an unnecessary and dangerous escalation.
— Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (@esglaude) April 26, 2024

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RON DESANTIS PLANS TO EXPEL ALL STUDENTS FROM FLORIDA WHO PROTEST ISRAEL

So, Americans can’t study in America if they speak out against the actions of a foreign government.

Totalitarian society.

Police State. pic.twitter.com/ui9QeKsHiq
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 27, 2024

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FIVE MONTHS AGO the ‘Blood Tribe,’ a white supremacist, neo nazi group demonstrated on the University of Wisconsin campus, brandishing rifles, carrying swastika flags, and chanting “Israel is not our friend” and “there will be blood,blood,blood.”

The protesters were all white… pic.twitter.com/HPi2MFv4m4
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 27, 2024

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Taking over Hamilton Hall as done in 1968, Columbia students unfurl a banner that reads “Hind’s Hall,” in reference to Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces.
Hundreds of students cheer as the banner is revealed, erupting into chants to “Free Palestine.” pic.twitter.com/Oi8WgdZmqf
— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) April 30, 2024

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December 24, 2022 by V Leigh

Iran: At Least 400 Sentenced Up to 10 Years for Anti-Gov’t Protest; Soccer Player Reportedly Faces Execution

Iran: At Least 400 Sentenced Up to 10 Years for Anti-Gov’t Protest; Soccer Player Reportedly Faces Execution https://t.co/YrKuAX8yKq
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 14, 2022

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Our @BBCNews @BBCWorld report on the arrest of one of Iran’s best known actresses #TaranehAlidoosti, a public figure who stayed in Iran, risking her own safety as she continued to support protests against the Islamic Republic. #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/4w58pqeRXW
— Azadeh Moshiri (@Azadeh_Moshiri) December 18, 2022

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Today at the final of the World Cup, I only hope the players on the field and the whole world remembers that there’s a man and fellow footballer called Amir Nasr, on death row, only for speaking in favor of Women’s rights. pic.twitter.com/VdMicGVaml
— Shakira (@shakira) December 18, 2022

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Tweeted this @bbcpersian news item 2 days ago now picked up by @BBCNews
“His face was smashed. His nose, jaw & chin broken. His torso from neck to navel, over his kidneys, was stitched up.”
Family finds signs of torture & organ removal on exhumed body.https://t.co/RGG12oVxTU
— Omid Djalili (@omid9) December 21, 2022

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Very powerful display of those who have been killed during the #IranProtests projected on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s embassy in London. 🎥 #MahsaAmini #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/K0tAdXEq3o
— Jonathan Harounoff (@JonathanHaroun1) December 20, 2022

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November 23, 2022 by V Leigh

Iran players chose not to sing their country’s national anthem before their opening World Cup match against England, in an apparent show of support for protesters back home.

Tehran court sentences first person to death over protests in Iran https://t.co/9iEB83TVGp
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 14, 2022

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Iran court issues first death sentence in protest-linked cases https://t.co/aLIO8pcFnu pic.twitter.com/kL55Z2J2mS
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 14, 2022

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Europe piles pressure on Iran’s leaders as protests rage https://t.co/gzvWhNTfin pic.twitter.com/3iALuo4nf1
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 14, 2022

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In the last 8 weeks Iran’s regime has killed over 300 protestors, imprisoned nearly 15,000, and threatened to execute hundreds more, yet Iran’s women persist. Today female university students removed their forced hejab and chant, “I am a free woman.” pic.twitter.com/OjQZ6zHfG5
— Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) November 8, 2022

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I am deeply disturbed that the Iranian regime is sentencing protestors to death. I continue to stand with the Iranian people in their fight for freedom, and I echo calls for the Biden Administration to tighten sanctions and hold the regime accountable. https://t.co/QD0vozTysh
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) November 14, 2022

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This is horrifying. The Iranian parliament votes overwhelmingly (227-63) to execute the 15,000 protesters they already arrested.

These were peaceful protestors simply seeking the right to basic justice and autonomy. Unacceptable and barbaric.https://t.co/7mMd2hIwTb
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) November 14, 2022

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Beautiful. In solidarity with the incredible courage and resilience of the women of Iran.pic.twitter.com/ccsqXSdubO
— Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) November 21, 2022

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Iran’s World Cup captain: “In the name of God, creator of rainbows… I want to say condolences to all the grieving families in Iran… we want them to know we are with them and by their side and share their pain.”

Astounding courage & bravery. pic.twitter.com/7m16DvLJNc
— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) November 21, 2022

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Iran players chose not to sing their country’s national anthem before their opening World Cup match against England, in an apparent show of support for protesters back home. pic.twitter.com/EjrdZ1y3IT
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) November 21, 2022

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June 30, 2022 by V Leigh

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that’s not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court’s bad decisions:
1/25
— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) June 30, 2022

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Outside SCOTUS Now. Protesters sit-in and block street, and police immediately surround & kettle them, unlike you know when…. #RoeVWade pic.twitter.com/AfjcRBzpZQ
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) June 30, 2022

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a man set himself aflame in front of the Supreme Court earlier this year.
— Kaitlin Ruiz (@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz) June 30, 2022

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Are we really going to let minority rule by a group of unelected justices appointed to lifetime seats destroy our planet? https://t.co/4Rd7J3kmJR
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) June 30, 2022

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Run out of words to describe this court, but, among other things, it’s now a threat to the planet.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 30, 2022

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This is what a judicial coup looks like pic.twitter.com/dTZ4zgHJdg
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 30, 2022

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Abortion rights protesters in NYC blocking rich guests from getting into a dinner hosted by the right wing Federalist Society, who supported SCOTUS justices’ attack on abortion.

Organized by @nycforabortion @nycDSA pic.twitter.com/721no9hNfU
— Jeremy Gong (@jergong) June 29, 2022

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I wish the clinic where I escort abortion patients past throngs of screaming, spitting religious zealots got even a fraction of the police protection that a Federalist Society dinner at the Harvard and Yale Club gets. https://t.co/kfpq0TEEIr
— Moira Donegan (@MoiraDonegan) June 29, 2022

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Supreme Court in 2022 really is like, “We’re going to force you to have a baby and we want it to spend its whole life suffering” https://t.co/sgkX27s7sD
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 30, 2022

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“Our work is far from done.”

— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade pic.twitter.com/WvXytLNrQT
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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“Both abortion and miscarriage currently occur more than a million times each year in America, and the two events are often clinically indistinguishable. As such, prohibition states will have a profoundly invasive interest in differentiating between them.” https://t.co/Xgiip1p9SS
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) June 24, 2022

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Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…
— Tiffany D. Jackson (@WriteinBK) June 24, 2022

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This is the single bluntest assessment of the Democratic Party I’ve ever seen a liberal make in a major paper. A true must-read from @perrybaconjr. https://t.co/rI0lW4Sta5 pic.twitter.com/te9uJKW8pv
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) June 29, 2022

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Every year over 25 million unsafe abortions take place and up to 37,000 women die https://t.co/tbsMFGQAn4 #abortion pic.twitter.com/IaRiSW8S3j
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 24, 2022

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The consequence of our society’s failure to see coerced pregnancy as a legacy of enslavement has descended once again upon Black women and all pregnant people with lethal force.https://t.co/Q3IKHaHMrx
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 28, 2022

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“My rights should not be a fundraising point for the Democrats.” 💯💯💯 pic.twitter.com/6hNLQ5tZry
— People’s City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) June 26, 2022

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LIVE UPDATES: Nationwide protests continue as supporters and opponents of abortion rights map their next moves. https://t.co/nd6xEo07jD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 26, 2022

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this year, the Supreme Court has

1) made abortion illegal
2) made school prayer legal
3) make gun control illegal
4) overturned Miranda rights
5) made it illegal for the EPA to regulate emissions

at this point, expanding the court is a moderate response to an extremist court
— sam (@sam_d_1995) June 30, 2022
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Dear Supreme Court,
Thanks for nothing.
– Planet Earth
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) June 30, 2022

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June 13, 2021 by V Leigh

he @nytimes prints faces of 67 Palestinian children killed by Israeli aerial missiles & tank projectiles (paid for by US taxpayers)

At today’s Justice For Palestine demonstration in London, I also called for a halt to arms sales. UK-made weapons are killing civilians – including children – in conflicts abroad. This must stop. pic.twitter.com/Sf2tEGjtkX
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) June 12, 2021

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Young Jewish Americans rocked by new hate fueled by Israel-Palestinian conflict https://t.co/2efNDQYbHZ
— Fund the people – Divest from policing (@glncv) May 26, 2021

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It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it is. The @nytimes prints faces of 67 Palestinian children killed by Israeli aerial missiles & tank projectiles (paid for by US taxpayers). This is the cost of Israeli impunity. This is a fraction of Palestinian pain & loss. #NoHate pic.twitter.com/8FdygM2kvn
— Noura Erakat (@4noura) May 28, 2021

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FULL SPEECH Governor Newsom delivers a powerful and urgent address to the people of California and the nation in direct response to President Trump’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles and his broader assault on our democracy. A must watch till the end.

Friendly reminder. An oppressor is not going to relinquish power because you tread lightly

Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great. Single-payer healthcare will make America great. Universal childcare will make America great. Housing for All will make America great. Tuition-free college will make America great.

Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear. A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement. The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality.

Iran: At Least 400 Sentenced Up to 10 Years for Anti-Gov’t Protest; Soccer Player Reportedly Faces Execution

Iran players chose not to sing their country’s national anthem before their opening World Cup match against England, in an apparent show of support for protesters back home.

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

he @nytimes prints faces of 67 Palestinian children killed by Israeli aerial missiles & tank projectiles (paid for by US taxpayers)