June 17, 2025 by V Leigh

A man who was out protesting against ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles this week spoke with KTLA after an officer’s close-range shot to his groin with a rubber bullet severely bruised one of his testicles… and “shattered” the other.

People need to start wearing armor/padding if they’re going to be outside, bc the gestapo is out here shooting people point blank with rubber bullets that are supposed to be shot AT THE GROUND to ricochet then hit a target, they’re cracking bones, causing internal organ bruises +
— Mis Leading (@FaatiTheStreet) June 11, 2025

Hasan captures a rubber bullet flying past his head and grazing a protestor, fired at head level with enough speed to seriously injure or kill. Cops using ‘less-than-lethal’ rubber bullets at head level is not just reckless, it’s deadly. People have died from this. pic.twitter.com/K5Tz771aW6
— ᵉᵐᵐᵃ (@litupemma) June 15, 2025

A man who was out protesting against ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles this week spoke with KTLA after an officer’s close-range shot to his groin with a rubber bullet severely bruised one of his testicles… and “shattered” the other.
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— KTLA (@KTLA) June 15, 2025

⚠️ LAPD tramples woman with horse, shoots her with rubber bullets‼️ #cop… https://t.co/EaXPUD8F0P via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) June 13, 2025

LAPD horse trampling victim speaks out pic.twitter.com/WQpRB2aRcy
— Jackie Singh 🇺🇸 (@HackingButLegal) June 13, 2025

A woman just trying to get home was shot by a rubber bullet in her stomach! This woman wasn’t a Protester and they shot her as she was explaining that her apartment was only a few doors down! What if she was pregnant and that hit her and ended her pregnancy! 😡 pic.twitter.com/FyzLnVcTzn
— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) June 12, 2025

theyre criminalizing basic mutual aid for unarmed civilian protestors to shield themselves from having their eyes shot out of their heads when the militarized police use 40mm projectiles, explosive ordinances, & chemical weapons while theyre exercising their 1st amendment rights https://t.co/bzKQDJdecw
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) June 12, 2025

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— MC Squared (@mcsquared34) June 10, 2025

Just a reminder that tear gassing civilians violates the Geneva Conventions for chemical weapons of war, but nobody in America talks about it nor cares, bc the United States is a rogue militarized police state.
— MC Squared (@mcsquared34) June 10, 2025

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

November 15, 2023 by V Leigh

We will never ever forgive you for making Palestinians hold up their dead children in front of a camera just to prove Israel’s atrocities. They can’t even mourn in private because you won’t even believe them in the worst moments of their life. Israel kills them and you doubt them

We will never ever forgive you for making Palestinians hold up their dead children in front of a camera just to prove Israel’s atrocities. They can’t even mourn in private because you won’t even believe them in the worst moments of their life. Israel kills them and you doubt them
— Farah-Silvana Kanaan (@farahkanaan) November 5, 2023

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Cops remove pics of Palestinians murdered by Israel outside WH:
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— Bint (@PalBint) November 5, 2023

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View the first part of the stream from the pro-Palestine march in Philadelphia on Saturday night. Second part is above. 📽️

Thread: https://t.co/oqm26cJziK
More: https://t.co/vUPextfaU7 https://t.co/iWb9HsVdyv
— UNICORN RIOT (@UR_Ninja) October 29, 2023

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“What is going on today in our name as American citizens is genocide.”

Tens of thousands of people marched in Washington, DC, to protest Israel’s killing of nearly 10,000 people in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/OOamJ6MHkY
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 4, 2023

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About 300,000 people attended the pro-Palestine march in London demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

— in pictures https://t.co/ItQszqBOMG pic.twitter.com/hkskWPSsCK
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 11, 2023

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Pro-Palestine march will be one of UK’s biggest ever protests, organisers predict https://t.co/CCKWD5FSdJ
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) November 10, 2023

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“You can come with your kippahs and you’ll face nothing but love from the people here.”
Jewish protester, Maudi, who attended the pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday encouraged fellow Jews to show their support and attend demonstrations while wearing their kippahs pic.twitter.com/6tz4CdldSl
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) November 11, 2023

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August 1, 2020 by V Leigh

Violence against Protesters – Stay Strong in the Streets

Armed Protester Shot, Killed By Driver In Austin Identified As Garrett Foster, Alleged Shooter Released From Custody – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth https://t.co/Wg98so5BFl
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 27, 2020

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Lorraine Baits, a 70-year-old Mississippi protester on a rolling walker was arrested and cited for walking in street and resisting arrest. Details on her story: https://t.co/wADYIDODdQ #Mississippi #LorraineBaits pic.twitter.com/hFQQR1XKpf
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 26, 2020

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Terrifying scene in Aurora. My heart’s breaking for those who were hurt. We need charges against the driver NOW. #ElijahMcClain https://t.co/yR8u6nS5L7
— Lindsay Sandoval (@LindsaySandoval) July 26, 2020

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Tonight, I chose to exercise my right to peacefully protest for justice for #ElijahMcClain. We were marching, when all of a sudden we heard a thud that sounded like a car hitting something. People began ushering us to the side and yelling to get on the ground. (1/6)
— Mo Agnese Elm (@marrubizko92) July 26, 2020

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fire and protest medics tend to an injured protester who leapt off of an elevated portion of I-225 either trying to avoid a vehicle that hit several people or after being hit by the vehicle during a Elijah McClain July 25, 2020 https://t.co/cNDi35b0fP
— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 26, 2020

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The mayor of Aurora asked for a briefing on why a *building*—mere bricks & mortar—wasn’t “adequately defended.”

But the valid question is actually: why wasn’t Elijah McClain adequately defended?

Why wasn’t I—who survived Aurora police terror—why wasn’t *I* adequately defended? https://t.co/eMY1UF7pyf
— elisabeth epps is tired. (@elisabeth) July 26, 2020

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Feds pepper sprayed this Vietnam Veteran/photographer right in the face. His name is Mike Hastie. He was an Army medic. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/CLZwKvuTxH
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) July 26, 2020

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Most of the encounters like this one are about our ego as cops. If your first reaction as a cop is this, you need to be fired. https://t.co/yd9GOeg1iR
— Ethical Society of Police – ESOP (@ESOP_STL) July 13, 2020

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July 28, 2020 by V Leigh

Don’t Stop Marching

#BlackLivesMatter is a movement launched to challenge and dismantle systemic racism. The anti-LGBTQ hate group Mass Resistance is lying when it uses racist tropes to try to discredit the movement. https://t.co/PCDJYXlJZN
— Hatewatch (@Hatewatch) June 30, 2020

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Protests in California escalate after 2 black men were found hanging from trees in 2 separate incidents 2 weeks apart… #victorville #palmdale #RobertFuller #MalcolmHarsch https://t.co/aYScjt7FSZ pic.twitter.com/WqBPGjyEbN
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) June 14, 2020

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A St. Louis couple in front of their home tonight as protesters marched past in the city’s Central West End. (photos courtesy @ksdknews partner @BILLGREENBLATT / UPI) #StLouisprotest #STL pic.twitter.com/I7VlUBUhZ2
— Casey Nolen (@CaseyNolen) June 29, 2020

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A grand jury has officially indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William R. Bryan on malice and felony murder charges in the Feb. 23, 2020, death of #AhmaudArbery #11alive pic.twitter.com/y8l1g6Yxgh
— Hope Ford (@hope_iam) June 24, 2020

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The people who brutally murdered Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging have finally been charged.

It shouldn’t have taken four months. It might not have happened at all if people across this country didn’t demand justice.

Don’t stop marching.https://t.co/wCjRjG9BCO
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 24, 2020

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— Mixed Race Studies (@mixed_race) June 21, 2020

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from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: pic.twitter.com/byQ0OknaQ6
— Daryl Hannah (@dhlovelife) July 26, 2020

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June 11, 2020 by V Leigh

Police brutality used in protests against police brutality

George Floyd protests: Police fire tear gas canister at unarmed man after macing him | The Independent https://t.co/ETh2r0ssc9
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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Seattle cop caught on video with knee on neck of George Floyd protestorhttps://t.co/KvWATKb6bI
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 31, 2020

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This video of Grand Rapids PD firing a tear gas canister at an unarmed man (right after they maced him) point blank to the face needs to VIRAL. what in the actual fuck are these pigs doing pic.twitter.com/rmgC7lA8Bj
— Mayor of Simp City / BLM (@jusalotofpain) June 2, 2020

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Cops are beating unarmed women and putting their knee on their neck. #BLM #FreeThePeople #FTP https://t.co/N70QSW4eSg
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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Cop rams their car into protester, then apparently tries to back over other protesters. #BLM #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd https://t.co/1ny6rwCrTP
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 5, 2020

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No group, protestors or civilians, have been anywhere close to as violent and sadistic as the police have been tonight.pic.twitter.com/85p9E3zMps
— Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) May 31, 2020

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Protests started in Erie.. a girl here was peacefully protesting, after 15 minutes she was maced and kicked.. #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/nC6HhXMpCe
— Nick / nak5132 🍐 (@the7goonies) May 31, 2020

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This is absolutely disgusting… https://t.co/alf02EhUYh
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 5, 2020

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Police commander charged with aggravated assault for beating protesters – DeadState https://t.co/HP9llF4KVJ
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 6, 2020

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Outlaw rubber bullets for crowd control. #DefundCops https://t.co/cPIcCwTUyz
— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 6, 2020

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DTLA earlier: “completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest.” “They proceeded to inappropriately shoot “non-lethal” rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets.” pic.twitter.com/MMdEkutgCx
— Chris Scalzo (@thescalzinator) June 5, 2020

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“Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical.” —Attorney General Bill Barr on @FaceTheNation.

“The most effective chemical irritant available.” —Pepperball’s official website. pic.twitter.com/GU6fHlD3yp
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) June 7, 2020

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The video of the red truck running through protesters.#BLM
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— glenn robinson (@glncv) June 9, 2020

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June 9, 2020 by V Leigh

“Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Miski Noor from @BlackVisionsMN:

“It’s not an accident when a cop is violent with a Black person […] anti-Blackness is part of policing.”

Noor described how policing as we know it grew out of slave-catching. pic.twitter.com/WIfItPVEXo
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) June 7, 2020

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Agreed, this young Black woman is brave indeed. But a white person should have stepped in to protect her. That is what I see when I look at this picture. That is true ‘allyship’. Putting your life on the line for Black people. https://t.co/RKz63CbcyA
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) June 8, 2020

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As @samswey points out on @PodSaveThePpl this week, only 28 of the largest 100 police departments ban chokeholds & strangleholds—and those that do ban them are less likely to kill people. https://t.co/6gcYUyNdFt
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 4, 2020

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An autopsy report has ruled that Manuel Ellis’ death was a homicide. Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in March in Tacoma, Wash.

He called out “can’t breathe” as he was being restrained by officers.https://t.co/14k3IQWzuT
— NPR (@NPR) June 5, 2020

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NEW:

An autopsy has found that Manuel Ellis, a black man who died in police custody in Tacoma, was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint used in his arrest.

“I can’t breathe,” he said before he died.https://t.co/SOJk8oaMsl
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) June 4, 2020

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Another man with the last name Floyd murdered by this racist system. This time in the notorious MDC Prison in Brooklyn. #JamelFloyd https://t.co/4p0ZlcD9zM
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 4, 2020

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Sean Monterrosa was killed by an Vallejo PD Officer. While on his knees.

We demand #justice4sean pic.twitter.com/1zS3NGdpej
— Mars🧚🏽‍♀️ (@marsonlife) June 4, 2020

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The Louisville Metro Police and the National Guard shot and killed David McAtee yesterday. He was, of course, unarmed. https://t.co/yOX1j3oifv
— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) June 1, 2020

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https://t.co/mwpEjICb7O… https://t.co/BvKKdoFQ7G 2006, the FBI warned that white supremacists infiltrating local and state law enforcement posed a threat to national security. Some are asking, what’s been done to curb the trend in the decade
— Bonny (@poohtoo2) June 1, 2020

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Police can legally use lethal force if their conduct is considered “reasonable” in the heat of the moment.

This open definition makes it very hard to hold cops accountable.

The PEACE Act will change this by establishing a national use-of-force standard. https://t.co/TEzTKdVk4L
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 3, 2020

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All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd were “complicit,” including the three who haven’t been arrested, says Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, responding to a question asked by @sarasidnerCNN on behalf of Floyd’s brother. https://t.co/JiE3Mx8xF2 pic.twitter.com/yalvaWfpDV
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2020

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this is so sad 🥺 it made me cry pic.twitter.com/36cWrNjOHM
— .♕ (@darealtishaaa) June 4, 2020

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“How to Be an Antiracist” author @DrIbram: “Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

Listen: https://t.co/mUpOpeocTK pic.twitter.com/P2K04S7Ier
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 2, 2020

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April 12, 2020 by V Leigh

People really think poor folks live off of the rich when it’s the other way around. #GeneralStrike

For days, major CEOs & certain powerful people have been admitting, in clear terms, that they are willing to sacrifice people’s lives for their profits, but are NOT willing to sacrifice their profit for people’s lives.

Remember this lesson, bc it informs a LOT of US policy. https://t.co/Dk0jNshuoE

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 25, 2020

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People really think poor folks live off of the rich when it’s the other way around. That’s why I support folks calling for general strikes and rent strikes right now.

— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) March 25, 2020

General strike now https://t.co/bTcIUMJPCQ

— Mx. Roach (@surrealsermons) March 25, 2020

I did not foresee Cheesecake Factory leading the #generalstrike, but I guess you take solidarity where you find it. https://t.co/gThEPbvYwJ

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) March 25, 2020

A workers’ rebellion is growing in Italy. https://t.co/CeYPcDfUmB

— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) March 25, 2020

Just as Trump is pushing for a return to work amidst an explosion of #coronavirus infections, workers across industries, from bus drivers to burger flippers to Amazon employees, have launched wildcat strikes + sick-outs as calls for a #GeneralStrike grow. https://t.co/tY2FnIVau0

— It’s Going Down (@IGD_News) March 25, 2020

The poor die.

The rich get bailed out.#WhichSideAreYouOn

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) March 25, 2020

I still support a general strike for all these workers who are deemed “essential” but still aren’t earning livable wages while working in unsafe conditions as the biggest benefits are given to billion dollar corporations. https://t.co/wDcEDhgItt

— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) March 25, 2020

White House rejects bailout for USPS battered by #COVID19

This is devastating

USPS employs 600K Americans

Millions of small businesses depend on USPS for their products & shipping needs

Letting USPS go bankrupt will decimate what’s left of our economyhttps://t.co/D2PZfwrVAb

— Qasim Rashid for Congress (@QasimRashid) April 11, 2020

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People get confused when the stock market goes up despite people losing their jobs. The truth is that many companies will be more profitable and efficient with fewer employees. Investors pay for returns not jobs.

— Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) April 9, 2020

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When late stage capitalism takes a selfie: pic.twitter.com/2OMI8JRz95

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) April 10, 2020

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A man who was out protesting against ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles this week spoke with KTLA after an officer’s close-range shot to his groin with a rubber bullet severely bruised one of his testicles… and “shattered” the other.

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.

We will never ever forgive you for making Palestinians hold up their dead children in front of a camera just to prove Israel’s atrocities. They can’t even mourn in private because you won’t even believe them in the worst moments of their life. Israel kills them and you doubt them

Violence against Protesters – Stay Strong in the Streets

Don’t Stop Marching

Police brutality used in protests against police brutality

“Every individual can look around their own neighborhood, their own institution, and ask the question: ‘Who here is challenging the policy that is leading to these racial disparities?’”

People really think poor folks live off of the rich when it’s the other way around. #GeneralStrike