Anti Black hate is on the rise locally and nationally.
The BLM street murual is one of the few lasting marks of the 2020 protests the city has allowed and some racist keep defacing it.
As much as I know the city probably will keep repairing the painting, I sure wish this city had the same energy for policies that materially change anything at all.
If you're not super into local city politics you might have missed it.
Throughout the passed year or so graffiti celebrating rats has appeared throughout Cal Anderson park and probably around the city.
After the city razed the BLM Memorial Garden #BLMG from the park the mayor's office has seemed hell bent on keeping the park clear of any signs of community life not pre-approved by the local government.
So they put a ton of effort into erasing the rat themed graffiti.
#MutualAidRequest Protest medic beaten by cops needs community support.
"I was diagnosed at the hospital with a concussion and, since that day, have had to go to the emergency room twice for passing out multiple times and serious confusion.
This brutality from the police has made it so I’m not only unable to work, but suffering from massive confusion and possible serious brain injuries."
It's a never ending gaslight fest.
The fash say that because their event closed early its a sign of religious persecution at the hands of Mayor Harrell.
Bruce on the other hand bulldozed a protest garden (#BLMG) precisely to enable events. The largest of which has been the fascist MaydayUSA tour (now planning an encoure).
Bruce asked them to wrap up a smidgen early and now both wants to claim that as a victory.
I reported tirelessly OTG about the destruction of the #BLMG and how the destruction of Black led spaces, #homeless outreach, #housing rights, the #FreeGaza #StudentSpring and NOW #LGBTQIA community are all under threat by the exact same local politicians!
We ALL share an enemy in Mayor Bruce Harrell, City Council President Sara Nelson, republican city attorney Ann Davidson and of course the Seattle police.
We need more eyes on these ghouls!
What we're seeing on college campuses this week is what the homeless experience on the daily. I've been posting the #BLMG tag about my local homeless neighbors. Here's a few: Supreme court rally https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112317474489022213 BLMG Sweep https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111449650062083085 Sweep 2 days later https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111495005664299415 Sweep the next day https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111500692636115976 Xmas Mutual Aid https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111646253831326546 City destroys the garden https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111653304263261896 Arrests of mutual aid organizers https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111666763412202425
Today's state sponsored hate fest would NOT have been possible if not for the city of Seattle crushing Black led Mutual Aid projects first.
The BLM Memorial Garden and the near daily breakfast program and weekly free grocery events were brutally crushed just like the Black Panther programs which inspired us.
We knew when the city took our garden they had no idea how to better use that space.
Today shows we were right!
Attached: 3 images Happy heavenly birthday to chairman Fred Hampton. Hampton was the visionary behind the breakfast program the Black Panthers were known for among many other projects. It's incredible that he started feeding dozens of kids while he was only 10 himself 🤯 The sheer scale and growth in these programs that Fred achieved in such a short time is literally why there are so many government run school meal programs now. They felt existentially threatened by Black people NOT starving. #FredHampton
It took all the cops SPD could muster to enable the right wing terrorist led event to go on uninterrupted.
Seattle cops arrested 18 to 30 people who were protesting the anti trans event.
The arrests were extremely violent and at least one person was sent to the hospital. I'm getting reports of things like a bike cop headbutting a woman then macing her after she was down and possibly already handcuffed.
Significant police use of force.
Today hundreds of homophobic anti-trans haters swarmed Seattle's Capital Hill gayborhood on the exact same spot that the Black Lives Memorial Garden (#BLMG) once stood as a symbol against hate.
Last year Seattle Mayor Bruce Harroll razed the garden because it became a site of regular Mutual Aid outreach. The mayor claimed the garden was a disruption to the peace and had it destroyed!
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111653304263261896
#Seattle #LGBTQIA #PNW #TransLivesMAtter #BlackLivesMatter #ACAB
I've been heartened to see activist friends starting a similar program in my neighborhood in the past year and a half and was extremely proud to be the first fridge in the network.
Like Fred's example it's grown by leaps in this time.
But you know what? The state oppression has been REAL.
The Mayor of Seattle personally ordered over $89k in destruction to put a stop to our meal services and other community outreach programs!
https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2024/08/23/mayor-harrell-ordered-89000-blmg-demolition
What we're seeing on college campuses this week is what the homeless experience on the daily. I've been posting the #BLMG tag about my local homeless neighbors. Here's a few:
Supreme court rally
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/112317474489022213
BLMG Sweep
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111449650062083085
Sweep 2 days later
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111495005664299415
Sweep the next day
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111500692636115976
Xmas Mutual Aid
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111646253831326546
City destroys the garden
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/111653304263261896
Arrests of mutual aid organizers
Attached: 2 images This afternoon I'm at the Houses Not Handcuffs rally in Seattle. This morning the US supreme court heard oral arguments in the Grants Pass v Johnson case. This case deals with the rights of homeless people and considers whether the act of sleeping outside can be criminalized. #GrantsPass #USPol #Homeless #ServicesNotSweeps
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