"books are not coasters"
Saukiog
"books are not coasters"
Saukiog
After nearly 10 years, the Bash Back! network is making a comeback against a backdrop of rising gender fascism and attacks on LGBTQ+ people across the so-called US.
On our latest podcast, we spoke to an organizer about their upcoming convergence in #Chicago.
Listen here: https://itsgoingdown.org/this-is-america-185/
Welcome, to This Is America, April 10th, 2023. On this episode, first we speak with someone involved in the upcoming Bash Back! convergence in Chicago, Illinois. We speak about the history of the group and why it is reforming after over 10 years on hiatus and then switch to our discussion, where we tackle why...
One person is dead and two volunteers with #Reno #FoodNotBombs are in “critical, but stable condition” after a 57 year old man drove into a group of people on Monday in what police are reporting is an "intentional" attack.
On Tuesday, members of Food not Bombs and the wider community held a vigil and a GoFundMe has been set up to cover medical and funeral costs.
Our report: https://itsgoingdown.org/reno-fnb-vehicle-attack/
Two volunteers with the mutual aid group Reno Food Not Bombs are in "critical, but stable condition" and one unhoused person, Michelle "Mama Bear," is dead after a 57 year old man, David Turner, "suddenly and inexplicably drove his car through the area where the women were standing" on Monday. All three were reportedly transported...
France in Flames
https://crimethinc.com/FranceinFlames
In #France, a powerful movement has erupted in response to an attempt to raise the retirement age. While millions have gone on strike and poured into the streets, President Emmanuel Macron and his henchmen have attempted to crush this movement by escalating police violence to lethal extremes. In this report, we offer a chronology of the events of the past week, including a translation of an account by one participant in the movement and a statement from the parents of another who remains in a coma.
Listening to NPR and guests rewrite history re: Iraq War 2 is gonna cause me to crash my car. 🤬
"We were lied to" ...mfr's, you DID the lying!!
Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research.
In the days after Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, the social media platform saw a “surge in hateful conduct,” which its then safety chief put down to a “focused, short-term trolling campaign.” New research suggests that when it comes to antisemitism, it was anything but.
Rather, antisemitic tweets have more than doubled over the months since Musk took charge, according to research at tech firm CASM Technology and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue think tank conducted. https://theconversation.com/antisemitism-on-twitter-has-more-than-doubled-since-elon-musk-took-over-the-platform-new-research-201830