Just sent email to local #art gallery, that hosts #painting workshops/events/lessons - about how many of us #immunocompromised locals would really like to be able to attend their events & participate in their workshops/painting classes but are unable to because the indoor environment isn't #CovidSafe. I asked if they're planning any safer outdoors events/classes so they're more #inclusive. I hope they will.
Government doesn't give a damn about #disabled or #immunocompromised people but some citizens do. #Citizens run our local organizations, not #eugenics pushing government politicians.
In #Uganda , people have long been savvy on social media, but now they’re mobilising in online “exhibitions”. First it was the state of the #roads now it’s #health . When physical protests are banned, and other things are difficult, it’s impressive. And the government now seems to be scrambling to stop it #eastAfrica#Africa#citizens#freedomofexpression#protests
Thank activists who aren't paid (huge myth!). Don't be thanking fucking politicians for changes that benefit #humanity & environment. Govt doesn't change their toxic shit without facing lots of activism first - having #citizens rise up against their BS/harmful policies.
In at least 14 states, "Bonds for the Win" activists attempted to serve #sham#paperwork to school districts, in several cases causing commotions that required police intervention.
And the number of people joining their cause is quickly growing as misinformation about the strategy’s effectiveness circulates.
On the chat app Telegram, where the activists organize, Bonds for the Win’s main channel grew from 700 subscribers to nearly 20,000 in the past month. Its members focus on #schools, but they have also served paperwork to a handful of #county#commissioners and discussed plans to go after other local officials, #judges and #sheriffs with similar claims.
Bonds for the Win is using these battles as a way of drawing in followers, demonstrating how quickly a faulty fringe tactic can generate momentum as frustrated parents join forces with conspiracy theorists.
#Miki#Klann, a QAnon adherent in Scottsdale, Arizona, who has said she believes AIDS is a hoax and that the Earth is flat, founded Bonds for the Win in December.
“We want the people to understand their 'sovereignty'.” Klann said in a recent video
The group’s strategy of intimidating government bodies with paperwork has been used in the past by #sovereign#citizens
-- loosely affiliated #rightwing#anarchists who believe federal and local governments are operating illegitimately.
Thousands of #migrants subjected to the policy will be allowed to live & work in the #UnitedStates, at least temporarily. If they win #asylum, they could become #citizens.