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realTuckFrumper, 1 day ago to random

Mar-a-Lago hires 136 new foreign workers as Trump seeks immigration crackdown https://www.rawstory.com/trump-foreign-workers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

aby, 2 days ago to anarchism

I got to use my jail bag today!

I live near Bathurst jail. I used to live across the corner from it, but now we've moved about 10 minutes away.

While we lived across the corner I'd often see people released from the jail and start the 50 minute walk down to the station as they were just dumped back into society with less and less assistance or support in place. I'd often pop out the front door and ask of they wanted a lift, a number of times they'd say yes and I'd drive them down to the station (and once to Lithgow because he missed the train). People who do their time at Bathurst have been shipped in from all over the state, and are expected to just be able to get home again.

They also all carry their belongings in a clear plastic baggie the jail has given them, and everyone here knows if someone is carrying that bag they've just been released.. and a lot of people treat them like shit.

I started keeping a reusable shopping bag in my car to give them instead of using the clear baggie. Then I started stocking the bag with some essentials (masks, soap, socks, deodorant, snacks, drink, water, crossword book, pen, etc), so they might have a bit of comfort on their journey home.

Today I drove past the jail after dropping my housemate to work, and there was a guy standing at the bus stop with a clear baggie, so I asked if he wanted a lift to the station and gave him my jail bag.

He's excited to get home and see his dog after 16 months.

#AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #CommunityNotCops #FuckThePolice #Criminology #CriminalJustice

shoq, 2 days ago to random

Voting isn’t about your likes and dislikes. It’s about choosing candidates from among whoever the system produces. Sitting out that process, for any reason, is simply making you complicit if the greater of two evils should win the election. That’s why Donald Trump was elected in 2016.

2028 is the next window for BIG change, and you can start organizing for your choices today, But for the moment, we’re simply trying to preserve what’s left of this foundering democracy.

If you can’t tell the …

mondoweiss, 3 days ago to Palestine

The New York Times has astonished its readers by publishing a long indictment of a subject it has purposely ignored for years: “Jewish terrorism” against Palestinians.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/the-nytimes-finally-publishes-a-comprehensive-indictment-of-jewish-terrorism-against-palestinians/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

StillIRise1963, 4 days ago to random

A giant ground hog lives in my yard. Explains the big holes.

StillIRise1963, 5 days ago to random

For all the white people who say some of these folks “pretend to be racist for money,” please know that there is no such thing. The consequences of the behavior are real and the same, even if one were “pretending,” hence, there is no such thing as pretending.

realTuckFrumper, 5 days ago to random

"Dumpster fire" hearing spurs groans about Congress' new low https://www.axios.com/2024/05/17/oversight-merrick-garland-contempt-hearing?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

indivisibleteam, 5 days ago to random

🤔 Clarence Thomas won’t answer questions about a $267,000 loan he received from a former health insurance executive. The most powerful court in our country shouldn’t be held to the lowest standards. Tell your senators it’s time to use their power and rein in this corrupt Supreme Court: https://act.indivisible.org/letter/email-your-member-congress-and-tell-them-hold-corrupt-supreme-court-accountable?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

AnarchistArt, 6 days ago to random

Theblueone, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

US cops never turn out like this at Nazi rallies or school shootings, but against peaceful genocide protesters they bring their very best A game, huh? (Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

NotImpressed, 6 days ago to Palestine

#palestine
#IsraeliWarCrimes
@palestine

Interview to a Jewish human rights lawyer who documented the settlers blocking and destroying aid bound to Gaza. She even tried to stop them, risking her own life. Settlers get the information and backing from the government. IOF and police just watch them.
So this is the Israeli government preventing aid to get into Gaza and blaming vandals. How convenient.

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/16/israelis_attack_gaza_aid

adachika192, 16 days ago to palestine

http://cubasi.cu/en/news/cuban-students-rally-steps-university-havana-palestine

Cuban students rally on the steps of the University of Havana for Palestine (Cuba Si, 2024-05-05)
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“… the University of Havana Friday held a rally in solidarity with Gaza and in keeping with Cuba’s unwavering support of the Palestinian people that Fidel cemented with Yasser Arafat soon after the Revolution.”

#Cuba #FreePalestine
@palestine

breton, 6 months ago to random

A spokesman for #JStreet, accused Aipac of attempting to impose a narrow definition of what it is to be pro-Israel:

“#Aipac may hope to silence and intimidate political leaders who believe that settlement expansion, endless conflict and permanent occupation are harmful to Israel, the Palestinian people and US interests. Ultimately, however, these common-sense views are too popular, widespread and important to be suppressed.”

#2022MidTerms: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/18/pro-israel-lobby-group-aipac-midterms-election-deniers-and-extremist-republicans

#liberals #StandWithIsrael