If you don’t believe in climate change, come to California.
This is from today. And is just a small part of the nearly 600 fires we are battling this week.
HAPPENING NOW: 17,000 University of California graduate researchers are filing for union recognition in downtown Oakland
When they win, 1 in 1,000 US union members will be part of this new union
Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.
In 2019, everyday Chileans took to the streets to banish the vestiges of US-backed dictatorship, austerity & neoliberalism.
In 2020 they voted & won a new constitution.
Today, they elected a young leftist president over a reactionary peddling nostalgia for dictatorship.
Dems control all 3 branches of state gov in CA. Oakland's run by "progressives."
They cut $$ to schools & transit to give tax breaks to billionaires. Now they're overseeing brutal police repression of protesters.
it's nice we can vote to put 🌈 lights on violent austerity tho
Uncomfortable fact:
Many firefighters doing extremely dangerous work to keep communities safe during the
#kincadefire
are incarcerated and make $1 an hour.
The CEO of
@PGE4Me
, the corporation that is a convicted felon and is still on probation, is being paid $900 an hour.
The 1946 Oakland general strike started when a union streetcar driver refused to drive his streetcar through a picket line, parked it in the middle of Telegraph instead, and walked away with the keys.
Transit workers have power because they keep our cities running.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 The Oakland School Board just voted unanimously to disband the school system's in-house police dept
Congrats to everyone who called, attended meetings, went to school board members houses, and ESPECIALLY to the
@BlackOrgProject
who fought for this for 10 years
Don't let anyone make you feel bad if this feels good.
He's trashed our lives, killed our families, endangered the whole planet via war and climate change.
Its ok to be hopeful 🌈
Did you know the Alameda County Sherrif’s office has a tank and soldiers with AR-15s? They’re out here evicting and arresting the
@moms4housing
at 5am. There is nothing happening at 2928 Magnolia St that justifies this level of force.
*Someone* at the DC Democratic Party HQ forgot to switch from the official Twitter account to their astroturf account, where they pretend to be Chicago public school teachers who are angry at their union. 🤦🤦🤦
Anyways,
Remember when Capitol police hauled ADAPT members from their wheelchairs for staging a peaceful sit-in in support of Medicare for All?
The police exist to protect white supremacist capitalism and nothing else
You can't wipe the smile off my face. Because of all of you, this was possible. ⬇️
Tomorrow, I am going to get enough votes to pass an amendment that will get $22.5 billion in infrastructure dollars to replace lead infested pipes. We all deserve clean water.
We've got a big Bernie soundcar, and
@cushbomb
and
@virgiltexas
of
@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE
are behind the wheel! Join them for a rally at our office (3832 Market St., Oakland) TONIGHT at 6pm!
🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨
How about some good news?
Thanks to massive pressure from indigenous resistance movements, a federal judge struck down the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline!
NEW: A lieutenant from the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in San Antonio is under FBI investigation after posting photos from the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
"aside from my kids, this was, indeed, the best day of my life," she wrote. by
@dilloncollier
Watch
@KillerMike
on
@billmaher
defend
@BernieSanders
’s free college plan! “As an American I don’t mind investing in a greater America.” Trade school and higher education are investments in our people and our future 👩🏾🎓👷🏽♂️👨🏿💻👨🏻🏭👩🏽🔧
🇵🇸FREE, FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸
DSA-endorsed electeds in Richmond made history by becoming the 1st US city to call for an end to Israeli apartheid & all existing and future US military aid! 1/4🧵
We are disgusted by the looting of Oakland. These monsters must be held to account for the destruction and pain they've caused.
Join us in shaming the looters one by one.
First up:
@WellsFargo
, who made big $ displacing black & brown families across town.
Joe Biden decided last-minute to have a rally in Oakland today so we decided to greet it with a rally of our own. His hasn’t started yet but so far our signs are the best in sight
California fires in 2019:
- 4,927 fires
- 118k acres burned.
California fires in 2020 (so far):
- 7,606 fires
- 2.3 million acres burned.
CLIMATE. CHANGE. IS. REAL.
If I wanted to change the culture of a police department - particularly if it were going through training or reorganization - I might rename them ‘Guardians’ - literally a protector or defender - and adopt a different color scheme. Minneapolis Guardians has a nice ring to it.
👉🏽👉🏾👉🏿👈🏿👈🏾👈🏽
Show some ♥️ for
#WorkersAndPatients
#WAP
WONT BACK DOWN TIL A FAIR CONTRACT IS SIGNED🖊
@theestallion
@seiu1021
Starring Fee Tilini
Written by Mandi Beeson
Videography: Asha Lacqua & Molly Stuart
Mixed: Cory Todd
Directed/Edited: Molly Stuart
Amazon & Starbucks tell workers, Don't unionize, You'll be paying "onerous"union dues
But many workers say the benefits of unions hugely outweigh the cost of dues
Here's an in-depth look at the gains workers in 5 different fields get from unionizing
We support any Tesla workers who refuse to endanger their health so Elon can illegally operate his factory
If *your* boss is ordering you to violate shelter-in-place rules, not providing proper PPE, etc contact us at and our labor organizers will help
Tonight in the twilight we sang Solidarity Forever then canvassedfor Bernie Sanders.
At dawn we’ll be at it again.
Together we can build a new world from the ashes of the old.
Join us tomorrow as early as 6:30am. Sign up for your Election Day shift:
Student researchers carry box after box of union cards signed by a supermajority of their 17,000 coworkers into the Public Employee Relations Board office.
@sruuaw
will be one of the biggest new unions of the 21st Century
It's official: Carroll Fife has *overwhelmingly* defeated incumbent city councilwoman Lynette McElhaney!
We can't WAIT to guarantee housing as a right, redirect the police budget into public services, support Oakland's essential workers, and tax the rich with her
We have lost beloved comrade Naveed Sami.
His leadership, dedication and generosity will be sorely missed by us all.
As we hold Naveed and his family in our thoughts, let’s recommit to organizing for solidarity and struggle, just as he would have done.
Naveed presente! ✊🏽🌹
@SecBlinken
Sorry dude democratic governments investigate and prosecute people who attempt to overthrow elections and install themselves as right-wing autocrats.
We know y'all prefer to just let them chill in Florida repercussion-free, but some countries take this kind of thing seriously.
Great news everybody! Socialist Bernie Sanders will become the chairman of the Sen Budget Committee! He has vowed to use his position to enact his progressive agenda on healthcare, climate, infrastructure spending, & cutting defense spending!! 😍
Time to face the harsh reality, socialist Bernie Sanders will become the chairman of the Sen Budget Committee. He has vowed to use his position to enact his progressive agenda on healthcare, climate, infrastructure spending, & cutting defense spending.
@standamericanow
The Chevron refinery in Richmond is once again spewing black smoke into our neighborhoods, and the corporate response to the fire is "We'll look into it"
Close your windows & grab your best mask. Capitalism says your health is worth less than their oil
Our army of canvassers hitting the streets to talk to Oakland neighbors about
@BernieSanders
' transformative education platform!
We're comin for ya,
@BillGates
.
#DSAforBernie
Another win! 🎉🗳️
Bloomberg poured *half a million dollars* into Oakland school board races this year, but that wasn't enough to beat Mike Hutchinson!
Mike's deep knowledge of the school system, unflagging opposition to systemic racism, school closures & privatization won out
As we wish
@SenSanders
a speedy recovery, let's also reflect on the fact that an uninsured patient would leave the hospital with a $30-60k bill. That’s more than most people in this country make in an entire year.
This is who we're fighting for.
#NotMeUs
#MedicareForAll
🚨Over 50 McDonalds workers are on strike in the Bay Area 🚨
These workers have been denied paid sick leave and hazard pay. Dozens have tested positive for COVID including family members.
Support these workers and contribute to their strike fund:
Nurses are protesting against appalling lack of PPE (personal protective equipment) and preparation for
#COVID19
at Oakland Kaiser.
Thank you healthcare workers who are saving lives and fighting to fix our broken healthcare system. ✊❤️
#ProtectNurses
@NationalNurses
Tesla worker to me just now: "he NEVER works the line, he stares awkwardly at someone doing their job until they are very uncomfortable, then he walks away.”
From another: "When he says on the line he just means walking around every so often to make sure everyone sees him.”
Today Chileans voted to replace their constitution. The current constitution was written by the Pinochet dictatorship to suppress the popular reforms of the elected socialist government they'd overthrown, and to limit democracy even after the dictatorship ended.
#ChileDespert
ó
The *Senate* has now OVERRIDDEN the Governor’s veto too. The Dignity Not Detention Act is law.
Today is the result of a brave group of regular Marylanders—battered and terrorized—standing up to powerful bullies and demanding dignity for their families.
3 Hours after Chicago Teachers Union announced a potential strike vote, Chicago public schools will start off the year remotely!
🔥🔥🔥 There is POWER IN A MILITANT UNION! 🔥🔥🔥
Philly sanitation workers walked out for one day to attend a
#BLM
rally. Now the city is threatening their jobs, but their union is protecting their right to stand up for Black lives on the job and off.
Anthony came from Chicago DSA to fight for Bernie in Oakland. He understands that the issues facing working clas people are the same from the Midwest to the west coast 🌹
Come to our office at 3832 Market St., Oakland to help us get out the vote for Bernie!
Longshoremen, teamsters, teachers, janitors, health- and home care workers, engineers, carpenters, and DSAers marching for worker power on May Day, oh my!
#PassThePROAct
If your power is turned off tonight, remember:
For decades,
@PGE4Me
executives have been diverting money to the wealthy instead of investing in a safer grid. They've been taking our money and creating a crisis.
#noPGEBailout
The city of
#Oakland
plans to expand free and public WiFi for up to 85 percent of the city, first in West Oakland and Downtown, then along East Oakland’s bustling and vibrant International Blvd. Check it out on The
@Oaklandside
:
How is Bernie paying for his Climate Plan you ask???
🌿End Fossil Fuel Subsidies.
🌿Expand public Energy Programs.
🌿Stop Funding Dirty Oil Wars.
🌿Create 20 Million Union Jobs.
🌿Tax the Billionaire Class.
#ClimateTownHall
#Bernie2020
This is a pile of toxic coal dust Marathon Petroleum & other gas companies dumped in
@RashidaTlaib
's district in Detroit.
While Rashida and District 13 were fighting Marathon for their lives, Hillary was raking in donations from Marathon & their oil industry friends.
1/
Thousands were in the street last night defying your illegitimate & racist curfew.
Glad we pushed you to do the bare minimum!
Now let's disarm, dismantle, and defund the OPD.
Effective immediately, Oakland is lifting the curfew. We will continue to facilitate safe spaces for our residents to demonstrate and express themselves peacefully and passionately. As a native Oaklander, I am proud of our city’s long tradition of fighting for social justice.
Elon Musk's wealth should be redistributed to the employees of his company who do the work he skims off the top of now, the miners who dug the emeralds his family took and sold, and the remainder taxed to provide services to the public he's soaked for years.
🚨 HUGE BREAKING NEWS 🚨
East Bay DSA is OPENING UP AN OFFICE IN OAKLAND!!!! 🖋🎊🌹🎊🌹🎊🌹
This is a historical moment and will help our organizing immensely! More to come soon - in the mean time, consider pitching in monthly dues if are aren’t already!