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5 months

Here’s a clip of my brief remarks I was honored to deliver on Saturday at @middlechurch ’s #FreedomRising2024 conference. Link to the full 15-min talk in the comments. #DialecticalMaterialism #Organizing

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Jawanza James Williams | He, Him| 🌹

@Jawanza

4 years

We should abolish all “poor taxes”: -registration fees -application fees for primary institutions -reconnection fees for utilities -utility bills altogether -mass transit fees -rent -copays -tuition What am I missing?

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@Jawanza

4 years

To my fellow leftists: it’s okay to cheer the defeat of fascism. This is a cognitive dissonance I can get behind.

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4 years

On a random note: I just aggressivey came out to a bunch of homophobes in my family. I will never, ever, shrink myself again.

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2 years

I’ve been interviewed on #MonkeyPox over 5 times by journalists and I always make a point to mention how people that test positive should be provided at least a month worth of direct payments and it’s never published. What’s that about?

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@Jawanza

4 years

I will not be gaslit, BY ANYONE. I am voting AGAINST Trump. And then I'm in the streets to hold Biden/Harris to account. #DemConvention

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2 years

"We learn from Ruth Wilson Gilmore, who says capitalism is consistently trying to resolve crises of its own creation, and criminalization is one of the primary ways that it does so."

An Abolitionist Makes a Case for “No More Police”

The demand to “defund the police” asks politicians to go beyond platitudes and actually end the violence of policing, shifting resources in ways that promote the redistribution of wealth.

www.yesmagazine.org

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9 months

As a Blk Christian, I’ve gotta say, *any* church is an appropriate site of lamentation, esp as we witness the slaughter of nearly 10,000 children. How are these connections being missed? I know in my heart that the difference b/t me & Palestinians is thin. #CeaseFireNow

IfNotNow🔥✡️

@IfNotNowOrg

9 months

BREAKING: Activists in South Carolina just took over Biden's speech to call for a ceasefire. "20,000 dead Palestinians; their blood is on your hands." Biden was shaken. He's starting to understand the reality: his war on Gaza is horrifically unpopular, and people are fed up.

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@Jawanza

6 years

@NICKIMINAJ Hey, we all love you so much Nicki! But this was the wrong move! We need more progressive democrats like @CynthiaNixon and @JumaaneWilliams because the existing administration are literally not "shittin" so they need to "get off the pot!"

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6 months

I'm so perplexed. I cannot vote for Biden (again). I also cannot fathom a second Donald Trump presidency. Where's the nuance for people like me? I feel marginalized in this way. I'm naming this publicly because I will not be gaslit into thinking its our fault if worst happens.

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3 years

I turned 32 today. I’m Gay. My Dad just called me like, “you know, I want you to feel included, like, if you have a significant other or anything…I wanna know who that person is.” I’m single. 😨 But that was really nice to hear.

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4 years

I found out my brother that's been incarcerated in TX since 2002 is being paroled this year, finally. I should be shouting. But it's bitter sweet, b/c re-entry is a nightmare. Housing is a nightmare. Healthcare is a nightmare. Policing is a nightmare. Here's to hope though

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3 months

This debate is illegitimate, unserious, an insult to our intelligence and a waste of our time.

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@Jawanza

4 years

. @BernieSanders ’ rage is righteous, legitimate, and it is sincere. This isn’t politics to him. That’s why we believed him. This country made a massive mistake by rejecting him.

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2 years

I stepped out on the audacity of my Black, gay, HIV+, formerly homeless leftist faith and applied for admission to the Political Science PhD program at @GC_CUNY . I got in. I’m beyond grateful for this opportunity. And this picture is exactly how I feel.

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@Jawanza

5 years

Today’s the day. The #Bernie2020 movement has worked hard for every vote that will be cast for our collective future. Many traveled to make sure that Black and Brown voters didn’t succumb to the red scare tactics or billionaire poliTRICKS! And we listened. #SCprimary2020

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@Jawanza

3 years

Black organizers, we've really got to rescue our people from the violence of false-representation. "All skin folk ain't kinfolk" is just not hitting hard enough. Bad politics are bad politics no matter who says it and what vernacular they use. Enough.

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7 months

The obvious disproportionate impact this will have on have on people who are homeless, Black & young, and low income that the Governor can only be called exactly what she is demonstrating: a racist, violent, inconsiderate, fascist-policy writing failure of NYS politics.

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Hochul said the bag checks will be mandatory when riders are stopped. They’ll be able to refuse to have their bag searched, though they won’t be allowed to enter the station. Read more:

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@Jawanza

4 years

White people always seem to survive police encounters when they have AR-15s, and then I remember Sandra Bland, Tamir, Philando, Trayvon, Atlanta, and so many more, and suddenly my mourning becomes rage.

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@Jawanza

10 months

34 Years old. 10 years living with HIV. I’m healthy, determined, in a PhD program, and clearer about my life’s purpose *after* and *because* of HIV. #EndTheStigma

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐚𝐰

@justxhenry

10 months

43 years old. 17 years living with HIV. I’m healthy, in love, and my family adores and supports me. #EndtheStigma

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@Jawanza

4 years

If NYC implements a curfew, what does that mean for people living on the streets because the #HomelessCantStayHome

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@Jawanza

3 years

Y’all, I met Michael (RalphCarter) from #GoodTimes last night in Brooklyn. 🤯💫😍

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@Jawanza

5 years

I’m currently witnessing the most terrifying scene I’ve ever experienced in Albany: dozens of cops calling for #BailReform rollbacks alongside white nationalists and white supremacists and criminalization-oriented Republicans.

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@Jawanza

2 years

Imagine if every NYC eviction was covered equally with every “recorded crime,” how different things would be. “Today there were 2 shooting in a city of 9 Million, and 100 evictions; the Mayor rushed to the scene of the violence, pledging “my city won’t keep locking people out.”

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@Jawanza

4 years

Today, as I stepped back and looked at what #OccupyCityHall had become (and its promise) I couldn’t help but weep. For me, the occupation is about far more than the NYPD and the NYC budget, 1/

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@Jawanza

3 years

. @Dianne4NYC responding to public safety question by calling for an eradication of poverty just got my vote. #NYCMayoralDebate

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@Jawanza

2 years

Will I ever be able to actually be genuinely happy about an election because I’m electing what I want and not just trying to put out the fires of fascism?

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@Jawanza

4 years

I wonder how many apartments for homeless NYers the Mayor could have paid for instead of paying 500 NYPD officers to patrol the subways to catch one man.

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@Jawanza

3 years

We’re on our way to get my older brother from a Texas prison. He’s been gone since 2003.

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@Jawanza

4 years

What!? I have a brother that has been in prison for 18 years, for armed robbery. Zero shots were fired. No one was killed. Yet here we are. Fuck this.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Did Trump just say “good” when Biden said immigrant children won’t be able to find their parents? Or did I miss hear this fascist? #Debates2020

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@Jawanza

3 years

Who is working on the campaign to abolish credit scores or the mini-campaign to end credit checks for apartments in NYC? Sign me up, I’m directly impacted.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Organizing, actually ORGANIZING human beings, is difficult. If your organizing isn't challenging, it's probably not organizing.

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3 years

Harm Reduction is more about responding to harmful drug policy than it is about managing substance use.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Currently pulled over by potentially hostile police in Beaumont, Texas. Will report back.

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@Jawanza

3 years

First of all, no. Not true. Black organizers continue to be erased, and not just individuals, but organizations, even massive coalitions like the ⁦ @Mvmnt4BlkLives ⁩. Stop this madness. #DefundThePolice

NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams says 'young white affluent people' lead the 'defund the police'...

Brooklyn Borough President and former NYPD officer Eric Adams said he's "never been to an event where the people were saying we want less cops."

www.businessinsider.com

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@Jawanza

5 years

Just made my first modest contribution to the @BernieSanders campaign because we need a president that is going to fight to #EndHomelessness AND take on the industries that propagate the housing crises in this country!

Contribute to Bernie Sanders

If we are going to defeat Trump and transform our country, it will take all of us.

secure.actblue.com

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@Jawanza

4 years

I got into movement work after being born Blk and gay, being diagnosed HIV+, experiencing a near year of homelessness, after my family was ripped up by the drug war and incarceration-- compelling me to respond. And recently, I have to say, being a 'leader' is FKING HARD.

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@Jawanza

5 years

Nazis are attending @BernieSanders ’ rallies and doing banner drops. FULL STOP. Bernie is Jewish. The #Bernie2020 coalition is a Nazi’s literal nightmare. This better be all over the news. Where will you stand? Choose. They have.

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@Jawanza

1 year

Have NYC shelters suspended check-out rules so people experiencing homelessness can remain indoors?????

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@Jawanza

4 years

Just got my first COVID vaccine dose.

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@Jawanza

1 year

My heart is broken in a thousand places at the sudden, shocking loss of my father, James “Bey Bey” Williams Sr. on Sunday. Please keep my family in thought and prayer. This little corner of the Texan Gulf Coast is in mourning and also celebrating the loving man my father was.

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@Jawanza

4 years

All good now. Think they got the sense I was against the police somehow. All I asked was why they were asking me the questions they were. We made it home safely.

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@Jawanza

3 years

Today makes 9 years that I’ve survived HIV, physically, psychologically, emotionally, and finally, financially. I’m grateful. Weird how a virus can make your love for yourself and others as fierce as the roar of a lion.

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@Jawanza

3 years

I’m taking a zero-tolerance approach for ignorant drug user stigma from today going forward. Your stigma kills people. It destroys families. It recommits the worst parts of this world for the future. So done.

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@Jawanza

4 years

I joined @sunrisemvmtnyc today to call on @SenSchumer and Dem Leadership to put us first and to stop compromising with White Supremacists: We need $2K/Mnth re: #COVID19 We need a #GreenNewDeal We need #MedicareForAll We need to #CancelStudentDebt We need a #HomesGuarantee

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@Jawanza

4 years

My dad and I are listening to yesterday’s episode of the @BenjaminPDixon show: BD: “A pig is a pig: black, white, Hispanic, other...” Dad: “oh yeah, he may be taken off the air.” Me: “He can’t. That’s why I’m a patron. We have to fund our own media.” #BlackLivesMatter

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3 years

Here’s me and other activists being arrested for civil disobedience by NYPD in 2018 when we were demanding @NYCMayor to allow us to open #OverdosePreventionCenters . Today, the fruit of so much work was realized. Organizing works. #HarmReduction #NoMoreDrugWar #EndOverdose

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@Jawanza

4 years

These are not accidents.

Cea Weaver

@ceaweaver

4 years

Lol 🚓 cars parked on top of the BLM street outside of borough hall bc ofc

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@Jawanza

4 years

I am so deeply honored to have helped organize this #OccupyToDefundNYPD action today. I’m proud of New Yorkers everyday becuase when we are here, we are always the leaders of demanding the egalitarian world we deserve! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 @NYCMayor and @CoreyinNYC , now is the time to act.

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If you’re not at #OccupyCityHall , you’re missing a real treat! Please join us! #DefundNYPD

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@Jawanza

4 years

I don't ever want to be homeless again. So we have to build cities/states/country where housing is guaranteed. It's that simple.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Making $49B in profits is ‘bad’ in capitalism.

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@Jawanza

3 years

Holding the Israeli State to account is not, I repeat, *not* to disregard historic or contemporary violence against Jews; but to weaponize it in defense of apartheid against Palestinians is deeply corrupt, politically expedient, and a disregard of suffering and shared humanity.

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@Jawanza

3 years

@StanFritz “It’s a non-factor in my decision making.”

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@Jawanza

4 years

I was diagnosed HIV+ 8 years ago today. It changed everything. And it made everything clear: The same parts that lead to Black people to be gun down in the streets are the same that lead to Black people not having equitable access to healthcare. We need #MedicareForAll , now.

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@Jawanza

3 months

But seriously, these guys gotta stop making me look more revolutionary than I am. I’m just trying to #STOPCOPCITYNYC

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@Jawanza

5 months

This panel “Crisis on Campus” on a @CNN right now is so off base and violent. To compare the Columbia protests to Charlottesville is perhaps the most dangerous intellectual dishonesty to date. Now THEY’RE putting peaceful protestors at risk.

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@Jawanza

2 years

Democratic Socialist NYS Senator @JabariBrisport offers a loving and kind victory speech following electoral victory after @NYCMayor endorsed challenger. #EndHomelessness #RestoreTheCuts #NYHealthAct #BlackLivesMatter

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@Jawanza

3 years

I can't imagine a NYC that goes from #DefundThePolice , protesters literally run over by police in SUVs, to electing a police chief to mayor.

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@Jawanza

5 years

Today marks my 7th year post HIV diagnosis; my 7th year intimately understanding how necessary #MedicareForAll is for those w/chronic illness, and all of us. We need it now. That’s why I’m voting for @BernieSanders #Bernie2020 #EndAIDS

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@Jawanza

10 months

Definitely visiting and buying from there tomorrow.

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@letsgomathias

10 months

A bodega in Brooklyn

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@Jawanza

11 months

. @RitchieTorres needs to be expelled from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, at least. This erasure and unmasked attack against DSA and Jewish orgs is unacceptable and is directly connected to the continue reluctance of Western nations to demand #CeasefireNOW

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@Jawanza

7 months

Once a thing is said it cannot be unsaid, & after nearly 5 months of unimaginable terror that Palestinians (and Israeli hostages) have experienced due to unmitigated & indiscriminate destruction, by the IDF, an ICJ hearing, scores of slaughtered journalists, this isn’t a mistake

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@_rebeccaclewis

7 months

Hochul apologizes for her "poor choice of words" in the video below, in which she seemed to imply that Israel has a right to wipe out Gaza. "I regret using an inappropriate analogy that I now realize could be hurtful to members of our community"

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@Jawanza

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And to be clear, I voted for him the first time because people i love so much told me it was the thing I had to do--- and I wanted us (humanity) to have a chance---- i can't do it again.

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@Jawanza

3 years

I feel like Cuomo forcing the NYS legislature to impeach him instead of amicably resigning following the AG report, and that shockingly unhinged response, is peak Whiteness & Patriarchy. It's as ridiculous as you think it is.

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@Jawanza

2 years

Tomorrow: Homeless NYers and their allies will rally to demand an immediate stop to the clearing of homeless encampments. We demand *single, private room* safe haven shelters for street homeless NYers. If the city can't offer that, then don't destroy their encampments.

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@Jawanza

11 months

Welp. Just the same. This man has a homicidal streak that is deplorable and a perspective that will age so poorly that I'm honored to be blocked. I first met him shortly after a homeless stint in 2014, and he refused to support #CloseRikers and since then I've know how he is.

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@Jawanza

11 months

. @RitchieTorres needs to be expelled from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, at least. This erasure and unmasked attack against DSA and Jewish orgs is unacceptable and is directly connected to the continue reluctance of Western nations to demand #CeasefireNOW

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@Jawanza

5 years

Happening Now! Anti-War Activists in Brooklyn outside @SenSchumer ’s residence saying “ #NoWarWithIran ” W/ @nycDSAantiwar We REJECT war! “FIGHT THE RICH, NOT THEIR WARS!”

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@Jawanza

4 years

If we had as many organizers as we had critics, I'm sure we'd be free.

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@Jawanza

4 years

"If you're afraid of socialism, you're afraid of yourself."- Fred Hampton

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@Jawanza

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I am so proud of @RashidaTlaib and @Ilhan . This is the sort of truth-telling that inspires me and I aspire to. Thank you both so much for being so densely clear in this period of psycho-socio-political dissonance. #FreePalestine #CloseTheCamps #DumpTrump2020

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@ABCPolitics

5 years

Rep. Rashida Tlaib says she changed her mind on traveling to Israel with restrictions after speaking with her family, particularly her grandmother: "She said I'm her dream manifested, I'm her free bird, so why would I come back and be caged and bow down?"

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I mean, *because* there is vaccine inequity, as empirically established, and predicted, there *will* be disproportionate outcomes-- so, we should look ahead about needs that will naturally arrive and build the infrastructure necessary *before* we are unable to meet need.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Where is the National Day of Mourning for victims of the political catastrophe that is #COVID19 in the United States? RIP to the 250K.

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@Jawanza

3 years

I’ve gained a significant # of new ‘followers.’ So an intro: I’m a Black, Gay, HIV+, Leftist, Organizer. I’m an anti-capitalist socialist-abolitionist that understands how to build institutions and movements: they need people, so I work on issue-campaigns to build our ranks

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@Jawanza

4 years

When Black people fight for our freedom music always finds its way to articulate our resistance. New Yorkers are not playing games at #OccupyCityHall and the budget better do exactly what we are calling for becuase the movement is fed up, @NYCMayor

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@Jawanza

4 years

#occupycityhall that’s become #AbolitionPark is equally beautiful, if not more so, from day one.

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@Jawanza

4 years

This is an occupation to #DefundNYPD . Make no mistake, it won’t happen without you. Join us. #OccupyCityHall

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@Jawanza

4 years

@RealCandaceO Please. You are literally the apologist for a murder before anyone even has all the facts, and at the end of the day, it does not matter! He didn’t have a deadly weapon!

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@Jawanza

1 year

Justice for #JordanKneely expands far beyond the prosecution of his murderer; it’s also also about material reparation via public policy and spending by @NYCMayor & @GovKathyHochul - - and a 180° pivot from their conservative talking points. Thank you @errollouis for the convo.

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@Jawanza

4 years

Okay okay, defeat of a fascist**

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@Jawanza

4 years

I'll be on @CBSNews tonight featured in the documentary "What Does It Mean to Defund the Police?" airing at 7PM CT (8PM EST). #DefundThePolice Watch here:

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@Jawanza

5 years

Help a group of Black and POC Socialists (including me) get to South Carolina to canvass for @BernieSanders ! Any donation will help with travel and accommodations! Donate:

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@Jawanza

3 years

This is who I am on the inside. Black. Gay. Hopeful. And I *love* Brooklyn.

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@Jawanza

4 years

THREAD: Where does one begin when Black electeds erase Black-led movements? The same place we begin when we challenge State violence because it wears many shades, and it always has, and clearly always will.

Who Opposes Defunding the N.Y.P.D.? These Black Lawmakers (Published 2020)

Several Black City Council members have lashed out at progressives, comparing calls to defund the police to “colonization” and “political gentrification.”

www.nytimes.com

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@Jawanza

1 year

My New York chosen grandpa & comrade @carlstubbs is gone. Really going to miss this man. Thanks for condolences and my condolences to you too because I know he meant a lot to movement. ❤️‍🔥

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4 years

Rochester comrades were shot with rubber bullets and gassed last night, including @kimsmithforny and VOCAL-Rochester leaders, I am furious because this is nothing new-- and again drug user stigma is the police's fav excuse to murder ppl. #NoMoreDrugWar #DefundThePolice

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After tonight, I fully expect the Gov, NYC Mayor and every elected that convened for a press conference about violence in the subway (that ultimately scapegoated homeless NYers) to hold a press conference calling for an end to the senseless housing policy leaving 90K homeless.

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4 years

Am I the only one that prays before a protest? Because I think of direct action as a moving prayer.

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3 years

Honestly, the appropriate thing for Gov Cuomo to do is to sign the bill, and resign, but not before apologizing to Black New York for blocking #MarijuanaJustice for years—on TV, on CNN, live, w/ a slideshow and everything. His brother can interview him. #MRTA

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3 years

How do we hold each other in the movement accountable without destroying one another’s humanity? Actually asking.

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4 years

The #OccupyCityHall crew are waking up and reaching out to all of NYC to join us here to demand the Mayor and the Speaker #DefundNYPD by at least a $1B before June 30th. #DefundThePolice

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I am deeply honored to have been a part of socialism in action, abolitionist visions manifest, community, collective decision-making, and the principled struggle of #OccupyCityHall . I’m thkful that Black femme organizers are taking this space and moving it forward. Support them.

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“We aren’t just calling to #DefundThePolice , but also to reduce the scope of policing in our society [towards #Abolition ]” — — Here’s my full remarks from the @CBSNews original documentary “What Does it Mean to Defund the Police?” Full:

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Everytime i see a picture of Adam, i can barely keep from crying. oh this is a psychic rage. a collective wail moving right now I'm scared.

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The way cops and their unions talk about "rises in crime" prompts me to remind everyone: NYC and its conditions is not the backdrop to a Batman film, but the realities of human beings; and the police aren't the heroes of Hollywood, but bearers/ enforcers of racist culture/policy.

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As a Black American, I’ve never felt more represented and seen by a Democrat, even post @BarackObama , than I do tonight with @BernieSanders . He MUST win the nomination. #DemDebates

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3 years

Well, if there were any question about @CoryBooker and his commitment to moving away from punitive, abusive, and consistently documented police violence rooted in anti-Black racism, it's been answered. You are wrong. You've hurt us. This is shocking beyond belief.

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4 years

It’s important that folks remember that NYers experiencing homelessness are in the #OccupyCityHall encampment and are uniquely vulnerable to violence.

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I’m walking through #OccupyCityHall for a late nite check-in, and honestly, the movement is holding this space with such organization, democracy, and peace. Wow.

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As a person living w/ HIV amid #COVID19 I am thankful to be alive. I thank God. I also thank God for advocates and activists that forced the issue of AIDS into the public consciousness amid virulent racism/homophobia w/ direct action. Special thanks @actupny #WorldAIDSDay2020

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