@LSCdc

Love+Solidarity Collective: art, activism, & collective living in NW DC since 1974. Now in Park View

 Washington, DC
facebook.com/LSCDC/
Joined January 2011
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“We are not confused about the nature of the police in DC...The police and other carceral employees are a threat to our communities, as are their unions....” - Imara Crooms, @mdc_dsa Bit.ly/BLMKaron
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📚NEW: @IPS_DC + @UNITEDWEDREAM release the 3rd of 5 graphic series illustrating the links 🔗 between #militarization, #police, #immigration, and the #climate crisis. This week, @wearedissenters helps explain how the U.S. turned our #borderlands into a low-intensity war zone:
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Dissenters 🌊@wearedissenters24 Sep 2020
Excited to join @UNITEDWEDREAM + @IPS_DC in breaking down how the U.S. turned our borderlands into a low-intensity war zone:
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justin jacoby smith@hoosteen16 Jul 2020
NYC population data has people 20-40 as ~30% of the population of NYC. BLS data suggests exactly this slice of the population is disproportionately employed in food service & accommodations. The city has reopened restaurants. Who needs to do better, exactly?
City of New York
@nycgov15 Jul 2020
👀 Looking at you, millennials and Gen X. Do better.
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#BlackLivesMatter protests have resonated around the world. In #Palestine, George Floyd’s murder has struck a special chord. As @PhyllisBennis and @kpYES explain, in the US and #Israel, "police violence is rooted in long legacies of #racism." @NYDailyNews nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-o…

Why Palestinians are mourning George Floyd

Sparks from Black Lives Matter protest have jumped U.S. borders and caught fire elsewhere in the world, from Paris to Zurich to Sydney — and Palestine, where Floyd’s murder has struck a special...

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"The Pentagon has not only acknowledged the existence of climate change, but has been planning a militarized response to climate migration for years." - @lorahsteichen of @natpriorities An appalling excerpt from a 2003 Pentagon report:
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Astra Taylor@astradisastra7 Feb 2020
Debt Collective in @TeenVogue! Today we launch "a nationwide student debt strike...calling on student debtors to formalize their deferrals into a strike against student loans" & invite those w no debt, including high school students, to join in solidarity. teenvogue.com/story/student-…

5 Young People On Why They're Refusing to Pay Their Student Loans

“If I wanted to pay my student debt, I can't pay for health care.”

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All Out DC@All_Out_DC6 Feb 2020
PSA to DC community members: This Sunday, February 9th, a group of Neo-Nazi's will be holding a rally in the Downtown Washington DC area. According to our latest estimates the group will be no larger than 100 people.
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ICE and CBP agents are no heroes and the agencies should be abolished. #StateOfTheUnion
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Collin Rees@collinrees10 Jan 2020
Activists occupying @Chase Bank branch in DC w/ a clear call to #RejectTeck! The Teck mine would be a deadly tar sands disaster, trample Indigenous rights, & shatter Canada’s climate targets. It’s time to #StopTheMoneyPipeline funding these terrible projects. #FireDrillFriday – at Washington, DC
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Metro DC DSA@mdc_dsa9 Jan 2020
MDC DSA has marched on the homes of the deportation profiteers behind private prisons, surveillance companies, and ICE itself. Join us as we discuss our next target and plan our upcoming profiteer actions and campaign! meetup.com/mdcdsa/events/267…
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Public transit isn't just a civil right. It's a key strategy to combat climate change. On Feb 4th 2020, thousands will mobilize to ensure that we have accessible, climate-friendly transit that creates good jobs and vital infrastructure: labor4sustainability.org/tra… #transitequityday

Transit Equity 2025 - Labor Network for Sustainability

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kristian steffany@kksteffany9 Dec 2019
A friend of mine was just assaulted by a man named Dale Coonrod while she was at the park. He made it clear he felt like he wouldn't face any repercussions -- do your thing, twitter. This is not fucking ok.
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Sarah Anderson@SarahDAnderson113 Nov 2019
Today @SenSanders @RepBarbaraLee & @RepRashida introduced the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act to curb the extreme gaps between CEO and worker pay, which have grown from an average of about 20 to 1 in 1970 to 287 to 1 last year. #TaxCEOPay
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For months, we've been saying that we could fund plans like #MedicareForAll by cutting over $300 billion from the military budget. Now, here it is: The breakdown of exactly what could be cut (with colorful graphics). (1/9) nytimes.com/interactive/2019… @lindsaykosh via @nytimes

Opinion | We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare for All’ (Published 2019)

We can find billions of dollars to pay for universal health care if we look in the right places.

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Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcobooth29 Aug 2019
Grateful to join a host of amazing D.C. journalists today for a blitz of coverage on the #DCHomelessCrisis. I wrote for @DCist about back-to-school time for homeless students in the city dcist.com/story/19/08/29/for…
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📢JOB OPENING: We're seeking a new development manager! Ideal candidates will have avid interest in equity+justice, skills in development/fundraising, and passionate people-managing power. Join us in building a more peaceful, progressive world! Apply now: ips-dc.org/about/jobs-intern…
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NEW REPORT: The Cibola CoreCivic detention center has devoured 2.75M taxpayer $$ in a county where almost 1/3 of people live in poverty. Detention centers don't just drain community health, they drain the economy. Time to shut them down. #DetentionDrain ips-dc.org/report-detention-…
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Confused about why the Amazon is burning down, and why, instead of stopping the flames, the Brazilian government is trying to cover it up? Our climate program director @BasavIPS gives a 1.5-minute explainer on what you need to know about the #AmazonFires:
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dc area folks, this is for ya'll xitter.cf/dcmuslimjustice/status…
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