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walking into econ 101 and slapping my huge Marxist dick onto the table, I declare to the class "price and value.... are not the same thing"

@melissasage @DeltaFlood wine bottle holder. you stick the neck in the horse's mouth, like so

anyway

Mayor Jacob Frey Announces Mandatory Curfew In Minneapolis Following Days Of Protests, Riots – WCCO | CBS Minnesota
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/mayor-jacob-frey-announces-mandatory-curfew-in-minneapolis-following-days-of-protests-riots/

"Hmm, people are at boiling point after violent police oppression, how should we handle this? ... I know, lets put them under curfew and threaten them with even more draconian policing. I am so very intelligent.“

John "Press F to pay respects" Kennedy

Found it.

dropping the uwu pupy act for a sec to say i hate this racist piece of shit country. fuck cops. fuck any society that puts property above black lives

@chosafine personally i've taken to blurring all photos i take at protests, either by adjusting focus or editing afterwards. and one can take photos of pithy signs without showing the ppl holding them

gotta keep each other safe

Doom is a game where corporations run out of resources to exploit on Earth, so they accidentally open a portal to hell on Mars, where they send a marine who refused to fire on unarmed civilians

Just tossing that out there cause I can lol

it's not just the states. regis korchinski-paquet was murdered by toronto police two days ago. theyre trying to cover it up as a suicide even though there are multiple witnesses.

here's the link to fund her memorial and get justice. there's local protest actions, too, if you can safely attend.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

This actually has me kind of emotional. This is solidarity.

total car: carhammer

Going to the big instance in the sky

also, it's fun.

i know that's not the point. demonstrations aren't intended to be outright street parties. but watching all this shit can feel incredibly demoralizing and alienating in a manner that totally melts away once you're out with your neighbors and locals, and it becomes real just how many people feel like you do.

it feels really good to see other people on the same page and doing something. and they'll feel good seeing you there adding to the numbers.

anyway, think about it.

@jackdaw_ruiz

I feel like people here think the only kind of direct action is one where you’re going and rumbling with cops. Unless you’re ready to break shit (which is totally valid but just a different kind of protest) then a lot of this is just irl security theater that’ll make your fellow protesters feel uncomfortable. Read the room and learn the culture of the group you’re with before you show up.

did you know: you don't need to be a level 4 antifa super solider to attend public demonstrations in your area.

in fact, showing up to voice your support as a non-descript average white person is useful. cops may look at POC & black bloc kids and see potential targets. but when they look at average white people, they see potential lawsuits. put that shit to work.

if you have never attended a demonstration please consider the value your voice and presence can contribute now (if you're able).

Oh, hells yes: The transportation union drivers are refusing to transport arrested demonstrators. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8zaw/minneapolis-bus-drivers-refuse-to-transport-george-floyd-protesters-to-jail

giraffes... sound fake

Don't get me wrong here: I've been horrified for years, but something about seeing Twitter drop an admission that 45 flagrantly violated CoC with a message that amounts to inciting mass murder, but they're not doing anything because "there is public interest in leaving this up" is this poignantly horrifying and dystopian shock to the system.

Like Twitter is simultaneously admitting they control way too much of the zeitgeist, and that they're going to bow to people using their platform to promote hate, murder, genocide... if they're "important" enough.