DSA after Juneteenth: Notes From the Uprising
The uprising that began May 30 has been growing, and DSA chapters are working hard to support the Movement for Black Lives. Again, this is just a glimpse from Twitter; more actual prose to come, as well as photos from Occupy City Hall in Manhattan.
The New York City Council is scheduled to vote by June 30 on a budget that allocates $6 BILLION to a militarized police department that enforces white supremacy and defends private capitalist property relations by waging violence in Black and brown communities. 🚓💰🚨 1/3 pic.twitter.com/alXYeVkSm6
— NYC-DSA 🌹#DefundNYPD (@nycDSA) June 27, 2020
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Supporting a small but vocal #blacklivesmatter protest in #Healdsburg this evening. No matter the plan, route, or size, our community needs to stay masked and hydrated! pic.twitter.com/2neis88QBF
— Mask Sonoma (@masksonoma) June 27, 2020
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Some petitions to sign! Here’s one demanding the administration to take down the many statues of slavepwners on campus.https://t.co/QxqvGqVRBf
— YDSA William & Mary (@YDSA_WM) June 27, 2020
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Cutting a billion dollars from the bloated budget of the lying, violent, lawless NYPD is necessary, but not sufficient.
We need to reduce their funding by half. Now.https://t.co/DqWTQ5Lc1M
— NYC-DSA 🌹#DefundNYPD (@nycDSA) June 24, 2020
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We encourage everyone to attend the #8toabolition online teach-in tomorrow at 5pm. https://t.co/n8Ebjw4b00
— DSA Metro Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky (@DSACincy) June 24, 2020
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Finally, tomorrow, our Labor Branch &Political Ed Committee are hosting an online event to discuss removing police unions from the labor movement with guest presenters Maya Dukmasova of the Chicago Reader, Kim Goldbaum from CTU, & Youth&Ed organizer Castro https://t.co/vTapDS8IhN pic.twitter.com/yDXonjS85e
— Chicago DSA 🌹 (@ChicagoCityDSA) June 24, 2020
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🚨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 pic.twitter.com/Hihyl2Wxx6
— East Bay DSA 🌹 (@DSAEastBay) June 25, 2020
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Check out this discussion with @RossanaFor33 on the protests throughout Chicago, the City’s response, and the push to #DefundCPD via @MWSocialist https://t.co/Ketgn9wVTe
— Chicago DSA 🌹 (@ChicagoCityDSA) June 25, 2020
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The budget is due on June 30. De Blasio wants to deprive us of basic services while paying out billions to racist cops.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. We need to show up in numbers to MAKE our elected leaders do right by the people of NYC and CUT NYPD FUNDING BY HALF.
— NYC-DSA 🌹#DefundNYPD (@nycDSA) June 25, 2020
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New on the PEWG blog: Protest health & safety, COVID-19 edition, from our DADS committee! https://t.co/b7dLgHih8b
— Boston DSA (@Boston_DSA) June 25, 2020
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Greetings from City Hall! 🏛️
We won’t go home until @NYCCouncil commits to #DefundNYPD by 50%, and we won’t stop fighting until we #AbolishPolice. ✊🌹 pic.twitter.com/GIV77m8fJC
— NYC-DSA Ecosocialist Working Group 🌹 (@NYCDSA_Climate) June 25, 2020
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Friday, July 3rd. Join us for a phone zap demanding the end of ICE and of the policing of our communities, as well as reportbacks on the fight to free them all.https://t.co/qOtMTpDNcY
— NNJ DSA Immigrant Justice (@Immigration_NNJ) June 27, 2020
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