DSA Members In the #GeorgeFloyd Uprising
Did you wake up to check for news from the uprising? To see who needs jail support? All we could do at Democratic Left is bear witness, so we checked in on Twitter with DSA accounts across the country. Read to the end for the latest, especially for DSA AfroSocial’s call. And check in later for official word on the #DefundPolice movement.
DenverDSA: A beautiful moment when Denverites briefly forced police to retreat after multiple rounds of tear gas hit the #GeorgeFloydprotest pic.twitter.com/Qr1z6xFqQN
— Jeremiah Red🌹 (@_Floodlight) May 31, 2020
For hours, Pittsburgh police broke comrades’ bones with cavalry charges, tear gassed someone who’s pregnant, gassed medics trying to help people shot by rubber bullets, trapped protesters with military-grade equipment and threatened lethal force against still peaceful protesters* https://t.co/p1UrZQVoI1
— Pittsburgh DSA (@pghDSA) May 31, 2020
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Report-back from comrade @VoteAlexLee2020 who was on the scene in San Jose tonight.https://t.co/gMvUCOTeuC
— Silicon Valley DSA 🤖🌹 (@SV_DSA) May 31, 2020
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We stand with the protestors in Miami. Peaceful protestors were gassed and shot at today. We are NOT “thugs”. We strongly encourage all protestors to become involved in your local activist organizations! We must get organized & build power. There are more of us than them.
— 🌴 Miami DSA 🌹 (@MiamiDSA) May 31, 2020
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A curfew paints everyone outside as a “rulebreaker”. The city imposed curfew long before vast majority of people could conceivably get home. This provides a slim pretext for an indiscriminate response directed at the widest cross-section of people. https://t.co/atAuPkAlZ0
— Seattle DSA🌹 (@SeattleDSA) May 31, 2020
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These highways were historically built through what used to be part of Parramore, a working class black community. For years they have continued to build up the highways to shuttle tourists more quickly through town while giving us nothing but austerity. No more! #orlandoprotest https://t.co/I22vVd3Cd2
— Orlando DSA 🌹🍊 (@Orlando_DSA) May 31, 2020
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. @NYCMayor do you realize that the NYPD pepper sprayed several elected officials yesterday and ran an SUV into a crowd of protestors today? Please condemn the NYPD for the terrorism and violence they are inflicting on us!
— #CancelRent Samelys López for NY-15🌹 (Bronx) (@SamelysLopez) May 31, 2020
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There can be no peace until it includes the end of the systematic oppression of the people at the hands of the state
— Southern Maine DSA🌹 (@DSA_SouthernME) May 31, 2020
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1/ Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Police Department’s response to the protests in the wake of
George Floyd’s murder has been brutally violent, repressive, and demonstrated an extreme
disregard for human life and the right to assembly.— Chicago DSA 🌹 (@ChicagoCityDSA) May 31, 2020
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Less than 20% of Orlando’s police force live in Orlando. The police are the outside agitators. #orlandoprotest pic.twitter.com/sr7FiBnKSW
— Orlando DSA 🌹🍊 (@Orlando_DSA) May 31, 2020
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This Wednesday, @mdc_dsa will be holding an emergency Socialist Night School for members on what is police and prison abolition, the relationships between capitalism and the carceral state, and abolition and socialism.
— Socialist Night School MDC DSA (@nightschool_dc) May 31, 2020
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The war on terror built a fascist police-state for use by the ruling class in the class war against the American working class https://t.co/xn8QnxyaF3
— Metro Atlanta DSA 🌹 (@MetroATLDSA) May 31, 2020
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— Akron DSA 🌹 (@akrondsa) May 31, 2020
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My partner and I are picking people up and dropping them to safety. If you have capacity please join. Comment here for details. @BLMChi @CTULocal1 https://t.co/f6vrJ99bYS
— Hilario F Dominguez 🐜 (@its_eeladio) May 31, 2020
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Bill de Blasio ran as NYC’s next progressive hope and will go down in history as its biggest coward. Having let the NYPD hold him by the ankles and shake out the city’s lunch money, he still continues to lick their boots like he can’t get enough of the taste. https://t.co/SRhkompqDq
— NYC-DSA 🌹#CANCELRENT (@nycDSA) May 31, 2020
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Look at this authoritarian regime keeping its population in order. Black lives have always been confronted with brutal force by the white
slaver/settler state, as we saw in broad daylight yet again. We need change. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor https://t.co/SL3qzOApWp— DSA North Bay 🌹 (@dsanorthbay) May 31, 2020
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Capitalism, and the police as its agent, is seeing tonight what it means to be held to account for the violence it inflicts upon the working class every day. Capitalism does not want to be held accountable, and must be abolished.
— Middle Tennessee DSA 🌹 (@MidTNDSA) May 31, 2020
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Many only recognize the violence of the police when it’s aimed at them. That shouldn’t be comforting because at any time it could be aimed at you. https://t.co/mkJ7njim1I
— Middle Tennessee DSA 🌹 (@MidTNDSA) May 31, 2020
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You can support the folks in the street by donating to the @justcitydetroit Bail Project or the @NLGMichigan and by volunteering with @MILiberation
Join us and other folks at 1pm tomorrow in the Diag to continue demanding justicehttps://t.co/RIFShkrBea
— Huron Valley DSA (@HuronValleyDSA) May 31, 2020
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Several of our members were at a peaceful protest in La Mesa today when violent police began to escalate the situation by firing teargas into crowds. Here’s a photo of one pointing a shotgun at a crowd of unarmed protestors outside the police station. pic.twitter.com/0Pa3IS9QvZ
— DSA San Diego (@DSA_SanDiego) May 31, 2020
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On Friday, @JabariBrisport and @MarcelaforNy risked their safety to protest police brutality. They stand with the people, and with #BlackLivesMatter.
These are the representatives we need in office — Jabari in State Senate District 25, and Marcela in Assembly District 51.
3/7
— DSA For The Many #CancelRent (@DSAForTheMany) May 31, 2020
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Good morning Baltimore 💞 It sure is a beautiful day to trod in solidarity with our kinfolk around the world who believe in love and fight against hate. From Minneapolis to Baltimore, Chiapas to Rojava, LETS GET FREE! pic.twitter.com/aEgp9KNXnU
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) June 1, 2020
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And, for right now, let @AfroSocDSA have the last word.
The mayor will not rein in his violent, racist police force so it is up to the people to demand justice. Tonight, join @AFROSOCDSA and others to hold NYPD accountable for their brutality, demand they #FireFrancisoGarcia! & call for #JusticeForGeorgeFloydhttps://t.co/HD37M3Whpf
— NYC-DSA 🌹#CANCELRENT (@nycDSA) June 1, 2020