Via @Fenwrites: Militarized police with long rifles run up on #BlackLivesMatter protesters in #Gastonia, NC to make arrests 1/3

It is true that the earlier protest, by The Black Revolutionists, was peaceful. It is also true that this evenings protest, by Roxboro residents and people invited by residents to show support, was peaceful until attacked by the police.

Historic flooding is underway right now in Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and China with tens of millions of people affected in a burgeoning humanitarian crisis and it's barely international news. We are in a climate emergency.

I have a joke, it’s called the government’s climate strategy.

This century, billions of people could be displaced due to global warming. Surprised? In 1982 Exxon discussed "climate related famine or migration." The doc was marked "restricted." & in 1988 Shell predicted worldwide "migration." Marked "confidential." nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Poor & low-income eligible voters are about 22% less likely to vote than those w/ higher incomes b/c many poor people rarely hear the issues & solutions to systemic injustice they face raised in elections & policy debates. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

The world's three top stories right now: 1. Hundreds of millions or billions of people will soon be displaced due to climate breakdown 2. Biodiversity loss, a.k.a global dying, a.k.a mass extinction 3. Irreversibility of human-caused planetary changes driving 1 and 2

It feels like we’re seeing something more significant than ‘just’ a new record ice low in the Arctic right now. It feels like a phase shift.

Outraged by the feds at #PortlandProtest? This is not new for DHS, they've been using brutality for years at the border. Where did they learn to abduct ppl? Where did they learn to destroy humanitarian supplies? Anapra, El Paso, the desert. #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #FreeThemAll

"Our economy is built on extraction, broadly. Of fossil fuels, of labor, of people." - Kate Aronoff RealHotTake podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cli…

People with power, influence, resources knew in 1982 how the effects of fossil fuels and capitalism would wreck the planet and lives. They decided to plow full steam ahead into a collective nightmare for profit. The same politicians that allowed this are still in power.

We emailed The Washington Post asking the paper to improve its climate crisis coverage. They offered to review our guidelines. We requested a July 24 update but heard no response. This week we launch our campaign to demand that WaPo #TellTheTruth about the emergency.

#ClimateChange is not a thing of the distant future. It is here today and we are the last generation to keep it from getting out of hand! #KeepItInTheGround #ClimateCrisis

We are pleased to be joined by NC BORN (NC BORN) as we SMASH THE POLICE STATE: PORTLAND GASTONIA ROXBORO this Wednesday (that's tomorrow!) 5PM at Nash Square, join us for speakers from our co-hosts and an accessible march route!

The situation in Bangladesh and parts of India is still catastrophic. If you have the possibility, please consider donating to the flood relief. Even the smallest amount makes a difference.

We need to BREAK AWAY from the stronghold of fossil fuels!!! 📌#schoolstrike4climate Week : 19 Greta Thunberg @vanessa_vash Greenpeace International #climatebrawl #Fridays4Future

why hasn't "Climate Change, A Deadly Crisis, Accelerates Amid Pandemic" been a front page newspaper headline yet