D. Jefferies (@djefferiesdc) 's Twitter Profile
D. Jefferies

@djefferiesdc

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calendar_today29-08-2015 15:27:02

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@acatwithnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Interview with the LAPD PIOs on site. They’re saying that they’re unaware of any 55.07 LAMC arrests (the “weapons at protests” municipal code). He states he’s unaware of any currently.

Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m sorry, but “all of the above” is climate denial. The IPCC and every other major scientific body have been clear: if we keep burning fossil fuels, we’re doomed.

Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sammy Roth "Not picking & choosing winners" is doing exactly that: Winners: Air polluters; water polluters; climate polluters; land destroyers; Losers: Children, elderly, sick, at-risk communities, world population.

Maisie Cook (@maisiegcook) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THREAD: This summer, I interned for Mayor Muriel Bowser in the office of communications. This internship was listed on LinkedIn as an unpaid position. I decided to apply anyways because it seemed like a good opportunity.

Simon Mahan (@simonmahan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There have been tons of great electric transmission studies showing huge need for more large scale transmission. But those studies have one simple fatal flaw. A thread, from an RTO stakeholder...1/12

The Poor Proles Almanac (@thepoorproles) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The biggest challenge a lot of younger leftists seem to grapple with is whether they want to be ideologically right or do they want to improve material conditions. Part of this stems from differentiating between playing into capitalism's ability to coopt movements & building dual

The Poor Proles Almanac (@thepoorproles) 's Twitter Profile Photo

successes (the EZLN, Rojava) of the last century are rooted in local conditions, not ideological purity. Our future will be built working with people with different visions of that future, and that doesn't mean giving up our power but finding ways to work collaboratively.

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Capitalism produces ecological crisis for the same reason it produces inequality: because the fundamental mechanism of capitalist growth is that capital must extract (from nature and labour) more than it gives in return.

BFC Organizing (@bfcorganizing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You know what’s wild? We live in a society that COULD safely house everyone, but CHOOSES not to because the dominant narrative is that you must EARN your right to be housed. We call bullshit. EVERYBODY deserves housing that is SAFE, HEALTHY and EASY FOR THEM TO AFFORD.

Future Coalition (@futurecoalition) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s time we recognize where our money goes. 💰 📣 Join the Youth Climate Finance Alliance on Oct. 29 as we build people power in the climate justice movement by holding big banks, like Chase, accountable. 🚨 Be a part of the #FossilFreeFuture movement: fossilfreefuture.earth

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ecological crisis is ultimately being driven by our economic system, which is predicated on perpetual expansion. So yes, compost and recycle and avoid flying as much as possible, but above all organize and fight for a post-capitalist economy.

Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are a depressed, lonely and alienated society because we live in an economic system that is organized around artificial scarcity, exploitation and extraction. It breaks us every day.

The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A massive trove of private financial records shared with The Washington Post exposes vast reaches of the secretive offshore system used to hide billions of dollars from tax authorities, creditors, criminal investigators and citizens around the world. wapo.st/3uBBWY5

CSPAN (@cspan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Frances Haugen: "I joined Facebook because I think Facebook has the potential to bring out the best in us. But I am here today because I believe Facebook's products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy."

Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jeff Bezos just became the first person on the Forbes 400 list with a net worth of $200 billion…and we’re still arguing about whether the billionaires need to be taxed.