Feeling hot and lazy today? Get a nice cool drink, stretch out under your fan, and listen to this episode of Behind the Bastards that culminates the 3 week mini series where they discuss how policing came to be in the US. Philly features prominently!
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-police-how-the-police-66048223/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-police-how-the-police-66048223/
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Larger than expected then out to the Palestine solidarity rally! Currently marching down market towards City Hall
☀ Good morning beautiful Revolutionaries! ☀
2 big events: Mumia rally starting at 12 on the spot where Rizzo statue used to be and then the Philly Black Trans Assembly at 2pm and Front and Chestnut.
Put water bottles in the freezer now, make sure you're wearing cool, non identifiable clothing, and WEAR YOUR DANGED MASKS! There's still COVID.
We hear the pigs are tired. As advocates of self care and listening to your body, we want to remind *everyone* reading this that it's ok to call out of work if you need to take some time for yourself. 🦥
2 big events: Mumia rally starting at 12 on the spot where Rizzo statue used to be and then the Philly Black Trans Assembly at 2pm and Front and Chestnut.
Put water bottles in the freezer now, make sure you're wearing cool, non identifiable clothing, and WEAR YOUR DANGED MASKS! There's still COVID.
We hear the pigs are tired. As advocates of self care and listening to your body, we want to remind *everyone* reading this that it's ok to call out of work if you need to take some time for yourself. 🦥
Hello all you crazy 😺 and 🐱! Tomorrow Mike Pence will be honoring his buds at the FOP lodge 5. Rumors of a counter protest being run by Refuse Fascism at the Red Lion Shopping Center parking lot from 4-7.
Need more reasons to really really really dislike the FOP? Looks like they and related orgs made bank off the PPP loans during corona. You know, the paycheck protection loans for small businesses that legit small businesses were struggling to get?
https://www.inquirer.com/business/ppp-loans-philadelphia-new-jersey-pennsylvania-20200706.html
https://www.inquirer.com/business/ppp-loans-philadelphia-new-jersey-pennsylvania-20200706.html
https://www.inquirer.com
Philly-area companies reaped millions from PPP funds for small businesses. Search the list to see who got how much.
The Trump administration released data giving the most-detailed picture yet on which businesses received funding from the program, designed to help firms with fewer than 500 workers weather the coronavirus pandemic.
Good morning comrades!
- a major storm is moving in. If you have a tarp to spare, please consider giving it to the camps.
- the camp eviction day for the Parkway camp is supposedly Monday. Organizers are asking that volunteers come and help be bodies and also help be ready to move people with cars if needed. Check the camps for more details of what that looks like. 22nd and Parkway, 21st and ridge.
- a major storm is moving in. If you have a tarp to spare, please consider giving it to the camps.
- the camp eviction day for the Parkway camp is supposedly Monday. Organizers are asking that volunteers come and help be bodies and also help be ready to move people with cars if needed. Check the camps for more details of what that looks like. 22nd and Parkway, 21st and ridge.
Comrades.
Minneapolis did it.
LA did it.
Seattle did it.
We. Can. Do. It.
We supposedly have the most progressive city council this city has seen and yet only ONE councilperson voted no on the recent budget.
This cannot be acceptable. We cannot take the remaining city council seriously.
#defundPPD.
Minneapolis did it.
LA did it.
Seattle did it.
We. Can. Do. It.
We supposedly have the most progressive city council this city has seen and yet only ONE councilperson voted no on the recent budget.
This cannot be acceptable. We cannot take the remaining city council seriously.
#defundPPD.
In case you need receipts: https://www.inquirer.com/news/inq/philadelphia-police-brutality-history-frank-rizzo-20200710.html
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Black and Blue: 190 years of police brutality against Black people in Philadelphia
These are some of the key events in the painful history of police violence against the Black community in Philadelphia, a glimpse into the legacy of racially discriminatory law enforcement in this city.
It's worth pointing out that part of the issue that the city has is that kids can't play baseball. The secure, safe and stable housing for people is *never* more important than a baseball game.