just like Occupy, just like BLM, we keep getting these articles about why protests fade out that don’t mention, or downplay, the effect of getting shot with hundreds of rounds of rubber bullets and gas canisters while politicians of both parties cheer it on
I think about the word “woke” and how it had an actual tangible meaning in black culture before it became perverted from its origins. That’d prob the perfect example of this
This carrot field in Imperial Valley CA was planted earlier this month. The farm workers were sent home at 1:30pm once the temperature reached 101°. Mayra shares, farm workers like her earn minimum wage working in unbearable conditions so they can feed the country. #WeFeedYou
Maybe we shouldn't tell victims of natural disasters that have gotten even worse lately due to climate change the solution is just becoming a climate refugee in their own country that isn't doing anything to help them.
Ever since more than 1,000 people drowned in New Orleans post-Katrina, I have zero fucking patience for the "just move" and "why didn't they leave" assholes