mosaic.nj.com/commentary/202… "I remember seeing them come up 16th Avenue in trucks, jeeps, and small tanks called “half-tracks.” They were in uniforms and helmets, carrying rifles with bayonets, and guns. They cleared people off the streets and went door to door searching our

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Is there a Democratic candidate for Governor who will pledge to keep Kevin Walsh on as Comptroller? Because that'd earn you applause...

Valerie Dale sister of Maj Gulia Dale III killed by Newton NJ police demanded justice for her brother at Sonya Massey March & Rally, July 28th in Newark NJ. Massey, unarmed Black mother shot and killed by white deputy sheriff, in her home in Springfield, Illinois. #SonyaMassey

Bro Tut and Shadee Dukes at Sonya Massey protest. Drop all charges against Dukes. Justice for Sonya Massey march July 28, Newark NJ. Sonya Massey, unarmed 36 year-old Black mother shot in face and killed by white deputy sheriff in her home in Springfield, Illinois. #SonyaMassey

NJ State Dem Chair: "NJ and these amazing delegates cast 2 votes present and 142 votes for Kamala Harris for President. #WhenWeFightWeWin" ~LeRoy J Jones Jr Those 2 present votes are from UncommittedNJ CAIR Action NJ New Jersey Peace Action #CeasefireNOW #NotAnotherBomb

Thank you for the present votes: Dr. Sadaf Jaffer 🕊Former NJ Assemblywoman & Mayor Assatta Mann North NJ DSA 🌹🍕 🏳️‍🌈 Our Revolution New Jersey Fiona Curley Uncommitted National Movement 🌺 #CeasefireNOW #NotAnotherBomb #WhenWeFightWeWin

With the NJ Reparations Council's Sept. 9 meeting coming up, Ryan P. Haygood reflects on how we got here - and why we must push forward. Join us: bit.ly/NJRCSession6

New Jersey workers like Giovanni don’t have any guarantee of breaks or water during #extremeheat under current law. That’s why this #LaborDayWeekend we’re calling for a #HeatStandard Senate President Nick Scutari Speaker Craig J. Coughlin We need a #HeatStandardNow

This #LaborDay Recognize Respect Raise up Bayard Rustin Black Queer Pioneer saw intersectionality of Civil & LGBTQIA Rights & Labor Movement 1st Executive Director AFL-CIO ✊ A. Philip Randolph Institute Preserve his life & legacy Be an Angelic Troublemaker RustinCenter.org

As Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II points out in his new book, White Poverty, there are more poor white people than any other racial group, and more effort should be put into pulling them into the progressive coalition. commondreams.org/opinion/white-…

Memorial for Englewood man killed by police rips NJ for slow reforms northjersey.com/story/news/ber…

Why reparations in NJ? B/c Black people are 59% of those denied the vote because of convictions. Why? NJ designed it that way in 1844, when it denied voting to people w/ convictions & restricted voting to white men. Join us 9/9 for NJ Reparations Council’s 6th Public Session.

A modest fee on super-luxury homes could raise $600M for critical programs that make NJ more affordable! It’s time for the wealthiest to do their part to address housing inequity and help fund the future we all deserve. #TaxJusticeNJ

In other words, this is the US outwardly saying it thinks it has the authority to decide which people have the basic right to self-determination and which do not

Far-right movements have been using Springfield, Ohio as a propaganda tool since early 2023. There aren’t 20,000 Haitian immigrants there in fact, there are barely 5,000 in the entire state. The level of cognitive dissonance required for this narrative is staggering. /🧵

Haiti 🇭🇹 declared its independence from France, January 1, 1804. In 1823 France 🇫🇷 made Haiti pay back 150 million Francs . It took an entire century for Haiti to finally be free. That’s 14 billion dollars in today’s money . The United States 🇺🇸 worked to isolate a newly

"...Until I am free, you are not free either." - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist and humanitarian.