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For anyone who is interested in reading up on BLACK HISTORY I got this list in my email which has some great books on it....
The Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List | The New York Public Library
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Ed Smith, one of the first African Americans to work in video games, has published an autobiography! We're adding this immediately to our library, and you should too. Let's support capturing more black voices in our video game history canon: amazon.com/Imagine-That-A
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How many gamers know a black inventor was behind the very first video game cartridge? Designer Gerald Lawson created the Fairchild Channel F. He pioneered using consoles to play an endless number of games, a pillar of the video game industry to this day.
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I've started collating the donation links I've been sent for local Indigenous causes and funds. Places to put your money if you are unsure as to how to support beyond social media posting.
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For people who actively want to be support and be an ally right now, I have written a thread.
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It is very, very disappointing that at such a transformational moment, we are reverting to reform after reform after reform, even as a multiracial coalition across the country is demanding to defund the police
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Love that this is happening more and more.
make sure to stay there and form a line in front of the restaurant and not let replacement workers in.
hopefully folks see this and come help you hold that line.
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Right now: Employees at Northstar walking out. This after the staff wanted to suspend their 50% discount for law enforcement. However, Northstar didnโt suspend the discount. The restaurant says, โWe support our first responders and also support the movement for social change.โ
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Out of the millions protesting and the 10s of millions to hundreds of millions supporting them, we can find enough people that are down to to this in a big way
we have to start communicating w co-workers 1st
for places that have never organized, this is a great jump off point
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A week of protests and rebellions in most cities and hundreds of small towns and suburbs has still not gotten the other 3 Minneapolis cops charged.
In order to make power suffer consequences- lose profit- until they meet demands
we have to start strikes/work stoppages.
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Police unions defend state violence rather than support the interests of workers. They give police false credibility as laborersโand hide their true roles as enforcers of capitalism, racism, and other forms of exploitation. #BlackLivesMatter #1u
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I hope you find an hour of your time this weekend to really sit with this conversation. It's so textured and somehow soothing and blistering.
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Breonna Taylor shouldโve turned 27 today but she was murdered in her sleep in her own home. This is why we march, this is why we protest. Rest In Peace Breonna, we will never stop fighting for you or all the lives taken by police brutality. #breonnataylor #blacklivesmatter
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We are union members demanding that the AFL-CIO terminate its affiliation with police unions. #1u #Labor4BlackLives
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Meanwhile in France...
The gilets noirs, (black vests) and over 5000 people protesting for undocumented workers asking France for #Citizenship or #PermanentResidencyRights #Paris #France
#SolidariteAvecLesSansPapiers #giletsnoirs
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Organization is definitely important. Work together and protect each other. Keep the movement alive.
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PAY YOUR EMPLOYEES WITCHO RAGGEDY ASS.
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In this moment of heightened awareness of anti-Black police terrorism, TAKE THE TIME to learn about, and have the heart to care about, the Black political prisoners who put their lives on the line, and went to war for the liberation of Black folks.
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โNobody in history has gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people oppressing them.โ โAssata Shakur
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If you're gonna talk about riots as the language of the unheard know that they speak pure fire. Don't talk to me about violence before you listen
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When Fred Hampton started to organise with poor whites, Latinos and indigenous Americans the State assassinated him. Let that be a lesson. They're not scared of us when we stick to our own groups and issues. They're scared when we build solidarity and commonality with others. twitter.com/broseph_stalin
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If youโre planning to attend a protest, check out this excellent advice on how to deal with teargas.
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Seeing lots of *not great* advice about teargas on my feed! From years experience with US made teargas in Palestine, here's my two cents: donโt put water on your skin or face unless you have a steady stream like a shower. It'll feel good for a sec then burn more than before!!
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Link to a โJustice for Breonna Taylorโ petition change.org/p/andy-beshear
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Deaf Black People have been devastatingly victimized by police brutality for whom violence is often excused as deaf individuals โnot following ordersโ. has taken to the task of logging such interactions. #BlackDisabledLivesMatter (behearddc.org/police-violenc)
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More than 560 game creators bundled the results of their work into 's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality to support #BlackLivesMatter. All proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund.
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As clear an illustration as any as to why we need to reject empty symbols of unity. twitter.com/70Ceeks/status
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Richard Pryor explaining how racism & capitalism are intertwined
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Martin Luther King explaining the evils of capitalism & how wealth is distributed unfairly
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We are witnessing a rebellion. Itโs beautiful to see the qty of protests and the scope and breadth of all colors, all genders, all sexual orientations, all ethnicities and all religious identities in the USA.
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Y'all showed up 4 Minneapolis & we ain't done
RIGHT NOW Black freedom fighters rising up, lives on the line everywhere -ATL, Chi, Denver, NYC, Louisville - check the news see where else
U know what 2 do - our sister community bail fund links in the thread below
#GeorgeFloyd
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Standing in solidarity w/ communities in Minneapolis & Louisville and beyond. We encourage support to our partners providing bail support for people arrested at demonstrations. #FreeThemAll
@MNFreedomFund: minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
@BLMLouisville: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/lo
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Statement by the Organizational Transitional Period Committee of Game Workers Unite, adopted by vote of the assembly of all delegates elected by chapters.
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We also apologize for the delay and the stress this has caused, particularly to the people who came forward. Please know that this is our top priority and we are doing the best we can to provide a timely response while respecting democratic processes across multiple time zones.
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