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Many folks have shared this thread, and asked what they can do to make up for the grave mistake of supporting #LoriLightfoot and believing she was a progressive. Great question. Here's some ideas:
1. Learn some history. #LoriLightfoot has a record of repression, gentrification, anti-Black violence. Black queer women organizers were the original folks who warned us of this. Supporting Black candidates is meaningless while ignoring Black community. advocate.com/commentary/201…
2. Think/act more critically around identity politics. The goal of #BlackLivesMatter and other popular movements isn't to get more people with oppressed identities into positions of power, but to uproot oppressive structures on the whole: jacobinmag.com/2015/05/baltim…
Y'all. @chicagosmayor, @ChiPublicHealth, and @HilcoGlobal are trying to demolish the final building of the Crawford coal plant TOMORROW AT 6:30AM AND I AM LIVID. #FueraHilco #HellNoHilco #ChicagoUprising blockclubchicago.org/2020/05/29/aft…
This is the 3RD demolition to take place during COVID-19 without notice or consent from the #LittleVillage community. Cases skyrocketed directly after the first demolition that left the neighborhood in cloud of debris. TOTALLY HEINOUS. #FueraHilco #HellNoHilco #ChicagoUprising
If you are attending any actions today or this week, please lift up the demand #FueraHilco alongside #DefundPolice. Black and Brown communities unite against environmental racism and state violence on the West Side and everywhere! #HellNoHilco #ChicagoUprising #AbolishPolice
There are so many efforts underway under #COVID19--which is great--but it can be hard to figure out where to give you resources. Here are of few of the groups/funds in the #Chicago area I've been donating to if you'd like to join me on #GivingTuesday:
Farmers and chefs through @LVEJO are feeding families on the Southwest Side #COVID19 #GivingTuesday gettinggrowncollective.com/farmfoodfamili…
Street vendors out of work are getting support through
@itpchicago #COVID19 #GivingTuesday gofundme.com/f/covid19-reli…
@itpchicago #COVID19 #GivingTuesday gofundme.com/f/covid19-reli…
Notice if you search the #HellNoHilco tag you'll also see videos tagged #NoCopAcademy.
This is because the SAME DAY in 2019 City Council approved a $95mil police academy they also approved a $20mil tax break for @HilcoGlobal to demolish the coal plant. blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/con…
This is because the SAME DAY in 2019 City Council approved a $95mil police academy they also approved a $20mil tax break for @HilcoGlobal to demolish the coal plant. blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/con…
It's no coincidence these battles were tied in 2019, nor that they're tied under #COVID19. Both corporations and police/prisons are taking advantage of the virus to undermine the health of Black/brown/poor/working communities #HellNoHilco #NoCopAcademy chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/20…
It makes NO SENSE for the city to give millions of $$$ to private polluters and the militarized police that protect them while we are in the midst of pandemic, struggling to meet the most basic healthcare needs of poor/working communities #COVID19 #HellNoHilco #NoCopAcademy
This is what streets in Little Village, Chicago look like right now.
@HilcoGlobal took advantage of #COVID19--a RESPIRATORY virus--to demolish coal plant in an immigrant community already struggling with respiratory health #HellNoHilco #LaVillitaRespira #EnvironmentalRacism
@HilcoGlobal took advantage of #COVID19--a RESPIRATORY virus--to demolish coal plant in an immigrant community already struggling with respiratory health #HellNoHilco #LaVillitaRespira #EnvironmentalRacism
When @HilcoGlobal tries to claim that a spike in respiratory issues in the local community are complications from #COVID19 and not due to their reckless and irresponsible demolition, remember this moment #LaVillitaRespira #HellNoHilco #EnvironmentalRacism
"Despite community objections and calls for #Lightfoot to halt the demolition because #COVID19 is impacting the respiratory health of people across the globe, city officials permitted Hilco Redevelopment Partners to topple the smokestack." #HellNoHilco blockclubchicago.org/2020/04/11/aft…
Morning! I’ll be live-tweeting today’s Chicago Board of Election Commissioners meeting for @CHIdocumenters. There’s a lot going on down the street—at City Council #NoCopAcademy #DelayTheTIF & #HellNoHilco press conference is in progress. Final votes on all 3 today #ChiDocumenters
Here’s a link to the agenda for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners meeting app.chicagoelections.com/documents/gene…
And, for good measure, here’s a @BlockClubCHI article on today’s City Council meeting blockclubchicago.org/2019/03/13/rah…
