#GeorgeFloyd. #WhatNow? #NationalStrike The largest multi-racial mass insurrection in American history is here.But it is time to convert mass rage+protest into concrete demands, so that all this outrage does not go to waste. What are those demands+ how do we enforce them? (1/n).
#GeorgeFloyd. #WhatNext? #NationalStrike #Demands. 1. We need to end the defacto police state. Existing police units are a law unto themselves. They hv lost our trust. They need to be demilitarized + superceded by new community peace+ justice units. (New jobs! Xcops can reapply)
#GeorgeFloyd. #WhatNext? #NationalStrike #Demands. 2. We need CONCRETE ACTIONS to attack economic injustice. Poverty is soaring; 50mm are unemployed; state+local govs are bankrupt;yet $tr in pandemic relief has been wasted +billionaires are richer than ever.Among the solutions:..
...2. (cont). pick 10: wealth tax on billionaires; basic income guarantee; restore corp tax to 50%; suspend rents; forgive student debt; fin transactions tax; elim fossil fuel subsidies; end tax havens; aid relief orgs; 25% sales tax on private homes>$1mm, yachts,+ jets..
#GeorgeFloyd. #WhatNext? #NationalStrike #Demands. 3. We need to address the dire impact that the pandemic is having on the poor+people of color. Among the solutions: med insurance; accelerated community contact tracing+testing; sick-day coverage
