The NYPD has no regard for the law. They attacked a protest and arrested the bikers trying to keep people safe the moment it set off. From Times Square. At noon. There’s now a standoff in Times Square.
At least 100 protesters have taken to the street. NYPD threatening mass arrest, after they just blocked the street for an hour.
Anti-ICE protesters willing to take mass arrest have taken a seat in the street by Times Square.
Mass arrests by the NYPD are beginning.
A group remains in the street, still not arrested after the first wave of mass arrests.
More arrests after the NYPD illegally stopped an anti-ICE march from even taking off from Times Square, and a large group chose to block the street and take a mas arrest.
Anti-ICE protesters in the street by Times Square have their arms linked tight.
There are too many people sitting in the street for the NYPD to transport right now. If you can get to Times Square we’ll be here for a while.
I’m hearing 40-50 arrests so far. NYPD has closed off north side of Times Square. They say it’s to stop protesters from shutting down the streets.
NYPD has called for another prisoner transport vehicle. All because they illegally attacked an anti-ICE march for the third day in a row.
Reports of about 60 arrests by Times Square so far.
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White supremacists are now marching in Charleston, West Virginia. With no police in sight.
I’m sure every politician in the country will release statements denouncing this.
As others have said, no cops in uniform in sight. Or no violent attacks on people by police here. That's reserved for students protesting genocide, apparently.
There's a ton of police brutality right now, but there's also more and more of this: students standing their ground and refusing to be forced into silence. Thread.
If this Labor Day feels a little different, that’s because it is.
Workers are fighting and winning in a way we haven't seen in decades.
And this could be just the beginning. Thread 🧵
1. There’s so much good news it’s hard to know where to start.
Maybe the biggest and clearest sign of real change is that more new workers joined unions in the first half of 2023 than we’ve seen in over 20 years. jphilll.com/p/this-labor-d…
2. There’s also a powerful energy in the air, which is changing the culture in this country and making people more and more excited about unions and labor.
That energy is translating into support for labor struggles:
It just isn't serious when people claim to be on the left then insist on assessing each billionaire by how nice and kind they are rather than understanding their position as shapers and upholders of policy and of this oppressive capitalist system more broadly.
We can work towards a world where we treat those who currently oppose us with kindness and where we build a world of abundance, while understanding that there are very powerful people actively working to maintain the current status quo and all the violence it requires.
These are people who not only create and maintain conditions of mass poverty and death, but work to eliminate regulations, work to keep housing precarious, work to keep people hungry. They are responsible for a number of deaths and an amount of misery that is hard to calculate.