Will there be a #COVID19 #stimulus this week or will Congress continue to tell Americans to go fuck themselves?
https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1337875442238369792
At end of December, millions of Americans could lose their homes when a moratorium on evictions expires & 12mln long-term jobless and gig workers will lose supplemental federal unemployment benefits.
People are stealing bread, pasta and baby formula to survive.
Unconscionable
People are stealing bread, pasta and baby formula to survive.
Unconscionable
If I had children I would not just steal to feed them, I would set the world on fire for them.
We should all set fire to a world that allows anyone’s children to go hungry. There is enough food in this wealthiest country in the history of humanity, no one should be hungry.
We should all set fire to a world that allows anyone’s children to go hungry. There is enough food in this wealthiest country in the history of humanity, no one should be hungry.
There are enough houses and apartments and empty hotel rooms, no one should be unhoused. There is enough money, no one should be poor.
It is not enough to hand out one check here or another there. Cancel rent. Freeze mortgages. Give everyone Universal Basic Income. etc etc etc
It is not enough to hand out one check here or another there. Cancel rent. Freeze mortgages. Give everyone Universal Basic Income. etc etc etc
I made this at the end of March just as the US was beginning lockdowns and it still applies. Fuck capitalist patriarchy feministgiant.com/p/essay-a-time… #COVID19
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