#Activist

since Hispanic heritage month is September 15 to October 15, i would like to make a thread of 5 Hispanics that made history. 1. this is Rita Moreno. Rita Moreno
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I voted for @DrJillStein in 2016. I then decided to get involved in the @GreenPartyUS. The latter was the worst decision I ever made.https://twitter.com/jdcmedlock/status/1247946925338316800 I volunteered for a Green Party
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Indigenous Peoples Day has me in a super good mood & I already railed against the travesty that is Columbus last night, so I thought I would celebrate my
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just made a connection: this summer a Native American activist posed the question to me & a group: why do your people hate children so much (referencing school shootings, separation
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1/ This Sunday's thread on the Golden anniversary of Pride must be, of course, about the same-sex rights activist, trailblazer & Pride creator, Craig Rodwell. Craig's activism began years before
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After I beat up a man who groped me in a club, a manager pointed at @rerutled & asked me “Why didn’t you let your husband take care of it?”Me:
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Israel's Ministry of Interior has notified about 40 families belonging to the African Hebrew Israelite community based in Dimona that they must leave the country within 60 days or they
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Hi there, arriving late to Ventura Park and trying to adjust my eyes to the total darkness. The park lights are all outA coincidence I'm sure#BlackLivesMatter #PortlandProtesters #PDXprotests #PoliceViolence
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A reminder of Rhiannon Spear’s comments re the idea that we all don’t have to accept gender identity ideology, & recognising females as a sex. The MSP she refers to
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What does wartime conservatism look like right now? Good friend asked me this tonight, I immediately launched into what could be called a philosophy of wartime conservative. In rough summary
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Someone at a college, a college professor, complained to the administration about my suggestion at the blasphemous idea that being #plantbased #vegan may help immunity and that in a vegan
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Grace Dietzschold, 18, a green-haired Portland lesbian activist, was arrested dressed in black bloc. She's charged w/attempted assault of an officer, harassment, resisting arrest & more. She was quickly released
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Elizabeth Magie was an early badass US feminist, abolitionist, and progressive tax activist; she wasn’t anti-capitalist, but advocated for universal land taxes that would redistribute disproportionate wealth back to the
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My thoughts on academic writing & language: books should be accessibly written but sometimes frustration with expression is simply one’s own lack of fluency in modes of thought. I’ve certainly
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(1/6) Only ONE WEEK left to donate @United miles for some major impact. Follow this thread to see what donated United miles have already made happen. You'll be blown away!
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Cofounder of #blacklivesmatter Patrisse Khan-Cullors buys Topanga Canyon home for $1.4 million. “Interior spaces feature bamboo floors and, in the spacious open-plan living room, dining area and kitchen, vaulted
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