Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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This systemic injustice is a legacy of a moral malfunction that's been with us since our earliest days.
It should not be normalized. It should be confronted.
New California data on police stops:
•Black youth ages 15-17 searched at six times the rate of white teenagers
•Black youth ages 10-17 handcuffed/detained at higher rate than all other groups
•Police use force twice as often against Black residents
theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
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Perhaps Donziger’s greatest contribution has been keeping us aware of the sheer mendacity of the fossil fuel companies.
It’s not just the violence they do to the earth that matters.
It’s also the violence they’re willing to do to any people who get in their way.
BREAKING: Exxon's long-awaited trial on charges it tortured and murdered villagers in Indonesia has been set for May 24 in Washington. Getting to trial after years of industry delay is a huge breakthrough.
The world must keep a close eye on this. More:⬇️
bit.ly/3vGjU8l
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Right on.
"I call on all those committed to the cause of freedom of speech in every corner of the world to join me in an international effort to defend the innocence of Julian Assange and demand his immediate release."—President of Brazil @LulaOficial #FreeAssangeNOW #DropTheCharges
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Is it too early to say that all I want for Christmas this year is #policeform?
Cops in Virginia handcuffed a 12-year-old with autism and gave him a concussion at an after-school tennis program. Sheila Jackson says her son knows how to walk away from situations and self-regulate, but when a cop raised their voice at him and he walked away, they detained him.
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As long as short-term corporates are given greater precedence than the safety and welfare of human beings, animals and the earth itself, we will continue on a devolutionary path to disaster.
American capitalism is like a car that's swerved out of control.
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CNN special about Dionne Warwick tonight is great.
Important stories about race, music and America in the 1960’s.
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Happy New Year, everyone! open.substack.com/pub/marian…
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America will begin to right itself when we serve and protect our children as much as we serve and protect our corporations.
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This is such an important point.
In the great tradition of Americans socialists, such as Eugene Debs, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein and A. Philip Randolph, Barbara Ehrenreich recognized the first duty of a socialist in the U.S. has always been to declare: it doesn’t have to be this way.
thenation.com/article/societ…
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