⚡Big win today!⚡ Thanks to everyone who joined the fight to pass BPRA--from climate organizers to labor unions to thousands of everyday New Yorkers--we have now delivered $9 million in funding for clean energy job training in New York State! 🧵

Seriously what new hell

Today I joined the re-launch of the Not on Our Dime legislation. I’m proud to co-sponsor this bill.

NY charities have historically sent over $60M/year in tax-deductible donations to fund Israeli settler violence.

Our state shouldn’t aid and abet human rights violations.

Love Rania Khalek 'You guys can sit here and bully me but you're all a bunch of genocide apologists.'

We’re proud to announce UAW Region 9A’s endorsement of the Not On Our Dime bill. Our members believe that in New York State, we can no longer look the other way as our state subsidizes illegal Israeli settlements.

Our government isn't simply allowing war crimes against Palestinians — it's subsidizing them.
To the lawmakers who opposed this bill & didn’t understand a year ago why we introduced it: I invite you to change course and stand with us now.

The movement for peace is a working-class movement. Everyone has the right to live in dignity and beauty. I was proud to stand with my union, UAW, when it called for a permanent ceasefire and I am proud to stand with it now in its support for Not on Our Dime.

I love when our endorsed politicians support our policies across all levels of government, and stand up for our shared values

Truly a lovely afternoon with UAW and Claire Valdez !

🚨 UPDATE 🚨

Due to larger than expected turnout 😱💪🏽 we are moving tomorrow's BIG UAW canvass to Lou Lodati Park! Bring a friend, wear comfortable shoes, and get ready to build worker power and fight for the future working families deserve!

RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/uawforclaire

“We stand in solidarity with all that will help create unionized public utilities that will invest in a green energy transformation here in New York,” said Dan Maloney, president of UAW Local 1097 in Rochester and chair of the union’s state legislative committee.

According to a conventional account, the Trumpian back country is seething with racial resentment.

But actually, it's a subset of disaffected or stressed urban professionals who are developing a counterculture of eugenics and IQ worship.

My latest.

newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/05/…

Liza Featherstone I particularly wish they would stop warning us that things that are actually happening now, under Biden, are things that might happen under Trump.

A George Latimer donor says the quiet part out loud: she wants someone who isn't just for 'black justice.'

Latimer's supporters continue to stoop to dog-whistle racist attacks on Bowman — the first Black person to ever represent #NY16 . It's disgusting.

great reporting by Natasha Lennard on the new McCarthyism on campuses and how my union UAW Local 7902 is fighting back

Don’t tell me we can’t fund healthcare for everyone when we can fund a genocide.

If we’ve got money for bombs, we’ve got money for people.

We know how to reduce overdose deaths. There's overwhelming evidence that it works. There's money to fund it. So why won't Kathy Hochul authorize overdose prevention centers? By Adam Smith-Perez. A moving, important piece. thenation.com/article/archiv…

🚨🎉Congratulations to all the hard working postdocs and researchers at Einstein Researchers United-UAW on winning their union! Everyday more and more scientists join the UAW family. We all share the common goal of making academia an environment that works for all!