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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"We want to hug our moms." "The newly passed law will make it a right for all youth in juvenile detention centers to hug their parents." "[T]heir longer struggle: shutting down dangerous facilities like Los Padrinos, and decarcerating youth." #California #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Torture

truthout.org

Incarcerated Los Angeles Youth Fought for the Right to Hug Their Parents — and Won

Having enshrined youths' right to hug parents during visits behind bars, activists are pushing for decarceration.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2 days ago

"[S]econd International Day of Action of Dockworkers." "Dockworkers are saying they refuse to be complicit in waging war, let alone genocide." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #California #USA #SouthAfrica #Chile #Italy #Apartheid #Labour #Water #Transportation #Protest #Military #Weapons #Genocide

inthesetimes.com

Dockworkers Worldwide Are Striking for Palestine

The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3 days ago

"The decriminalization of street vending across California with passage of Senate Bill 946 in 2018 was supposed to result in local law enforcement not citing street vendors." "[T]he police are still making them pack up." #California #USA #Policing #Food #Labour #Housing

lapublicpress.org

California decriminalized street vending. LAPD is still citing vendors in MacArthur Park

Vendors say LAPD is using 41.18 to harass them. Now they're part of a fight to repeal the anti-camping law entirely.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3 days ago

"Trump administration’s attempts to discount the votes of tens of thousands of voters [...] hit two major roadblocks." "[O]fficials in Washington state and a judge's ruling in California challenged the White House's reasoning." #Washington #California #USA #Courts #Voting

truthout.org

"Our Democracy Is in Danger" — Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Segregate 20K Votes in California

Washington State officials also found several errors in a list of voters the White House has deemed ineligible.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6 days ago

"I think about Keith Porter. I think about Jesse Romero. I think about Mely Corado. I think about Ryan Twyman, Wakeisha Wilson." "I'm tired." "For those who live and organize here, resistance is not a once-a-year event. It is how to survive." #California #USA #Policing #Housing #Labour #Protest

knock-la.com

Community Organizations Call For Abolition and Community Care on National Police Brutality Day

A march through Skid Row and Downtown LA uplifted the work done by mutual aid and community organizing groups to create public safety outside of carceral systems and police departments.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6 days ago

"Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide." "You can't expect that people will be fine if the next-closest children's hospital is a flight away or an eight-hour drive." #Montana #Oregon #Missouri #Illinois #California #USA #Healthcare

truthout.org

Hospitals Nationwide Are Closing Intensive Care Units for Critically Ill Kids

Pediatricians expect more cutbacks in the wake of federal Medicaid cuts.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"Vasquez Perdomo and Ramos-Brito, both arrested by federal agents in the same metro area [...], entered two very different legal systems." "[S]ystem that swallowed Vasquez Perdomo is secretive and unpredictable." #California #USA #Protest #Courts #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

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A Tale of Two Cases: How ICE Operates in the Shadows

They were arrested the same month. One man faced criminal charges, and had rights and protections. The other entered a secretive immigration system.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 9 days ago

DHS "deployed federal agents in multiple states to knock on doors and demand voters verify their identities." "[F]ederal judge in California ruled the DHS initiative violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered federal agents to halt." #California #USA #Courts #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

truthout.org

Courts Reject Trump's Attempt at Deploying ICE to Intimidate Voters

A judge ordered Homeland Security to stop sending agents door to door in nine key states to hunt for "voter fraud."

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 9 days ago

"Knock LA's reporter was approached by a mob of Israeli protesters, followed [...] and subjected to verbal sexual harassment, homophobic slurs, and continuous anti-Palestinian rhetoric." #California #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Media #Censorship #Education #Protest #Genocide #SexualViolence

knock-la.com

Chaos Unfolds at Pro-Palestine Demonstration at Museum of Tolerance

Protesters were met with Zionist mobs, intimidation, and racist and homophobic slurs by Pro-Israel counter-protesters.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 10 days ago

"Google cofounder Sergey Brin: $102 million contributed." "Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt: $40.2 million contributed." "Opponents of the billionaire tax have outraised supporters by a ratio of more than 9 to 1." #California #USA #Taxes #Technology #Voting #Healthcare

capitalandmain.com

Who Are the Billionaires Behind the $304 Million Effort To Defeat California's Wealth Tax?

A cadre of billionaires and tech elites, including Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, is bankrolling the opposition to Proposition 40.

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