mulodyne:amischiefofmice:jumpingjacktrash:postracialcomments:socialismartnature:Happening NOW: Detro
mulodyne:amischiefofmice:jumpingjacktrash:postracialcomments:socialismartnature:Happening NOW: Detroit activists are getting arrested after blockading the trucks that disconnect people’s water. Activists promise today’s protest will be followed by a much larger demonstration next week on the 18th. For more info on how you can help, visit the Detroit Water Brigade: http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/Support our legal fund by making a donation:http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/donate/ Or provide relief for a family in need:http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/in-kind-donations-online/i just want to remind folks to please not villify the cops for doing their jobs; the protestors most likely expected to get arrested, and the cops are not being violent about it.what’s important is not to get super emotional about this, but to get PRACTICAL about it. don’t just signal boost, donate! don’t just like a post, talk about it with people who aren’t on social media!we can’t have americans deprived of something as basic as water, we just can’t, it’s not what this country is about. we all know our country isn’t perfect, but the point of our whole system is that we can change and improve things when we find something wrong, and this is something wrong that we need to change. we need to offer immediate relief to those affected, yes. we also need to advocate for changes to the law so that people are not deprived of the most basic elements of survival like this in the future.remember how a few days ago we were reblogging all those half-joking, half-proud posts about FREEEEEDOOOOOM and blingee eagles and whatnot? well, this is what freedom really means: when there is something going on in our country that we are seriously not ok with, we have the power to change it.lol no fuck copskill every cop that willfully agrees to do this actually -- source link