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#Demographics btw the working class / impoverished community that surrounds this members-only #shithole is a living illustration of voting against your economic interest. Real life is happening on the outside of the gate.
Cheers to Broken Buffalo who organized a Free America event in Pinehill, NJ
1st time at this loc. Jersey is Revolutionary!!

#newjersey #jersey #patriotism #4thofjuly #independence #protest #eattherich #freespeech #july4th #democraticvalues #constitution #womensmarch #freeamerica #50501 #resist #fourthofjuly #billionairetaxcuts

Today in Labor History July 4, 1840: The anti-rent association of Berne in the Hudson Valley issued its Declaration of Independence, starting the Anti-Rent War, which lasted until August 1845. Also known as the Helderberg War, the anti-rent war was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York against the patroons, who acted as feudal lords with the right to make laws. The first meeting of the Anti-Rent tenant farmers was held in Berne, New York on July 4, 1839. Leaders of the revolt were tried for riot, conspiracy and robbery in 1845. The first trial resulted in no convictions. A re-trial in September 1845 saw a fist-fight between the attorneys who were sentenced to solitary confinement for 24 hours. One defendant, Smith A. Boughton, was sentenced to life imprisonment, but was pardoned by the pro-Anti-Renter John Young.

I am deeply distressed by the various actions of the current administration, not least of which is the Big Bullying Bill that got passed yesterday. I plan to attend my town's July 4th parade, and I will be holding my protest sign.

I will not speak unless spoken to; if anyone questions me I will answer in a calm non-disruptive manner. I will not physically block people's physical progress, and I will not block views of the parade. But I cannot be silent today.

Trump's #gaslighting is aided by Rs, Fox News...

"She said: Abrego Garcia has KILLED Americans, he did not."
Paige: the WH CORR for Frontlines, media arm of Turning Pt.

"Fox News' belated correction of a guest's baseless accusation against Abrego Garcia exemplifies their pattern of spreading harmful misinfo before reluctantly retracting it, further eroding trust in media integrity & perpetuating a climate of fear & prejudice."
-R Angwin
#Immigrants #Lies #Protest #USPol
thedailybeast.com/maga-reporte

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, is seen wearing a Chicago Bulls hat.
The Daily Beast · MAGA Reporter Apologizes for Accusing Deported Dad of MurderBy Ewan Palmer

The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group starts tomorrow.

This is a dangerous escalation in the criminalisation of political dissent in the UK.

It’ll increase surveillance, particularly under the Prevent Duty, and censorship under the Online Safety Act.

Read our blog ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/blog/banni

Open Rights GroupBanning Palestine Action: How the UK Government is Silencing DissentThe proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today.

With only 500 letters to play with, I commend this summary from Monbiot.

Successive UK governments have sought to control and suppress protest, increasingly so as an ability to communicate without relying on commercial and state media has developed. ‘Our’ maladministration is not only continuing the trend but attempting to accelerate it.
Blurring the lines between terrorism and protest is a means to an end.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but Yvette Cooper isBy George Monbiot