We are losing on every front. Every court case that transactivists bring takes another chunk out➡️
(1/6) I've been reading through the account of @LeftwingGc & their opinion that American radfems need to reject groups like WoLF which ally with right-wing organizations. I understand their concern that it could lead to us winning single-sex spaces and losing women's rights. ➡️
1/ How funding from powerful Religious Right org (with ties to the Trump admin) Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has gagged radical feminist orgn Women's Liberation Front (WoLF).
— Feminists Open Your Eyes (@LeftwingGc) October 9, 2020
About ADF: https://t.co/Js8RobOOau
& https://t.co/tYj8ilxbpZ
About WoLF: https://t.co/Sdeg0dfZYH
We are losing on every front. Every court case that transactivists bring takes another chunk out➡️
With the ACLU on their side and the Democrats having gone so far left that they've traveled up the other side of the ideological horseshoe w/o realizing it, we're as outgunned as a kid waving a water pistol at a tank.➡️
And what I do hear sounds awfully familiar: I've seen most of it over the last couple of years from certain British academic➡️
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When we talk about bringing jobs to the community, we need to dig deep:
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We need to focus on good healthcare, living wages, affordable rent. Corporations that offer none of those things should be met w/ skepticism.
It’s possible to establish economic partnerships w/ real opportunities for working families, instead of a race-to-the-bottom competition.
The community’s response? Outrage.
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Amazon is a billion-dollar company. The idea that it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks at a time when our subway is crumbling and our communities need MORE investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here.
When we talk about bringing jobs to the community, we need to dig deep:
- Has the company promised to hire in the existing community?
- What’s the quality of jobs + how many are promised? Are these jobs low-wage or high wage? Are there benefits? Can people collectively bargain?
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Shuffling working class people out of a community does not improve their quality of life.
We need to focus on good healthcare, living wages, affordable rent. Corporations that offer none of those things should be met w/ skepticism.
It’s possible to establish economic partnerships w/ real opportunities for working families, instead of a race-to-the-bottom competition.
