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The Green Garret

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a garret is a small habitable attic and also my name | social ecology, mathematician & physicist, free software advocate | past: GreenPartyUS steering co-chair '21-23 | Posts my own

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · Oct 23

Coming soon! New Green Horizons, a new webzine to host green theory, analysis, and organizing strategy debate. Sign up for the mailing list on the website to get the articles as soon as they are published, and consider submitting your own articles!
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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 22h

We can & must ditch the fossil fuel economy. Our health, our planet, and our ultimate survival as a species depend on it. A Green New Deal can support a rapid transition to a renewable energy, green economy so no one is left behind.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 1d

It is good more Americans are recognizing the GOP is supporting military occupation of US cities. Keep up the pressure on Congress to resist Trump and end military occupation. Congress should impeach & remove Trump from office for his continual attacks on Constitutional rights.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 1d

Watch what billionaires & politicians do, not what they say. While making it harder to access vaccines for the general public & telling people to "suck it up", Trump is getting vaccines for COVID.

Despite what they say in public, the ruling class knows COVID is still serious.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 1d

This week Howie is joined by Frieda Afary, an Iranian American activist, author, translator, and public librarian who will discuss socialist feminism and internationalism. Watch #GreenSocialistNotes recording if you missed it live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4aV...

#GreenSocialist Notes, Episode 248 with Special Guest Frieda Afary

YouTube video by Howie Hawkins

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

We could have ended homelessness in the US for good, but instead Trump is using those funds to arm Israel for genocide and bail out billionaires in Argentina.

Congress should impeach & remove Trump from office. Weapons embargo now.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

While shutting down federal services & raising healthcare costs in the US, the Trump regime is rushing $20 billion to Argentina in a deal that will enrich themselves while bailing out Milei's MAGA-like policies have plunged Argentina into poverty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

Trump appears to be threatening governors and mayors opposing his illegal attempts at taking over national guard units and occupying cities. Congress should impeach & remove Trump from office!

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

Even the Dems that voted for the war powers resolution are not *actually* against Trump's illegal military strikes, they just want to co-sign & pretend like they're opposing him first. This is why we need an independent political movement to oppose both parties.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

Fetterman has yet again sided with Republicans, this time to defend Trump's illegal military action. The fact the Democratic Party still supports him but goes hard after democratic socialists like Mamdani tells you everything you need to know about the party.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

Typical liberal Democrats -- "I agree with Trump on illegal actions, I just want to follow the process so I can pretend to oppose him on TV"

The Democratic Party is not resisting. We need an independent political movement against both parties.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 2d

@theonion.com out here asking the important questions like "Was [Epstein] ever even alive to begin with?" The people need to know answers!
(But seriously... Release the Epstein Files. Tell your Congressmembers to sign on to the discharge petition to release them.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhS...

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller's attacks on the judiciary and slip on camera that he believes Trump has "plenary authority" -- or in other words absolute power without restriction -- are huge threats to democracy. Congress must act to halt Miller & Trump's policies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

ICE must be abolished. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

Trump is attempting to federalize National Guard to occupy US cities against the wishes of governors & mayors as well as federal court orders. This is the move of an authoritarian wannabe-dictator. Congress should impeach Trump and remove him from office now. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump to federalize Illinois National Guard, Pritzker says

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum," Pritzker said.

www.politico.com

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

71% of water samples tested were polluted by fracking in a recent test in New Freeport, PA. Fracking is harming our health and environment, it is far past time to ban fracking statewide! insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...

Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Inside Climate News

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

Part of the reason we see so little fight from Democrats in Congress is that they actually agree with extremist Republican policy. If Democrats won't fight for human rights and oppose Republicans, then we need an independent working class political movement! www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...

Some Democrats share Trump's goal of forcing more homeless people into medical care

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 4d

Mike Johnson & Republicans are refusing to seat an elected member of the House, now trying to demand reps agree to their extreme budget before seating Grijalva. Adelita Grijalva deserves to be seated & participate in budget & other votes! www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are backtracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 5d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org.

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

It's meant to focus on children because of mistaken beliefs that children are unaffected and will bounce back. Not meant to imply it only affects children.

The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

A reminder that the Covid pandemic isn't over. Thousands are still infected and hospitalized every year. Deaths aren't the only possibility - millions are facing long-term disability from "Long Covid", including children. Vaccines, clean air filtration, respirator masks, and more help keep us safe.

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The Green Garret @thegreengarret.bsky.social · 7d

If Democrats are unwilling to speak out, we need an independent mass political movement to hold the Trump regime accountable. Impeach Trump.