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Progressive movements gets played when they elevate identity > policy.
Ritchie = Ruben Diaz Sr. on policy that inflicts state-violence on Black/Brown people.
His FIRST post-primary event is w/IDF. They kill Palestinians & train w/NYPD on ways to overpolice Black & Brown ppl 1/6
Ritchie = Ruben Diaz Sr. on policy that inflicts state-violence on Black/Brown people.
His FIRST post-primary event is w/IDF. They kill Palestinians & train w/NYPD on ways to overpolice Black & Brown ppl 1/6
You can’t claim to be progressive and amplify structures that opress Black & Brown people here & abroad.
Ritchie went on AIPAC-funded trips to Israel but never visited Gaza, though #NY15 is 97% Black & Brown with a large Palestinian population. 2/6 https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/new-york-council-trip-highlights-ties-between-israel-and-us-cities
Ritchie went on AIPAC-funded trips to Israel but never visited Gaza, though #NY15 is 97% Black & Brown with a large Palestinian population. 2/6 https://www.middleeasteye.net/features/new-york-council-trip-highlights-ties-between-israel-and-us-cities
We need courageous representation that centers ppl whose families are being oppressed by the likes of the IDF.
Ritchie enabled the NYPD-IDF partnership. Israeli forces adopted NYPD’s “stop-&-frisk” tactic to oppress brown and black people in Israel. 3/6 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-policing-in-the-us-and-security-in-israel-are-connected/amp
Ritchie enabled the NYPD-IDF partnership. Israeli forces adopted NYPD’s “stop-&-frisk” tactic to oppress brown and black people in Israel. 3/6 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-policing-in-the-us-and-security-in-israel-are-connected/amp
Ritchie calls himself the embodiment of a pro-Israel progressive as if Palestinian lives don’t matter.
He rejects free speech by opposing BDS & gaslights activists from
@JvpAction as “doing Hamas’ bidding” for advocating for Palestine human rights. 4/6 https://jewishinsider.com/2019/12/ritchie-torres-i-am-the-embodiment-of-a-pro-israel-progressive/
He rejects free speech by opposing BDS & gaslights activists from
@JvpAction as “doing Hamas’ bidding” for advocating for Palestine human rights. 4/6 https://jewishinsider.com/2019/12/ritchie-torres-i-am-the-embodiment-of-a-pro-israel-progressive/
Ritchie leverages his identity to gain power & do the bidding of military forces. He intentionally and unapologetically weakens the progressive movement fighting for the liberation of occupied Palestine. 5/6
Our small $ grassroots movement gives us the courage to fight for the working class & oppressed @ home & abroad.
We’re vigilant & stand for the dignity of Palestinians with the same vigor we stand against anti-semitism & white supremacy
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We’re vigilant & stand for the dignity of Palestinians with the same vigor we stand against anti-semitism & white supremacy
Donate: http://lopezforthepeople.com
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I wonder how Iranians in the Bronx feel about Ritchie’s Trumpian foreign policy?
Why is Ritchie appearing with Trump-loving Israeli Ambassador Ron Derner?
Foreign policy hawks: Ritchie = Engel = Trump
@RitchieTorres, cancel your appearance. We
you:
Why is Ritchie appearing with Trump-loving Israeli Ambassador Ron Derner?
Foreign policy hawks: Ritchie = Engel = Trump
@RitchieTorres, cancel your appearance. We
you:
