Sunday, March 22, 2020

Some Tweets from Howie Hawkins

Howie Hawkins is seeking the Green Party's presidential nomination.

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Howie Hawkins
@HowieHawkins
"The essence of Capitalism is to turn nature into commodities, and commodities into Capital. The live green Earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few, and toxic slag heaps for the many." - Michael Parenti
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Atul Gawande
@Atul_Gawande
NEWS: What Singapore and Hong Kong’s success in protecting health care workers teaches us about controlling the pandemic. My piece in
@NewYorker
Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers
What Singapore’s and Hong Kong’s success is teaching us about the pandemic.
newyorker.com
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Yancey Roy
@YanceyRoy
Remember NY’s “Berger Commission”? More than a decade ago, it was the vehicle for hospital closures/bed reductions around the state. Now, with #COVIDー19 NY has a bed shortage.newsday.com/news/health/co
Via
@GormleyAlbany
Virus exposes need for hospital beds after years of reductions
ALBANY — New York state's significant shortage of hospital beds in the midst of the coronavirus crisis comes after years of slashing the number of beds to trim health care costs. The COVID-19 virus wa
newsday.com
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Absolutely not.
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Tim Mak
@timkmak
· 20h
ALERT: "The Justice Department has quietly asked Congress for the ability to ask chief judges to detain people indefinitely without trial during emergencies — part of a push for new powers that comes as the coronavirus spreads through the United States." politico.com/news/2020/03/2


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Dr. Sandra Steingraber
@ssteingraber1
White House just bought a billion dollars of oil with our taxes, so letting the oil and gas industry know it can be as reckless and stupid as it wants and face zero consequences. Trump administration prepares to buy 30M barrels of oil amid industry slump
Trump administration prepares to buy 30M barrels of oil amid industry
The U.S. government will buy 30 million barrels of oil from producers amid a financial downturn for the industry. 
thehill.com
@HowieHawkins
Our new eBook, The Case for an Independent Left Party, is a primer on why we need to build a working-class party independent of the Democrats. Donate and get your copy today and join the movement to build an #Ecosocialist future! hawkins20.us/ebookdonate
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@HowieHawkins
Donate today and get double your donation when we reach #MatchingFunds status! Your donation helps us get on the ballot around the country, hire staff, train organizers, and more! Donate today and help build this people-powered campaign! hawkins20.us/Donate15
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Ross Macfarlane
@ross_macfarlane
#Fracking companies were awash in red-ink *before* the current oil market swoon. Taxpayers should not bail out #oilandgas investors.
@ieefa_institute
@ClarkWDerry
@kathy_hipple
IEEFA update: Fracking companies’ 2019 performance signals ongoing crisis - Institute for Energy...
March 19, 2020 (IEEFA U.S.) ‒ The U.S. fracking industry in 2019 continued its unsuccessful decade-long quest to produce positive free cash flow, according to a briefing note released today by the...
ieefa.org
@HowieHawkins
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Howie Hawkins Campaign is suspending Ballot Access petitioning due to COVID-19 crisis. We will be forming a legal team and urge states to protect democratic choice and put the Green Party on the ballot around the country. howiehawkins.us/release-howie-


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Howie Hawkins
@HowieHawkins
Did you catch our eBook release yesterday? The Case for an Independent Left Party discusses the necessity of building an independent working-class political party for effective socialist politics. Donate today and get your copy! hawkins20.us/ebookdonate


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