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Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱

Interview with Andrew Feinstein on:
• Germany’s role in the international arms trade,
• the reason why there is a push on weapon production in Europe,
• German arms exports to Israel:
german-foreign-policy.com/en/n

www.german-foreign-policy.com“It’s Military Keynesianism”german-foreign-policy.com spoke with Andrew Feinstein about the role of German arms manufacturers in the international arms trade, about the new wave of militarisation in Europe and about German arms exports to Israel. A former Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, Feinstein is Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations, a non-profit organisation which undertakes investigations into grand corruption, corporate malfeasance and militarism with a special focus on the global arms trade. Feinstein has authored or edited books like “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” (London 2011), “Indefensible: The Seven Myths That Sustain the Global Arms Trade” (London 2017) and “Monstrous Anger of the Guns. How the Global Arms Trade is Ruining the World and What We Can Do About It” (together with Rhona Michie and Paul Rogers, London 2024).
#Feinstein#weapons#armsTrade
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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

To be clear, there is a strong thread of authoritarianism also woven into the fabric of the #DemocraticParty. This is the cancer at the heart of #SocialLiberalism in America.

This is why the #DemocraticParty is such an ineffective opposition. This is how we got #Biden, #Harris, #Pelosi, #Feinstein, #Lieberman, #Lautenberg, and #Schumer, among many other #Democrats who have carried and still carry the torch for the military/security/police/prison-industrial complex, while claiming to be "left".

MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History November 27, 1978: Former cop and supervisor Dan White assassinated San Francisco’s mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk. A jury later acquitted White on the Twinkie Defense, claiming that he had gone temporarily insane from junk food. This travesty of justice led to the White Night Riot, after decades of police harassment and physical abuse of San Francisco’s LGBTQ community. People attacked the windows of City Hall. When the cops tried to protect the building, people hurled rocks and bottles at them, forcing them to run inside. Where ever the cops showed up, people threw rocks at them. At least a dozen cop cars were torched. They busted windows in the financial district and in government buildings. Many people were injured. The riot caused hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of property damage to City Hall. And when the riot was finally subdued, the cops made a retaliatory raid on the Elephant Bar, in the Castro District. Cops in riot gear beat patrons. They arrested 24 people.

The double assassination of Moscone and Milk dramatically altered the political landscape of San Francisco. Under Moscone and Milk, the city was moving in a progressive, pro-neighborhood direction. With the new mayor, Diane Feinstein, city politics returned to the traditional, conservative, pro-Chamber of Commerce, law and order framework that preceded Moscone and Milk. And Feinstein parlayed her success as SF mayor into a long and sordid career in Congress, where she was a strong proponent of Capital Punishment, vitriolic opponent of the Green New Deal, supporter of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, and generally supported U.S. imperialist policy abroad.

#WorkingClass#LaborHistory#lgbtq
Laffy

Los Angeles newscaster Christina Pascucci announced Wednesday morning that she is running for the U.S. #Senate vacancy created by the death of Dianne #Feinstein.

The 38-year-old Democrat is the latest entrant to join an increasingly crowded field for California’s 2024 Senate contest. The San Fernando Valley native argues that she offers a centrist option for voters tired of polarization in the nation’s politics.
latimes.com/politics/story/202

Los Angeles Times · Los Angeles newscaster Christina Pascucci announces California Senate bidBy Seema Mehta
Laffy

“After nearly two decades of statewide Republican candidates being rejected by California’s left-leaning electorate, former Dodger All-Star #SteveGarvey hopes to drag the GOP back toward political relevance.

Garvey announced Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. #Senate seat held by the late Dianne #Feinstein”
latimes.com/politics/story/202

Los Angeles Times · Former Dodgers star Steve Garvey enters U.S. Senate raceBy Seema Mehta
Sean Hoyer (he/him)

@TruthSandwich @timberwraith This is a more accurate picture of Feinstein - oblivious to the poor & the tenants who are the majority in SF, prudish, stubborn, occasionally correct on the issues, politically astute, way too far right for this city & state, but not corrupt. Hagiographies of her as a pro-LGBTQIA+ trailblazer are bullshit & that BayView piece distorts the facts beyond recognition. 48hills.org/2023/10/the-local-

48 hills · The local record and legacy of Dianne Feinstein - 48 hillsLet's celebrate her accomplishments. But there's another story that needs to be told. I was there.
#Feinstein#Dianne_Feinstein#senate
Erin Conroy

It seems like some shadiness went down at #EMILYsList, even beyond malapportioning its resources primarily to white candidates with access to funding networks, vs. helping more working class/WOC get elected.

Remember:

Early
Money
Is
Like
Yeast

That's what EMILY means. The founding goal of the org was to get as many pro-choice women elected as possible.

But as President of #EMILYsList, #LaphonzaButler shut down Run to Win & channeled resources to VP #Harris.

#GavinNewsom#Pelosi#Feinstein
POLITICO

#California Democrats are saying Speaker Kevin #McCarthy ignored a request from lawmakers to postpone scheduled Thursday votes to accommodate the funeral of the late Sen. Dianne #Feinstein.

“So far he has not responded. And all indications are that he's just going to keep on with the votes,” said Rep. Judy Chu. “Of course, he may not be the speaker by that time.”

politico.com/live-updates/2023

POLITICODemocrats say Kevin McCarthy ignored a request to postpone scheduled votes to accommodate Dianne Feinstein’s funeral.The request comes as both parties scramble to lock down votes this week.
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Erin Conroy

@blogdiva

No, Nancy Corinne Prowda.

There were several pieces about it in late spring of this year, after #Feinstein finally returned because Californians & others had lost patience with the holdup of Democratic judicial appointments that her extended absence (3 months, iirc) had caused.

None of this is #Butler's fault but she should know about it.

#Newsom #Pelosi #BarbaraLee

nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/0

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