Texas Progressives talk genocide, Bushnell, Univ of Austin

THIS corner of the Texas Progressives Alliance stands in salute to the memory of the late Aaron Bushnell, acting in idealism like the Buddhist monks during the Vietnam War. We also remind #BlueAnon type Democrats that, rather than a vote for Jill Stein, Cornel West or Claudia de la Cruz "really" being a vote for Trump or Putin, that a vote for Biden is a vote for #GenocideJoe. Facts, not Zionist hasbara:

I can't believing I'm saying this, but Aaron Bushnell's last words were just read live on CNN. pic.twitter.com/wdbbBsTHgW

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) February 26, 2024

"Free Palestine."

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