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Richmond DSA Eco-Socialist Working Group
@rva-ecosocialism.bsky.social
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We are the eco-socialist working group of the Richmond, VA chapter of DSA, working to advance environmental and climate justice in and around RVA. New site/blog coming soon!
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Couple of #LaborDay events coming up in #RVA! First, 4pm at Battery Park....Unions Empower, Workers Unite: A Celebration of Solidarity event being put on by @sunriserva.bsky.social

Also, the Labor Day Workers over Billionaires Protest/Rally/March at Monroe Park at 4:30
This image is a promotional flyer for a labor-themed event organized by the **Sunrise Movement**. The design uses a bold gradient background with orange at the top fading into pink and purple at the bottom. ### Key Information: * **Date:** Monday, September 1st * **Time:** 4:00 PM * **Location:** Battery Park * **Event Theme:** **"UNIONS EMPOWER, WORKERS UNITE"** *Join us for an evening of celebration & solidarity* ### Visual Elements: There are four black-and-white photos arranged in a 2x2 grid: 1. Raised fists in solidarity. 2. Hands working with tools. 3. A peaceful park setting with picnic tables near water. 4. Agricultural workers tending crops in a field. ### Branding: * The **Sunrise Movement** logo appears in the bottom right corner. This flyer emphasizes themes of **worker solidarity, labor empowerment, and community celebration**, with strong visual and textual messaging aimed at rallying support for unions and labor rights. This image is a flyer promoting a **Labor Day rally, protest, and march**, organized by **50501 Virginia**, a grassroots political movement. The flyer has a bold, urgent design using red, black, and white tones, with large typography and graphic elements like a stylized crown. --- ### 🔥 Key Highlights: **Main Event:** **LABOR DAY – Workers Over Billionaires** **Date:** Monday, September 1 **Time:** 4:30 PM **Location:** Monroe Park, Richmond --- ### 📢 Call to Action: * **"RALLY • PROTEST • MARCH"** — prominently displayed at the top * **"Workers Over Billionaires"** — emphasized as the core message --- ### 📝 Description/Purpose: The flyer states: > “**This Labor Day**, we’re fighting for the rights and freedoms that ensure access to opportunity and a better life for all Americans.” It outlines national demands: * Stop billionaire takeover & Trump administration corruption * Protect Medicaid, Social Security, and worker programs * Fully fund schools, healthcare, housing * Defend immigrants, Black, Indigenous, trans people, and other communities * Invest in people, not wars --- ### 📎 Organizer Info: * **50501 VIRGINIA** Described as a **nonpartisan, grassroots, decentralized** movement * Website: **50501VA.COM** * The flyer includes a **QR code** linking to more info. --- ### ⚠️ Additional Notes: * **Commitment to nonviolence** is emphasized at the bottom. * Participants are encouraged to bring **friends, flags, signs, banners, and marching shoes.** --- This flyer targets broad social justice and worker’s rights issues, tying Labor Day to a larger political movement.
August 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Ending tax incentives for #RenewableEnergy projects and #ElectricVehicles yet billionaires like Mark Fuckerturd own multiple 20+ room compounds in exclusive, high-income areas, plus yachts and private jets. #EatTheRich #WealthTaxNow
The image is a social media post by Robert Reich. He states that Mark Zuckerberg spent **\$110 million** to buy **11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood**, turning them into a compound. Reich notes that Zuckerberg already owns a **30-bedroom, 30-bathroom compound in Hawaii** and another in **Lake Tahoe**. Reich concludes by saying he doesn’t want to hear arguments that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax. The post also includes a link to a *New York Times* article about the Palo Alto purchase.
August 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Mission accomplished! Thanks to those who came out to this morning’s trash clean up at Gillies Creek Park! #RVA @richmonddsa.bsky.social @sunriserva.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Trash clean up at Gillies Creek Park this morning, 9am to 12pm! Trash bags and gloves provided! #RVA
ChatGPT said: This image is a flyer for a Community Clean-Up at Gillies Creek Park. At the top, there are two rectangular labels: Left: “SUNRISE RVA” in yellow text on a black-outlined box. Right: “DSA ECO-SOCIALISTS” in red text on a black-outlined box. Between them is a small illustration of two hands high-fiving. The central section features large, bold text in red and yellow that reads: "COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP AT GILLIES CREEK PARK" Below the text is an image of the Earth. Two slanted text boxes point toward the Earth: Left: “TRASH BAGS AND GLOVES PROVIDED!” Right: “NEWCOMERS WELCOME! BRING A FRIEND!” Details for the event are at the bottom: Date & time: “SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 9-12 pm” Slogan: “Pick up trash. Build community. Make the world a better place.” Location: “Meet at the intersection of Government Rd & Stoney Run Rd” The lower left has a green emblem resembling a sunrise, and the lower right shows a grayscale photo of a tied-up trash bag with a red-and-black circular logo of a figure holding a flag. The background has faint plant imagery, giving an eco-friendly feel.
August 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Nearly the entire eastern half of the U.S. is covered in heat advisories, and extreme heat watches and warnings. And yet the Trump regime and Republican legislatures continue working to undo and undermine the transition to renewable energy, to the benefit of oil and gas tycoons.
A black and white map of the lower 48 United States, showing all counties within each state. A large portion of counties in the eastern and central US are either orange or pink/purple, denoting heat advisories and excessive heat watches/warnings
July 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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249 years ago, this country formalized its secession from a corrupt and unjust monarchy. Today, the tyranny and oppression are in our own government, in our own back yard. We fight to ensure that “liberty and justice for ALL” means exactly that. #NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica
A version of the American flag except black and white, and the stars portion of the flag is chain-link fence and the bars portion is lines of barbed wire
July 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Solidarity with everyone marching today for freedom and democracy and equal rights! #NoKings
A graphic with bold text in red and blue that says “No Kings in America"
June 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The House version of the budget bill strips away all funding for renewable energy projects; we desperately need the Senate to keep provisions in the bill that continue funding green energy projects. Will you help us put pressure on these vulnerable Senators? #USPol #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
The image is a numbered list of 13 names, each followed by a U.S. state in parentheses. The names appear to be those of American politicians—most are current or former members of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives. The list includes: 1. **Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)** 2. **Thom Tillis (North Carolina)** 3. **John Curtis (Utah)** 4. **Jerry Moran (Kansas)** 5. **Kevin Cramer (North Dakota)** 6. **John Hoeven (North Dakota)** 7. **Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia)** 8. **Jon Husted (Ohio)** 9. **John Thune (South Dakota)** 10. **Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)** 11. **Susan Collins (Maine)** 12. **Josh Hawley (Missouri)** 13. **Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)** The names are in bold and the formatting is consistent, suggesting a list compiled for political reference, possibly related to party affiliation, voting records, or a policy position.
June 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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We’re going to need all hands on deck this summer to put pressure on Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to NOT issue Dominion an air permit for the dirty power plant they want to build in Chesterfield! #RVA #Virginia #CleanEnergy #VAgov
The image is a flyer protesting Dominion Energy's proposed gas-fired power plant in Dutch Gap, Chesterfield County. The flyer argues against the plant for the following reasons: * It's one of six fossil fuel plants Dominion wants to build in the next 10+ years. * The proposed location is a former coal plant site that leaked toxic chemicals into the James River and polluted the air. * The plant is projected to cost \$4.5 billion between 2026 and 2064, with citizens bearing 89% of the cost through fees and additional charges. * The plant is projected to generate 2 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, along with emissions of mercury, particulate matter, and other toxic substances that threaten public health. The flyer's headline urges readers to "Help stop Dominion's dirty gas-fired plant!" This image is a continuation of the flyer protesting Dominion Energy's proposed gas-fired plant. It focuses on actions the reader can take to oppose the project, with the heading "What YOU can do:". The flyer lists four specific actions: 1. **Pledge to submit comments to the DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality) this summer**, demanding they not issue the air permit for Dominion's plant, and/or plan to attend the public hearings. 2. **Recruit friends, family, and co-workers to do the same!** 3. **Plan to submit comments and/or give public testimony at State Corporation Commission hearings this fall**, and recruit friends, family, and co-workers to do the same! 4. **Write letters to the editor opposing Dominion's gas-fired plant and encouraging others to do so.** The flyer aims to mobilize public opposition against the proposed plant by providing concrete steps individuals can take.
May 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Love this quote from the last episode of Andor, season 1. So relevant and timely given our current dark times in this country. #Resist #TheResistance
"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrections are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try."
May 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Enjoyed a walk along the fabulous Capital Trees Low Line trail at Great Shiplock Park in #RVA this morning! So many lovely native plants in bloom!
This is a beautiful close-up photo of a pink flower cluster, likely an azalea or rhododendron — more specifically, it looks like a type of deciduous azalea. The flower has soft pink petals and long, thin stamens that extend outward, tipped with small orange-brown anthers. The background is filled with more of the same pink blooms, creating a dreamy, almost fluffy effect. Behind the flowers, you can see a blurred wooden structure and some leafy green trees, giving the scene a natural and serene garden vibe. The focus on the foreground bloom makes the details pop against the softer background. This image shows a delicate-looking small tree or shrub in bloom, set against the backdrop of an old iron or steel bridge structure. The plant is covered in clusters of soft, creamy white flowers that have a unique, wispy and fringe-like appearance — these are likely the flowers of a Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus). The flowers look like little tufts of white threads hanging from the branches, giving the whole plant an airy and light texture. The young green leaves are fresh and vibrant, suggesting this photo was taken in spring. The setting looks like a park or a landscaped garden, and the rusty, geometric steel beams of the bridge give the photo a nice contrast between the industrial and the natural world.
April 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Governor Youngkin has a bill waiting on his desk that would be a shot in the arm for efforts to curtail the spread of invasive plants! Can you help us push this bill across the finish line? #RVA #Virginia #VAgov
This image is a call-to-action flyer urging people to contact Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to sign the Invasive Species Bills (HB1941 & SB1166) before the March 24 deadline. ### **Key Elements in the Image:** - **Headline:** "YOUNGKIN HAS THE POWER TO LIMIT SPREAD OF INVASIVE PLANTS" - **Urgency:** A bright orange warning sign with "URGENT TASK" written inside. - **Call to Action:** "CALL TODAY - (804) 786-2211 - to urge him to sign the Invasive Species Bills today, before the March 24 deadline." - **Additional Information:** - HB1941 & SB1166 are just one signature away from becoming law. - These bills would require stores to post signage educating shoppers about invasive species and encouraging native plant alternatives. - **Background Image:** Trees with white blossoms, possibly depicting an invasive plant species. The flyer emphasizes the urgency of taking action and includes bold text, highlighted sections, and contrasting colors to draw attention.
March 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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If you're in the Richmond area and you want to know how you can take meaningful action this year on behalf of climate and social justice, for women's and LGBTQ+ rights, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social is putting on an organizing training workshop on January 12th (Sunday) from 10 to 5 at Studio 2-3 #RVA
January 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Mark your calendars for January 20th! 1pm at Monroe Park in #RVA for a rally and march against Donald Trump's extreme-right billionaire agenda, organized by @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social and @pslweb.bsky.social. Richmond DSA will also be there!
"We fight back! Defeat Trump's extreme-rigtht billionaire agenda: January 20th, 1pm at Monroe Park in Richmond, Virginia"
December 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Mark your calendars. The next chapter of resistance begins. #RVA #NoWarButClassWar
A yellow graphic with red text that reads: "We fight back! Defeat Trump's extreme-right billionaire agenda. January 20th, 1pm at Monroe Park in Richmond, Virginia."
December 11, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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"Climate Change As Class War" by Matthew Huber which does a really great job of connecting climate issues with issues of labor, social and economic justice
December 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM