# ![@BootsRiley Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::24044209.png) @BootsRiley Boots Riley

Boots Riley posts on X about israel, hamas, in the, idf the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The Minnesota General Strike is so large it made [--] unions co-sign it who hadn't done that in [--] years. Get on board"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2014763895353966746)  2026-01-23T18:15Z 177.6K followers, 326.9K engagements


"Edit: I've seen reports saying [---] degrees a bunch of others saying [---] degrees and one saying [---] degrees. I don't know but most of us are not gonna be out there even if if it's [--] degrees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2014842638135177618)  2026-01-23T23:28Z 177.4K followers, 37.6K engagements


"Someone on another platform said ICE is the Proud Boys for the most part. Like thats who signed up. I have no proof of this and it makes logical sense but anyone have evidence even anecdotal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2015711533465317410)  2026-01-26T09:00Z 177.5K followers, 14.8K engagements


"Oh yeah- we were keeping it a surprise but now we're like fuck the surprise- Don Cheadle is also in this and he is brilliant. In theaters May 22nd. Trailer comes out tomorrow. https://t.co/dw9osuOYaz In theaters May 22nd. Trailer comes out tomorrow. https://t.co/dw9osuOYaz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2015864802657325472)  2026-01-26T19:09Z 177.5K followers, 334.3K engagements


"Oh yeah- we were keeping it a surprise but now we're like fuck the surprise- Don Cheadle is also in this and he is brilliant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2015865035311157604)  2026-01-26T19:10Z 177.5K followers, 15.3K engagements


"If you like this trailer- I need your help on this. Not just retweeting and reposting I need you to- seriously- text and email this to people. If you haven't talked to someone in a while. Use this as your excuse. Play the trailer to people in person too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2016214726863421795)  2026-01-27T18:20Z 177.5K followers, 90.3K engagements


"Shirley Kurata killed Costume Design on I Love Boosters. Killed it dead. Everybody just be naked in movies after this. Yummy yummy yummy costume design https://t.co/Vzkk59SoWn Yummy yummy yummy costume design https://t.co/Vzkk59SoWn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2016570574882164788)  2026-01-28T17:54Z 177.5K followers, 123.5K engagements


"@freitasdiogo Hey For clarity- put out a song "ILoveBoosters" in [----] re: a lifetime of experiences (inspiring my film) yrs b4 the real rainbow girls were in the news. finished writing in [----] & filmed in [----]. saw that RainbowGrls short in [----] the year it came out &thought it was amazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2016695779361231008)  2026-01-29T02:11Z 177.4K followers, 58.1K engagements


"@tyswift55 Here is a video demonstrating that its true https://www.youtube.com/watchv=FjSo3GbINrk https://www.youtube.com/watchv=FjSo3GbINrk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2016720656868745448)  2026-01-29T03:50Z 177.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@tyswift55 And here is a paper a screen manufacturer did saying the same thing. For 2D its bright in the center but 20% dimmer when you're not dead center. https://galalitescreens.com/white-paper-mirage-xdl-1.2/ https://galalitescreens.com/white-paper-mirage-xdl-1.2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2016721214971261127)  2026-01-29T03:53Z 177.5K followers, [----] engagements


"it ended up being counted as over [---] [----]. BREAKING: Over [-----] Americans just flooded the streets of San Francisco to protest ICE. This isnt a moment its a movement. H/t Swagrman https://t.co/tgbfxfWXwz BREAKING: Over [-----] Americans just flooded the streets of San Francisco to protest ICE. This isnt a moment its a movement. H/t Swagrman https://t.co/tgbfxfWXwz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2017685698598604936)  2026-01-31T19:45Z 177.7K followers, 130.1K engagements


"Crazy how this is a small but vocal number of people's reaction to I Love Boosters but you didn't hear a peep from them about Ocean's [--] Heat or the other millions of heist movies or [-----] Mafia movies. We've been hoodwinked. Sure encourage more people to be thieves. Ever think of upping your morals and personal integrity Sure encourage more people to be thieves. Ever think of upping your morals and personal integrity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2017687208120197435)  2026-01-31T19:51Z 177.5K followers, 95.8K engagements


"Great BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union citing the fact that their cities are under siege and saying they need to band together to protect one another. BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union citing the fact that their cities are under siege and saying they need to band together to protect one another"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2018040841395487030)  2026-02-01T19:16Z 177.5K followers, 43.2K engagements


"Now on @AKPressDistro Pre-Order the book "Civil Rights and Structural Attacks". It's a book length interview with my father Walter Riley- interviewed by Jesse Strauss. https://www.akpress.org/civil-rights-and-structural-attacks.html https://www.akpress.org/civil-rights-and-structural-attacks.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2018149017067409530)  2026-02-02T02:26Z 177.5K followers, [----] engagements


"My new film I Love Boosters with Keke Palmer Naomi Ackie Demi Moore Taylour Paige Lakeith Stanfield Poppy Liu Will Poulter and Eiza Gonzales Hits theaters worldwide May 22nd Memorial Day Weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985386639716409739)  2025-11-03T16:40Z 177.6K followers, 489.5K engagements


"George Lucas confirmed to me- Star Wars was supposed 2b the Viet Cong (Rebels) vs the US (Empire)- based on his unfundable version of Apocalypse Now which was2have Viet Cong as protagonists Art doesnt make change if not usable by an actual radical movement w winnable campaigns Imagine handing the reins of such a massive IP over to someone like Boots Riley and letting him make a truly subversive movie. I'd love to watch him completely dismantle so much of what we understand about Star Wars and tell a real revolutionary tale. It would fucking rock. Imagine handing the reins of such a massive IP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1647049845788778496)  2023-04-15T01:30Z 177.6K followers, 395.1K engagements


"I signed this which- among others- includes [---] Rabbis. It's in the NYT today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1890191651370594373)  2025-02-14T00:09Z 177.6K followers, 503.5K engagements


"News media and social media algorithms working hard to keep the fact that this is happening from spreading. I have 175k followers most of whom agree with my politics. Cuz this is talking about a general strike most of em won't see this. We have to keep our IRL channels alive Why aren't people making a bigger deal about the Minneapolis general strike Biggest moment in recent labor history bar none Why aren't people making a bigger deal about the Minneapolis general strike Biggest moment in recent labor history bar none"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2014587906468544965)  2026-01-23T06:36Z 177.6K followers, 130.2K engagements


"The trailer for I Love Boosters at about 950k likes is apparently Neon's most-liked IG post in their history. Watch it and see why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2018432234684842163)  2026-02-02T21:12Z 177.6K followers, 70.8K engagements


"There is no 4k of Sorry To Bother You because we only shot it in 3.2K. @BootsRiley @TheCinesthetic We need a sorry to bother you physical 4k . I hope I love boosters will get one @BootsRiley @TheCinesthetic We need a sorry to bother you physical 4k . I hope I love boosters will get one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2020442915978215669)  2026-02-08T10:21Z 177.6K followers, 179.4K engagements


"Buzzfeed: The [--] Biggest Movies That Should Be On Your Radar This Summer https://www.buzzfeed.com/jacksonr1014/the-20-biggest-movies-that-should-be-on-your-radar https://www.buzzfeed.com/jacksonr1014/the-20-biggest-movies-that-should-be-on-your-radar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2020628491834941704)  2026-02-08T22:39Z 177.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I Love Boosters might be a thing on May 22nd. I love boosters trailer before send help and my theater went crazythats movie of the summer baby https://t.co/YoHTtXtlG7 I love boosters trailer before send help and my theater went crazythats movie of the summer baby https://t.co/YoHTtXtlG7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2020267554460299381)  2026-02-07T22:44Z 177.6K followers, 27.4K engagements


"Lemme know if you've seen the I Love Boosters trailer in the theater and what the reactions were Also they showed the trailer for I Love Boosters; very positive murmurings from the audience. Also they showed the trailer for I Love Boosters; very positive murmurings from the audience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2021106327955845331)  2026-02-10T06:17Z 177.6K followers, 13.2K engagements


"There was a Blu-Ray version of Sorry To Bother You which is out of print now. We will at some point release an Upscale-Eleganced 4K version. @BootsRiley Release the 3.2k blu ray bro @BootsRiley Release the 3.2k blu ray bro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2020595840281457041)  2026-02-08T20:29Z 177.6K followers, 44.4K engagements


"The Minnesota General Strike. This is one place in Minneapolis but it's happening statewide. 100s of thousands maybe millions of people striking against fascism. This will be a building block. And it's [---] degrees out there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2014820019021217864)  2026-01-23T21:58Z 177.6K followers, 1.9M engagements


"In theaters May 22nd. Trailer comes out tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2015851560975429718)  2026-01-26T18:17Z 177.6K followers, 394.9K engagements


"For those loving the color on the I Love Boosters trailer- the grading IS amazing. But that color starts w Production Design Costume Design & Cinematography. Panavison developed lenses 4us. Our DP invented a device she put on the lense. U get this look from putting it in on set"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2018479046640988383)  2026-02-03T00:18Z 177.6K followers, 280.1K engagements


"I Love Boosters. In Theaters May 22nd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2016214725399626125)  2026-01-27T18:20Z 177.6K followers, 2.4M engagements


"Somebody has been posting these up around New York fashion week w Demi Moore's chatacter from I Love Boosters. Thanks to whoever is doing this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2022381728032252302)  2026-02-13T18:45Z 177.6K followers, 129.8K engagements


"Demi Moore really wants to make sure you go see I Love Boosters. May 22nd. Somebody has been posting these up around New York fashion week w Demi Moore's chatacter from I Love Boosters. Thanks to whoever is doing this https://t.co/Ab7qGBaKiX Somebody has been posting these up around New York fashion week w Demi Moore's chatacter from I Love Boosters. Thanks to whoever is doing this https://t.co/Ab7qGBaKiX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2022383754883535315)  2026-02-13T18:53Z 177.6K followers, 127.3K engagements


"@BenskiOner [--] days of wheatpasting is in my whole casts contract. It's a duty that's how we used to do it for music promo. One of the main reasons I cast Lakeith is for his long arms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/2022399635055411246)  2026-02-13T19:57Z 177.6K followers, 33.1K engagements


"@catherineshoard @Ninjaharlot @guardian The problem is with the word "attack". Would you normally use that word when a film critic critiques a film"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1031609980707696642)  2018-08-20T18:32Z 172.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@catherineshoard @Ninjaharlot @guardian It's exactly what I say it is in the beginning a critique. Who has the job of outlining what my job in life is It wasnt my job to make films until I did it. Most critiques are "out of the blue". They dont usually announce "critique of Blackkklansman coming soon" But I did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1031613521832734721)  2018-08-20T18:46Z 172.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@catherineshoard @Ninjaharlot @guardian It being unusual in no way makes it attack. Say unusual if you want. Artists critiquing other artists isnt unusual. Spike does it lots. If my job was defined by what I was currently paid to do I wouldnt have got the film made. And- I have been paid twice to write for the guardian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1031616174902001664)  2018-08-20T18:57Z 172.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@dany_bahar if this happens- its wrong. I need actual documentation that it is the policy- not from Foro Penal and not just anecdotal statements from people on twitter. Some hard evidence/documentation of this policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1090029044937109505)  2019-01-28T23:29Z 172.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Watch it tomorrow streaming on NeverFlix. Its been getting a lot of flack but regardless Im still looking forward to the episode @BootsRiley is guest directing for the new season of Jack Ryan Its been getting a lot of flack but regardless Im still looking forward to the episode @BootsRiley is guest directing for the new season of Jack Ryan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1169860728280338432)  2019-09-06T06:31Z 185.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Id like to hear from anarchists about what happens after an anarchist revolution when trump supporters try to physically sabotage things. Do u gather up a force to confront and physically stop them What is that force called Is that now a repressive force Would it be wrong To those who define themselves as anti-state or anti-authoritarian but give credence to forces in other countries thatr funded by US state dept USAID & CIA like it or not those are now state forces. Theyr an arm of a state the one that has worldwide jurisdiction. Just sayin. To those who define themselves as anti-state or"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1274122780829642752)  2020-06-19T23:31Z 172.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@damiengayle I like the community defending itself and call for that. And its power in the hands of the working class. But thats a state- just directly controlled by the people. After a revolution those processes are gonna take time to develop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1274361689035558913)  2020-06-20T15:21Z 172.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@damiengayle Whatever you wanna call it if its a national organization that actually has the power because the ppl give it to them and can organize a million ppl to fight you might not call it a state- but everyone else in the parts of the world that havent been won to revolution will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1274387288353419264)  2020-06-20T17:03Z 172.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@damiengayle And the propaganda will call it repressive. And somebodys gonna be like Im for Anarchism but FUCK THEM. And help the capitalists because of that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1274387539009269760)  2020-06-20T17:04Z 172.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Age [--] he had my sister&moved [--] SF became a bus drive &did labor organizing He became a communist (w his southern accent I thought he was saying "Common-ist" which helped me understand the politic better) He was part of the SF State Student Strike- which created Black Studies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1520927872222912513)  2022-05-02T00:47Z 185.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Progressive Labor Party had him move to Chicago where he was an auto plant worker (mill machine price worker United Auto Workers) welfare rights and housing organizer. Then to Detroit leading rank and file union work in auto plants community organizing and party building"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1520927878074052610)  2022-05-02T00:47Z 185.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@AustinMugleston Yep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1663615642526941184)  2023-05-30T18:37Z 187.3K followers, 10.1K engagements


"@RJWIII We did everything as in-camera as possible. so yes compositing but also leaning into forced perspective half-scale sets puppets wire work miniatures and other crude optical illusions. We didnt use CGI to make him bigger. We'll go into depth on that later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1663627236795371520)  2023-05-30T19:23Z 174.3K followers, 44K engagements


"Aight. Seems like you're gonna have to watch I'm A Virgo when it comes out on Friday. Some spoilers here The Outsize Genius of Im a Virgo https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/magazine/im-a-virgo-boots-riley.htmlsmid=tw-share https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/magazine/im-a-virgo-boots-riley.htmlsmid=tw-share"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1670799296550129667)  2023-06-19T14:22Z 177.6K followers, 117.3K engagements


"Who among you is watching I'm A Virgo outside of the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674014877634142208)  2023-06-28T13:25Z 187.4K followers, 368.7K engagements


"Some of the shit in I'm A Virgo that most seems like a choice due2my politic- are actually choices made due [--] being an artist who's tired of boring shit & an artform limited by accepted rules/conventions. Only rule4me right now: make it feel real make it moving fun&engaging"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674127912335818752)  2023-06-28T18:49Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Yo A bunch of WGA-DGA hyphenates have decided to express appreciation for IATSE and Teamsters refusing to cross WGA pickets- and show solidarity in a material way with this fundraiser for crew members affected by shutdowns. Be there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674501216896942080)  2023-06-29T21:25Z 187.4K followers, 163.1K engagements


"The Twamps is a neighborhood in Oakland right next to where Cootie's house is in the show. Twamp= Twenty. The Twamps are 20th to 29th ave in Oakland give or take a couple blocks. The neighborhood is also called the Dubs or the Murder Dubs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674509932237066240)  2023-06-29T21:59Z 187.2K followers, 52K engagements


"@HypocrisyTacos Just like "dub" is. It means [--]. You might also say "gimme a twenty" for a $20 sack. Different things w twenty in the name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674518663867629568)  2023-06-29T20:46Z 187.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Oh- and that group has a name and a Twitter accont: @tusctogether"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674535462797713408)  2023-06-29T22:07Z 179.3K followers, 16.6K engagements


"Yo- a bunch of people decided I'm A Virgo was "racist" a commented that on the trailer then went bombed the ratings on IMDB before the show even came out. If you've seen the show please go on IMDB and put your actual rating. Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1674543099937435648)  2023-06-29T22:19Z 187.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I have songs I hope to finish this summer. Been talking to @AntiRecords and theyve been cheerleading over the phone. @BootsRiley do you plan to ever return to music in the future @BootsRiley do you plan to ever return to music in the future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1677428303484039169)  2023-07-07T21:24Z 185.3K followers, 24.1K engagements


"@lilith48543041 @PJenkins1931 ur not aware that the caribbean islands are part of america & the africans there were in slavery there at the same time as africans in slavery in what is now the US b4 there was even a US Its not hostile- its just an ideology that works against actual revolutionary struggle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1677523437290688512)  2023-07-13T18:09Z 187.1K followers, 14.9K engagements


"They like I'm A Virgo over the pond too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1678460281369010178)  2023-07-10T17:49Z 187.1K followers, 35.7K engagements


"This was a change- it wasnt happening before OWS started. They didnt end up using Occupy protesters as background- probably realizing theyd have to wade through a sea of "fuck you". But they made the aesthetic and actions of the protesters like Occupy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1678820695583891456)  2023-07-11T22:11Z 187.1K followers, 72.9K engagements


"@Joshwraith Nope. They announced m9ving to NYC in oct [----] with the possibility of maybe getting Occupy in background"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1678854201248718848)  2023-07-11T19:50Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Christopher Nolan believe it or not being one of my favorite filmmakers. I actually even enjoyed Tenet and have watched it at least twice. Doesn't mean I don't understand that he has a view of the world that I disagree with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1678865510220582913)  2023-07-11T21:43Z 187.1K followers, 268.6K engagements


"@GoodfellaTaco So Memento The Prestige ans Inception weren't amazing pieces of cinema You can never take away aesthetics. Aesthetics is part of the art. Thats like saying "famous painter's colors were simple if you take away his amazing brush strokes""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1678868672822276100)  2023-07-11T22:45Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"If we're looking for consistency we should put all our energy into AI. I dont look for artists2figure out a formula & stick to it. I want them to be trying new stuff and to not be safe. Meaning failing in ways they believe in. If I want consistency I start the movie over again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1678869796090429440)  2023-07-11T20:56Z [--] followers, 35.7K engagements


"This is a union-busting tactic. Multiple sources cited w knowledge of it. WGA (& SAG) this year IATSE next year. They want 2break us. Lets fly folks [--] Atlanta & stop all productions everywhere in US and Canada. Call on international allies [--] shut productions down there too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1679191296425218053)  2023-07-12T19:22Z 187.1K followers, 176.8K engagements


"By every facet of production I mean post too Low tide lowers all boats. This cant b done by individuals acting alone we need2have workers@big houses that already have work started in league w workers@other ones- refusing2turn shit in. Mayb the fledgling VFX union solidifies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1679195946557771776)  2023-07-13T00:51Z 187.1K followers, 24.4K engagements


"Due to certain werdz I used on my lasst twete this plattforme has it not traveling az far. Cheque my lassst twete. Also this is knott true butt will help twete be scene: Crypto is freedom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1679212335431569408)  2023-07-12T19:50Z 187.2K followers, 86.2K engagements


"At some point we'll get2 a place where unions realize that we have to en masse break the Taft-Hartley Act & coordinate. Truckers refusing to deliver goods to any waffle houses during the strike etc Itll take a lot to get to that point &be organized enuf to fight retaliations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1680081729749667840)  2023-07-15T19:35Z 187.1K followers, 165.3K engagements


"@sluggahjells @joshuarolson @blackleftaf There is not one post youve posted that makes me think you even care about people organizing on the job. Your whole point seems to be arguing against what is being said here. If you agree with my initial sentiment- you and I have nothing further to talk about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1680091987381452800)  2023-07-15T05:51Z 187.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@sluggahjells @blackleftaf @Shut_downAmazon @amazonlabor Please answer the question- I'm fine w u not being down w what im doing. This convo is about the strikes. All of these companies r union busters- now&b4 in a measurable ways (AI sweatshops etc) What I wan2know is: do u support the strikes or not If u dont our convo is over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1680100818257850368)  2023-07-15T06:28Z 187.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@sluggahjells @blackleftaf @Shut_downAmazon @amazonlabor And yeah googled you saw summaries of dozens of articles- and w us being in a strike wave for [--] years- i cant find one pro-union article or post by you. If there is one its a needle in a haystack. You seem to be most upset re my spike lee comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1680101757362503680)  2023-07-15T06:28Z 187.4K followers, [---] engagements


"SAG Waivers- (Thread) Im not against the filmmakers themselves taking it- as SAG is giving em out. i dont think individually abstaining from getting them will to help. If all indies r doin that w SAG my movie will. BUT- I think SAG is making a GRAVE mistake by giving them out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1681557797278818304)  2023-07-19T20:42Z 187.1K followers, 182.5K engagements


"Many of these strikes that are happening are happening based on solidarity- as Teamster UPS driver Juan Trujillo makes clear"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1682092803889971200)  2023-07-20T18:43Z 187.1K followers, 260.2K engagements


"Every independent film and "indie tv show" () is headed for streamers. All films in the AMPTP pipeline. Part of the biz plan of indie financing. Part of the biz plan of amptp. The interim agreements will change to final deal AMPTP makes. Same as if SAG didnt go on strike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1683919824630730752)  2023-08-03T05:20Z 187.1K followers, 61.3K engagements


"Ay Doing a zoom talk about screenwriting tomorrow with Charlie Kaufman and Ed Solomon to raise money for strike funds. Click the link and sign up. #WordByword Mon 8/28 @ 5pt/8et. @BootsRiley (Sorry to Bother You Im a Virgo) & Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Synecdoche New York) talk imagination & reality. To sign up & support the strike funds go to: https://t.co/hz0VKkSutF https://t.co/jJp1nySx2H #WordByword Mon 8/28 @ 5pt/8et. @BootsRiley (Sorry to Bother You Im a Virgo) & Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1695972470921253079)  2023-08-28T01:32Z 185.9K followers, 628.9K engagements


""My hope is someone will see this film and get very nervous about the person in line behind them at Home Depot" This is who he hopes his films will convince ppl to see as their enemy. This distorted worldview is propagated in many of his films & his confused take on the strike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1698399684568748360)  2023-09-03T18:16Z 187.2K followers, 705.7K engagements


"@D_W_Mault looking at my London Schedule for Oct [----] I never was at Picturehouse & after I inadvertently did an interview w a magazine associated w them & finding out about the strike after- I told them they cant run the article. I cant control who universal distributes to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1699110871233093907)  2023-09-05T17:22Z 187.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Knowing personally 2many overdosing on fentanyl who didnt know it wasfentanyl Coke & a bunch of different pills r like russian roulette dont know the stats. maybe theres media hype- but its happening Stay away from it4now. If u cant- have a designated sober narcan administerer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1699479958337511549)  2023-09-06T17:49Z 187.1K followers, 44.9K engagements


"While police publicists get news & social media to ramp up reports of crime- while crime is actually going down- what theyre actually doing- besides justifying their actions- is ramping up loneliness fear anxiety and stress- and thereby causing the early deaths of millions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1699551194656690501)  2023-09-06T22:32Z 187.1K followers, 24.5K engagements


"Little is being said in media re the # of cops being caught importing and distributing fentanyl In San Jose vast amounts were imported for years & orchestrated thru police union headquarters- implying coordination from many cops Same cops who pay publicists to say crime is up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1699811882130116672)  2023-09-07T15:48Z 187.1K followers, 112.2K engagements


"According to this UAW member workers who havent yet been called to take place in the targeted strikes are hoping to be called upon to join. Bosses better settle quick with all of these strikes. The longer it takes the more other sectors of the working class wanna fight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1702755274296340920)  2023-09-15T18:44Z 187.1K followers, 56K engagements


"The fake "crime wave" narrative u see on news & social media outlets is racist & being pushed by police publicists- AND its attempting to pushback against the strike wave happening in the US & the move to the left by the working class. [--] yrs ago Crime was 2x what it is now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1704895633755431107)  2023-09-21T16:29Z 187.1K followers, 341.9K engagements


"It can feel like there's "more crime" because not only do we have news outlets being lobbied to report it- but there r pages on IG tiktok & twitter dedicated to pushing this story often calling rhemselves "culture" based & being pushed to you by the Musk/Zuckerberg algorithms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1704900028706562232)  2023-09-21T16:46Z 187.1K followers, 33K engagements


"(One of the bots I caught on Oakland State Of Mind w a fake identity that was easily googlable. They shut his account down right them)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1704910140741407047)  2023-09-21T17:27Z 185.3K followers, 25.1K engagements


"@BronzeAgeTranny What about 1970- when crime was 75% higher than now Or [----] when it was 50% hogher than now. The thing that lowered it in the 1970s and kept it on a relative downward trend was affirmative action and a wave of strikes in the early that raised wages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705046809704579204)  2023-09-22T02:30Z 187.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@ALBINORHINOTIM @snorkgalois Look- in the middle of you being an asshole ive been cordial. Things a lot better than [----] and way better than the 70s 60s or 50s Japan has a better standard of living for its citizens and universal health care. A better safety net- 0% homelessness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705105154285215919)  2023-09-22T06:22Z 187.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Like an absurdist radical film the org "Neighbors Together" that is leading the "crime wave" narrative in Oakland is co-founded funded and partially led by money from Bay Alarm Co and real estate development. Thats too on the nose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705246201371922674)  2023-09-22T15:42Z 187.1K followers, 38K engagements


"@JohnnyBucklin @SportsIsAll2000 Again- w every point you listed- you have very racist ideas about whats going on in Black and brown communities. No more time on this from me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705283675770978759)  2023-09-22T18:11Z 187.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 Why wld I debate u and bring u more attention You're aligned w the cops & want more of em work w landlords to help them EVICT TENANTS ur working w libertarian think tanks working w & funded by a real estate developer & alarm company heir. Sorry- you are a cautionary tale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705352170336604266)  2023-09-22T22:43Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 Here you are with a bunch of landlords holding up signs about how much tenants owe them after a worldwide pandemic and mass layoffs that threw people out work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705366924736237794)  2023-09-22T23:42Z 185.9K followers, 95.4K engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 Their business is also real estate and real estate devlopment. The eviction moratorium puts a damper on real estate these days right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705369001113928102)  2023-09-22T23:50Z 187.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 In that way the eviction moratorium wasnt as protective of tenants as it couldve been- as people still had to pay for those missed months. How many bips and robberies do you think happened cuz the moratorium ended A gang of em"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705374401703944273)  2023-09-23T00:11Z 187.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@IamSean90 But um- its down from [----]. Great phrasing there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1705380090430025896)  2023-09-23T00:34Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"More propaganda. Only [--] businesses say they'll do this. [--] of the [--] r already closed on Tuesdays & [--] of the [--] will simply push opening from 11:30am to noon. Deception organized by a group founded by a home and biz alarm corp owner (who's biz is fear) & real estate developer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706439410643083363)  2023-09-25T22:43Z 187.1K followers, 120.5K engagements


"This kind of propaganda isnt new "Immediately We need some media heat To say that gangs run the street and then we'll bring in the police fleet Harrass and beat everybody til they look inebriated When we buy the land Muthafuckas will appreciate it." -Fat Cats Bigga Fish (1994)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706444316804260319)  2023-09-25T23:03Z 187.1K followers, 56.9K engagements


"2b clear- the story's fake. Only [--] businesses say they'll do it. [--] of the [--] r already closed on Tuesdays [--] of the [--] will pushback opening from 11:30 til noon police publicists & an org "NeighborsTogether" founded by a real estate developer&alarm co magnate are pushing the story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706446519057158431)  2023-09-25T23:12Z 187.3K followers, 17.1K engagements


".@sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea and @KPIXtv have reported a story that has been fabricated by an org founded by an alarm corp owner and a real estate developer. No fact checking done at all. See pics. Oakland is small Part of the 100-year old "Negro Crime Wave" racist falsehood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706484617757565138)  2023-09-26T01:43Z 187.1K followers, 169.5K engagements


"@WokelandRising @sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea @KPIXtv Neoghbors together oakland one of the organizers- is founded by the heir to the Bay Alarm fortune who is also a real estate developer- which is why they pushed for eviction moratorium to end"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706494993005957142)  2023-09-26T02:24Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@lhfang based on [---] "likely voters" who actually answered an unknown phone call or answered a "text to web" message (not sms). Read- mainly older white ppl many from landlines. Not scientific. & w a 5% margin of error- only [---] [---] & [---] (respectively) motivated ppl said these things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706528731823841718)  2023-09-26T04:38Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 @WokelandRising @sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea @KPIXtv Its on Mollie Westphal's LinkedIn and her CFO and 17-year employee is also NTO's CFO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706710393497010534)  2023-09-26T16:40Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@WokelandRising @SenecaSpeaks21 @sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea @KPIXtv The "story that is being fabricated" by NTO is this new crime wave their pushing. I'm done being your google. But I'll leave you with this. Mollie and her family own Bay Alarm and made a fortune from it. Her CFO is Bay Alarm's CFO amd NTO's CFO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706730466731344197)  2023-09-26T18:00Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Contrary to most nat'l & local news & a network of "street culture" IG sites some who's funding is suspect. Murder rate down for [--] yrs & this year even more. A downward trend since [----] cuz strike waves & affirmative action raised standard of living"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706740293117395175)  2023-09-26T18:39Z 187.1K followers, 27.9K engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 @WokelandRising @sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea @KPIXtv You wouldnt get the credit anyway your boss Mollie Westphal would"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706741679024373820)  2023-09-26T18:45Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@SenecaSpeaks21 @WokelandRising @sfchronicle @KTVU @nbcbayarea @KPIXtv u'r the type of dude that when workers go on strike in Nigeria u go "but the business owners they're Black" Opportunistically acting as if yu have no understanding of class. u'r on a crusade against Black ppl&other poc using the same tactics that have been used4a century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706743060456259895)  2023-09-26T18:50Z 187.1K followers, 12.4K engagements


"Contrary to most nat'l & local news & a network of "street culture" IG sites some who's funding is suspect. Murder rate down for [--] yrs & this year even more. A downward trend since [----] cuz strike waves & affirmative action raised standard of living (LINK POSTED BELOW)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706744619562942559)  2023-09-26T18:56Z 187.1K followers, 12.8K engagements


"Cmon. Change your profile before saying Oakland is "your town" that you're gonna "run me out of" while being from affluent Blackhawk (40min from Oakland) because I wont support the fake "crime wave" story and more police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706762677069197765)  2023-09-26T20:08Z 187.1K followers, 99.8K engagements


"Gonna try harder to ignore the fake debate about crime right now The provably false narrative is only to distract from the biggest STRIKE WAVE in the US since the 70s. Over [----] strikes in [--] yrs historic autoworkers strike and the WGA has just won its strike Lets focus on that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706780926775324825)  2023-09-26T21:20Z 187.1K followers, 52.3K engagements


"Going to make more movies/tv but also feeling like people are watching too much TV and movies- no matter how good or bad they are. Not sure what to do with that right now. Maybe that feeling will force me to do something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706797114054050100)  2023-09-26T22:25Z 187.1K followers, 70.5K engagements


"The whole businesses closing today in protest of crime- every detail I look into is false On @sfstandard's article: a pic of a text w businesses that Carl Chan said were closing. Went to Gazzali's. Called up Red Sea restaurant. Both were open& knew nothing about the "strike""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706827249411125414)  2023-09-27T00:25Z 187.1K followers, 177.7K engagements


"Seminary Gas knew nothing about it Shoprite opened @ noon Mi Rancho Market in Oakland has been closed down4awhile Himo's Juice Bar (Hemo's Spot) is open. Not gonna call whole list. Guy at Red Sea said "so somebody's just using our name and lying. Ok." Wheres journalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706831328841531466)  2023-09-27T00:41Z 183.9K followers, 26.2K engagements


"Who do you think fact checks the police stats No one. They dont have to make false reports or anything because NO ONE is auditing the numbers they claim. Cops supply unchecked stats that they need more $$ and authority. Same ones brazenly planting drugs on ppl a few yrs ago. Almost [-----] auto thefts reported in Oakland so far this year an average of roughly [--] thefts a day https://t.co/UVAkfpDWPi Almost [-----] auto thefts reported in Oakland so far this year an average of roughly [--] thefts a day https://t.co/UVAkfpDWPi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706875046948737425)  2023-09-27T03:34Z 185.3K followers, 155.2K engagements


"@TheWrongAlex Well- we wont be able to verify. And if it helps them raise rates the stats from companies like that cant be trusted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1706878507111022827)  2023-09-27T03:48Z 187.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@MayorWayzata Their stats are not audited by anyone other than police. Whine more and go play outside"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1707072469012820137)  2023-09-27T16:39Z 187.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Its happening in NY Bay Area the midwest. CVS got caught doing it too. A nat'l campaign to lie & say crime is up in order 2get more funding and public support of police. & 2try to break the working class solidarity thats building during the biggest US strike wave in [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1707122865580179576)  2023-09-27T19:59Z 187.1K followers, 200.2K engagements


"Feeling joyful connection w fellow WGA writers on this strike victory Weve shown the world where power is. We get our demands by withholding labor & shutting shit down We were inspired by the strike wave happening b4 ours & we r definitely inspiring others on strike lines now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1707131548305412601)  2023-09-27T20:34Z 187.1K followers, 109.4K engagements


"If you havent seen it. Walgreens lied. Walgreens exec admits it may have overblown threat of retail theft via @sfchronicle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1707139887399641373)  2023-09-27T21:07Z 187.1K followers, 85.9K engagements


"They were wrong about how much the WGA could win Analysts often look at things w the perspective that what corporate bosses say is actually true. We strike. Shut things down and make them choose. Thats how power works. Lets take that understanding into our scripts #WGASTRONG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1707189158878290309)  2023-09-28T00:23Z 187.1K followers, 81.6K engagements


"Michel Gondry's The Green Hornet (2011) has the best most fun most interesting split screen sequence in the history of cinema This isnt a controversial statement but many of u have not seen it Spent a long time backwards engineering how they did this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1708543498935558606)  2023-10-01T18:04Z 187.1K followers, 50.9K engagements


"Last week pharmacists at [--] locations in the Kansas City area held successful coordinated walkouts The shook CVS corp has swiftly answered their demands. They r remaining on alert as they investigate the deal The strike wave is growing cc @PaydayReport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1709264914026819603)  2023-10-03T17:51Z 187.1K followers, 155.9K engagements


"Avoiding class struggle made many "progressives" argue that campaigning for Democrats was better than organizing a militant radical mass labor mvmnt that uses withholding of labor as a tactic & strategy [--] shape the world Joe "More-Effective-At-Being-Trump-Than-Trump" Biden Biden administration waives [--] federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas https://t.co/LkI5cE7fUo Biden administration waives [--] federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas https://t.co/LkI5cE7fUo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710024859978527193)  2023-10-05T20:11Z 185.4K followers, 123.6K engagements


"Most countries DONT have an official national hero who started literal gas chambers. Most countries dont have Nazi batallions w millions in weaponry supplied by US after already having modern Nazi mvmnt the leaders of which will lead the country after war w this new military"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710041530738819161)  2023-10-05T21:17Z 187.1K followers, 121K engagements


"Just putting this article from The Nation here for historical record. The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion Before Russia invaded Ukraine these fighters were neo-Nazis. They still are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710051651514450016)  2023-10-05T21:57Z 187.1K followers, 147.7K engagements


"TV has ruined the way many now view cinema TV goes on tangents &builds stories around characters cuz studio gets paid4more episodes So ppl see a movie &wanna know the middle name of a supporting character's grandmother A character can b amazing&human w/o knowing the backstory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710123855245947125)  2023-10-06T02:44Z 186.8K followers, 197.1K engagements


"Snapshots of process for I'm A Virgo: [--]. My storyboard scribble (lack of ability never stopped me) [--]. Storyboard artist Karl Lindberg's interpretation [--]. From our R&D shoot [--]. From the show (production design: @MaxwellOrgell DP: Steve Annis)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710408472159019270)  2023-10-06T21:35Z 187.4K followers, 49.4K engagements


"Workers shut shit down and got what they wanted We can make them bend to our will This strike wave is only going to get bigger. Doesnt have to stop at on-the-job demands. We can make whatever changes2the world we want by strategically shutting them down in a coordinated fashion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710490345874886960)  2023-10-07T03:00Z 187.2K followers, 168.6K engagements


"Finance gurus call for mass layoffs openly saying they hope it creates a desperation that gets ppl2accept low wages. That same manufactured desperation is what got ur car window bipped or ur catalytic converter stolen. The immediate answer for everyone is organizing on the job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1710500459214209343)  2023-10-07T03:41Z 187.1K followers, 97.2K engagements


"I signed this letter calling for a ceasefire not cuz I think Biden will do the right thing- but to stand w other writers/directors/actors while calling out this historical nightmare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917214622941439)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 182.8K followers, 328.6K engagements


"Grief cannot be the excuse for killing thousands of civilians that are trapped in an area half of them children. And starving out two million more. No electricity or fuel. Many now homeless. This is the murder and torture of innocent civilians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917219463233662)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 178.6K followers, 12.1K engagements


"What Hamas did on Oct [--] was horrendous & a war crime. What the govt of Israel is doing now is so far literally at least 4x that & growing- and its a war crime breaking UN laws that are meant to guard against genocide. The UN is demanding Israel to stop and they are ignoring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917220922781800)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 178.6K followers, 15.8K engagements


"We cant value dead babies & civilians on one side and talk about the terror and horrors to Israelis on Oct 7th w/o talking about the horror happening right now- & also talking about murder of 10s of thousands of Palestinian children& civilians thats been going on for decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917222260797484)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 178.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I hav no illusions that making statements or us all showing our disgust at the bombings will change things. Although I think its necessary for us to talk to each other & let each other know what we think Iraq war had millions around the world saying no [--] war in Iraq. Did nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917224143983058)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 178.6K followers, 10.5K engagements


"If the left was more organized in labor we could shut down industry- shut the railways down etc with the demand of stoppimg support for the bombings. Thats where our power is. We're not there yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716917225444249910)  2023-10-24T20:38Z 187.1K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Btw there is this idea in some circles that [--] be Jewish u hav2 support Israel I think thats an idea thats grown more prevalent w lack of actual communist parties existing in many areas- in the vacuum left by disappearance of disciplined radical parties narrow nationalism grows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716918785414987993)  2023-10-24T20:45Z 179.2K followers, 19.3K engagements


"Yoyoyo. I'm A Virgo got nominated for TWO Gotham Awards. Watch it now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1716950438837399638)  2023-10-24T22:50Z 179.4K followers, 278.1K engagements


"What did Hamas think it would gain by taking [---] Israeli hostages They want the release of [-----] Palestinians [----] who have been detained for years w/o charge trial or representation (many kids). Hamas Demands: Free Prisoners In Exchange For Hostages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718338838144201150)  2023-10-28T18:47Z 179.4K followers, 123.4K engagements


"Instead of freeing these Palestinians that they unjustly hold hostage w/o charge Israel has chosen to kill [----] Palestinian civilians (so far) & injure [-----] others endangering the lives of the hostages they claim to want freed having already killed [--] of them via bombing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718339106441146661)  2023-10-28T18:49Z 179.4K followers, 17.5K engagements


"@D_avidFogel I dont think anyone has not heard about the [----] victims of Oct 7th so character limit causes edits since adding that still makes my point of proportionality. Btwn year 2000-2023- over 10k palestinians killed vs [----] Israelis. What year do u want to start the narrative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718345133261795784)  2023-10-28T19:12Z 178.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Fucking hell. To state the invasion's goal Netanyahu has referenced a piece of scripture that calls for genocide. Deuteronomy 25:17 ".in the land that your God is giving you. you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718527384885084542)  2023-10-29T07:17Z 179.3K followers, 154K engagements


"Altho Bibi quoted scripture from a verse calling [--] genocide Im pretty sure the IDF is JUST gonna kill Hamas from here on out not 1000s more civilians U see even tho Israel says that even kids r complicit w Hamas- theyll only kill Palestinians in the neon orange HAMAS uniforms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718812774778995057)  2023-10-30T02:11Z 179.4K followers, 43.3K engagements


"Ppl keep saying Hamas's charter says "kill all jews" 1000s r being killed w them as justification so I looked it up Theyve had newer charters. The latest is [----]. 1) they say their struggle isnt against Jews 2) they say they want the [----] borders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718829230551957821)  2023-10-30T03:16Z 179.3K followers, 995.3K engagements


""Hamas considers establishment of a fully sovereign & independent Palestinian state w Jerusalem as its capital along the lines of the 4th of June [----] w the return of the refugees & the displaced to their homes from which they were expelled 2b a formula of national consensus.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718830049846325373)  2023-10-30T03:19Z 179.4K followers, 57.5K engagements


"I mean- it seems like aomeone in the media couldve done the same google search as I did and found a giardian article and then went to all the publications that talked about this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718830342541615262)  2023-10-30T03:21Z 179.4K followers, 55.5K engagements


"this isnt a question of whether one agrees w Hamas or not. I dont. I'm a communist & this group's origins come from IDF & Mossad like the CIA- funding fundamentalism2fight vs socialists of the Arab Revolution Its a question of what kind of stories we'r told to justify slaughter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718831550836666666)  2023-10-30T03:25Z 179.3K followers, 56.5K engagements


"Ppl r gonna say this is "defending Hamas". No. But if u say Israel's killing [----] ppl [----] of em KIDS w 10s of thousnds more2die cuz Hamas's charter sez "kill all jews"&"Destroy israel" but the charter sez "2 state solution"&"our struggle isnt vs jews"- this needs2b said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1718850711415656546)  2023-10-30T04:41Z 179.4K followers, 55K engagements


"Many Israelis are protesting Netanyahu's leveling of Gaza via bombing and invasion. For instance these Anti-Zionist Jews protesting a recruitment center and being brutalized by Israeli police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1719176719175926251)  2023-10-31T02:17Z 179.3K followers, 529K engagements


"Protest in Tel Aviv against the war this past Saturday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1719180749109404046)  2023-10-31T02:33Z 187.1K followers, 57.4K engagements


"Check it. The antisemetic rampage by the crowd in Dagestan was started by far-right Ukrainian host Ilya Ponomarev Why Cuz Ukraine has a lot of Nazis (&growing w powerful w US $$)- a truth that the state dept doesnt like spoken Business insider reports:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1719583068007416284)  2023-11-01T05:12Z 179.4K followers, 12.2K engagements


"For those questioning whether Ilya Ponomarev is far right from Financial Times"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1719602283917496618)  2023-11-01T06:28Z 179.4K followers, [----] engagements


"UN Experts: The Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide. -"The situation in Gaza has reached a catastrophic tipping point." -"Water is essential to human life and two million Gazans are struggling to find drinking water.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1720149369893298333)  2023-11-02T18:42Z 181.4K followers, 58.6K engagements


"@SuperDuperAlon @JayLouis There are many- if you don't just read mainstream and rightwing stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1720181951058035191)  2023-11-02T20:51Z 179.4K followers, [--] engagements


"This is a petition signed by almost [----] leading Jewish academics clerics & lawyers Saying "There cannot be democracy for Jews in Israel as long as Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid as Israeli legal experts have described it""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1720876307326873951)  2023-11-04T18:50Z 182.9K followers, 192.8K engagements


""A textbook case of Genocide" Israeli Holocaust scholar Raz Segal decries Israeli assault on Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1720887497146958180)  2023-11-04T19:35Z 179.5K followers, 20.8K engagements


"Bravo. They are leading the way. But it will probably need to grow to include refusing all trade from the US and Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1721788642241413325)  2023-11-07T07:16Z 182.9K followers, 44.4K engagements


"Barcelona is the 4th docworkers union to do this- who will be next I know @ilwulongshore @ILWU_10 has supported BDS in the past. Maybe they're next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1721794894535225480)  2023-11-07T07:41Z 183.9K followers, 73.9K engagements


"Norman Finkelstein answering Bernie Sanders refusal to call for a ceasefire and giving many a reminder of recent history and Israel's disruption of elections and ceasefires in Gaza https://t.co/TPlC5CuuaM https://t.co/TPlC5CuuaM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1722121603134435500)  2023-11-08T05:19Z 185.9K followers, 43.8K engagements


"When IDF and Israeli officials are at The Hague for war crimes massacres and genocidal actions- you wont want your name or image to have been anywhere near it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1722338346486374796)  2023-11-08T19:40Z 187.3K followers, 124.6K engagements


"If they arent also showing a video of the thousands of murders mutilations burnings kidnappings and rapes by IDF from decades before and tge genocidal acts from the month since- its an IDF propaganda event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1722354554023669967)  2023-11-08T20:45Z 182.9K followers, 369.8K engagements


"This is simply a mass murder justification event"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1722359575788314988)  2023-11-08T21:04Z 184.5K followers, 82.3K engagements


"@KevnSPas launching an attack is what I said "right then". The Red Cross- who you're quoting has said that the attacks on these hospitals are war crimes. You can debate it but any org who would normally be an authority on whether something is a war crime has said these r war crimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1723592957868343673)  2023-11-12T06:45Z 184K followers, [---] engagements


"Holocaust scholar's work on Zionist collaboration w Nazis [--] otherize German Jews in order2make Zionism more attractive: Zionists "issued position paper in [----] recognizing "the right of the German ppl [--] form its own nat'l life that will exclude all undesirable mixing of peoples""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1723793308298731937)  2023-11-12T20:02Z 184.8K followers, 35.3K engagements


"Using comparative models Israeli officials have used- This would b like [---] million ppl killed in the US- w no end in sight & the rest of the 330M cut off from water food medicine Gaza reports more than [-----] killed. Thats one out of every [---] people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1724482764458930450)  2023-11-14T17:41Z 184.8K followers, 18.4K engagements


"The 'March For Israel' (March for killing kids) had millions & millions of $$ spent on transportation & publicity etc backed by two govts & all MSM- & culd only pull "10s of thousands" The ppl want a ceasefire. Not that that matters2those in power. But this aint the ppl's will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1724649707555938632)  2023-11-15T04:45Z 186.8K followers, 115.9K engagements


"Also Biden: "Xi Jinpeng is a dictator because he is the leader of a country. thats totally different from ours". In our country the prez can say shit w nothing2back it up w/out having 2b logical & its accepted as fact by the media. "They are bad because they r not us""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1725044121172427108)  2023-11-16T06:52Z 184.8K followers, 27.6K engagements


"I assumed that Hamas has tunnels under the city cuz that wld make sense. Hamas having a command center under the hospital was what IDF needed to prove. This is their proof One shot of weird hole and we cant see a hospital next to it Insulting everyone's intelligence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1725406635571679397)  2023-11-17T06:52Z 187.1K followers, 49.3K engagements


"Israel told people in Northern Gaza to move south and now is warning that they will now flatten the south as well. (A number of people that would've now said "I told you so" are now dead)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1725567883894497294)  2023-11-17T17:33Z 187.3K followers, 193.9K engagements


""We're seeing a genuine rise in antisemitic attacks." says Eva Borgwardt spokesperson for IfNotNow ".to cheapen the accusation of antisemitism by applying it to Palestinian rights advocates including Jews is incredibly irresponsible & dangerous' https://theintercept.com/2023/11/11/palestine-israel-protests-ceasefire-antisemitic/ https://theintercept.com/2023/11/11/palestine-israel-protests-ceasefire-antisemitic/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1725976725891539069)  2023-11-18T20:38Z 186.4K followers, 33.2K engagements


"@Snakebite8974 @stomp75 They did not appoint Iran to head up their human righrs council. The head of the UN human rights council is from Czech Republic. There was a two day meeting that was chaired by an Iranian guy and some members that were supposed to attend that meeting stayed away in protest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726271405980102802)  2023-11-19T16:09Z 185.3K followers, [--] engagements


"This is not saying Hamas doesn't have tunnels. That'd make sense on a tactical level. The REASON they have them is to avoid being bombed. So the bombs are for bombing civilians and the infrastructure that civilians need"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726277757087383644)  2023-11-19T16:34Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@JayLouis "need" Israeli govt2b wrong they r wrong. Ruling whats now israel west bank &gaza & only allowing "citizens" [--] vote: racist oppressive undemocratic. Palestinians cant collect rainwater. Israel literally killed about 15x more than Hamas since [----] when Israel broke ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726297092715634786)  2023-11-19T17:51Z 187.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@JayLouis Keep up. We're not talking about ppl being killed by civilians. We're talking about military killing civilians. IDF has killed 15x more than Hamas since [----] when Israel broke the ceasefire. The number of civilians [--] both is claimed by IDF 2b less than 1/5th military/civilians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726306192757313748)  2023-11-19T18:27Z 185.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@StiniKiessling It won't. But this is whatll happen. Many'll stay home hoping Democratic Party learns the next time&doesn't shut out more left candidates. They wont learn tho cuz what we need is a radical militant mass labor mvmnt thatll grow in2a mvmnt to change the economic system we'r under"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726485838434030019)  2023-11-20T06:21Z 187.2K followers, 23.4K engagements


"I also think the democrats could mitigate some of that damage by calling for a ceasefire now and change their chances. I don't think that'll happen though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726665323040956667)  2023-11-20T18:14Z 187.2K followers, 51K engagements


"@FREEBREADINTL @E40 @2PAC Nah- why is this in Black and White we had color pictures back then. I'm not that old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726675955362750672)  2023-11-20T18:56Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@MrPissant Link"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726682478507925877)  2023-11-20T19:22Z 187.1K followers, 15.5K engagements


"@MrPissant If I can see it real quick I will make a new tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726682874907381789)  2023-11-20T19:24Z 187.4K followers, [----] engagements


"There were [---] Palestinians killed by IDF [--] of them kids (vs [--] Israelis) feom January to August [----]. There was no actual ceasefire on October 6th. Stop saying that as an argument against a ceasefire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726711773028667871)  2023-11-20T21:19Z 187.2K followers, 34.7K engagements


"@Peter34652 Nope. [---] palestinians killed by IDF in [----] before 10/7. [--] of them kids. Including drone strikes in Gaza and West Bank and shooting into crowds of protesters in Gaza (wounding many and killing one)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726718411919728810)  2023-11-20T21:45Z 187.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@ribeiro__2022 @Peter34652 @AdinHaykin1 "Rioters"- see how language works Do civilians or military "riot" Civilians do. Are protests often called "riots" Yes they are. Been in a number of them myself. Maybe I should be shot. Congratualtions- you have just endorsed the killing of protesters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726721465700291004)  2023-11-20T21:57Z 186.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@RakiahNoari They were killing people in Gaza too. Drone strikes as well as firing into a crowd of protesters in Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726724306703630638)  2023-11-20T22:08Z 186.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@GuitarUnderOak Its not an argument because there was no ceasefire. [---] ppl killed in Gaza and westbank in [----] before 0ct. [--] (includong [--] kids). Drone strikes etc. IDF firing indiscrimately into a crowd of protesters all that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726733094185746551)  2023-11-20T22:43Z 187.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@R_Marks91 We going back [--] years Ok. back to [----] some time after a [--] state solution proposed by Hamas when Israel broke a ceasefire&that year killed [----] ppl. Or the [----] ppl total since then. If u count rockets that didnt hit lets count IDF bullets that attempted to kill but missed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726734321019723901)  2023-11-20T22:48Z 186.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@R_Marks91 That was terrible- but you leave out how during that [---] Arab Palestinian households hid Jews to save them from the rightwing attackers and then hundreds of those same ones were killed or kicked out during the Nakba"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726735572402864479)  2023-11-20T22:53Z 186.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Francesca Albanese UN special rapporteur says "Under International law Israel cannot wage war self defense against a territory which it occupies" And yes all international bodies and most countries agree that Israel occupies Gaza. Gaza is not a state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726739435423953185)  2023-11-20T23:08Z 187.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"@SamRossEsq How many bullets that didnt hit (or didnt kill) were fired onto palestinians during that time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726740163647377645)  2023-11-20T23:11Z 186.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@DanaHoule Every international org knows and declares that Gaza is occupied. Its not a state. Israel re-deployed2 Gaza's borders in [----]. Thats occupying. Israel controls import/export. even controls the rainwater. By law Gaza is occupied. Having forces in the border isnt what defines that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726741649269899444)  2023-11-20T23:17Z 186.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@AriRussell @DanaHoule Israel controls all the borders into Gaza. If someone were to use egypts borders to bring something into Gaza beyond what Israel has permitted theyd get firsed upon. Its not Egypt thats keeping international shipments from getting through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726748303436771533)  2023-11-20T23:44Z 186.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@AriRussell @DanaHoule Israel has had a blockade on Gaza's borders since [----] or [--]. All of its borders. In [----] I was in greece and gonna ride a flotilla with food and medicine into Gaza but chickened out cuz on the flotilla before IDF boarded and killed [--] ppl (6 execution style)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726752729501147539)  2023-11-21T00:01Z 186.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@are_walls [--] kids- [---] ppl including adults. Drone strikes firing into crowds by the IDF etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726798306800709707)  2023-11-21T03:02Z 186.3K followers, [---] engagements


"I'm getting frustrated from too much twitter about heinous shit I cant do much about. Usually I put fwd ideas re ways to build mvmnts where the working class uses its power to withold labor- in order2change things Words only have power connected2 such a mvmnt. Taking a break"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726810787577266285)  2023-11-21T03:52Z 187.2K followers, 34.8K engagements


"words *with regard to changing things* only have power when connected to such a movement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1726811161621111126)  2023-11-21T03:53Z 187.1K followers, 12.3K engagements


"If this is true that's awesome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727420739152949313)  2023-11-22T20:16Z 187.4K followers, 231.8K engagements


"This Rolling Stone article makes me think its true that Jenna quit in solidarity but theres damage control happening. --------------------------------- Jenna Ortega Wont Return for Scream VII and Timing Is Raising Questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727422829879230652)  2023-11-22T20:24Z 187.3K followers, 556.3K engagements


"Please no reboots or remakes. Just my opinion. We need new shit. Movies and shows take years out of your life to make- why do that to yourself for something thats already been done That being said- there have been a few great remakes. Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear being one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727472832798712231)  2023-11-22T23:43Z 187.3K followers, 132.6K engagements


"And another great remake being Del Toro's Nightmare Alley. Guillermo's is better than the original because the original skates around things too much and Guillermo's a master. His ending is 30x better than the original ending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727473727527673909)  2023-11-22T23:46Z 187.2K followers, 15.7K engagements


"@MatanJackont And the videos showed not many munitions. Enough for two people- not enough for a command center not any other markers that show many were there. and with IDF's proven history of drawing out lies for years the credibility of even those few that they "found""  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727558925678203279)  2023-11-23T05:25Z 187.2K followers, [---] engagements


"I've officially said no to a lot of remakes. Please nobody remake this. Make something else- with the magic you originally felt when watching this. Be inspired by it like it was inspired by other films"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727586272385138914)  2023-11-23T07:13Z 187.4K followers, 59.6K engagements


"@LonoSG @dorhamidbar @tmorello [--]. Saying cuz someones from a place 1000s of years b4 means they can come back&rule is like white ppl going2Africa&saying that cuz all humans came from Africa they are allowed to come back&rule. [--]. Palestinians are also descendants of jews that were there indigenous"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727588710575968728)  2023-11-23T07:23Z 187.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@LonoSG @dorhamidbar @tmorello Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer the "father of the third return to Zion" in the early 1800s wrote "We must colonize Palestine". He is the person that convinced people at the time that it wasn't just prophecy they had to make it real. He called it colonization cuz it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727589189787799892)  2023-11-23T07:25Z 187.2K followers, [---] engagements


"In [----] Fox News pundit Michelle Malkin described my work as "a stomach-turning example of anti-Americanism disguised as highbrow intellectual expression" I had it at the top of my bio for almost [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727599010096304579)  2023-11-23T08:04Z 187.3K followers, 311.3K engagements


"Gaza health officials say they lost the ability to count dead as Israeli offensive intensifies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1727918812450979873)  2023-11-24T05:15Z 187.3K followers, 123.3K engagements


"Israeli History Teacher Arrested & Jailed for Facebook Posts Opposing Killing of Palestinians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BootsRiley/status/1728088140185829429)  2023-11-24T16:28Z 187.2K followers, 35.8K engagements

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