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Why Dr. Ambedkar is so ahead of any of the so called leaders in his time, even today I don't think anyone can match his thoughts & vision for human lives. It's important to read this on #laborday how he wonderfully puts across importance of life with leisure? 🧵 /1
"Both for society and as well as for the individual there is always a gulf between merely living and living worthily.
In order that one may live worthily One must first live." /2
In order that one may live worthily One must first live." /2
"The time and energy spent upon mere life, upon gaining of subsistence detracts from that available for activities, of a distinctively human nature and which go to make up a life of culture." /3
Una recopilación de pósters socialistas para celebrar el #DiaDelTrabajador empezando por 4 de la Unión Soviética, de diferentes décadas y diferentes estilos.
#LaborDay #MayDay
#LaborDay #MayDay
𝟔𝟕-𝐘𝐎 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈 & 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭:“𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚜…𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙶𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 19𝚜”
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Bruce told me he takes the 22 bus daily (1/4)#SanFrancisco
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Bruce told me he takes the 22 bus daily (1/4)#SanFrancisco
Bruce said a group of young ppl threw things at his head on the bus around Chestnut & Fillmore
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Bruce asked the driver to call PD he says he was sucker punched, glasses flew off & he fell to his knees.
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“One more shot & I would have been brain injured” (2/4) #SanFrancisco
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Bruce asked the driver to call PD he says he was sucker punched, glasses flew off & he fell to his knees.
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“One more shot & I would have been brain injured” (2/4) #SanFrancisco
He was let off & crawled/ran to a nearby restaurant which was packed w/customers
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“Everyone’s got their Labradoodle & Patagonia. I’m trying to save my butt.”
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(Bruce is v. funny & credits meditation.)
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He says the suspects followed & swung at him at the restaurant (3/4)
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“Everyone’s got their Labradoodle & Patagonia. I’m trying to save my butt.”
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(Bruce is v. funny & credits meditation.)
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He says the suspects followed & swung at him at the restaurant (3/4)
It's #LaborDay weekend, and a botnet with stolen profile pics is retweeting various giveaway tweets and pretending to be from Michigan.
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
This botnet consists of 11 accounts created in early 2021. All follow far more accounts than they are followed by, and ll but one have their profile location set to somewhere in Michigan (@JacobMassengil's location is simply "USA").
Each account in this botnet tweets via its own custom app with a name consisting of 30 random letters and digits (e.g., @CarlaFreemly tweets via "LcOkMRRPjRblxHlQPo8OnwltoYXFWg"). Most also have older tweets sent via apps that were subsequently removed (the erased******* apps).
1 - Welcome to #ThreadTalk, #LaborDay edition. Our topic? Mills, Strikes & Textile Labor.
Buckle up, though. There is a distinct lack of dazzle today.
We're meeting the makers & laborers of apparel history--& how they lived & died for their craft.
Buckle up, though. There is a distinct lack of dazzle today.
We're meeting the makers & laborers of apparel history--& how they lived & died for their craft.
2 - In Asia, & China specifically, silk became one of the first real fabric blockbusters for trade during the Han Dynasty, beginning the Silk Road.
Traditionally, weaving was left to women while men farmed & sold, and this continued as trade grew.
Traditionally, weaving was left to women while men farmed & sold, and this continued as trade grew.
3 - Francesca Bray puts it simply in "Textile Production & Gender Roles":“The growth of the textile industry involved new forms of organization of production that made men the skilled workers and marginalized women.”
This is by no means unique to China. It's the story of fabric.
This is by no means unique to China. It's the story of fabric.
Today we remember the original Rednecks: 10,000 coal miners who fought a literal army in order to earn better working conditions during the Battle of Blair Mountain 100 years ago.
Here's a little bit of info about the largest armed labor uprising in U.S. history:
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#LaborDay
Here's a little bit of info about the largest armed labor uprising in U.S. history:
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#LaborDay
These West Virginian miners were diverse members of the working class: white and Black, immigrants and deep-rooted locals. They lived in an oppressive company town where the mining company controlled every aspect of their life, even charging them for their own work tools.
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When United Mine Workers began organizing in the area, companies hired private detectives to spread propaganda and intimidate union sympathizers.
Things came to a head when the local sheriff, a supporter of the union miners, was murdered by these agents in broad daylight.
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Things came to a head when the local sheriff, a supporter of the union miners, was murdered by these agents in broad daylight.
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Today we celebrate the American worker—the entrepreneurs w/ their dreams & the workers w/their skills who built this nation. But it’s troubling to see the disregard we now see for hard work. Almost every business is trying to hire people, but so many don’t want to work. #LaborDay
With @POTUS45 Trump, the US had the strongest economy, some say since Eisenhower, & we had more people working than at any time in our history—but it’s evaporating. COVID had an impact, but political mismanagement has dealt a debilitating blow.
Repeated stimulus payments & giveaway packages have encouraged people not to go to work. The Republicans seem to know how to get people to work and the Democrats seem to know how to tax your money and give it to people as an incentive not to work.
We have a nostalgia for factory jobs with good pay, benefits, time-off, safety, but for most of history factory jobs sucked: low pay, no benefits, brutal schedule, dangerous. It is collective bargaining of unions that made these jobs great, not the work itself …
Now that the work has moved to service sector, healthcare, etc we need to bring the fight to these sectors, make the type of jobs that exist, with high demand for workers, great: good pay, benefits, time-off, safe …
Owners of capital have massive bargaining power over workers, they have a lot more information than the workers about the work & more flexibility about who works when, only when workers unite, to bargain collectively can they get their fair shake from the owners …
"My Socialism: Labor Day Notes on Jodo Shinshu Martyr Takagi Kenmyo"
Takagi Kenmyo's Pure Land conscience was activated when he became Josenji's head monk in 1899, coming into contact with the social and economic suffering of the many burakumin (outcastes) in his congregation.
Takagi Kenmyo's Pure Land conscience was activated when he became Josenji's head monk in 1899, coming into contact with the social and economic suffering of the many burakumin (outcastes) in his congregation.
He campaigned against the oppression of burakumin, women, and the poor, and advocated pacifism rather than the rising imperialist militarism of Japan. In 1910 he was jailed on trumped-up charges and sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment). He died in jail in 1914.
The Higashi Otanji branch of Jodo Shinshu, which had experienced over four decades of intense government pressure, abandoned him, but some of his work was preserved and in the post-war period he became an important figure. The denomination restored his status in 1996.
Many thanks to @rjeskow for yet another fantastic conversation. You can also catch it today on @freespeechtv.✊
#labor #history #LaborDay #laborday2021 #generalstrike #LaborDayWeekend2021
Keri Leigh Merritt: The South's Radical Labor History via @YouTube
#labor #history #LaborDay #laborday2021 #generalstrike #LaborDayWeekend2021
Keri Leigh Merritt: The South's Radical Labor History via @YouTube
1. Thread from a piece I wrote for @BillMoyers on #LaborDay a few years ago. It's more relevant now than ever:
billmoyers.com/story/america-…
billmoyers.com/story/america-…
2. The main reason for poverty in America is not necessarily the lack of jobs, but the lack of a living wage and a social safety net. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a full quarter of full-time workers still earn poverty-level wages...
On this Labor Day, be reminded that we have the 8 hr work day, 40 hr work week, & child labor laws because of the labor movement. #LaborDay
If you're enjoying your long weekend, remember that you have a weekend break from work because of the labor movement. #LaborDay
Workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions, and Social Security? They exist largely due to the labor movement. #LaborDay
It is #LaborDay in US & Canada.
Recognize the workers who have kept countries open at great risk to themselves - grocery stores , hospitals, sanitation, transportation, delivery, many others. What does the economy do for them?
🎥 @rerutled Match 2020
Recognize the workers who have kept countries open at great risk to themselves - grocery stores , hospitals, sanitation, transportation, delivery, many others. What does the economy do for them?
🎥 @rerutled Match 2020
When regimes & billionaires say “Reopen America” “Reopen xx” etc, always ask:
- whose labour is ignored?
- whose work is appreciated?
- why “essential” workers are so un/der/valued?
Always say fuck the capitalist patriarchy
🎥 @rerutled #LaborDay
- whose labour is ignored?
- whose work is appreciated?
- why “essential” workers are so un/der/valued?
Always say fuck the capitalist patriarchy
🎥 @rerutled #LaborDay
To those who are clamouring to “go back to normal” and to “reopen” for the sake of an economy that harms those who are most un/der/valued, I say:
Fuck normal.
(Made in May 2020)
🎥 @rerutled #LaborDay #HonorEssentialWorkers
Fuck normal.
(Made in May 2020)
🎥 @rerutled #LaborDay #HonorEssentialWorkers
Labor Notes has compiled 24 #LaborDay songs. Some of the selections are classics; others may surprise you. 🧵
May Day, International Workers’ Day, is the original day of celebration of working-class solidarity marked by rallies, fiery speeches, and demonstrations. #Solidarity
May Day, International Workers’ Day, is the original day of celebration of working-class solidarity marked by rallies, fiery speeches, and demonstrations. #Solidarity
BREAKING: Starting Labor Day we will #OccupyCongress till we get housing and good paying jobs for ALL!
Joining the action Monday
💪 @anyaparampil
💪 @LeeCamp
💪 @MaxBlumenthal
💪 @medeabenjamin
💪 @nick_brana
💪 @paulajean2020
💪 @ZeynabDay
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Joining the action Monday
💪 @anyaparampil
💪 @LeeCamp
💪 @MaxBlumenthal
💪 @medeabenjamin
💪 @nick_brana
💪 @paulajean2020
💪 @ZeynabDay
actionnetwork.org/events/join-th…
SCOTUS struck down the eviction moratorium.
Millions are facing eviction again & millions more are losing their unemployment lifeline on #LaborDay. Yet the Dems are on vacation & the steps of Congress are empty.
Now the people are going to finish what the politicians could not.
Millions are facing eviction again & millions more are losing their unemployment lifeline on #LaborDay. Yet the Dems are on vacation & the steps of Congress are empty.
Now the people are going to finish what the politicians could not.
We’re taking action on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain, one of the greatest labor uprisings in American history, and the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
59.01/ Week fifty-nine, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2021, thread begins here.
Week 58 thread below.
Week 58 thread below.
59.02/ Scoring a run on a balk is such sweet victorious humiliation. Like in NFL when a QB gives up a safety by running out the back of the endzone. Thanks Nationals. #LGM
59.03a/ One year without fans in the stands and they forgot how to act right.
The fans can't be abusive, throw objects, hurl slurs. This we know. But we cheer and boo. That's our job. And if players enjoy the cheering they need to fear the booing as well.
The fans can't be abusive, throw objects, hurl slurs. This we know. But we cheer and boo. That's our job. And if players enjoy the cheering they need to fear the booing as well.
So.
Republicans refusing to get Vaccinated love the rest of us SO much they are sacrificing themselves in order for the rest of us to share the dwindling supplies of food and water caused by climate change and homeless can squat in their newly vacant homes.
Bless their hearts.
Republicans refusing to get Vaccinated love the rest of us SO much they are sacrificing themselves in order for the rest of us to share the dwindling supplies of food and water caused by climate change and homeless can squat in their newly vacant homes.
Bless their hearts.
If the Anti-Vaxxers keep this up there'll be no more Ammo shortages because dead people don't shop.
Thanks be to GOD...
Thanks be to GOD...
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If Anti-Vaxxers keep this up there'll be no need to wear masks in public anymore because dead people don't socialize.
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If Anti-Vaxxers keep this up there'll be no need to wear masks in public anymore because dead people don't socialize.
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Yesterday was #LaborDay but none of us recalled some revolutionary thoughts of Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who has been appropriated by India's riot/hindutva wing today.
Bhagat believed that caste/casteism degraded the life/dignity of laborer.
Thread.
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Bhagat believed that caste/casteism degraded the life/dignity of laborer.
Thread.
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The caste system, according to Bhagat Singh, was a system to extract free and cheap labour from the most under-privileged communities.
In ‘Satyagraha and Strike’ (1928), Bhagat ratiocinated that manual scavengers (untouchables) were the real working class:
The caste system, according to Bhagat Singh, was a system to extract free and cheap labour from the most under-privileged communities.
In ‘Satyagraha and Strike’ (1928), Bhagat ratiocinated that manual scavengers (untouchables) were the real working class:
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Bhagat also believed that all those social reform movements lead by upper-caste were not intended to free the untouchables from the matrix of casteism. Upper-caste positively remember untouchables, only when there's a reaction to be done against communal representation.
Bhagat also believed that all those social reform movements lead by upper-caste were not intended to free the untouchables from the matrix of casteism. Upper-caste positively remember untouchables, only when there's a reaction to be done against communal representation.
Una recopilación de posters socialistas para celebrar el #DiaDelTrabajo empezando por Unión Soviética.
#LaborDay #MayDay
#LaborDay #MayDay
It's here! The long awaited sequel;
The Definitive September #COMEX #Silver #Shadowcontracts thread!
The amount of Shadow contracts this month has surprised even me.
NONE of the numbers make sense anymore!
So the Theme of this month will Be;
AUDIT THE COMEX @CFTC!!! 1/z
The Definitive September #COMEX #Silver #Shadowcontracts thread!
The amount of Shadow contracts this month has surprised even me.
NONE of the numbers make sense anymore!
So the Theme of this month will Be;
AUDIT THE COMEX @CFTC!!! 1/z
Let's start with clarification.
#Shadowcontracts don't have to be delivered on the same day, though #Comex doesn't display those numbers exactly.
Within 24 or 48 hours is enough to not-make-sense in a #FUTURES market. What about contracts made 15 minutes before closing? 2/z
#Shadowcontracts don't have to be delivered on the same day, though #Comex doesn't display those numbers exactly.
Within 24 or 48 hours is enough to not-make-sense in a #FUTURES market. What about contracts made 15 minutes before closing? 2/z
It makes NO sense that in a #FUTURES market, On Monday the 28th of September, 47 contracts where made that HAD TO BE delivered on September 29th.
That was the Final September delivery date. All September 20th contracts HAD TO BE DELIVERED BY THAT DATE.
Why not wait 1 day? 3/z
That was the Final September delivery date. All September 20th contracts HAD TO BE DELIVERED BY THAT DATE.
Why not wait 1 day? 3/z
It’s weird that these ppl think this behavior helps their cause. It doesn’t. They don’t deserve a platform, but their behavior should be on display. See thread.
For what it’s worth, the good, supportive msgs outweigh the bad. And it’s worth a lot.
For what it’s worth, the good, supportive msgs outweigh the bad. And it’s worth a lot.
This one is from the FOP.
🚨#COVID19 cases are picking up in #Ontario and #Quebec🚨
Percent change in 7-day rolling average of cases compared to one week ago...
QC: +62.6% 📈 (107.3/day ➡️ 174.4/day)
ON: +24.1% 📈 (117.6/day ➡️ 145.9/day)
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Percent change in 7-day rolling average of cases compared to one week ago...
QC: +62.6% 📈 (107.3/day ➡️ 174.4/day)
ON: +24.1% 📈 (117.6/day ➡️ 145.9/day)
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ONTARIO: Percent change in 7-day rolling average of cases compared to one week ago...
Peel (ON): +103.5% 📈 (24.4/day ➡️ 49.7/day)
York (ON): +60.7% 📈 (8.7/day ➡️ 14.0/day)
Toronto (ON): +34.3% 📈 (33.7/day ➡️ 45.3/day)
This is a GTA phenomenon. (2/x)
Peel (ON): +103.5% 📈 (24.4/day ➡️ 49.7/day)
York (ON): +60.7% 📈 (8.7/day ➡️ 14.0/day)
Toronto (ON): +34.3% 📈 (33.7/day ➡️ 45.3/day)
This is a GTA phenomenon. (2/x)
QUEBEC:
Capitale-Nationale (QC): +500.0% 📈 (5.3/day ➡️ 31.7/day)
Montérégie (QC): +116.1% 📈 (13.3/day ➡️ 28.7/day)
Laval (QC): +77.0% 📈 (8.7/day ➡️ 15.4/day)
Montréal (QC): +40.6% 📈 (31.3/day ➡️ 44.0/day)
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Capitale-Nationale (QC): +500.0% 📈 (5.3/day ➡️ 31.7/day)
Montérégie (QC): +116.1% 📈 (13.3/day ➡️ 28.7/day)
Laval (QC): +77.0% 📈 (8.7/day ➡️ 15.4/day)
Montréal (QC): +40.6% 📈 (31.3/day ➡️ 44.0/day)
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Today, we recognize the strong impact the #LaborMovement has and continues to make for workers' rights in our country.
As we reflect this #LaborDay, we realize there is much work still needed to further protect unions and workers' rights.
As we reflect this #LaborDay, we realize there is much work still needed to further protect unions and workers' rights.
Strong unions built the American dream for families all across the country.
We owe the 40-hour work week, paid leave, health care protections, and a collective voice in the workplace to workers who organized unions and fought for protections.
We owe the 40-hour work week, paid leave, health care protections, and a collective voice in the workplace to workers who organized unions and fought for protections.
From the Industrial Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement, we have seen a significant change in workers' rights.
The fight continues – President Trump and Republicans have waged war on organizing, collective bargaining, and workers across this country.
The fight continues – President Trump and Republicans have waged war on organizing, collective bargaining, and workers across this country.
This #LaborDay, I’m thinking about Gustavo Enrique Ramirez, a 16yo who fell to his death on a Nashville construction site that lacked sufficient safety standards.
Over the past 5 years, we’ve had too many injuries and deaths on construction sites in Nashville, including in District 19. We can do better.
How do I know? Because last term, we passed the “Do Better” bill. Transparency, including safety records, with access to public dollars improves worker safety.
nashville.gov/mc/ordinances/…
nashville.gov/mc/ordinances/…
Folks generally dont think of Black women when they think of unionism. However, my city is home to 1 of the most legendary union struggles in US history&it was primarily led by Black women. “The Local 22” challenged the racist&sexist labor exploitation of RJ Reynolds! #LaborDay
Led by Black women like Velma Hopkins & Mazzie Woodruff organized, they not only organized around workplace conditions, but also engaged in insurgent electoral politics, political education, voter registration,&advocacy for a Black man falsely accused of rape in Winston-Salem. ✊🏾
Surveilled by the FBI, they were eventually red-baited outta influence, but not b4 bringing about important changes in work conditions & larger political landscape of city. Lets reclaim our local tradition of Black radicalism & dismantle the legacy of plantation politics!
