#socialism

#SocialJustice #Philosophy #Marxism #Socialism #Poster #MastoArt #FediGiftShop #Activism #Justice

Ricardo Levins Morales poster catalog, p784: "Philosophers"

“Philosophers have sought to understand the world. The point, however, is to change it.” Activist philosophy from the grand old man of the Red Menace, Karl Marx.

The art shows an industrial plant billowing pollution, guarded by police, while people march past a tree in fall colors. Get it here: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/product/philosophers

A vertical poster with bright watercolors illustrated in ink. From top to bottom: A man holds a globe whilst resting on a lavish pink cloud bed, looking at the stars and writing in a book; industrial pollution billows from a factory below; To the left, a tree in brilliant fall colors shades a large protest march of people carrying signs, running up against a large chain and riot policemen guarding the factory. Across the blue sky in the middle in black block letters is the quote, "“Philosophers have sought to understand the world. The point, however, is to change it. - Karl Marx"

In Australian Universities, There Is No Such Thing as a Secure Job https://jacobin.com/2023/10/australian-catholic-university-neoliberal-philosophy-humanities-layoffs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

In Australian Universities, There Is No Such Thing as a Secure Job https://jacobin.com/2023/10/australian-catholic-university-neoliberal-philosophy-humanities-layoffs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Goldman Mill

In Australian Universities, There Is No Such Thing as a Secure Job https://jacobin.com/2023/10/australian-catholic-university-neoliberal-philosophy-humanities-layoffs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

We All Live in a Company Town Now. The Labor Movement Can Lead the Way Out. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/housing-unions-rents-real-estate-public-housing-rent-control/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

We All Live in a Company Town Now. The Labor Movement Can Lead the Way Out. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/housing-unions-rents-real-estate-public-housing-rent-control/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

A Strike Surge in Manitoba is Challenging Wage Repression https://jacobin.com/2023/10/manitoba-government-workers-strike-surge-wage-repression/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

A Strike Surge in Manitoba is Challenging Wage Repression https://jacobin.com/2023/10/manitoba-government-workers-strike-surge-wage-repression/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Freedom2B

#democracy
#Democrats
#Republicans
#GreenParty
#Libertarians
#Libertarianism
#fascism
#extremism
#racism
#bigotry
#fascism
#Hitler
#elections
#2024Election
#Biden
#CornellWest
#RFKjr
#trump
#DeSantis
#unions
#antifa
#collectivism
#communism
#communalism
#socialism
#anarchism

Look.

I get it.

Democrats are not perfect. They never have been in their brief modern iteration. They never will be. Even so, please consider the following.

* Democrats are fare more malleable. They respond much better to public pressure than do Republicans, Greens, and Libertarians.

* They are much less likely to enact and enforce bigoted or repressive policies. They do from time to time. However, see above and also remember that the Rs and Ls would hie after fascist policies like flies to carcasses.

* Democrats like democracy, democratic principles, and democratic institutions. Rs and Ls don't. (GS tend towards eugenicism and anti-science conspiracy theories.)

* It was disunity and factionalism on the left that split the vote enough to let Hitler take office in the 1933 or such German elections.

* One of the biggest factors in Hitler's electoral victory was the weakening of unions. Join a union. Invite union speakers to visit with groups of employees or the community in general. Call on union leadership to embrace liberal ideals. Strong unions help to save democracies.

* Keep your local liberal organisations in the practise of allying and coalescing with other liberal organisations. Only with a solid alliance among liberal groups can we come together with enough strength to preserve representational governance and a dedication to human rights.

The Global Trade in Passports Is the Latest Boom Industry Catering to the Superrich https://jacobin.com/2023/10/golden-passports-citizenship-for-sale/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Unions Are for Fighting the Boss. Don’t Turn Them Into Toothless Guilds. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/unions-bloomberg-allison-schrager-uaw-wga-starbucks-guilds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

The Global Trade in Passports Is the Latest Boom Industry Catering to the Superrich https://jacobin.com/2023/10/golden-passports-citizenship-for-sale/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Most Americans Have Lost Faith in Our Political System. It’s Time to Change It. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/dark-money-citizens-united-two-party-system-proportional-representation-dealignment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Unions Are for Fighting the Boss. Don’t Turn Them Into Toothless Guilds. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/unions-bloomberg-allison-schrager-uaw-wga-starbucks-guilds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Most Americans Have Lost Faith in Our Political System. It’s Time to Change It. https://jacobin.com/2023/10/dark-money-citizens-united-two-party-system-proportional-representation-dealignment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Seth G.

@carnage4life #Capitalism is only sustainable through infinite growth. This is why we need a system based on meeting everyone's needs, not trying to find the next thing to sell #consumers. #socialism #consumerism

Professor Hank 🤘✊ ☑ 🍻🖖

#politics #socialism #democracy

Dianne Feinstein Helped Lead the Democratic Party’s Neoliberal Turn https://jacobin.com/2023/09/dianne-feinstein-obituary-california-centrism-neoliberal-green-new-deal/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Tucker Teague

#marxist #AmericanLeft #socialism #MichaelParenti

#BOTD ub 1933, Happy 90th Birthday to one of my heroes, Michael Parenti, a brilliant political scientist, academic historian and cultural critic.

https://youtu.be/OOF56wYTl1w?si=5TgA1X3zoy7CR6_H

Verdant Square

Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers set to strike https://www.liberationnews.org/kaiser-permanente-healthcare-workers-set-to-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism #leftist #activism

Mike Reader

https://missionlocal.org/2023/09/elon-musk-calls-for-jailing-of-san-francisco-supervisor/

"Textbook fascism."- I agree.

Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston

#politics #canews #capol #california #tesla #ElonMusk #TwitterMigration #BoycottTesla #ElonMuskIsAnAsshole #ElonMuskIsATroll #BayArea #SanFrancisco #capitalism #democraticsocialism #Socialism

The US Wants Saudi Arabia and Israel to Get Cozy https://jacobin.com/2023/09/saudi-arabia-israel-deal-united-states-foreign-policy-defense-pact/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

The Coincidences Behind Canada’s Nazi-Honoring Debacle Are Deeply Unsettling https://jacobin.com/2023/09/canada-chrystia-freeland-nazi-veteran-honoring-debacle-parliament/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

thomas (they/them) 🌺

#WorkerOwnedAndOperated #coop #cooperative #solidarity #SolidarityEconomy #socialism #unions #workerCoop #astoria #nyc

Getting no love in this reddit post on r/Astoria about worker owned cooperatives. Why is it so hard to find like minded people?
https://www.reddit.com/r/astoria/comments/16w9sdm/why_arent_there_any_workerowned_and_operated/

Paul

#socialism #socialist #socialistsunday #kenloach #labour #labourparty #solidarity

Red Line TV speak to Ken Loach about his new film the Old Oak, Labour the media and Palestine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH58rlhk2Pc&t=1305s

Cory Doctorow

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894863/nvidia-offices-raided-french-competition-authority

I mean, there are French antitrust enforcers kicking down doors of giant tech companies and ransacking their offices for evidence of nefarious anticompetitive plots:

As ever, the question is #SocialismOrBarbarism. But don't say that too loud: in America, #socialism is a slur, one that dates back to the Reconstruction era, when pro-slavery factions called Black voting "socialism in South Carolina."

15/

Freedom2B

#history
#Russia
#communism
#socialism
#NoeZhordania

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noe_Zhordania

bazkie bumpercar

#Socialism #FuckCapitalism

What if we kissed
in the smoldering ruins
of the ruling class

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Is Another Day at the Office for Wes Anderson https://jacobin.com/2023/09/the-wonderful-story-of-henry-sugar-roald-dahl-wes-anderson-review/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

David Gilmour

#BeerAndSocialism #Beer #Edinburgh #EdinburghPubs #Socialism

Couldn't not have a pint of Red Ellen. Named for Jarrow MP and socialist Ellen Wilkinson.

Beer taps at the Blue Blazer. Red Ellen in the middle is recommended.

A pint of Red Ellen beer on an old barrel next to my glasses.

The UAW Is Taking Action on Shop Floors Not Yet on Strike https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-strike-work-to-rule-slow-down-mandatory-overtime-shop-floor/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

James Joyce Was a Product of Ireland’s Revolutionary Generation https://jacobin.com/2023/09/james-joyce-ulysses-easter-rising-modernism-revolution-liberalism-dublin/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Melbourne University Workers Are Gearing Up for a Second Weeklong Strike https://jacobin.com/2023/09/university-of-melbourne-nteu-casual-workers-strike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

The UAW Strike Just Got Even Bigger https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-stand-up-strike-autoworkers-union-shawn-fain-big-three/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

UAW President Shawn Fain Is Reviving That Old-Time Religion: Christian Radicalism https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-shawn-fain-christian-radicalism-socialism/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Kellyn

Am I the only one who's noticed that when people say they are "living the dream" they never actually are living it? I mean, honestly! We live under #Capitalism and the only people who actually are living any good kind of dream is a lazy and entitled capitalist.

#people #socialism #AntiCapitalism

Tucker Teague

#capitalism #slavery #USHistory #reconstruction #Stalin #Castro #Cuba #LatinAmerica #socialism #hegemony #democracy #Hitler #fascism

An old clip from a #Chomsky lecture on the Madisonian Democracy. This clip is his response to a question based on an assumption that Chomsky completely destroys, and then to a reframing of the question that, once again, Chomsky destroys. I love it.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5086215/user-clip-chomsky-responds

Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito Have a Personal Stake in a Big Corporate Tax Ruling https://jacobin.com/2023/09/samuel-alito-john-roberts-corporate-tax-breaks-recusal-moore-v-united-states/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

There’s a New Way to Support the United Auto Workers Strike: Canvassing Car Dealerships https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-strike-car-dealerships-canvassing-customers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

By Honoring a Nazi, Canada’s Parliament Has Unearthed a Troubling History https://jacobin.com/2023/09/honoring-nazi-canada-parliament-history-world-war-ii-holocaust-trudeau/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

#EffectiveAltruism #Socialism #philosophy

We’re All Stagnationists Now https://jacobin.com/2023/09/robert-brenner-long-downturn-rate-of-profit-capitalism-stagnation-seth-ackerman-reply/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

SallyStrange

4 days ago

'Now, I think it tells you quite a lot about Effective Altruism that someone can say in all seriousness “I’ve decided to stop working on evidence-backed poverty relief programs and start working on stopping Skynet from The Terminator, because I think it is the most rational use of my time.” But EA people are dead serious about this.'

--Nathan J. Robinson

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism

Paul

#socialism #socialist #conservativeparty #labourparty #labour #anticapitalism

The only way to "stop the boats" is open safe legal routes, stop bombing other countries, stop installing governments 'we' want and tackle the climate crisis.

Apparently this is a #radical position.

Jyoti Mishra

#Communism #Socialism #Anarchism #Ableism #EverythingIsPolitical

Hello, supposedly communist / socialist Tooters - how about alt-texting those "revolutionary" pictures you're posting?

Because if you're excluding visually-impaired workers THEN YOU'RE NOT FUCKING COMMUNISTS, ARE YOU?

fuck me, get a grip and stop with the fucking ableism.

Municipal Socialist Alliance

#HousingCrisis #socialism #SocialHousingNow

Destroying Tent Cities is Inhumane! We need Socialized housing now!

nathans :ms_weed: :donor:

#Cats #Fall #Bourgeoisie #Socialism

My kind of fall

Various pictures of black cats with leaves and pumpkins

The text reads: I can't wait for the fall of the bourgeoisie

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #chile #pinochet #allende #socialism #dictatorship #torture #ConcentrationCamps #reagan #thatcher #fbi #cia #imperialism

Today in Labor History September 21, 1976: Chilean national Orlando Letelier was assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), Pinochet’s secret police. An American, Ronni Moffitt, was also killed. The CIA was aware of the plans and knew of Pinochet’s involvement in the assassinations. Letelier had been a member of the government of Salvador Allende and was living in exile in the U.S. Immediately following the CIA-orchestrated coup that murdered Allende and placed Pinochet in power, Letelier was the first high-ranking Allende cabinet minister to be arrested. He spent over a year in various concentration camps, where he was repeatedly tortured. When he made it to the U.S., he worked for the Institute for Policy Studies. He wrote several articles critical of the Chicago Boys, the South American economists trained at the University of Chicago by Milton Friedman who went on to take on positions in their home countries’ governments, including Chile’s dictatorship, where they promoted free market policies and influenced leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

Letelier (in the middle) with Salvador Allende. By Revista Argentina Lea - http://lacallepassy061.blogspot.com/2012/10/sentidos-colectivos-e-inestables-la.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107964293

Jyoti Mishra

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169

The "Free" Market Will Not Fix The World.

Highlights

• Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.

• Where progress has occurred, significant improvements in human welfare began only around the 20th century. These gains coincide with the rise of anti-colonial and socialist political movements.

#Socialism #Communism

Goldman Mill

Some Democrats Are Trying to Preemptively Outlaw a Billionaire Tax https://jacobin.com/2023/09/wealth-tax-supreme-court-katyal-safe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

AKingsbury

I never remember who pointed this out to me first, but it stands the test of time;

It doesn't matter if you're a #democrat, a #republican, or an #indepedent. You can support #socialism, #communism, #capitalism, #distributism, etc.

Pretty much no matter what, you're going to find quite a bit of common ground with the #libertarian cause. Really the only exception is if you're an #authoritarian.

MikeDunnAuthor

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #EugeneDebs #socialism #prison #union #strike #IWW #ww1 #antiwar

Today in Labor History September 14, 1918: Labor leader and Socialist Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for opposing World War I. During his sentencing he said “. . . while there is a lower-class I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free . . .” While in prison, Debs became the first person to run for U.S. president while behind bars, winning nearly 1 million votes.

Presidential campaign poster for Eugene Debs, with an image of him, wearing a bowtie, bald headed. Above image it reads: The Working Class Candidate for president."

Mark Wyner :vm:

#Women #Rebellion #Socialism #Fascism #Dictatorship #Nicaragua #Uprising #Sandinista #Revolution #Liberation #Photography

About 44 years ago the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front) overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua. It was known as the Sandinista Revolution.

One third of the rebels were women. They were at the forefront of the movement and integral to its success.

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cu40cjrsNXl/

A group of women in solid green camouflage suits holding automatic rifles and aiming down sights in a grassy field in front of lush green hills. One woman is close to the camera in front, lying down with her gun pointed directly into the camera. 7 additional women are positioned in the background, aiming into the distance beyond the camera.

#MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations #DefundCorportations #DefundBillionaires #capitalism #neoliberalism #inflation #PrivateEquity #HumanRights #greed #avarice #profiteering #poverty #debt #PublicHealth #socialism

Addendae 2

Medical Debt Collection Is Vicious Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Industry
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/medical-debt-collection-hospitals-private-insurance-your-money-or-your-life

* ballooned in recent decades
* hospitals, collection agencies making a killing
* erodes trust in health care system
* countless patients financially ruined

Grandalf 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘙 :kangaroo:

#Medical #Hospital #MedicalBankruptcy #USA #Australia #Socialism #Capitalism

𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲

GP Doctor's visit.
Perfusion test.
Visit to ED.
Admitted to ED.
ECG.
Blood tests.
CT Scan.
Heart surgery - failed.
Two nights in hospital - close obs.
Ambulance transport to airport.
Ambulance flight 250 km to Sydney.
Ambulance transport airport to hospital.
Admitted to hospital.
Blood tests.
ECG.
CT scan.
Heart surgery - failed.
ECG.
MRI.
Transferred to High Dependency.
24/7 monitoring and observations for 5 days.
Heart surgery - cancelled.
24/7 monitoring for 7 days.
Heart surgery - successful.
24/7 monitoring for 3 days.
Discharged home.
Doctor's follow up visit.
Heart Specialist's follow up visit.
8-week/3-days-a-week Rehabilitation process set up.
MRI.

𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧 (Including all drugs and other tests not mentioned): $0. Nothing. Nada. Nix.

Try that in the USA.

politicscurator

#fascism #antifa #socialism #IndependentLabourParty #ILP

A nice 1934 leaflet from the archives of the Independent Labour Party. "What is fascism?"

The front of the leaflet with the title "What is Fascism?" It begins with "Capitalism is decaying throughout the world. The ruling class fear the bitter discontent of the workers. To keep their power the ruling class have turned to Fascism in Italy, Germany and Austria, and are beginning to do so in USA, France and Great Britain...." It ends with "Make no mistake! Fascism means war, the end of our hard won liberties, that strikes will be illegal, concentration camps for everyone who dares disagree, and means the working class in chains while the ruling class continues to reap its profits!"

Back of the leaflet, with the title "Fascism has nothing to offer us", and ends with Don't be fooled! Don't sit still while our rights are filched from us" It that has a small form to fill in to "join the ILP, the Party for all revolutionary socialists"

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸🌱

I propose a new Political Party: Democratic Socialists for the Earth and Humanity.
It can exist in any country.
The Manifesto:
Full societal change:
- End Fossil Fuel use and CO2 emissions within 10 years through immediate mass economic restructuring.
- Full Healthcare (Dental, Medical, Drug/Addiction, End of Life)
- Public Services: Mass Transportation, Telecommunication, Fuel and Electricity
- Free Education inc University/College.
- Public Affordable Housing.
- Guaranteed Livable Basic Income.
- Minimum Liveable Wage
- 95% tax rate on earnings over Maximum Living Wage.
- Abolish Debt and Lending.
- Decolonization and End of Discrimination based on race, gender or any other metric.
- The Natural World has same basic rights to life as any human.
- Denuclearization of Military
- Global Peace, Integration and Cooperation.
- Convert Standing Armed Forces to Defense Force for dealing with domestic and international disaster relief and aid.

Why you ask? Because I do not see a single party that advocates for all of this. Not one. Much less *delivers* all this.

What did I miss?
#lateNightThoughts #Socialism #Greens #Politics
#CanPoli #BCPoli #GlobalPoli #UN

Tucker Teague

#Chile #Allende #coup #CIA #socialism #communism #democracy #september11

The forgotten 9/11? Many still remember, but most Americans have probably never heard of it.

https://youtu.be/imgLGGLx7q0?si=IseFYthmmrq56PRS

Neoliberal Economists Like Milton Friedman Cheered on Augusto Pinochet’s Dictatorship https://jacobin.com/2023/09/neoliberalism-human-rights-democracy-dictatorship-chile-chicago-hayek-friedman-pinochet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Asbjørn Ulsberg

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nestle-says-slavery-reporting-requirements-could-cost-customers-20180816-p4zy5l.html

“Nestle says slavery reporting requirements could cost customers.”

Not to be a joyless communist, but if we can’t have chocolate without slavery, we shouldn’t have chocolate.

(By @sistersinead@twitter.com)

#slavery #chocoate #capitalism #communism #socialism #exonomy

Paul

#socialist #SocialistSunday #socialism #labour #labourparty #corbyn #blair #war #peace

Yesterday I posted a Reuters article saying how Sanna Marin was leaving politics in Finland and joining the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

I implied Tony Blair is a war-monger and his Institute promotes US hegemony.

Is Tony Blair recognised as a peace-loving fair minded politician internationally?

Totally neutral hashtags: 😉

#Canada #suicide #ideation #mhrc #MentalHealth #economy #inflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #AffordableHousing #FoodSecurity #socialism

Addendum 1 cont'd

* 39% respondents feel economic issues impact their mental health
* suicide ideation among Canadians experiencing financial challenges alarmingly high
* 41% reporting having thought about suicide 2022-2023
* inflation affecting Canadians: 24% report going into debt as result
...

#Canada #suicide #ideation #mhrc #MentalHealth #economy #inflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #AffordableHousing #FoodSecurity #socialism

Addendum 1

Suicide ideation is a problem in Canada. Here's why experts think it's more prevalent
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/suicide-ideation-is-a-problem-in-canada-here-s-why-experts-think-it-s-more-prevalent-1.6551797

Mental Health Research Canada: https://www.mhrc.ca
Financial stressors are having an alarming impact on the mental health of struggling Canadians
https://www.mhrc.ca/findings-of-poll-17
...

#PeopleBeforeProfit #PBP #EcoSocialism #Socialism

To Win Reelection, Biden Is Going to Have to Actually Run on Something https://jacobin.com/2023/09/joe-biden-reelection-2024-build-back-better-democrats/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Denman Rooke

4 weeks ago

Repost from People Before Profit University of Galway:

We're set up at Socs Day in the Bailey Allen today. Great buzz around the place and loads of interest in ecosocialist politics on campus.

4 People Before Profit activist at a table at University of Galway's Socs Day.

4 weeks ago

The Disco Elysium Saga Shows Why Creative Workers Need to Band Together https://jacobin.com/2023/09/disco-elysium-intellectual-property-video-game-industry-creative-workers-collective-action/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism

Angry Education Workers

https://www.angryeducationworkers.com/class-divide-in-education/

"America never deindustrialized. It just scaled down its industries in the manufacturing sector of the economy while concentrating industrialization in other parts of the economy—like education... Education is an industry with the same exploitation and disparities of power, privilege, and resources as any other. It has transformed from local, community-based schools to an industry in the same way the retail, service, logistics, legal, healthcare, hospitality, railroad, construction, maritime, agricultural, and other industries have."

Read the entire text here:

#education #history #politics #labor #workers #socialism #communism #anarchism #schools #teachers #libraries #museum #archives

Title of the paper: The Class Divide in Education superimposed on an image showing the components of the industry in the 1990s.

#unions #socialism #WorkersRights #capitalism #WealthInequality #sustainability #EnvironmentalRights #LaborMovement

Addendum 11
[ 1-post summary of Addendum 6]

This is superb:

Canadian Workers, Social-Ecological Crisis & Alternatives
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111007701577041244

* How can we rebuild workers’ strength & confidence?
* How can our movements retake the initiative & turn things around?
* Immediate Demands
* How Do We Win These Demands?

nathans :ms_weed: :donor:

#Politics #Leftism #Leftist #Socialism #Labor #LaborDay #Communism #WorkerRights #LaborRights #Weekend #8HourDay #Meme

The Bay View massacre was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to strike against their employers, demanding the enforcement of an eight-hour work day.[

By Monday, May 3, the number of participants had increased to over 14,000 workers who gathered at the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill in Bay View. They were met by 250 National Guardsmen under order from Republican Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk. The strikers had shut down every business in the city except the North Chicago Rolling Mills in Bay View. The guardsmen's orders were that, if the strikers were to enter the Mills, they should shoot to kill. But when the captain received the order it had a different meaning: he ordered his men to pick out a man and shoot to kill when the order was given. Workers camped in the nearby fields and the Kosciuszko Militia arrived by May 4. Early the next day the crowd, which by this time contained children, approached the mill and were fired upon. Seven people died as a result, including a thirteen-year-old boy. Several more were injured during the protest. Several contradictory newspaper accounts described other possible casualties, but the count of seven deaths is substantiated by specific names (Frank Kunkel, Frank Nowarczyk, John Marsh, Robert Erdman, Johann Zazka, Martin Jankowiak, and Michael Ruchalski).

The weekend was a crazy leftist idea.

In 1886, 7 union members in Wisconsin died fighting for the 5-day work week and 8 hour workday.

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Addendum 10

A Labor Day Like No Other
With public support for unions at near-record highs and new federal rules that actually enable organizing, unions need to mount massive campaigns
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-09-04-labor-day-like-no-other

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