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I was today years old when i found out that i was allowed time off to vote. Something no boss has ever told me.

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hey, solidarity to everyone out in philly tonight protesting the police murder of walter wallace jr. i know the story’s probably gonna get buried by all the supreme court stuff, so if anyone out there has a specific bail fund or mutual aid org that people trust out there please let me know about it so i can boost it. i’ll be keeping an eye out in the coming days

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how the appreciation of art in any form has been reframed as “Content Consumption” - a phrase which focuses on the transactional relationship rather than the experience the audience is given through observation of the art. 

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Sherrie did her part to make sure Black Lives Matter protestors were able to exercise their constitutional right to assemble & protest safely.  The police have now charged her with felonies for doing so.  The International Anti-Fascist Defence Fund is helping to ensure that Sherrie is defended in the courts after she defended us all in the streets.   Help defend the constitutional rights of people like Sherrie by making a contribution to the Defence Fund today!

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not to make people feel guilty for ignoring what's going on in poland but i am going to do exactly that. we need international attention. our government breaks human rights everyday. when we protest, they treat us with tear gas. they beat us up, they throw rocks at us, they strangle us. they're killing us. they're slowly taking away our rights until there's none left, and it will go unnoticed. unless there's some kind of international attention, they're not going to stop. pay attention to poland.

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hell world

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so let's say hypothetically that I was scared shitless of the future (fascism, global warming, etc). of all the resources you've shared what do you think are the MOST vital/effective/fast

I feel you, man. Here’s a few ideas

Radical unions. Over 60% of millennials are in favor of unions, but fewer than 5% are members. If 60% of a workplace is organized, that union has a fuckton of control over their conditions - and with some good messaging could no doubt expand into that 40% that’s opposed or unsure. Join the IWW, especially if there’s a local branch (if not, maybe you can help organize one), and they’ll give you all the resources you need. Maybe even consider salting, which is where you join jobs specifically with the intent to organize them (if you’ve seen Sorry To Bother You, Squeeze is a salt). There are a ton of people who are waiting for an opportunity to unionize - take advantage of that

Solidarity economy. On the business/municipal level, the cooperative movement. On the community level, the Transition Initiative. And on the interpersonal level, the Buy Nothing Project. These build an alternative to capitalism from the grassroots and have had great success. I think that’s partially because they’re inoffensive and not overtly political - you can convince pretty much anyone to start sharing and trading things, or to support worker-owned businesses. I think this is our best bet for moving away from capitalism and towards sustainable socialism fast

Meshnets. I know this seems kind of arbitrary and small compared to the others, but communication and organization is vital to any movement, and we’re already seeing surveillance and censorship over the internet which has every potential to get worse. Meshnets are near-impossible to censor or monitor without physically damaging the equipment, and since that equipment is very easy and cheap to DIY and not particularly easy to spot, it’d be fairly safe from fascism. I can also tell you that most people are super psyched about mesh networking when someone actually tells them what it is, so we just need to spread the word and expand the networks and infrastructure

I stand by my belief that everyone should focus on what they’re good at and passionate about, since that will avoid burnout and make you the most useful, but if you’re really filled with a need to change things right now, those are some good starting points

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i learned that in August 2014 Women’s Voices for the Earth commissioned testing of four types of Always menstrual pads, manufactured by Procter & Gamble. The certified laboratory STAT Analysis Corporation analyzed the products for volatile organic compound.

“The results of the testing indicate that both scented and unscented Always pads emit toxic chemicals, including chemicals identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Toxicology Program, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the State of California Environmental Protection Agency as carcinogens, and reproductive and developmental toxins. None of these chemicals are disclosed on the product by the manufacturer.” (x)

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Beware!

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Sunday afternoon, dozens of non-Indigenous commercial fishing boats continue to surround Mi’kmaw fishers in St. Mary’s Bay, hauling up lobster traps set by the Mi’kmaq.

The Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its moderate livelihood fishery on Thursday in Saulnierville, a three-hour drive west of Halifax. In the days since, there have been confrontations with non-Indigenous fish harvesters on the wharf and on the water.

Tweet: https://twitter.com/TheAgentNDN/status/1307719891382931464 Quoted Article: https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/fishery-standoff-continues-mikmaw-owned-boats-gear-vandalized/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CFYA7U0gLg9/?igshid=1u9i5by3lgebz

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https://www.revolutionaryabolition.org/

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Maybe its fundamentally not healthy for a government to have a judicial branch that relies on a fucking handful of judges who are appointed for a literal LIFETIME and with 0 input from the people. JUST A THOUGHT

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ruth bader ginsburg has died. call your senators and remind them over and over and over again of mitch mcconnell’s own rule to not replace supreme court justices in a presidential election year. call them as many times as it takes until they agree to not fill the seat until 2021. 202-224-3121

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US Open, 2020 - Naomi Osaka: The People’s Champ.