#workers solidarity

[nando161mando]

#1: “let’s form a union.”

[gay-jewish-bucky]

actually even "rich" actors are in need of better contracts, largely because even they are being exploited, not only are working conditions horrific even for them (listen to literally any horror story from any big-name marvel actor) but studios are very much stealing their likenesses to be used in perpetuity in whatever project they wish without consent or compensation

ai threatening jobs is a cross-class issue, stop acting like it's just about annual income

[ghost-texture]

Fuck Bob Iger, Fuck David Zsaslav, Fuck all these corporate pieces of shit who have wanted to remove the humanity and soul from the art for increased revenue streams who made it so none of us own any of the art we love, we all only rent it.

[psychoblush]

friendly reminder that the writer’s strike didn’t ruin your show, unfair working conditions and the greed of the capitalist class did.

[ianspideythompson]

Creatives on Strike (WGA + SAG-AFTRA)

Now that SAG-AFTRA is officially joining the WGA on the picket lines, many of your favorite shows and films you're looking forward to that were already facing major delays will now face even longer delays.

Don't blame the writers or the actors. Blame the studios for refusing to compensate them fairly. I've spoken a bit about what studios are trying to do to the profession of screenwriting in my last post about the WGA strike, but I'll be focusing on acting in this one. 

It's easy to see the headlines about actors striking and go "Why are the actors striking? What the hell are they complaining about? They're all millionaires. They don't need more money!". And if SAG-AFTRA was an exclusive cool kid's club with only A-Listers amongst their ranks, maybe there's a point there. But it's not and there isn't.

There are countless working actors in SAG-AFTRA either making an honest living or living paycheck to paycheck like so many in the country are right now. Over the past few years, I've gotten to know and work with some incredibly talented actors, and even dabble in some acting myself. It's not easy work and they deserve to be fully compensated for it, whether their famous or not. And the working actors just trying to make a living like everyone else deserves it the most.

While writers are the backbone of film and television, creating worlds and characters through treatments and scripts, actors help tell those stories by bringing those characters to life through their performances. With no script or actors, you got nothing.

While I'm not a member of either guild, as an aspiring writer who does some acting every now and then, I stand with both 100%. Writers and Actors deserve to be properly compensated for their work. 

Please show your support for the WGA and SAG-AFTRA on strike! 

Solidarity forever.

Read more about the SAG-AFTRA strike here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sag-aftra-strike-what-know-actors-writers-wga-rcna94075

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We support all the strikes here!

[troythecatfish]

[sasch1sch]

the music and film industry specifically the latter in light of the recent news about spiderverse prove once again that passion and innovation do not get rewarded under capitalism, they get exploited.

recently, a handful of animators came forward to share their story about the working conditions on this movie. allegedly they worked 11 hours a day, without a day off. 77 hours a week. they were treated like machines.

capitalism is inherently coercive. it sucks everything out of the workers. their energy, their creativity, their worth. under capitalism, you, as a worker, have no leverage over your labour. if you have the guts to quit, you'll potentially be risking everything and you will be replaced by someone else who needs the job.

as much as I ADORED this movie, i cannot stand for this and I will not be able to enjoy beyond the spiderverse clean of conscience, especially if they are able to release it on its scheduled release date. the animators created a masterpiece. they deserve the recognition and love for their work. the circumstances under which this movie was crafted were inhumane and abusive and under the current promise of releasing the sequel in less than a year the situation can only get worse.

no amount of pay will ever justify 77 hours a week. art cannot be rushed. if we continue to only praise this masterpiece without criticising the people on top who take all the profit for themselves and exploit their workers, it will prove to them that ultimately it was all worth it and consequently, these actions were okay.

if the release does not get pushed back, I will have no other choice but to boycott spiderverse next year and i encourage you to do the same. if you really love these movies, its the least we can do.

[mouth-almighty]

Happy Labor Day to all our comrades in the so-called United States of America.

[definitely-not-the-kgb]

I had to log in to my computer for this. Let's go.

I. Hate. Nationalists.

I. Hate. Conservatives.

I hate self-proclaimed "Marxists" who are both Conservative and Nationalistic.

Marxism, Socialism, Communism, and all Leftist ideologies are incompatible with Conservatism and Nationalism. There is no compatibility between them, and the adoption of Conservatism and Nationalism by economically Socialist people and parties is not only revisionist, it is a total and complete betrayal of Marxism in all its forms, including Leninism and Stalinism, ideologies behind which many of these bastards hide behind.

The LGBT community benefitted thoroughly from Socialism in Eastern Europe, that is undeniable. Countries like the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic, the Republic of Cuba, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic have brought freedom, in large part, to LGBT people, within the frameset of their times. The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the People's Republic of Bulgaria made enormous scientific steps to understand LGBT people. Lenin had liberated LGBT people in the early Soviet Union before Stalin undid that in one of the worst mistakes of his premiership.

For self-proclaimed "Socialists" and "Marxists" to deny this is to deny historical fact and give into the lies of Liberal propaganda, based mainly on a purposeful misunderstanding of history and on survivorship bias. Am I saying that LGBT people were entirely free? Of course not. Persecution was still common in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Romania, Albania, and -of course- the Post-Stalinist USSR, and even in countries where it was wholly legalised, often the governments didn't go further to ensure protection, but this happened at a time where in the Capitalist Bloc tens of thousands of LGBT people were executed and imprisoned compared to a few thousand in all of the Eastern Bloc in the same time.

The liberation of LGBT people is inherent to Marxism, and anybody who claims that not to be the case is not only a revisionist and a reactionary but a traitor to the revolution and the cause: Do not let their pitiful attempts at Identity Politics get to you. No war other than the class war means no war based on gender, no war based on ethnicity, race, nation, or anything. The only fight that Socialism must embark upon is that of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie war whose intrinsic goal is overthrowing the established order and liberating the proletariat, be they a woman, a man, neither, both, in between, or someone else entirely. Regardless of who they do or do not love.

Nationalism is against all the values of Marx and Engels, Lenin and even Stalin. Do not let them hide behind their excuses from Kim Il Sung and Stalin. Stalin never supported Nationalism. He explained in Marxism and the National Question that each nation has different material conditions, and thus they each have varying procedures to be taken to achieve the revolution. This is one of the few beliefs he shared with the Left Opposition of Trotsky.

The belief that the primary division of humanity is the nation is revisionist, not just revisionist but one of the main rhetorics of fascists and nazis, according to which the superiority of one nation over every other separates "Good" from "Bad". There is no "National Communism"; there is a "National Way to Communism", no Socialist Nationalism, no Left-Wing Nationalism. Any ideology that puts the nation before the people and culture before the workers, that ideology is not leftist, socialist, or Marxist, but rather some type of Falangism more or less moderate.

Be warned of these reactionaries and fascists pretending to be Socialists: do not fall for their rhetoric and stand your ground. The liberation of the proletariat includes everyone, all people of all nations, everywhere on Earth. No tolerance for the intolerants, no war but the class war, no enemy but the bourgeoisie. Remember, comrades, the revolution is red, rainbow, black, pink, blue, and every colour because the only struggle that unites us is against the oppression of Capitalism. The only things we have to lose from this liberation are our chains.

[nando161mando]

"🚨 THE DETAILS 🚨

Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin rally against transphobia & the far right:

🗓️ 16 Sept 2023 @ 12 noon

📍 Meet @ the Dáil

- then march to the location of KJK/PP's event.

Bring your flags, banners, horns, megaphones, signs and drums to drown this anti-trans and far right event out!

MAKE SOME NOISE!

NO PASARÁN! ✊🏽

"With an emboldened far right growing in Ireland, we call on everyone to show fascists & their sympathisers aren’t welcome here!"

@antifainternational @kropotkindersurprise @anarchistmemecollective @radicalgraff

#DubTrans #MastoDaoine #Solidarity

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Modern fandom as we know and love it would not exist without actors, it's time we give back in the best way we can; by loudly and proudly standing in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA members in their fight to receive a fair deal from the AMPTP.

[savvylikeapirate]

[svogthos-middle-management]

As someone who's worked for UPS and (a company contracted to deliver packages for) FedEx, I hope the UPS worker's threat of striking is taken seriously. This country will grind to a halt without UPS drivers moving product, and corporate America is Going To Blame Them for whatever consequences we see. But don't be fooled: it's corporate America's fault! They're ones creating conditions that require striking! If you've never driven for 10+ hrs a day in a Texas summer with no air conditioning, it's BAD. So stand in solidarity with UPS drivers, loaders, and package handlers, even if it ends up delaying your deliveries, and when the propaganda tries to trick you into being mad at them for inflation, supply delays, etc, remember whos really at fault.

[starshine-shimmyshufflesmile]

Yes you can help. Donate for emergency financial assistance to entertainment industry workers affected by work stoppage

[troythecatfish]