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Today in Labor History October 7, 1944: Uprising at Birkenau extermination camp (associated with Auschwitz). Jewish Sonderkommando, mostly from Greece and Hungary, attacked the SS with stones and hammers, killing three of them, and set crematorium IV on fire and threw their Oberkapo into a furnace. Sonderkommando were Jewish prisoners who were forced by the Nazis, on threat of their own deaths, to dispose of gas chamber victims). After escaping, the rebels reached Rajsko, where they hid in the granary, but the SS pursued and killed them by setting the granary on fire. By the time the rebellion at crematorium IV had been suppressed, 212 members of the Sonderkommando were still alive and 451 had been killed.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #holocaust #nazis #resistance #uprising #birkenau #auschwitz #fascism #antisemetism #rebellion

Today in Labor History October 2, 1800: Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner was born. In August, 1831, Turner led the only effective, sustained slave revolt in U.S. history. They killed over 50 people, mostly whites, but the authorities put down the rebellion after a few days. Turner survived in hiding for several months. White slave holders got together and executed over 50 slaves and severely punished dozens of non-slaves in the frenzy that followed the uprising. His actions set off a new wave of oppressive legislation by whites prohibiting the education, movement and assembly of slaves and free blacks, alike.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #NatTurner #rebellion #racism

Government Newsom signs bill that will punish school districts that ban books based on their inclusion of the experiences of bipoc and lgtbq people.

https://calmatters.org/explainers/new-california-laws/#752908b9-3f74-4fa9-ac74-9f27fea4ec3b

#censorship #FreeSpeech #lgbtq #racism #homophobia #transphobia #schools #children #TransRightsAreHumanRights

There's plenty to be sad about in this modern world. But if I'm being really honest, I'm most often sad, frustrated, angry at work. And I'm not talking about my students' behavior, either.)

Another from labor cartoonist Gary Huck

@WillRobinson

And in many parts of the U.S., we don't pay them enough to live in the cities where they teach. Consequently, many are doubled up with roommates, commuting long distances, or sleeping in their vehicles.

Today in Labor History September 3, 1838: Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland to freedom in the north, where he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. During his lifetime, he wrote 3 autobiographies and became a best-selling author. He also fought for women’s suffrage and was the first black man nominated to run for vice president. Douglass opposed colonialism and segregated schools. He was the most photographed American of the 19th century, never smiling once for the camera so as to not play into the racist myth of the happy slave.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #FrederickDouglass #feminism #segregation #education #colonialism #author #writer #biography #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

Internalized capitalism is why you feel guilty for resting. Not laziness.

Solidarity with actors and writers!

Fuck Hollywood Moguls.
Fuck Streaming services.

Wed, Netflix reported tot revenue of $8.2 billion for 2nd quarter of 2023, & net income of $1.5 billion.

Netflix’s proposed executive pay packages for 2023 incl $40 million for CEO Sarandos.

Orange is the New Black Actress Kimiko Glenn received a royalty check in 2020 for a measly $27.30 for several episodes. Matt McGorry had to keep his day job because it paid better than the mega-hit. Beth Dover said it cost her money to be in season 3 and 4 since she had to fly herself to filmings.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-unfair-pay-netflix-hit-1235535264/

#hollywood #sag #aftra #wga #strike #union #solidarity #ClassWar

I'm not Lazy. I just don't like making profits for capitalists..."

Today in Labor and Writing History July 10, 1925: The Scopes "Monkey Trial" Trial began in Dayton, Tennessee. John T. Scopes was a high school science teacher accused of violating the Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee wrote about it in their play “Inherit the Wind” (1955). However, they said that their play was a response to the McCarthy anticommunist witch hunt and a statement in support of free speech. Ronald Kidd's 2006 novel, “Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial,” was also based on the Scopes Trial. Scopes was defended by labor Clarence Darrow, who had defended Eugene Debs, during the Pullman strike (1893); and Big Bill Haywood against false murder charges (1905); and the McNamara brothers for the false charges in the L.A. Times bombing (1910).

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #scopes #evolution #education #teaching #science #ClarenceDarrow #FreeSpeech #censorship #playwright #theater #HistoricalFiction #mccarthy #communism #fiction #novel #author #writer @bookstadon

Today in Labor History June 1, 1981: Two Filipino longshore labor organizers, Domingo & Viernes, were assassinated in Seattle, Washington on orders of U.S.-backed dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In 1986, as a result of ongoing protests, President Ronald Reagan told Marcos to “cut and cut cleanly.” That evening, Marcos and his wife Imelda fled to Hawaii aboard a U.S. air force plane, after 20 years of rule, with an entourage of 90 people (mostly servants), with 22 crates of cash valued at $717 million, 300 crates of jewelry of unknown value, $4 million worth of unset precious gems, $200,000 in gold bullion, $1 million in Philippine pesos and deposit slips for $124 million in banks in the Cayman Islands. Plus, countless crates of shoes. The Marcos hold the Guinness record for the largest ever theft from a government. Today, their son, Bong Bong Marcos, rules over the Philippines, with Sara Duterte as his vice-president, daughter of the brutal previous president, Rodrigo Duterte, who has been linked to the death-squad murders of over 1,400 alleged drug dealers and street children.

#LaborHistory #WorkingClass #union #seattle #philippines #filipino #DeathSquads #assassination #Marcos #Duterte #organizers #dictator

Desantis, who trails Trump by 30% in the polls, attempts to outflank him on the right by calling for a new shoot-on-sight policy at the border:

“You spend all this money and ... just let them cut through with impunity? ... I say use force to repel them. You do that one time, they will never do it again.”

#desantis #trump #immigration #racism #xenophobia

@Radical_EgoCom

Unpaid work is slavery.
Internships are slavery.
House spouses are slaves.
Prison labor is slavery.

And a whole lot of jobs that pay near, or below, minimum wage are de facto slavery.

And the rest of is? Well, if we aren't bosses and owners of the means of productio, then we're wage slaves, tied to our jobs so that we don't starve, or get thrown to the streets.

As long a we live in a society that uses money, everyone who works should be paid a living wage.

Today in Labor History May 20, 1916: 1,000 IWW workers on the Pennsylvania Railway went on strike for the eight-hour day in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time, the Penn was one of the largest corporations in the world. That same day, Another 1,200-1,500 Wobblies struck against Alaska Railway. In Detroit, Michigan, the IWW won its strike at Kelsey Wheel Works. They won the eight-hour day and a raise. And the IWW also won their strike at Bronson’s and Cox’s camp in St. Maries, Idaho.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #union #IWW #strike #railroad

Today in Labor History May 20, 1911: Anarchist Magonistas published a proclamation calling for the peasants to take collective possession of the land in Baja California. They had already defeated government forces there. Members of the IWW traveled south to help them.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #IWW #anarchism #magon #mexico #Revolution #BajaCalifornia

Today in Labor History April 27, 1521: On this day, Philippine Natives fought the battle of Mactan against Ferdinand Magellan. Lapulapu’s warriors ambushed him and overpowered the Spanish forces. They killed Magellan with a poison arrow. Their victory delayed Spanish colonization of the Philippines by forty-four years. For centuries, native Muslim Filipinos fought wars against their Spanish rulers. The Spanish saw these as a continuation of the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors. They brought in conscripts from Mexico and Latin America, including many Native Americans. Mortality was high on both sides. Many conscripts fled into the countryside, or joined with the Filipino forces. Yet, despite all the slaughter and repression of Native Filipinos, the colony was never profitable to Spain. During the 1800s, Filipino immigrants fought alongside Latin Americans in their wars for independence from Spain. In 1896, Filipinos fought their own war for independence from Spain.

When the U.S. initially landed in the Philippines, in 1898, they supported Filipinos in their uprising against Spain. However, by August, 1898, the U.S. had ended their collaboration with Native Filipinos and soon annexed the country. American rule was brutal. In 1899, American went to war against their colonial subjects. The war was far deadlier and more costly than their war against Spain. 4,200 American soldiers, up to 20,000 Philippine soldiers, and at least 200,000 civilians died.

The Japanese occupation during World War II was also brutal. In the most infamous example, 10,000 Filipino and 1,200 U.S. soldiers died in the brutal Bataan Death March. However, during the occupation, Filipino guerillas fought an insurgency against the Japanese. Consequently, the Philippines became the costliest theatre of war for the Japanese. Nearly 500,000 Japanese died fighting in the Philippines. But it was much worse for Filipinos, with over 1 million dying during World War II. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, toward the end of World War II, was the largest naval battle in history.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #philippines #colonialism #resistance #independence #Guerilla