Or overthrowing capitalism which, for most of us, is the more attainable option.

Today in #LaborHistory 10/16/1973: #HenryKissinger won #NobelPrize. Orchestrated and/or supported Chilean coup, #Pinochet #dictatorship (>3,000 killed); Argentine Dirty War (30,000 killed); Pakistani #genocide in #Bangladesh (3 million killed); East Timor genocide (300,000 killed).

Today in #LaborHistory 10/16/1968: #TommieSmith and #JohnCarlos were ejected from the US #Olympics team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute. #racism #CivilDisobedience

Today in #LaborHistory 10/16/1859: Abolitionist #JohnBrown led his raid on federal arsenal at #HarpersFerry in order to obtain weapons to defeat the forces of #slavery. The raid failed and Brown was executed.

Is this the "wonderful" legacy of Charlie Kirk, the guy Trump just awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/15/1926: Japanese anarchist militant Nakahama Tetsu was executed for acts of propaganda of the deed. He was a member of Girochinsha (Guillotine Society), which unsuccessfully targeted members of the imperial state. #anarchism

Today in #LaborHistory 10/15/2005: #Nazis under #police escort marched through #AfricanAmerican neighborhood in #Toledo, Ohio. #Antifascists battled both the cops and Nazis, driving the latter from town.

Today in #LaborHistory 10/15/1966: #BlackPanthers created in #Oakland, California. Open-carry armed patrols monitoring abusive #police. Free breakfast programs. Community health clinics. Revolutionary class struggle. #FBI sabotage & assassinations. Later supported #feminist & #LGBTQ Movements.

Or it’s like a person who earns $50,000 in a year complaining about paying $50 in taxes.

Strike early, strike often Throw the bosses off your back!

Today in History 10/14/1994: Three #terrorists, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, won the #NobelPeacePrize, once again proving the Tom Lehrer quote that the prize has made political satire obsolete.

Today in Labor History October 14, 1979 The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people. #workingclass #LaborHistory #lgbtq #march #washington #gay #lesbian

Today in #LaborHistory 10/14/1949: 11 leaders of US #Communist party convicted of advocating violent overthrow of govt for promoting a peaceful transition to #socialism. #Trump attempts to repeat today, labeling as violent terrorists anyone opposed to his Christo- #fascism

Today in #LaborHistory 10/14/1883: 2-day founding congress of #IWPA in #Pittsburgh, marking beginning of anarchist-trade #union movement in the US. Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l... Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/27/t...

Hopefully some of those hours are spent sleeping. But damn, if mine wasn't filled with nightmares of being poisoned by radioactive waste, swallowed by giant snakes and, the absolute worst, being at work and having multiple bosses telling me to do conflicting tasks at the same time.

Today in #LaborHistory 10/13/1970: The UK #GayLiberationFront was founded by Bob Mellors & Aubrey Walter. Published the GLF Manifesto. High-profile direct actions, like disruption of the launch of the Church-based morality campaign, Festival of Light. #lgbtq

Today in #LaborHistory 10/13/1909: #FranciscoFerrer, founder of #ModernSchool movement, wrongly executed in #Spain. 1st secular, coed schools in Spain. #Anarchism #Education. #Children. Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2022/04/30/t...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/13/1902: Teddy Roosevelt threatened military as strikebreakers to crush #coal #strike in eastern #Pennsylvania led by #UMWA. >100,000 miners participated, threatening to cut off heating fuel for most of the country. Won 9-hr work day (down from 10) & a 10% wage increase.

www.eqfl.org/every-anti-l... #lgbtq #homophobia #transphobia #florida #resistance #antifascism

SOLIDARITY!

Today in #LaborHistory 10/12/1892: Pledge of Allegiance was 1st recited by US school #children, without any mention of god. It was not until 1954 that the word “god” was added to it, to ingrain in U.S. children how much superior they were to the godless #communists in the #USSR.

If you aren't already familiar with her music, check it out. Great singer & songwriter. Had to postpone her west coast tour because of her detention during the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza aid flotilla. www.instagram.com/reel/DPkvxZG...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/11/1884: #miners in New Straitsville, Ohio tried to block scabs from working during a #strike by pushing burning coal cars into the mines, igniting a fire that continues to burn to this day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIGK...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/11/1944: #USSR annexed #Tuva previously indy socialist republic. “Tuva or Bust” (1991) #book by Ralph Leighton about attempt to travel to Tuva with physicist #RichardFeynman. Genghis Blues #PaulPena performs in Throat Singing competition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_xl...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/11/1906: #San Francisco ordered #segregation of all #Asian children in schools until Teddy Roosevelt forced the city to rescind the order. It sparked a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and #Japan. Read more: michaeldunnauthor.com/2021/03/21/a...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/11/1865: Hundreds of former enslaved people, led by preacher Paul Bogle, marched in #Jamaica, starting Morant Bay #rebellion. 25 people died. Bogle was arrested. Authorities hunted & killed >400 more, incl #women & #children.

Give him the Nobel Prize! Give him a Lifetime Achievement Award. Give him a stamp. Name an Ivy League Poli Sci department after him. Give him honorary positions at Harvard and Columbia. None of these institutions stood against a genocide. Let him have their honors.

supports Israeli #genocide supports the privatization of state-run businesses, advocated for foreign intervention in her country to remove Maduro, which hardly sounds like a peaceful stance.

But let's not forget AI, which is quickly becoming one of the greatest polluters, too. news.mit.edu/2025/explain...

Today in #LaborHistory 10/10/1912: #IWW #immigrant knitters #strike Little Falls, New York. AFL tried to compete with IWW. Bargained a sell-out contract. Workers refused it, siding with the IWW, demanding greater concessions.

Today in #LaborHistory 10/10/1933: 18,000 #M3xican cotton workers struck in Pixley, California. 4 killed, but they ultimately won a raise. The #union led 24 #strikes in San Joaquin Valley in 1930s. Owners used bankers, merchants, ministers & Boy Scouts to attack the workers.

Today in #LaborHistory 10/10/1980: #FMLN founded in #ElSalvador. Fought #civilwar to overthrow #dictatorship. Named for #revolutionary Farabundo Marti. Led 1932 #uprising & 1st #Soviet in the western. Crushed by the Martinez Matanza. Slaughtered >30,000 peasants, #indigenous people & communists

While Trump falsely blames Tylenol for autism, he’s been taking millions from companies producing PFAs that cause birth defects, liver damage, and cancer — then weakening regulations and withholding reports on their danger. His corruption is killing us. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Yes, we currently have <4 yrs to make necessary changes to prevent avg global temp from surpassing 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels. Failing will accelerate breakdown of systems we rely on for water, food and health. carboncopy.eco/blog/climate...