They're not lazy, nor trying to get something for free. Just working-class Americans earning shit wages by some of the wealthiest, most successful companies, or by some of the most incompetent ones that can't stay afloat without paying poverty wages. Either way, the welfare bums are the CEOs.

25% of buy now / pay later users are going into debt to buy groceries. The average medical debt is $7,931. The average student loan debt is $39,075 Grocery debt Medical debt Student loan debt We’re driving people into debt for basic necessities while CEOs get more tax breaks.

They're already talking about the AI bubble. Only thing keeping GDP above water <ost people have cut spending due to declining wages, inflation. And with all the gutting of government spending Trump has already carried, what's left to bail out the AI giants when they fail?

A year old, but still relevant... Yes, the Dems care more about protecting their own wealth, and that of their corporate benefactors, especially military contractors, than they do about you. Same with the Republicans. And why didn't DOGE find all the government waste in the military?

Today in #LaborHistory 12/1/1955: #RosaParks refused to move to back of bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest triggered year-long #boycott & legal actions that ended #segregation on buses. #workingclass #jimcrow #civilrights #equalrights #racism

Today in #LaborHistory 12/1/1914: Solidarity Forever, written by #IWW songwriter #RalphChaplin, for hunger march in Chicago, led by #LucyParsons. Enjoy #UtahPhillips cover: youtu.be/OsPOgCPEeKs Read about Lucy Parsons: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/l... #workingclass #solidarity #folkmusic

#LaborHistory 12/1/1912: Anaconda Mining 1st used rustling cards to control workers. 1920, #IWW #strike. Dashiell Hammett served as #Pinkerton scab; refused to murder #NativeAmerican organizer #FrankLittle. #books #write michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/05/f... michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/05/d...

7 countries have #minimumwage that is double what the U.S. offers yet they are STILL poverty wages. And at the same time, a rise in minimum wage is generally accompanied by a ripple up effect, where wages for other workers also increase. worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

Canada isn’t even all that great, it’s just way better than America

Hitchcock exercising his rights

Yesterday in #LaborHistory, 11/29/2023: Henry #Kissinger died. #NobelPrize for #Vietnam ceasefire. Yet supported #MassMurder in #Chile (3,000 killed); #Argentina (30,000 killed); #Bangladesh (3 million killed); #EastTimor (300,000 killed). #Genocide #WarCrimes #HumanRights #dictatorship

Today in #LaborHistory 11/30/1947: UN partitioned #Palestine. Gave #Jews 56% of the land, yet there were 2x as many #Palestinian Arabs already living there. War, #Nakba (catastrophe): 700,000 Palestinians expelled or fled. Destruction of most of their towns. #freepalestine #EndtheOccupation #zionism

Today in #LaborHistory 11/30/1930: #MotherJones died, age 100. Led children's march to home of T Roosevelt, 1903, to protest #childlabor. Cofounded #IWW in 1905. Organizer in Paint Creek #strike (1912-1913), where #Police killed >50 miners. #workingclass #union #solidarity #FreeSpeech

Today History 11/30/1803: Balmis Expedition left Spain to vaccinate millions against #smallpox in Americas & #Philippines. At the time, 400,000 Europeans died/yr from smallpox. Some estimate that smallpox killed >90% of all #indigenous people of Americas. #vaccine #genocide #colonialism

Palestine Solidarity Day Observed since November 29, 1978 so the world would not forget the displacement that began in 1947, and it matters even more now as Palestinians live through genocide! Free Palestine 🇵🇸 #freepalestine #EndtheOccupation #genocide #gaza #solidarity #palestine

Today in #LaborHistory 11/291832: Louisa May Alcott, author, nurse, feminist & abolitionist, was born. Most famous for “Little Women.” Also wrote “Work,” exposing exploitation of women workers. #workingclass #feminism #slavery #Abolition #nurse #poverty #books #literature #fiction #writer #author

Free Bobby Now, by the Lumpen www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2ll... #blackpanthers #blackpower #funk #thelumpen

Today in #LaborHistory 11/29/1781: Crew of British slave ship Zong slaughtered >130 enslaved Africans, when ship ran low on drinking water. Insurance company refused to pay. Court ruled captain & crew at fault. #workingclass #slavery #abolition #massacre #racism

Today in #LaborHistory 11/29/1969: Cover of the #BlackPanther portrayed image of pigs being killed. Created by #EmoryDouglas, the pig images helped popularize use of “pig” as a pejorative for #police. Emory also cofounded #funk band, The Lumpen

HOWARD ZINN BOOK FAIR SF Bay Area next weekend I’ll be reading from my novel & leading a panel discussion with •Tongo Eisen-Martin: San Francisco Poet Laureate •Ananda Esteva •Jenny Worley Sun 12/7/2025 10:30am-12:00pm City College of San Francisco 1125 Valencia St., Room 213

As if you needed any more reasons to hate #RFKJr.... Same guy who who likened Gender Affirming Care to mutilation, who enacted policies ending trans healthcare services is, himself, undergoing Gender Affirming Care. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/r... #hrt #transrightsarehumanrights

Let's call today "Fuck Margaret Thatcher Day." Got any good anti-Thatcher memes or jokes? Please add them to the comments.

Today in #LaborHistory 11/28/1990: #MargaretThatcher resigned in tears after mass non-payment of #polltax forced her out. Nearly half of all British adults refused to pay. Led to thousands of #demonstrations. Many became #riots after #police attacked #protests.

Today in #LaborHistory 11/28/1944: 400 people in Rotterdam attacked a coal warehouse during #Nazi occupation. By 1944, >300,000 Dutch resisters lived underground. Tens of thousands more resisted militarily. #workingclass #worldwartwo #resistance #occupation #solidarity #fascism #antifascism

Today in #LaborHistory 11/28/1843: Kingdom of #Hawaii recognized by #UK & #France. The date is now known Hawaiian #Independence Day. In 1891, the Committee of Safety, led by US businessmen overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani. 1898 US annexed Hawaii.

Racist shit for poor people... apnews.com/article/camp...

For those who currently get medical through their jobs, that cost is 40-50% of their compensation package. Medicare for all would free up enough money to finance raises of at least 40%, without costing employers a penny in profits.

Or, maybe this is precisely why you put xmas lights on palm trees.

Today in #LaborHistory 11/27/1898: Maria Vetulani was born. Woman soldier in Poland’s independence, #WWII & #antifascism. Hid #jews in her Warsaw apartment. Murdered by #Nazis during #Warsaw #uprising 1944. Husband murdered by #Stalin in #USSR. #communism #socialism #antisemitism #holocaust

Today in #LaborHistory 11/27/1937: The #ILGWU-commissioned musical "Pins & Needles" opened on Broadway, with a cast of #union members. Check out Streisand from the 1962 anniversary release: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQnU... #workingclass #union #ilgwu #broadway #theatre #musical #singer

Today in #LaborHistory 11/27/1835: James Pratt & John Smith were the last 2 people executed for sodomy in England. Convicted on testimony of landlord, who had been spying on them through the keyhole. #workingclass #homophobia #lgbtq #prison #deathpenalty

Well, I hate banks, I just can't stand 'em Gimme a shovel and, man, I'll plant 'em Six feet under, that's where they belong "I Hate Banks" is the name of this song I think I'll rob myself one or two I hate banks, yeah, how 'bout you? -Mojo Nixon

Today in #LaborHistory 11/27/1978: Former cop & supervisor Dan White assassinated #SanFrancisco mayor George Moscone & its 1st #LGBTQ supervisor #HarveyMilk. Acquitted of 1st-degree murder, leading to #riots. #workingclass #police #assassination #castrodistrict #policebrutality

Fire your boss! Join a union. Organize. Direct Action gets the Goods! #classwar #solidarity #union #organize #strike #generalstrike

Today in #LaborHistory 11/26/1970: #Indigenous activists from #AIM occupied Plymouth Rock in a National Day of Mourning after officials censored speech by Frank James (Wamsutta) on 350th anniversary of Pilgrims' landing. National Day of Mourning commemorated in Plymouth every year since 1970.

Today in #LaborHistory 11/26/1911: Paul Lafargue, Cuban-French #revolutionary & son-in-law of Karl #Marx, died. Wrote “The Right to Be Lazy” in 1893 while in #prison. Was a member of the 1st International & #ParisCommune. #workingclass #paullafargue #communism#books #writer #author

Today in #LaborHistory 11/26/1883: Abolitionist, women’s rights activist #SojournerTruth died. 1851, gave her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech. During #CivilWar, she recruited black soldiers. #workingclass #slavery #abolition #feminism #sojournertruth #civilwar #womensrights

Today in #LaborHistory 11/25/1941: 3 Schlurfs arrested in Austria for resistance to #Fascism. Wore their hair long, listened to jazz. Rebelled against work ethic & conservative sexuality. Battled #Hitler Youth in the streets.

NSFW? A Nice Piece of Tail! #cats #nsfw

Today in #LaborHistory 11/25/1947: Hollywood 10 blacklisted for refusing to testify before #HUAC. Disney blamed Communists for 1945 animators' #strike. #Reagan was an instigator. #workingclass #communism #union #anticommunism #huac #FreeSpeech #redscare #hollywood #sagaftra #antisemitism #wga

Right to Work? How ‘bout the right to the necessities of life? Material security, healthcare, food, housing, and free time? How about the right to not have your existence constantly challenged? (U.S. Right-to-Work laws don't provide job security; they guarantee the right to not be in a union)