#OtD 27 Dec 1831 the Christmas rebellion in Jamaica escalated as 60,000 enslaved people rose up and went on strike. Causing £50 million damage, the uprising helped lead to slavery being largely abolished across the British Empire within two years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9888...

#OtD 28 Dec 1869 the Knights of Labor union, one of the first in the United States, was formed. Though officially denouncing strikes, its rank-and-file members organised them and won several important victories against powerful employers. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...

ACAB includes the Salvation Army

On the site of the cleared encampment, fortunately the city and the cops didn't try to enforce the ban on going inside the barricade. They probably had more sense than to try, considering the large proportion of journalists, legal observers, and clergy there www.facebook.com/ststephen103...

#OtD 22 Dec 1989 Irish author and French resistance activist Samuel Beckett died in Paris aged 83. Living in France during WWII, he joined the resistance, helping as a courier and storing weapons. More information, sources and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9459...

#OtD 23 Dec 1948 Argentine revolutionary martyr, Clarisa Rosa Lea Place, was born. She was arrested by the US-backed dictatorship in 1971 after delivering food to a poor neighbourhood. She later escaped from prison but was recaptured and executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9551...

Judge Bars Trump Admin From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia After Release

#OtD 12 Dec 1947 Italian fascist, Italo Toffanello, was taken from home in Milan by the Volante Rossa, a group of communist ex-partisans who kept fighting fascism. Toffanello was unharmed, but left in his underwear in Piazza del Duomo on a cold night stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1134...

The future is not foreclosed.

Blow the Whistle on ICE! Wear a whistle and use these simple codes to help keep your community safe! #ICE #Immigration #Resist Swipe or visit migrawhistlepdx.org

#OtD 9 Dec 1842 one of the founders of contemporary anarchist-communism, Peter Kropotkin, was born. An activist, scientist, and philosopher, he abandoned his aristocratic background in favour of the revolutionary class struggle. Works available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

#OtD 9 Dec 1987 the First Intifada of Palestinians against Israeli occupation began with a general strike, refusal to pay taxes, a boycott of Israeli institutions and riots which lasted until the early 1990s. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

#OtD 9 Dec 1959 British government Operation Legacy memo ordered the destruction of official files containing evidence of colonial crimes and brutality. The operation was highly successful as few in the UK know of its crimes. Learn more about Empire: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/ins...

EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too. Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.

It’s day 26 of the Starbucks strike. These workers are NOT backing down. No contract, No Starbucks!

A statement regarding Leslie Fish.

#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...

#OtD 2 Dec 2009 three Hyundai workers in Czechia shut down their lines, halting production to protest excessive overtime. The wildcat spread and became official a few days later until management agreed to reduce forced overtime stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9176...

It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...

#OtD 25 Nov 1915 thousands in Chicago attended the funeral of martyred @IWW union organiser and songwriter Joe Hill. He had been fitted up for a crime he did not commit and was executed. Learn more about his life and works in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/joe...

#OtD 25 Nov 1941 three Schlurfs were arrested by Gestapo in Austria for destroying a Hitler Youth noticeboard. Schlurfs were working-class youth who rejected Nazism, militarism and the work ethic, and listened to jazz music. More on WWII anti-Nazi youth: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...

David Huerta’s courage represents what democracy looks like in action: Standing up for others, even when those in power try to intimidate you for it. #JusticeForDavid

#OtD 11 Nov 1933 perhaps the first recorded sitdown strike in US history occurred in the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, MN. Workers drove out scabs and violent private guards, and occupied it. Within two days, bosses caved to their demands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8344...

#OtD 11 Nov 1975 Angola declared independence from Portugal after almost 500 years of colonial rule. The proclamation by the MPLA came after 15 years of war, which was a major contributor to the revolution in Portugal in April 1974. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/08/13/e...

The far right “Canada First” hate group is trying to have a racist rally at Queen’s Park this Saturday. We need people to come and counter-protest. Show up to show them their bigotry is not, and will never be, welcome here! www.facebook.com/share/1EiDjh...

#OtD 22 Oct 1972 feminists in Vancouver, Canada founded SORWUC - the Service, Office and Retail Workers' Union of Canada. They sought to represent workers in marginalised, low-paying, largely female-dominated sectors stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9520...

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

going into conversations about anticarceral work with the bad-faith assumption that abolitionists have no plans or ideas beyond "open the gates" is not the fantastic gotcha some of y'all seem to assume. You're really just showing your own ass at that point.

Canadians! This is important for us too! Call your local politicians. Call your school board representatives. Tell them it is inappropriate to push AI into education - the same technology that has been causing mania and encouraging people (especially children) to commit suicide. #cdnpoli

Just checking is Tesla still worth more than all the rest of the car companies combined?

AI Minister Evan Solomon says he used an AI tool to get briefed up on the Liberals’ last AI bill. We tried it and, well … if a human briefer briefed a minister like this, I don’t think they’d get a second call up. https://thelogic.co/news/evan-solomon-ai-podcast

There's a fascist, Trump-style anti-immigrant rally planned for Christie Pits on September 13th. We need people to come and counter-protest. Co-ordinate here: www.facebook.com/events/s/no-...

Hey, Toronto, the racists are rallying on September 13th. Show up and tell them hate has no place in Canada. #yyz

Because some people haven't heard it yet: PAYPAL IS NOT A BANK, DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS SITTING IN YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME. MOVE IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. Paypal can and will close your account and steal all your money without warning. And have done MANY times.

#OtD 22 Aug 1944 Polish revolutionary Maria Oneker died during the Warsaw uprising against Nazi occupation. She was the leader of the women's unit of the 104th Company of Syndicalists which fought under the red and black flag of anarcho-syndicalism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9451...

#OtD 15 Aug 1970 Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton delivered a speech in NYC criticisng homophobia and sexism in revolutionary movements and arguing for "full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women's liberation movement" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8650...

#OtD 20 Aug 1906 Kate Mullany, Irish migrant worker and laundry worker organiser, was buried at the St Peter's Church in Troy, New York. She and other women in the city had set up the Collar Laundry Union, the first women's union in the US, in 1864 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9246...

#OtD 8 Aug 1927 the @IWW union attempted a national general strike against the executions of anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti. It was particularly strong in Colorado coalmines, where the stoppage lasted for two days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...

#OtD 19 Aug 1909 the revolutionary @IWW union's Little Red Songbook was published in the US. These songs were sung by thousands across the country. We have The Big Red Songbook: 250+ IWW Songs! available in our online store. Proceeds help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

✈️ Air Canada flight attendants have ended their strike after reaching a tentative agreement, addressing key issues like compensation for pre-flight duties. Flights are resuming gradually; full service expected in 7–10 days. #AirCanada #FlightAttendants #LaborRights www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

#OtD 14 Aug 1886 50 women and girls working in the L Candee Rubber Boot Company factory in New Haven, Connecticut, walked out on strike over excessive working temperatures. Management had refused to open the windows "for fear of damage to the stock" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7748...

#OtD 15 Aug 1913 William Murphy, Ireland's most prominent capitalist, sacked 40 workers for union membership, and later another 300. It led to one of the biggest industrial disputes in Irish history involving 20,000 workers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8646...

I was already grossed out by cops.

This is enraging and heartbreaking. Another senseless death caused by a chaotic ICE operation. They took 13 workers from the scene they even chased workers with their cars. abc7.com/post/man-fle...

The 51st is a new local DC outlet with a bunch of longtime DC reporters on staff. Essential follow if you're tracking what's going on in DC.

Post at the front of your business No Access to ICE door/window sign @ufw.bsky.social

I appreciate this and it reminded me how how many role models young white men could have if they learned to think of guys like this instead of billionaires and movie stars as the prototype

The Cartoonist Co-op stands against the censorship and pay discrimination of 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists. Check the link below for our official statement, ways to take action, and resources. cartoonist.coop/censorship-p... Art by @greedygulo.bsky.social

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces that Canada will recognize the state of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September. Carney says this move comes amid Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and its relentless war on Gaza.