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#solidarity

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LABR

Brand new to the podcast, catch it while you can for your #labr collection.

LABR Presents Ken Walker - The Work Shop 95

An established remixer from Australia bringing his immaculate execution of mid to uptemp vibes of neo-soul, disco, and house remixes.

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PodomaticLABR Presents Ken Walker - The Work Shop 95 An established remixer from Australia bringing his immaculate execution of mid to uptemp vibes of neo-soul, disco, and house remixes.Follow us at:  @labr@ravenation.club to be in the know of ALL things #labr #loveabrotherradio  Catch his show, Weds 6pm - 7pm (BST) If you're on the go?Android: Transistor Radio Apphttps://f-droid.org/packages/org.y20k.transistor/iphone:  Cuteradio https://apps.apple.com/de/app/cuterdio-internet-radio-app/id1489513385Do A Search for LABR, & There You Are. Streaming 24/7 all the LABR Collective Members shows that you might've missed.  And a few extra's in between.Enjoying this love we're spreading? Want to support LABR - Love a Brother Radio in spreading that love? Now you can. Buy us a coffee.  https://ko-fi.com/loveabrotherradio#linkModal we also have liberapay:  https://liberapay.com/LABR Want some LABR Swag? Get yourself a mug, and a hoodie. Introducing: LABR Threads N Thangs  https://labrthreadsnthangs.co.uk/ Any little thing helps us feed the Keebler Elves to keep t...
#loveabrotherradio#radio#communityradio
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History July 22, 1877: A General Strike began in St. Louis, as part of the national Great Upheaval wave of wildcat strikes. The St. Louis strike is generally considered the first General Strike in U.S. history. It was organized by the communist Workingman’s Party and the Knights of Labor. In addition to joining in solidarity with striking rail workers, thousands in other trades came out to fight for the 8-hour day and an end to child labor. For nearly a week, workers controlled all functions of society. Black and white workers united, even though the unions were all segregated. At one rally, a black steamboat worker asked the crowd if they would stand behind levee workers, regardless of race. “We will!” they shouted back. Another speaker said, “The people are rising up in their might and declaring they will no longer submit to being oppressed by unproductive capital.”

Whereas most of the worker uprisings that were occurring throughout the U.S. were spontaneous wildcat strikes (as most of the unions were opposed to the great strike), the situation in St. Louis was led by communists and was revolutionary. “There was a time in the history of France when the poor found themselves oppressed to such an extent that forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and hundreds of heads tumbled into the basket. That time may have arrived with us.” A cooper said this to a crowd of 10,000 workers in St. Louis, in July, 1877. He was referring to the Paris Commune, which happened just six years prior. Like the Parisian workers, the Saint Louis strikers openly called for the use of arms, not only to defend themselves against the violence of the militias and police, but for outright revolutionary aims: “All you have to do is to unite on one idea—that workingmen shall rule this country. What man makes, belongs to him, and the workingmen made this country.”

Karl Marx enthusiastically followed events during the Great Strike. He called it “the first uprising against the oligarchy of capital since the Civil War.” He predicted that it would inevitably be suppressed, but might still “be the point of origin for the creation of a serious workers’ party in the United States.” Ironically, many of the Saint Louis activists were followers of Ferdinand Lasalle, whom Marx despised, and who believed that communist revolution could happen through the vote. And some of them, like Albert Currlin, a Workingmen’s Party leader in Saint Louis, were outright racists, who mistrusted the black strikers and refused to work with them, undermining the success of the commune. Ultimately, 3,000 federal troops and 5,000 deputized police (i.e., vigilantes) ended the strike by killing at least 18 people and arresting at least 70.

My novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” is about the coal strike that preceded the Great Upheaval. My work in progress, “Red Hot Summer in the Big Smoke,” opens exactly two weeks prior to the start of the Great Upheaval, with the mass execution of innocent coal miners and union organizers who were framed by the Pinkertons.

You can get my novel from any of these indie retailers:
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greenapplebooks.com/

Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!

You can read my complete article on the Great Upheaval here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/

You can read my complete article on the Pinkertons here: michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #greatupheaval #paris #commune #Revolutionary #communism #saintlouis #pinkertons #GeneralStrike #wildcat #strike #knightsoflabor #workingmensparty #marx #solidarity #books #author #writer #fiction #historicalfiction @bookstadon

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whose_nose

@amadeuantonio.bsky.social
meine volle Solidarität mit Veronika Kracher. ❤️ 💜 Veronika bekommt eine Hasswelle von Autoritären ab.

Veronika war schon in Dresden und hat einen tollen Vortrag gehalten. (zu Antifeminismus + Misogynie, Incels)
Danke, dass ihr das hier teilt.

kracher.press/buecher-beitraeg

Veronika KracherBücher, Buchbeiträge, Broschüren - Veronika Kracher
#Solidarität#Solidarity#SolidarityNotSilence
Peter Riley

Stop Arming Israel activists (22 July) blockaded weapons parts manufacturer #ForgedSolutions in the Meadowhall #Sheffield industrial area. (Site blockaded on 16 July too) Forged Solutions Group produces engine parts for the #F35 fighter jets used in Israeli attacks in #Gaza as well as Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria; provides parts for “tanks and submarines” In June, people travelled across the country to protest at the site.

freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/22/

Freedom News · Sheffield activists blockade arms factory - Freedom NewsForged Solutions produce parts for Israeli F-35 fighter jets ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Sheffield group Stop Arming Israel says its activists early this morning (22 July) blockaded weapons parts manufacturer Forged Solutions in the Meadowhall industrial area. They plan to remain until 10am and expect this to result in the factory being shut down for
#militaryindustrialcomplex#Palestine#solidarity
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Ika Makimaki

A report about this beautiful moment of #solidarity with the #freePalestine cause and #greenpeace

I am proud to stand alongside the cause for justice and peace across the world.
All our struggles are intertwined.

Palestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest
asiapacificreport.nz/2025/07/1

asiapacificreport.nzPalestine solidarity rally greeted by Rainbow Warrior Gaza protest | Asia Pacific Report
#RainbowWarrior#sanctionIsrael#stopTheGenocide
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Peter Riley

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in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/

iww.cy/

#asylumSeekers #Cyprus #deportations
#iww #labormovement #organize #solidarity

IWW Ireland · Help Abed & Friends Appeal Against DeportationEnd the Deportation of Abed* & Friends and Appeal Against this Racist Mass Deportation of Asylum Seekers.On June 30, 2025, at least 15 asylum seekers from Afghanistan were notified that their applications had been rejected. This mass rejection appears to signal a de facto reclassification of Afghanistan as a "safe" country for the first time since its reoccupation by Taliban forces. It marks a further tightening of the asylum process, in line with the policies of the Republic of Cyprus, whose go
EndemicEarthling

The UK government arresting 166 citizens (and counting) for standing in public with hand-drawn signs opposing #genocide, #starvation, #extermination, #ForcedDisplacement and other #CrimesAgainstHumanity: "This is terrorism!"

This statement is, of course, correct.

This *is* indeed a tactic of terror, deploying violence and the threat of violence against civilians to pursue a political agenda through fear. However, it is not the dignified grandmothers, retired magistrates, and scores of other ordinary people courageously upholding the longstanding and noble tradition of #nonviolent #DirectAction for social justice who are engaging in #terrorism.

aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/19/p

Al Jazeera · Protests held across UK supporting banned Palestine Action despite arrestsBy Al Jazeera
#UKpol#protest#CivilLiberties
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Greg Johnson

Andreas Gerhard Hyperius was Flemish Lutheran/Reformed theologian. King David, in writing this Psalm, as well as Christ and Paul “everywhere”, require love of neighbor. By no other cause is the whole of Law accomplished.

Some object to the church talking about “causes”, and dream up a gauntlet of rites and philacteries that a believer must undergo to stay saved. No time is left for love or service.

How can you obey God’s Law?

#christian#biblia#lovingness
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