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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History August 18, 1812: Lady Ludd led the Luddite Corn Market riot of women and boys in Leeds, England. Luddites also rioted in Sheffield against flour and meat sellers. England was suffering huge food shortages and inflation at the time, in part because of the War of 1812, which had started in June, and the ongoing Napoleonic wars. Additionally, new technological innovations were allowing mill owners to replace many of their employees with machines. In response, Luddites would destroy looms and other equipment. To try and get control over these worker protests, the British authorities made illegal oath-taking punishable by death in July 1812. They also empowered magistrates to forcibly enter private homes to search for weapons. And they stationed thousands of troops in areas where rioting and looting had occurred over the summer.

There are numerous parallels between that period and today. Like then, we have new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, that could reduce the amount of dangerous and tedious toil for the working-class, giving them higher wages and reduced hours. Instead, the technology is being used by the bosses to cut jobs and further enrich themselves. Like then, we are funding numerous wars and genocides, paid for through austerity that has been imposed on the working-class. And like then, governments are planning and implementing new repressive laws and police powers to undermine working-class protest.

Charlotte Bronte’s second novel, “Shirley” (1849), takes place in Yorkshire, 1811-1812, during the Luddite uprisings. It was originally published under the pseudonym, Currer Bell. The novel opens with a ruthless mill owner waiting for the delivery of new, cost-saving equipment that will allow him to fire many of his workers, but Luddites destroy the equipment before it reaches him. As a result of the novel’s popularity, Shirley became a popular female name. Prior to this, it was mostly a male name.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #luddite #england #inflation #genocide #ukraine #palestine #gaza #hunger #freespeech #fiction #novel #author #writer #books @bookstadon

Leah kvetches all the time

If you want to help with hunger but don't want to support any local christian organizations who are also likely working toward stripping you of your rights to religious freedom, there are alternatives.

You can give to your local Federation, which usually has a fund to help with food and emergencies.
Find your nearest Federation Office: jewishfederations.org/federati

Or you can give to Mazon.
Link: mazon.org/

#TikkunOlam#Judaism#Jewish
JuneSim63

If you read one thing this evening, read this.

"I do not seek pity. Pity flattens. It turns Gaza into an object, a cautionary tale, a headline too often repeated to provoke response. What I seek—what I insist upon—is remembrance. Not simply of the hunger, but of the minds it has clouded, the hands that tremble over a final cup of tea, the eyes that scan the sky not for stars but for signs of fire"

#Gaza #Hunger
Beneath the Howl of Hunger – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY
arablit.org/2025/07/23/beneath

ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY · Beneath the Howl of Hunger“And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain.” – Alaa Alqaisi
Alan Pringle

“We’re in the worst #hunger crisis that we’ve seen in nearly 20 years and with #SNAP cuts that have been passed at the federal level, we’re going to see that spike in a way that we can’t fill the gap up.”

Every Trump voter bears responsibility for this—and I don't want to hear "I didn't vote for that." You most certainly did.

ncnewsline.com/2025/08/14/nc-f

The Japan Times

One of Myanmar's most conflict-ravaged regions has witnessed a "dramatic rise in hunger" after U.S. aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Program said Tuesday. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/ #asiapacific #myanmar #hunger #southeastasia

The Japan Times · Myanmar region sees 'dramatic' hunger rise after aid cutbacksBy The Japan Times
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