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Ron 🌹 🏳️‍🌈This merger is going to hit the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a>... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merger</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/warren-federal-reserve-capital-one-discover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/warren-federal-reserve-capital-one-discover</a>

babakofi<a href="https://union.place/tags/KshamaSawant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KshamaSawant</a>: <a href="https://union.place/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> Are Not Good For The <a href="https://union.place/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> (Nor is <a href="https://union.place/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> Itself) "No matter what country we reside in, our enemies are the <a href="https://union.place/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rich</a>, not other workers." <a href="https://union.place/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/usecon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usecon</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/sawant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sawant</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/tarrif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrif</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workers</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obama</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/XiJinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XiJinping</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UAW</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Teamsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Teamsters</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/401k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#401k</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalism</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/internationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internationalism</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#layoffs</a> <a href="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/O4LtGYdhROs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/O4LtGYdhROs</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Writing History May 5, 1864: Nellie Bly, American journalist and author, was born on this day. Bly was famous for her record-breaking trip around the world, which she completed in 72 days. This was faster than Phineas Fogg’s trip, in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” However, she also pioneered investigative journalism. In one of her most celebrated pieces, she went undercover to report on abuse and neglect at the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. Her report created a sensation, which led to some reforms.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nelliebly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nelliebly</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 5, 1882: Sylvia Pankhurst was born on this day. Plankhurst was a leader of the English women's suffrage movement. She was also a left (council) communist activist and follower of Anton Pannekoek. In her “Constitution for British Soviets,” she argued that "Mothers and … organizers of the family life of the community [should] be adequately represented, and … take their due part in the management of society [through] a system of household Soviets..." <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sylviapankhurst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sylviapankhurst</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminist</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soviet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/councilcommunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#councilcommunism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pannekoek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pannekoek</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 5, 1884: The Knights of Labor struck at Jay Gould’s Union Pacific over wage cuts and won. Because of their success in this strike, their membership rapidly grew. However, when the Knights struck again, in 1886, Gould defeated them and the union quickly started to unravel. 200,000 workers participated in the Great Southwest Train Strike of 1886. Gould hired Pinkertons to infiltrate union and to work as scabs. The Governor of Missouri mustered the National Guards. The Governor of Texas used the National Guards and the Texas Rangers against the strikers. At least ten people died during the strike.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/railroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#railroad</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnightsOfLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KnightsOfLabor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TexasRangers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TexasRangers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massacre</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pinkertons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pinkertons</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 5, 1981: Bobby Sands (1954-1981) died, ending his 66-day hunger strike. Sands was an Irish political prisoner and member of Parliament who had been locked up in the notoriously brutal Maze Prison near Belfast. The strike was an attempt to get the British government to grant political prisoner status to Nationalist inmates, rather than treating them as common criminals. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irish</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republican</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BobbySands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BobbySands</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HungerStrike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maze</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalPrisoner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalPrisoner</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 5, 2018: Capping several weeks of teacher unrest across the country, public educators in Arizona won raises of 10 to 20 percent. Just prior to this, Oklahoma teachers struck for nine days and won roughly $6,000 in annual increases. And before that, teachers in West Virginia, won a five percent raise after their nearly two-week walkout. However, in almost all of the teacher strikes that occurred that year, the unions negotiated sell-out contracts that gave workers a fraction of what they demanded.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teachers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wages</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 4, 1946: The U.S. government deployed marines to end the Battle of Alcatraz. It began as a failed prison escape. It turned into a war-like battle, with marines using grenades against prisoners and tactics they had used in Japan. Three of the perpetrators and two prison officials died in the fighting. Fourteen other officers were injured. The government later executed two more prisoners for participating in the riot. One of the prisoners who died in the riot, had recently petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. He claimed the cops had beat a confession out of him and he had hospital records to prove it.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alcatraz</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonEscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrisonEscape</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Riot</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrisonerAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrisonerAbuse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MayTheFourth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MayTheFourth</a>

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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3, 1968: The first battles of the May Upheaval began in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The police arrested 500 students meeting at the University of Sorbonne to protest repression at Nanterre. Revolt broke out along the route taken by police vans, with thousands fighting against the police. Throughout the month of May and part of June, workers and students occupied schools, factories and offices. By mid-May, 10 million workers were on strike. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHisotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHisotry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paris</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revolt</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebellion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#occupation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/studentprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/collegeoccupations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collegeoccupations</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3, 1937: The May Days began in Catalonia. This was a counterrevolution by the Spanish Republican government against radical workers and anarchists. Prior to this, the communists, socialists and anarchists had been allied against Franco’s nationalists. However, anarchist workers and their militias controlled most industries, which they had collectivized, while the communists controlled the central government and finances. As a result, this brought the various groups into conflict. To make matters worse, the Communist Party of Spain was taking orders from Moscow. And they wanted to separate the two struggles: revolution against the ruling class versus war against the nationalists. In contrast, the POUM and the anarchists saw the two struggles as one and the same. The anarchist faction included the Friends of Durruti Group and the CNT (a confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions).<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHisotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHisotry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilwar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spain</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/durruti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#durruti</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trotsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trotsky</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/franco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#franco</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moscow</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3. 1933: James Brown was born on this day. He was the Godfather of Soul. Mr. Dynamite. The funkiest man alive. His career began in the R&B and doo wop era of the 1950s, with the Famous Flames. In the mid- to late-60s, he was influential in the creation of soul and funk. He continued to produce some of the funkiest songs ever in the 1970s. Some of his songs were social commentaries, like “I’m Black and I’m Proud.” And he performed in civil rights benefit concerts as early as the mid-60s. However, he was politically conservative. He supported Humphrey, in ’68. And later, he supported Republican causes, including the Nixon presidency. In 1972, his concert was picketed by people with signs saying, “James Brown: Nixon’s Clown.” He also supported Reagan. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hj1iWqoYEc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hj1iWqoYEc</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jamesbrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jamesbrown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/funk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funk</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soul</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reagan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nixon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilrights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackMastadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3, 1920: A young anarchist printer, Andreas Salsedo, “fell” to his death from a 14th story window of an FBI detention room in New York City. He had been arrested during the anti-commie raids launched by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. The FBI claimed it was suicide. Activists said he was thrown.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHisotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHisotry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policemurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policemurder</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fbi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acab</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newyork</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3, 1919: Pete Seeger was born, Patterson, New York. He started his folk singing career in the 1940s, with the Almanac singers. This group included Woodie Guthrie, Cisco Houston and Bess Lomax Hawes. They sang about industrial unionism and racial inclusiveness. In the 1950s, they reconstituted as the Weavers. However, they were blacklisted by the McCarthyites. As a result, radio stations stopped playing their records and their bookings were cancelled. Seeger was a member of the Communist Party USA, but left it in 1949. He was also an early backer of Bob Dylan until he went electric and Seeger threatened to unplug him at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. <a href="https://youtu.be/0fhL1E2cvvI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/0fhL1E2cvvI</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHisotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHisotry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peteseeger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peteseeger</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/folkmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folkmusic</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/woodyguthrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woodyguthrie</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mccarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mccarthy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bobdylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bobdylan</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 3, 1849: A popular rebellion broke out in Dresden, with the militant Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin emerging as a "heroic" leader. He was imprisoned in the Konigstein fortress and condemned to death. He eventually was released. Composer Richard Wagner also participated. He fled to Switzerland to avoid arrest.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHisotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHisotry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bakunin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bakunin</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rebellion</a>

Nathaniel Gregory" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> parties have failed & we need a real <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democratic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> alternative that can advance the interests of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communities</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmentalists</a> & other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressive</a> forces with a shared vision for a better world."<a href="https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/jason-hickel-we-need-a-real-progressive-alternative-a-democratic-ecosocialist-movement-degrowth-21st-century-revolution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/jason-hickel-we-need-a-real-progressive-alternative-a-democratic-ecosocialist-movement-degrowth-21st-century-revolution</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenSocialist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoSocialist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DualPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DualPower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Organize</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discussion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Union</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 2, 1945: The Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion halted a death march from Dachau to Austria. As a result, the Japanese-American fighting unit saved hundreds of lives. Yet, even while they fought fascists in Europe, many had families in concentration camps within the U.S.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/concentrationcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concentrationcamp</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanese</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dachau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dachau</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/japaneseinternment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japaneseinternment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWarTwo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldWarTwo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 2, 1919: Soldiers of the Freikorps murdered Gustav Landauer, anarchist, pacifist, and Education Minister, in the short-lived Bavarian Workers Republic. The Freikorps were right wing veterans of World War I. Many went on to become Nazis. Landauer believed that social change could not be won solely through control of the state or economy, but required a revolution in interpersonal relations. "The community we long for and need, we will find only if we sever ourselves from individuated existence; thus we will at last find, in the innermost core or our hidden being, the most ancient and most universal community: the human race and the cosmos." Landauer’s grandson is the acclaimed film director, Mike Nichols (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Graduate, Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood). British writer Philip Kerr wrote the novel, “Prussian Blue,” in which Hitler is one of the Freikorps militants who murdered Landauer.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pacifism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pacifism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soviet</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gustavlandauer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gustavlandauer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hitler</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History May 2, 1933: In one of his first acts after coming to power, Adolf Hitler abolished all labor unions. Storm troopers occupied union offices across Germany. Union leaders were arrested, beaten, tortured and imprisoned, or sent to concentration camps. In the coming months, thousands more communists, anarchists and labor activists were arrested and murdered. Strikes were banned and workers’ pay plummeted, as prices soared with inflation, while the unemployed were conscripted into the military.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazis</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#massacre</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConcentrationCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConcentrationCamp</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hitler</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#torture</a>

Abigail Lazarevich 🏴‍☠️think it's time I made an <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a>I'm Orthodox <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> tho in my small local community it can be hard to find friends bc I'm also a <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leftist</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Antinationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antinationalist</a>. I play <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Violin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Violin</a>; currently: translations of songs with themes of <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchy</a> & <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClass</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solidarity</a>. influenced by <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Klezmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Klezmer</a>, <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> & <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folk</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a>. I work in a community <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Ceramics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ceramics</a> studio & study <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> (Info Management & <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryScience</a>) / <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> (Galleries Libraries <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archives</a> Museums), & <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yiddish</a> culture/history of <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EasternEurope</a>.

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