Union Maid in BC
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(she/they) solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong 💪 Comrade on unceded Coast Salish territories. find me on tiktok @unionmaid22
#OtD 25 Aug 1921 the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began. 10,000 striking West Virginia coal miners battled with armed strikebreakers following the killing of miners, until disarmed by federal troops workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/w...
Workers at Fairfield Inn & Four Points Times Square just won a historic union contract! Immediate $20-$35k a year increases, a $50,000 backpay check, full paid family health care and then some! THIS IS WHY WE ORGANIZE!
J6er leads charge against anti-ICE heroes after campaign of AI fueled surveillance targeted labor unions, church groups, and veterans organizations who mobilized against ICE terrorism.
Josh Kovensky@joshkovensky.bsky.social · 2w agoNSPM-7 Watch: federal agents sent an undercover informant to a Sunrise Movement meeting, obtained years of financial records for labor unions, and spied on churches during and after Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-spi...
"Bluesky is dying, people are moving on, it's unpopular" Sweetie, I still listen to ska
My interview with director/writer John Sayles looking back on Matewan www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement
John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice
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Southern BC, NW Washington, there is a lot of VERY bad air coming in the next couple of days. Hunker down in clean air and wait it out if you can. Check on neighbours and take care of outdoor workers! This is very bad pollution and no, your pets don't want to go out in it either. #BCwildfire
Today I learned Ben Mulroney has me blocked on tiktok #themoreyouknow
I need the Americans to know that the forest fires in Canada are the result of our own horrible capitalist politicians supporting the fossil fuel industry for decades. Don't believe the lies you've been sold about us, Canada is three oil companies in a settler colonial trenchcoat
Ahead of an apocalyptic wildfire season, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government made CUTS to the very teams who help prevent the worst outcomes: experts who map wildfires and issue warnings and risk assessments that communities rely on. The union representing these workers sent me the details:
AND WE'RE SPENDING IT ON A U.S. DEFENCE CONTRACTOR DGKJHSLZRKGUHERALOGUNLARDFNGLZDRGNK www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.Genuinely losing my mind watching Carney's announcement today. Canada is burning, our prime minister says we can't afford climate action, and today he ANNOUNCES MORE DEFENCE SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s one of the true pleasures of the job - historians get to skip the whole “this isn’t the time” commentary and have at it. Graham was a plague on the Senate, a chickenhawk, and one of the most accomplished hypocrites in this country’s recent history.
Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · 2mo agoTo be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
Messaging my sleeping friends whenever misfortune befalls a conservative like
That meme where the grim reaper is at a claw machine, desperately trying to get mitch, except this time he got lindsay and says "close enough" (saying it before anyone has the chance to make it)
07-07-1983 CANADA: British Columbia introduces 26 bills to cut public services and limit union rights. Operation Solidarity launches a province-wide mobilization, supported by a Solidarity Coalition. This takes the province to the verge of a general strike. www.communitystories.ca/v2/solidarit...
Chapter 3 - Budget Day, or "Black Thursday" | Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in British Columbia’s History
Budget Day came on July 7th, 1983 – what some British Columbians later called “Black Thursday”. One by one, ministers rose in the legislature to introduce a new […]
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I live 5 mins from the US border and it sounded like my neighborhood was under air assault for like 30 mins from the fireworks 😐
03-07-1979 CANADA: Longshoremen in Saint John refuse to load heavy water for the military dictatorship in Argentina. The celebrated No Candu/Hot Cargo protest brings attention to the abuse of human rights and secures the release of several political prisoners. archives.gnb.ca/lhtnb/Catego...
LHTNB.CA - Labour History in New Brunswick [Provincial Solidarities]
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The best part of being "the younger one" in all your friendships is you can ragebait everybody on your birthday by declaring that you're old now. Follow me for more fun tips
Strewn along roadways throughout Ruckersville, dozens of abandoned vehicles sat empty Tuesday as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Greene County Sheriff’s deputies stopped motorists and made arrests across the community. Here's what we know:
ICE and Greene County Sheriff's deputies arrest numerous people in Ruckersville operation
"What will haunt me is that there were so many empty vans and cars on the side of the road from people that they had taken," said attorney Andrew Wilder Young. "That's going to stick with me for the…
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EUROPE: And When They Had Money, They Had Power: 50 years of fighting for sex workers' rights www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtp_...
And When They Had Money, They Had Power: 50 years of fighting for sex workers' rights
YouTube video by ESWA - European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance
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“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” - OCTAVIA BUTLER, born on this day in 1947 in Pasadena, California
19-06-1914 CANADA: A coal mine explosion in the Crowsnest Pass at Hillcrest, Alberta takes the lives of 189 men, mostly immigrants. Canada's worst coal mine disaster leaves 90 widows and more than 250 orphans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcre...
Hillcrest mine disaster - Wikipedia
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19-06-1938 CANADA: On Bloody Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, hundreds of unemployed workers are violently evicted from government buildings, including the post office and art gallery, after weeks of sit-ins to protest cutbacks in relief projects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_...
Bloody Sunday (1938) - Wikipedia
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"We’re publishing this blog post to explain our decision to refer to Delaney Hall as a “concentration camp” and clarify the term’s meaning." This is incredibly important. jerseybee.org/2026/06/11/w...
Why we’re calling Delaney Hall a “concentration camp” – The Jersey Bee
The term describes facilities where targeted groups are held without due process under inhumane conditions.
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You can go a little loopy if you begin thinking of yourself as a Political Operative simply because you post about politics. This is why it's so important to drop an occasional grounding post like "The brain is the ass of the head" to remind yourself that you are just some guy
