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Hundreds of people lost eyes, hands, legs and arms to flashballs and grenades during the yellow vests protests. A few were even killed. And there is no count of how many were wounded not that gravely.
When people don't have money to go on strikes we organize caisses de grèves which are funds collected by unions to be given to the strikers, from people who have more money or cannot strike themselves.
Our ancestors died under live round fire to win the protections we have now, and we're fighting to keep them every year. If you never start you'll never have anything.
Iranians are currently protesting nationwide to overthrow the fuckers on top, a lot of them have died or have been thrown in jail without due process or anything.
When the Ukrainians revolted against the russian-backed regime, a lot of them died too.
Fighting for your rights is always risking something. If you don't do it now, countless more citizens of the US and other countries will die or lose everything. It's already happening en masse with ICE targeting people of color. It will only get worse from there.