It's giving me hope for the future of workers, I'm thinking of deeper effects strikes like this could have. Thousands of people going on strike, a lot of them likely for the first time. If these get results, thousands of people will know first hand the power of class-consciousness and collective action, without relying on voting or petitions but concrete action. It will inspire their views going forward and inspire other workers.
tocopherol
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Israel's response has already killed thousands of innocent people. Why is it necessary? Is a mass bombing of residential areas the only response to an attack? In the first night of bombing they leveled entire villages in Palestine. Whole families were killed, who had no connection to Hamas or any militant group.
Over 300 children were killed by Israeli bombings in the first night in response to the attack. You are telling me that is a justified reaction?
What do you mean by cutting off connections? To escape this hellhole we need connections more than ever, some people can manage to survive on their own off the land but humanity works better together. Our economies and societal structures are enforced by parasites but there are many people that want to build positive things.
In case any reads this as affirming their belief that communists are fans of genocide, other communists from Vietnam invaded Cambodia and stopped the genocide referred to by the 'killing fields.'
The prime minister posted that, even though they officially state they cannot confirm their original claim? (CNN)
Palestinian militants take IDF soldiers captive so they can exchange them for their own that are being held captive in Israel.
The Democratic party makes better decisions to keep the country functioning for the most part, and may help the working class more than the opposing party by sometimes increasing welfare, access to healthcare, and civil/human rights, but they are both firmly beholden to the elite in the US that exploit the working class. The dems have had the presidency, but it's been rare that either party has a large majority control of government, so most progress is stalled by the opposing party.
Like someone else mentioned, if you are from Europe, it helps to think of both of our parties as right-wing parties, or center to center-right and right.
The grocery store in my city became straight dystopian. It was always a sort of sketchy area but nothing that bad. After the pandemic, they added a second armed, vested private security in black, one-way turnstiles going in and out, increased cameras with screens on every aisle that showed you with the words "RECORDING IN PROGRESS". They even added locks to the frozen section, so you had to get an employee to help you buy ice cream. The police and security would tackle clearly unwell people who were shoplifting food, face pushed into the concrete type of thing.