Today in Labor History December 12, 1945: The U.S. Army Military Government (USAMG), which occupied and controlled the southern half of the Korean peninsula from 9/8/45-8/15/48, outlawed the People’s Republic of Korea, which was occupied by the USSR. The USAMG banned strikes and opposition movements and starved civilians, leading to a deadly cholera outbreak and exacerbating popular discontent. Less than a year later, the Communist Party organized a General Strike. Deadly repression against the strikers further worsened discontent, leading to the Daegu and Jeju uprisings, in which thousands of workers were slaughtered by Korean forces, directed by U.S. advisors. In Jeju, up to 30,000 people, 10% of the entire population, were executed. #workingclass #LaborHistory #korea #genocide #massacre #starvation #strike #ussr #soviet #GeneralStrike #repression #korea #jeju #communism

Do people care? Hell, yeh, they do! They care that they pay these companies thousands of dollars each year (if they're lucky enough to be able to afford insurance at all) just to get denied coverage, esp when the condition is most dire. That these companies kill tens of thousands each year with these denials, while the execs make millions of dollars. That execs, in general, are getting richer and richer, while they're income barely changes. That they are being asked to do more, while being offered the same, or less. That they can barely afford their rents. That billions of their tax dollars are being spent supporting genocide, regime change, propping up dictators and ethno-religious terrorists. #workingclass #ClassWar #CEO #healthcare #insurance #genocide #wages #wageslavery #housing

Britain's oldest tree says fuck you to JK Rowling and, after being a male for thousands of years, began producing female fruit.

The Independent

The oldest tree in Britain appears to be undergoing a sex change

The Fortingall Yew is thought to be older than Stonehenge

#science #sex #jkrowling #terfs #sexisnonbinary #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Happy birthday Noam Chomsky, born on this date in 1928. And thank you Captain Acab (from whom I borrowed this image, way back in the day). #LaborHistory #workingclass #noamchomsky #anarchism #linguistics

Ok, sure. Pardon your rich corrupt son. But also free all the political prisoners, the class war prisoners, the millions serving time for nonviolent crimes against property, the immigrants locked up for seeking a better, safer life. Biden has the lowest pardon rate of any president in history. #prison #pardon #Biden #amnesty #politicalprisoners #abolition

Former Israeli Defense Minister says Israel guilty of ethnic cleansing

Consortium News

Ex-Israeli Defense Chief: Israel Guilty of Ethnic Cleansing

Moshe Ya'alon has refused to apologize for saying Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza because it "reflected reality on the ground." ...

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #ethniccleansing #genocide #idf #FreePalestine

Covid not a big deal for kids? Think again. In this study, nearly one-third of teens still had long covid 2 years later. This can increase absenteeism, impair academic performance, and harm their mental health.

CIDRAP

Almost a third of preteens, teens with long COVID still not recovered at 2 years, study shows

#covid #COVID19 #publichealth #Healthcare #kids #teens #school #mentalhealth

Today in Labor History December 4, 1969: Chicago Black Panthers, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, were assassinated by the Chicago Police, with assistance from the FBI. Hampton was chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party (BPP) and deputy chairman of the national BPP. He founded the antiracist, anti-classist Rainbow Coalition, which included the Black Panthers, Young Lords and Young Patriots (a radical poor white people’s movement). On the night of the assassination, an infiltrator drugged Hampton with barbiturates. He remained unconscious when the cops entered his bedroom, dragged away his pregnant girlfriend, then fired several shots into his chest and head. #workingclass #LaborHistory #blackpanthers #fredhampton #racism #policebrutality #police #chicago #fbi #assassination #BlackMastadon

Today in Labor History December 3, 1984: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed over 3,800 people and injured up to 600,000 more. In the years following the disaster, up to 16,000 more people died. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has paid compensation to family members of 3,787 of the victims killed. Numerous local activist groups emerged to support the victims of the disaster, like Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, who won the Goldman Prize in 2004. Many of the activists were subjected to violent repression by the police and government. Larger international groups, like Greenpeace and Pesticide Action Network also got involved. The disaster has played a role in numerous works of fiction, including Arundhati Roy’s “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” (2017) and Indra Sinha’s “Animal’s People” (2007). It has also been referenced in music by the Revolting Cocks “Union Carbide” and the Dog Faced Hermans’ ”Bhopal.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #bhopal #india #ecology #disaster #environment #policebrutality #police #greenpeace #arundhatiroy #punk #author #writer #fiction #books @npub1wceq...lzu8