Today in Labor History January 23, 1870: U.S. cavalrymen killed 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women and children, in the Marias Massacre. Indigenous writer James Welch portrays the massacre in his novel, “Fools Crow.” A. B. Guthrie Jr also portrays the massacre in the novel, “Fair Land, Fair Land.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #indigenous #genocide #massacre #Blackfeet #novel #books #writer #author @npub1wceq...lzu8

Avian flu surges. Outbreaks mostly on poultry farms in 8 states. Many cats dying from infected raw pet food. 138.7 million dead birds, in US Alone, since pandemic began in 2022.

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Avian flu surge continues on US poultry farms as feds address contamination of raw pet food

#birdflu #H5N1 #pandemic #publichealth #influenza #eggs #avianflu

And remember, no cop has the legal right to enter you home unless (A) you let them, voluntarily or (B) they have a signed, current "Search Warrant." Check the date and time (must still be current). Make sure there's a judge's signature. And make sure it's a search warrant. Ice typically doesn't use search warrants. They use "arrest warrants" and "administrative warrants," which do NOT give them legal right to enter.

Leonard Peltier granted clemency https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/19/leonard-peltier-indigenous-activist-clemency-released-by-president-biden #leonardpeltier #prison #clemency #biden #nativeamerican #indigenous #humanrights #fbi #racism #woundedknee #aim

Why they really banned Tiktok: #freepalestine #gaza #genocide #israel #freespeech #censorship #tiktok

Today in Labor History January 19, 1920: Crystal Eastman, Roger Nash Baldwin, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (from the IWW) and others founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Their original focus was freedom of speech, primarily anti-war speech, and supporting conscientious objectors. In 1923, they defended author Upton Sinclair after he was arrested for trying to read the First Amendment during an IWW rally. In 1925, they persuaded John T. Scopes to defy Tennessee's anti-evolution law in The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. Clarence Darrow, an ACLU member, headed Scopes' legal team. The ACLU lost the case and Scopes was fined $100. In 1926, they defended H. L. Mencken, who deliberately broke Boston law by distributing copies of his banned American Mercury magazine and won their first major acquittal. However, they kicked Elizabeth Gurley Flynn off their board in 1940 because of her Communist affiliations. And they refused defend Paul Robeson and other leftists in the 1950s. #workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #elizabethgurleyflynn #communism #aclu #evolution #uptonsinclair #PaulRobeson #clarencedarrow #hlmencken #freespeech #antiwar #education #school #freeppress #journalism #firstamendment @npub1wceq...lzu8

Actually, wealth inequality reached this point a decade ago.

Today in Labor History January 17, 1915: Lucy Parsons, anarchist and IWW cofounder, organized and led a hunger march of 1,500 people in Chicago. They carried banners saying, “We want work, not charity,” and “We refuse to starve!” Police attacked them with clubs and shot at them. Amazingly, no one was killed. They also arrested 15, including Parsons, for marching without a permit. #workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #lucyparsons #hunger #poverty #IWW #police #policebrutality #prison #BlackMastadon

Today in labor History January 17, 1961: Patrice Lumumba, anti-colonial fighter and former premier of the newly independent Republic of the Congo, was assassinated with the complicity of the CIA. President Eisenhower authorized an assassination in 1960, because of Lumumba’s ties with the Soviet Union. CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb planned to kill him with poisoned toothpaste. Gottlieb was the main scientist behind the CIA’s MKUltra program, which did illegal human mind control experiments using drugs, like LSD, without the victim’s knowledge or consent. He was also involved in numerous assassinations. #workingclass #LaborHistory #imperialism #africa #colonialism #cia #assassination #soviet #coldwar #PatriceLumumba #congo #lsd #mkultra