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Trump admin. fires sixth S.F. immigration court judge

Judge Shira M. Levine is the sixth in a long list of immigration court judges that have been terminated by the Department of Justice.

The Gulabi Gang are female vigilantes in India dedicated to empowering women of all castes and protecting them from domestic violence, sexual violence, and oppression. They also fight political corruption and the oppression of Dalits and other lower caste people. Their numbers are estimated to be over 200,000. Some members have even been elected to public office.

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Today in Labor History September 4, 1970: Socialist Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile. As president, he tried to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve conditions for the working class. On September 11, 1973 (the other 9/11), he was ousted in a coup by Augusto Pinochet, leading to a dictatorship that lasted until 1990. Thousands of workers, socialists, union members and activists were killed, including folk singer Victor Jara, who continued to sing, as his torturers beat him up, mashed his fingers in front of thousands of other prisoners in the Estadio Chile. He sang “Venceremos” (We Shall Win) through split lips. Before being riddled with 40 bullets, he managed to compose the song “Estadio Chile” and get it smuggled out; "How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror. / Horror which I am living, horror which I am dying." The coup and dictatorship were supported by the CIA, and by President Nixon, and by the Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, who later won the Nobel Peace Prize. Here's is an interview & rare live footage of Jara singing his classic: El Derecho de Vivir en Paz. #workingclass #LaborHistory #chile #allende #cia #victorjara #pinochet #dictatorship #kissinger #nixon #socialism #union #folkmusic

Today in Labor History September 4, 1957: Nine African American students tried to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the National Guard to block them. The students were ultimately admitted. However, they were abused and harassed throughout the year. One girl had acid thrown in her eyes. One of the girls was suspended, and later expelled, for having the audacity to defend herself against the attacks. Here is footage of the Civil Rights movement, accompanied by Charles Mingus’s “Fables of Faubus.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #civilrights #charlesmingus #school #OrvalFaubus #education #racism #jimcrow #whitesupremacy #nationalguard

Today in Labor History September 4, 1949: The Peekskill riots at a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York. A mob of locals attacked concert-goers with baseball bats and rocks. Police arrived hours later and did little to intervene. Thirteen people were seriously injured. Robeson was lynched in effigy and a cross was burned on the hillside. Robeson was well known for his strong pro-trade union stance, civil rights activism, communist affiliations and anti-colonialism. He also had been increasingly vocal against the Ku Klux Klan and other forces of white supremacy. The concert was a benefit for the Civil Rights Congress. Just prior to the riots, Robeson had spoken at Soviet-sponsored World Peace Conference in Paris, where he said the following: “We in America do not forget that it was on the backs of white workers from Europe and on the backs of millions of blacks that the wealth of America was built. And we are resolved to share it equally. We reject any hysterical raving that urges us to make war on anyone. Our will to fight for peace is strong.... We shall support peace and friendship among all nations, with Soviet Russia and the People's Republics.” #workingclass #LaborHistory #newyork #Riot #racism #communism #anticommunism #paulrobeson #soviet #ussr #police #colonialism #peace #antiwar #union #civilrights #BlackMastadon