My superintendent just informed the entire school district and our families that we will be flying all flags at half staff to honor the fascist Charlie Kirk. This is probably happening across the country, since the Fascist in Chief mandated it. Time to start organizing. Calling, writing school boards and superintendents demanding that they refuse to comply.

US bosses cut 12,000 manufacturing jobs in August, while payrolls in that sector have shrink by 42,000 since April contrary to Trump's promise to increase blue collar jobs. In fact, these job losses can be directly attributed to his tariffs, attacks on immigrants and his Big, Heinous Bill.

The U.S. is losing thousands of manufacturing jobs, analysis finds

Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs and other Trump administration economic policies are deterring manufacturers from hiring, according to the Center for...

#workingclass #unemployment #trump #tariffs #immigration #deportations

Yes, kids were more depressed during the covid lock downs, but that was due, at least in part, to the fact covid infections, themselves, increased the risk of depression by 50-60% as compared to uninfected children.

Kids with COVID had a 50% to 60% higher risk of depression, anxiety in 2021, researchers say

The results, the researchers say, underscore the need for targeted mental health interventions for infected children.

#covid #pandemic #publichealth #children #mentalhealth

Yes, his killing is already being exploited by the right to justify increasing attacks on the left and on marginalized communities. No, his killing isn't responsible for those attacks. They were already happening and the fascists will always be able to manufacture Reichstag moments to justify their violence. And no, we don't need to honor this dead fascist. And we most certainly should not continue his work Gavin Newsom, like promoting hatred and violence toward women, lgbtq people, immigrants, poc.

Newsom is the guy you believe will save us from Fascism? The guy you want to throw all you weight behind in 2028? Look, here he is groveling before the fascist Charlie Kirk, who he invited to be one of the first guests on his new podcast, launched in March, 2025, bragging about how he has coordinated 10,000 deportations with ICE. He also said he agreed with Kirk's transphobic views. He has a long and storied history of attacking unhoused people, including photo ops of him participating in sweeps of encampments and confiscating their possessions. He's a rich brat who has consistently sided with capital over labor. He has attacked people with disabilities. Supported big Oil.

Today in Labor History September 11, 1973: The CIA helped overthrew the democratically elected government of Allende in Chile. This ended nearly 150 years of democratic rule. Also killed in the coup were folk singer Victor Jara, and American IWW journalist Frank Teruggi. Jara courageously continued singing Venceremos (We Shall Win) while he lay on the ground, hands broken by his torturers, as they slaughtered hundreds in the national stadium. 16 years of military terror followed under Pinochet’s rule. Chilean-American author Isabel Allende is a cousin of the assassinated former president, Salvador Allende. She wrote her debut novel, “House of the Spirits,” while in exile in Venezuela, after fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship. #workingclass #LaborHistory #SalvadorAllende #pinochet #chile #dictatorship #cia #FolkMusic #VictorJara

Today in Labor History September 11, 1916: The trial of labor activist Warren Billings began in San Francisco on trumped up charges stemming from the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing on July 22. As a result of the bombing, 10 people died and 40 were injured. Not surprisingly, only anarchists were suspected in the bombing. A few days after the bombing, they searched and seized materials from the offices of “The Blast,” Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman’s local paper. Billings and his codefendant Tom Mooney were wrongly convicted. They served 23 years in prison and were released in 1939. Governor Edmund G. Brown pardoned them in 1961. Tom Mooney and Warren Billings were both anarchists, and members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). As a young man in San Francisco, Tom Mooney published The Revolt, a socialist newspaper. He was tried and acquitted three times for transporting explosives during the Pacific Gas & Electric strike in 1913. Consequently, the cops already believed he was a bomber, prior to the Preparedness Day parade. Read my full article on Billings and Mooney here:

Michael Dunn

Tom Mooney and Warren Billings - Michael Dunn

Share via: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More On July 22, 1916, someone set off a bomb during the pro-war “Preparedness Day” parade in San Francisc...

#workingclass #LaborHistory #bombing #prison #anarchism #tommooney #warrenbillings #sanfrancisco #IWW

“The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible,” Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X. Ok. But Charlie Kirk's politics, his transphobia, racism, sexism and general bigotry, are also vile, disgusting and reprehensible. And they feed into the transphobic, misogynist and racist violence committed by other bigots. Yet, Newsom embraced some of those same ideas when he cozied up to Kirk on his podcast last year.

AP News

Charlie Kirk assassinated at university event in Utah

Authorities say conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valle...

Members of an anti-Islamic US biker gang, Infidels MC, run security at deadly Gaza aid sites. The Infidels were created by US military vets of the Iraq War. They see themselves as modern day Crusaders, use a Crusader cross as their logo, and they glorify violence against Muslims. They make up to $1,589 per day running security at the aid sites.

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites

BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

#gaza #FreePalestine #palestine #famine #islamophobia