Meanwhile, on Christmas Eve, ICE agents in Maryland shot an undocumented man from Portugal. It was at least the 9th documented shooting of unarmed civilians by ICE this year.
FREE THE HUNGER STRIKERS! PALESTINE Action protesters on hunger strike in UK prison are losing the ability to speak and stand and are on the verge of dying. Since the hunger strike began on Nov 2, seven striking prisoners have been hospitalized, with 4 halting the protest. None of them have been convicted of anything. Yet, they have all incarcerated for over a year, in violation of the standard pre-trial custody limit of six months. Letting prisoners die of hunger is not a new tactic for the UK. They let Bobby Sands and other Irish prisoners of war starve to death in 1980-81. The difference between then and now is that then the government at least was open to dialog with the hunger strikers. Justice Minister David Lammy has refused all requests by the activists' lawyers and family to even meet them. Death usually occurs between 60 to 70 days without food. Heba Muraisi had gone 53 days without food, as of Christmas day. Her comrades have gone 32-47 days, each. UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who Trump has sanctioned, denounced Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s treatment of the protesters: “Preventable deaths in custody are never acceptable. The state bears full responsibility for the lives and wellbeing of those it detains... Urgent action is required now.” #palestine #gaza #genocide #freepalestine #freespeech #prison #hungerstrike #PalestineAction #protest
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All well and good, Melanie, at least as short-term indirect reforms. But here are 5 money moves that would be far more direct and effective: 1. firing all bosses & landlords 2. seizing the means of production 3. collectivizing the workplaces 4. seizing the wealth and property of the ultra wealthy 5. abolishing capitalism image
His companies have received $38 billion in taxpayer funded government subsidies over the past 20 years. That amounts to $1.9 billion per year or $5.2 million per day image
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Fire Your Boss! Direct Action Gets the Goods!! image
Let’s start with those in the government and business! Trump promising to restore “American” jobs by deporting immigrants makes about as much sense as the IDF slaughtering women, children and civilians to protect Jews from Hamas terrorism. Absurd on their face, yet many believe them because they play upon their insecurities and fears, and encourage them to punch down, instead of up, where their far more powerful and dangerous actual enemies are quietly attempting to dismantle what little social safety net still exists, as well as environmental and worker protections, while quietly transferring even more wealth from workers into their own pockets. No, immigrants aren’t stealing our jobs. The bosses are moving their plants to other countries, where they can pay their employees even less than the shit wages they were paying here. #organize #solidarity #directaction #classwar #GeneralStrike image