OccuWorld6h ago

Antarctica: Dark History Repeating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGhbZrjZa_o

flags were planted, records were claimed. history called it conquest, but Antarctica was never empty...

#Antarctica #Capitalism #Destruction #ClimateCrisis #Exploitation #Disaster

Is Antarctica’s Dark History Repeating? | Edge of the World: Krill Crisis | EP7

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A. Rivera16h ago

Pluralistic: Understaffing as a form of enshittification (23 Mar 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/22/nobodys-home/ by @pluralistic

FTA: "Businesses don't hire enough workers because that makes them more profitable. It's not because 'no one wants to work anymore' (though doubtless repeating that fairy tale helps shift the blame for long lines and poor service from real, greedy bosses to imaginary, greedy workers)."

#BadEconomy #enshittification #exploitation #corruption #business #fuckery #assholes

Pluralistic: Understaffing as a form of enshittification (23 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

A. Rivera16h ago

> Education Dept hands federal student loan portfolio to Treasury, in latest step to dismantle agency https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/03/education-dept-hands-federal-student-loan-portfolio-to-treasury-in-latest-step-to-dismantle-agency/

Meanwhile, the Wrastlin' Lady keeps working to fuck up the DoE.

#BadEconomy #academia #HigherEd #corruption #exploitation

Education Dept hands federal student loan portfolio to Treasury, in latest step to dismantle agency

The Treasury Department will take over the collection of defaulted federal student loan debt, and will support efforts to bring borrowers back into repayment.

Federal News Network
N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Freelancers 😩 spending their lives in a never-ending loop of sending files and praying for pennies? Enter #ProposalLock, the genius solution that pretends the real world won't find a new way to exploit them! 🚪💸 Who knew the key to financial freedom was hiding behind a pay-to-unlock link all along? 🙄
https://proposallock.vercel.app #Freelancers #FinancialFreedom #Exploitation #PayToUnlock #HackerNews #ngated
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WIST Quotations3d ago

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

What is blasphemy? I will give you a definition; I will give you my thought upon this subject. What is real blasphemy?
   To live on the unpaid labor of other men — that is blasphemy.
   To enslave your fellow-man, to put chains upon his body — that is blasphemy.
   To enslave the minds of men, to put manacles upon the brain, padlocks upon the lips — that is blasphemy.
   To deny what you believe to be true, to admit to be true what you believe to be a lie — that is blasphemy.
   To strike the weak and unprotected, in order that you may gain the applause of the ignorant and superstitious mob — that is blasphemy.
   To persecute the intelligent few, at the command of the ignorant many — that is blasphemy.
   To forge chains, to build dungeons, for your honest fellow-men — that is blasphemy.
   To pollute the souls of children with the dogma of eternal pain — that is blasphemy.
   To violate your conscience — that is blasphemy.
   The jury that gives an unjust verdict, and the judge who pronounces an unjust sentence, are blasphemers.
   The man who bows to public opinion against his better judgment and against his honest conviction, is a blasphemer.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Speech (1887-05) to the Jury, Trial of C. B. Reynolds for Blasphemy, Morristown, New Jersey

More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #blasphemy #censorship #conformity #conscience #corruption #exploitation #hell #hypocrisy #indoctrination #injustice #oppression #persecution #publicopinion #punchingdown #slavery #theocracy #dishonesty #guiltyconscience

Ingersoll, Robert Green - Speech (1887-05) to the Jury, Trial of C. B. Reynolds for Blasphemy, Morristown, New Jersey | WIST Quotations

What is blasphemy? I will give you a definition; I will give you my thought upon this subject. What is real blasphemy? To live on the unpaid labor of other men -- that is blasphemy. To enslave your fellow-man, to put chains upon his body -- that is blasphemy. To…

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John3d ago

Striking employees shot by 60 armed men wearing company uniforms. Employees capture 2 of them

https://mexicosolidarity.com/striking-workers-attacked-at-tornel-rubbers-tultitlan-plant-4-workers-shot/

#Tornel #strike #strikes #union #unions #Tultitlan #Mexico #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar

Striking Workers Attacked at Tornel Rubber's Tultitlán Plant; 4 Workers Shot

Around 4:30 AM, about 60 armed men with sticks and firearms began attacking the workers, who managed to capture two of the attackers.

Mexico Solidarity Media
Yenn dc ☂️3d ago

«How the Climate Crisis Impacts Workers and Migrants» webinar

🗓️ Thursday 2nd April 2026
💻 Online (Zoom) 🕑 14:00 UTC
✍️ Inscription: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N5Pub27fSQy6pynjrUz3DA#/registration 

> The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented rise in global temperatures, with each year setting new records as the warmest. This increase—driven by human-induced climate change—results in more frequent and intense droughts, floods, erratic weather patterns, and natural disasters.

> These slow- and sudden-onset weather events make working conditions in already precarious labour sectors, such as agriculture, fishing, or garment production, unbearable. They also destroy many people’s homes and livelihoods, forcing them to undertake risky migrations or accept exploitative jobs, thereby increasing their vulnerability to exploitation and human trafficking.

> To unpack some of these dynamics, the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women is organising a webinar to analyse how the worsening climate crisis is impacting workers and migrants. Speakers will discuss changing working conditions in countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas, the strategies that communities are implementing to resist resource extraction and exploitation, and what steps governments must take to protect people’s rights and well-being. 

I'm almost positively squealing here. ❤️‍🔥🌲📜💚🔥
One doesn't see this link highlighted often enough. 💖

Ofc it's GAATW noting it. ❤️❤️❤️

As they perfectly put it:

> GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking as intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour.

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🇺🇸🕙 10:00 New York
🇧🇷🕚 11:00 Rio de Janeiro
🇬🇧🕒 15:00 London
🇿🇦🕓 16:00 Johannesburg
🇮🇳🕢 19:30 New Delhi
🇹🇭🕘 21:00 Bangkok

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #WorkerRights #LaborRights #LabourRights #Migration #Exploitation #Trafficking #Webinar #GAATW #ATRJournal #April2026

French Cinema & Subtitles4d ago

📝 Plot: Saartjie Baartman, brought from South Africa to 19th-century Europe, is exploited for her physique. Facing objectification, racism, and inhumane treatment, she struggles for dignity and identity. The film depicts her tragic life, societal hypocrisy, and the clash between curiosity and humanity in a stark commentary on exploitation.

#VénusNoire #Drama #Biography #Historical #HumanRights #Exploitation #Society #Dignity #Identity

Show threadTim Mak4d ago
Find out more about Nelia Troychuk's journey from #psychologist to anti-trafficking advocate and the chillingly deceptive nature of modern #exploitation via the link! https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-war-is-a-boon-to-traffickers
How war is a boon to traffickers

Nelia was both terrified and captivated when she learned how deceptively easy human trafficking can be. Now she guides survivors to safety.

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak
Ⓥ Gregory Trolliet Ⓐ🔻 🇵🇸4d ago

[Veille 📣] Le Conseil national refuse un examen automatique des loyers - Le Temps
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/berne/le-conseil-national-refuse-un-examen-automatique-des-loyers

> Les loyers sont un tiers plus élevés que ce qu’ils devraient.

Mais faudrait surtout pas empêcher les proprios de voler les locatairices ein…

Lien vers cette entrée dans ma veille : https://links.vulgarisons.info/shaare/RUaFtQ
Toute ma veille est disponible ici : https://links.vulgarisons.info/
#logement #Suisse #exploitation
#links #veille

Le Conseil national refuse un examen automatique des loyers

Le parti socialiste proposait un examen périodique automatique des loyers, comme c’est le cas pour l’AVS, la TVA et l’impôt sur le bénéfice. Une large majorité a voté contre le texte

Le Temps SA