dolores huerta is a badass who helped build a movement that improved the working conditions of millions of workers in the exploitative, capitalist worshiping u.s., then *and* now. we are living in her legacy. honor her work.

honor her work by preparing for an indefinite general strike on labor day 2026. demand justice. epstein perps, war criminals, i.c.e. brutalizers, billionaire wage thieves.

know justice, know peace.

march 28 - no kings 3
may 1 - may day (no kings 4!)
june 19 - juneteenth (5!)
july 4 - independence day (6!)
september 7 - labor day (7!)

#metoo #solidarity #generalStrike #generalStrikePrepNow #compostTheRich #sinkTheYachts

Today in Labor History March 20, 1985: The Bolivian authorities sent in the army to crush a General Strike. Workers had launched the strike in response to austerity measures by the Siles Zuazo administration. They demanded higher wages, stable food supplies, price controls and the president’s resignation. At the time, inflation was 3,400%. 10,000 miners filled the streets of La Paz each day. The General Strike lasted 16 days and spread to Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca. On March 24, the miners accepted a government offer to quadruple the minimum wage. They eventually forced Zuazo to resign.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #bolivia #GeneralStrike #minimumwage #austerity #inflation

A music video that could have been shot in the United States today, but was filmed in 2018 in Istanbul.

Scenes of aggressive policing and implied violent demonstrations...fascism afoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfhuVE-uda4

Turkish blues - a painful love song

Bir Yaralı Kuştum
Song by Gaye Su Akyol ‧ 2018

Keder, feza üstüne
Yayılır elem içimden gökyüzüne
Onu benden çok sevmiş
Paramparça bir hikâye

Ömür ömür üstüne
Yaralar sirayet etmiş her yerime
İzini kaybettim artık
Yarım kaldı bu hikâye

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Acın içimde bıçak
Kesiyor damarlarımdan eski ben'i
Yakalandım sevda çölüne
Su ver yangınıma, heyhat!

Yıkın bu şehri yıkın
Sokağı, sevdamı, hatıramı yıkın
Geceler saklar sırlarımı
Bitmiyor bu yangın

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I Was a Wounded Bird
Song by Gaye Su Akyol ‧ 2018

Sorrow upon sorrow
Anguish spreads from within me up to the sky
He loved her more than he loved me
A story shattered into pieces

A lifetime upon a lifetime
Wounds have spread and seeped into every part of me
I have lost his trail now
This story remains unfinished

I was a wounded bird
I flew and flew, far away from you
I was a wounded bird
I flew and flew, far away from you

Your pain is a knife inside me
Severing the "old me" from my very veins
I have been ensnared in the desert of love
Give water to my burning soul—alas!

Tear down this city, tear it down
Tear down the streets, my love, my memories
The nights keep my secrets hidden
This fire never ends

I was a wounded bird
I flew and flew, far away from you
I was a wounded bird
I flew and flew, far away from you

#Fascism #Politics #USpol #MAGA #Trump #Resist #GeneralStrike #Music #Blues #Turkey #Anatolia #Psychedelic #GayeSuAkyol #LGBTQ