All the news sites seem to be crowing about a third straight month of strong job growth without any analysis or apprehension.

Didn't they have to keep restating past job numbers, lowering them by huge amounts?

And didn't this administration recently gut the offices and procedures that allow for these numbers to be accurate?

And aren't these numbers based on bullshit lies from corporate HR departments anyway?

Fucking perverts...

#GeneralStrike

Today in Labor History June 5, 1925: Mine owners in La Coruna, Chile, launched an attack on rebel workers in a nitrate mine encampment, killing over 2,000 workers. Over 500 workers were tortured. This came in the wake of an earlier massacre, in March, at the Marusia saltpeter mine in Huara, Chile, in which 500 striking workers were slaughtered by the government. In that strike, the troops entered town shooting. A group of workers responded by throwing dynamite them, killing several, and seizing their guns. The workers then took over the explosives depot of the mine and cut the telegraphic lines, forcing the troops to retreat. The miners armed and organized the entire town to resist the military, which returned in large numbers. They attacked at night and machine-gunned down everyone, men, women, and children, but not without losing another 36 soldiers to the resistance.

Tensions in the region had been high for several years, with lots of organizing by anarchist and communist groups. A local mayor had contacted the Minister of War, in 1924, claiming that the Soviet revolution had broken out in the Pampas. This led to a state of siege and long-term military occupation. Despite the military presence, saltpeter miners struck throughout most of early 1925, demanding the nationalization of the mines. The government shut down the newspapers “El Despertar de los Trabajadores” (communist) and “El Surco” (anarchist) and arrested several union leaders, leading to a General Strike on June 4, 1925. During the General Strike, workers occupied the offices of 124 saltpeter mines and shut down the port of Iquique. The workers looted the warehouses and distributed provisions among the starving workers in the camps. When the military attacked, the workers fought back with homemade grenades (tin jars loaded with dynamite, rivets and paste). The military attacked the buildings occupied by the workers with long range cannons, forcing them to flee into the pampas. The attack caused much of the saltpeter to burn, destroying homes and warehouses containing food. Once the region had been subdued, they arrested the anarchist leader, Carlos Garrido, and executed him without trial in a soccer field.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #strike #massacre #PoliceAbuse #police #chile #torture #rebellion #generalstrike #anarchism #communism

Bolivia in Crisis: In Conversation with Evo Morales
https://www.blackagendareport.com/bolivia-crisis-conversation-evo-morales

#Bolivia #GeneralStrike

Today in Labor History June 4, 1947: The House of Representatives approved the Taft-Hartley Act. The legislation allows the president of the United States to intervene in labor disputes. Even worse, it banned wildcat strikes, solidarity or secondary strikes, and political strikes, effectively eliminating the General Strike from workers’ arsenal. The law was a direct response to the strike wave of 1945-1946, the largest wave of strikes in U.S. history. It was particularly a response to the Oakland General Strike of 1946, the last General Strike that has occurred in the U.S. And it is one of most effective anti-labor laws ever enacted in the U.S.

#LaborHistory #workingclass #tafthartley #wildcat #strike #GeneralStrike #solidarity #oakland

We have not broken 50% voter turnout in California since the 2008 election. In most cases, it's less than 40%.

https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/voter-turnout

This is not a failure of the voters or the populace - it's a failure of the people who claim to govern.

A registered voter who doesn't vote actually ***has*** voted.

They voted ***against** the system.

And those votes are winning. But they are never counted.

Why are we doing ***anything*** these fascist pervert chucklefucks tell us?

#GeneralStrike

This lecture marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike was delivered by Socialist Equality Party (UK) National Secretary Chris Marsden to ...

This lecture marking the centenary of the 1926 general strike was delivered by Socialist Equality Party (UK) National Secretary Chris Marsden to public meetings in Sheffield, Manchester, Inverness, London and Glasgow,#Generalstrike #1926 #Trotsky #Stalin #Schneer #Mustill #Lee #Cant #SWP #history #SocialistEqualityParty
Public Lecture: Trotsky, Stalin and the 1926 British General Strike