Just a reminder: If you pay your federal taxes, you are implicitly supporting the war in Iran - and all the other fucked up shit this administration does.

Your protests don't mean shit if you're still supporting this illegitimate regime in any way.

#GeneralStrike #PermanentStrike

RE: https://mastodon.cc/@dtm/116244936200161090

Y'all are asking #PerformanceArt to do a lot of heavy lifting here. When what we need is a #GeneralStrike

"The U.S. does indeed produce more oil and natural gas than it consumes... Because it is easy to refine and more valuable than heavy, sour crude, U.S. producers have an incentive to sell it on the open market.

... U.S. refineries are set up to refine the cheaper heavy crude oil, so the U.S. does not have the refining capacity to process the oil it currently produces and must buy what it needs from elsewhere. "

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-15-2026

You still think these perverts are smart?

#GeneralStrike

Iran is different.

There was no "Remember the Maine".

There was no Gulf of Tonkin "Incident".

There was no baggie of white power or even a whisper of WMDs (remember, they "obliterated" Iran's capabilities back in June).

This was a war started because a bunch of perverts wanted a war.

They didn't even attempt to legitimately justify it before dropping bombs.

The American government is illegitimate. It needs to be replaced with local determination.

#GeneralStrike

Today in Labor History March 15, 1917: The U.S. Supreme Court approved the 8-hour workday under the threat of a rail strike. Philadelphia carpenters struck for the 10-hour day in 1791 and by the 1830s, it had become a general demand of workers. In 1835, Philadelphia workers organized the first general strike in North America, led by Irish coal heavers, in the struggle for a 10-hour day. However, by 1836, labor movement publications were calling for an 8-hour day. In 1864, the 8-hour day became a central demand of the Chicago labor movement. In 1867, a citywide strike for the 8-hour day shut down the city's economy for a week before falling apart. During the 1870s, eight hours became a central demand of the U.S. labor movement, with a network of 8-Hour Leagues forming across the nation.

In 1872, 100,000 workers in New York City struck and won the eight-hour day. On May 1, 1886 Albert Parsons, head of the Chicago Knights of Labor, led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue in the first modern May Day Parade, with workers chanting, "Eight-hour day with no cut in pay." Within days, 350,000 workers went on strike nationwide for the 8-hour day. On 3 May 1886, anarchist August Spies, editor of the Arbeiter-Zeitung (Workers Newspaper), spoke to 6,000 workers. Afterwards, they marched to the McCormick plant in Chicago to harass scab workers. The police arrived and opened fire, killing four and wounding many more. On May 4, workers protested this police violence at a meeting in Haymarket Square. An unknown assailant hurled a bomb at the police. The authorities rounded up hundreds of labor activists and anarchists. They convicted 8 in a kangaroo court and executed four of them, including Parsons and Spies.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American currently works 8.8 hours every day. This, of course, does not include commute time which, for many Americans, can add another two or more hours a day to the time they give away for free to their bosses. Nor does it include work we take home. The scam of being a “salaried” employee is commonly exploited by bosses, who argue that we are paid based on the responsibilities completed, regardless of how long it takes to complete them.

Read my full article on Lucy Parsons, which goes deeper into the Haymarket affair and the struggle for the 8-hour day: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/lucy-parsons/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #EightHourDay #SCOTUS #generalstrike #haymarket #police #policebrutality #mayday #deathpenalty #IWW #union