Peter Riley

@peterjriley2024
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#iww ex-Nurses Aide, orderly and cleaner at public hospitals, ex-Library Assistant at public libraries, ex-tram conductor on public transport, ex-printshop, ex -revegetation, ex-grocers packer. Lived in public housing, squats and rental cooperatives.

The golden-shouldered #parrot or alwal could soon have an Indigenous-led recovery plan for the species.

Photograph via (iNaturalist: Steve Murray, golden-shouldered parrot, CC BY-NC 4. )

#BirdsOfMastodon

Attacking the “Idle” Poor, But the Real Freeloaders Are the Rich
The GOP is defending its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/big-beautiful-bill-gop-medicaid-snap-labor

If the unemployed are dole bludgers, what the fuck are the idle rich? (1979)
Redback Graphix (1979 – 1994)
Artist: Michael Callaghan (04 Nov 1952 – 19 May 2012)

#Art #Capitalism #minimumwage #posters #unemployed #unwagedworkers #workingpoor

interview with Anas Arafat from #PlanttheLand about the importance of emergency common assistance whilst working on longer-term solutions

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/06/mutual-aid-in-gaza-i-will-continue-to-help-people-even-if-it-costs-me-my-life/

#Gaza #mutualaid #Palestine #solidarity

When Juries of 12 randomly selected citizens have heard evidence of why people have taken #directaction to advance climate or racial justice, or to stop #genocide in #Gaza, they have repeatedly reached not guilty verdicts.
These verdicts are deeply embarrassing to the government and the arms and oil industries, contradicting the narrative that the public supports the ‘crackdown on protest’.

https://defendourjuries.org/

#DefendOurJuries #Famine #LiftTheBan #PalestineAction #solidarity

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Reading Vigliamo Tutto (Feltrinelli-Milan 1971) / We Want Everything (Verso-London 2016) Nanni Balestrini
The novel of 1969 Italy’s Hot Autumn

#Autonomia #Balestrini #BooksofMastodon #DirectAction #Fiat #Milan #Novels