The shooting of a street juggler has set off protests over alleged police violence in southern Chile, with several buildings set ablaze and an officer held in custody for investigations on Saturday.
Local news media showed about 10 buildings set ablaze in the southern tourist town of Panguipulli following the shooting on Friday, and authorities reported other protests in Santiago, the capital.
Of the many casualties stemming from the year 2020, the city of
Asheville’s reputation as a cool and progressive mountain town may be
one of them. For many, the erosion of this tiny North Carolina city’s
image started over the summer when police began teargassing peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters.
For me, however, it started right at the beginning of the year, when my
supposedly lefty, “revolutionary” employers at the Asheville-based
vegan plant meat company No Evil Foods began showing their true colors.
Throughout January and February, No Evil dropped thousands of dollars
on expensive union-busting lawyers to propagandize workers out of
wanting to unionize.
It was only a month after we lost the union election that COVID reared its ugly head – and that’s when shit really hit the fan.
With COVID worries understandably growing among the production staff,
management began huddling us into meetings and assured us that they
were working to sanitize everything as often as possible. “This is the
safest place you can be,” our plant manager at the time told us, going
on to later deny claims that the virus lingered in the air for more than
a few minutes. When one worker pointed out that they were
immunocompromised and expressed concerns about the challenges of social
distancing in a small facility where doing so consistently is
impossible, the plant manager responded by saying that if we didn’t feel
comfortable being at work, we didn’t have to be there.
Sure, nobody has to work in the middle of a pandemic, but the alternative is homelessness and starvation – and employers know this.
rupikaur_♥️🙏🏽 so many of you have asked what you can do to support the #farmersprotest : slide through for info or read below 👇🏽
1) post on social media to raise awareness. i know this seems small. but it creates a ripple effect that will save lives. i’ve been advised by many human rights organizations that raising awareness on social media is the most effective tactic when dealing with the indian government. they are highly sensitive to international attention- so let’s give it to them.
2) put pressure on your local politicians and those with influence. put pressure on the media. ask them to speak up and bring attention to india’s human rights abuses. when freedom of press is attacked- democracy dies. every statement from officials around the world puts pressure on the indian government to take accountability for their human rights abuses.
3) if you’re interested in donating- @khalsa_aid is a great international humanitarian organization who is helping providing resources to farmers on the ground.
thank you for your endless support family- i love you all ♥️ your thoughtfulness and desire to change the world is forever inspiring
our people started protesting in punjab as early as july 2020. they marched to delhi on nov 27 and have been sleeping on the streets since. punjab- haryana- up- rajasthan. and beyond. the people are united across religion and geography. singing songs of freedom. our people feeding the masses. our people dying. activists abducted. journalists kidnapped. the government is currently building walls of cement and spikes around protest sites to cage people in. they try to defame our heroes. they sexually assault women in police custody. but truth will prevail. all of you. all of us. the diaspora marched and continues to give its heart out. onward. louder. stronger my friends. it’s working ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽#farmersprotest p.s. i can hear modi crying while throwing a temper tantrum 😆 music to my ears !!! (graphics by my sis @taranamol )
Simple explanation of the bills that farmers in India are protesting - in TikTok form!
hey non indians are encouraged to reblog this actually since what the indian government hates most is word of their terrible governing spreading outside of india!
