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A Demonstrator’s Guide to Understanding Riot Munitions -
On Jan. 21, the Communists of the banned Communist Party of Kazakhstan, despite 30-degree-below-zero cold, commemorated the 97th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Soviet Union and Soviet Kazakhstan, the leader from the world proletariat, V.I. Lenin.
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For ppl who need the source here’s a guardian article
When I worked at Amazon a microwave fell from five layers up in the racking and broke the arm of an order picker.
They were an agency temp so Amazon called the agency to let him go and have another temp sent *before* they called an ambulance, when he tried to put in sick days they turned around and told him “Sorry you’d already been let go before the accident was logged anywhere”
I will kill every ceo
I will help
Please also read this Atlantic article (in partnership with Reveal) about the complete disregard for worker safety inside Amazon warehouses
When people choose not to buy via Amazon, it’s for reasons like this
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Caturday Flashback: Dito on the cat pirate ship, the Going Indy, which was finally sunk (destroyed) by these chonkers. #caturday #catsofinstagram #catscatscats #goingindy #dito #fritobandito #deets #bandito #LittleOldMan #tabbycat #rescuecat #CatMomLife #mysons #mytreasures #darlingboys #latergram
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On this day, 23 January 1913 10,000 clothing workers went on strike in Rochester, NY for the 8 hour day, a 10% wage increase, union recognition, and extra pay for overtime and holidays. Six people were wounded over the course of the strike and one worker, 18 year old Ida Breiman, was shot to death by a sweatshop contractor. The strike was called off in April after manufacturers agreed not to discriminate against workers for joining a union.
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A timely reminder via Margaret Kimberley at Black Agenda Report
