ah hey wait theres a gun! fuck this post. who cares if a gun is a very good methodof selfdefense
“The workers must be armed and organized at once with rifles, bayonets, and cannon. Under no pretext should arms or ammunition be surrendered, and any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.”
–Marx, address to the central committee of the Communist League
Taylor’s efforts have not only led to the first production-focused organic farm and CSA accessible by bus or bike to D.C. residents. They have also led to the passage of legislation encouraging D.C. landowners to give their property over to agricultural purposes, helping make the nation’s capital a more friendly place for urban farms.
On this day, 7 September 1977, violent clashes took place between workers and bosses’ thugs at a machine-tool factory in Mohan Nagar, India. Workers protested against unfair deductions to wages outside the plant but were attacked by armed security guards. Local workers and passers-by joined the demonstration and the guards opened fire, triggering violent response from the crowd who burned down the factory, killing the two shooters. Workers in neighbouring factories went on wildcat strike in solidarity and 20,000 people gathered in protest the next day. This is a great history of the mass struggles in India at this time: https://libcom.org/history/cycle-struggle-1973-1979-india
Pictured: a mass rally around that time https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1205046163013865/?type=3
