workingclasshistory:

On this day, 13 February 1913, 82-year-old labour activist Mother Jones was arrested after martial law was declared to suppress a coal miners’ strike.
She was charged with inciting a riot – reportedly for attempting to read the Declaration of Independence – and conspiracy to commit murder.
Tried and convicted in a military court, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Jones declared “Whatever I have done in West Virginia… I have done it all over the United States. And when I get out, I will do it again.”
She was released and pardoned after serving 85 days, although she did contract pneumonia in prison.
This is our podcast episode about West Virginia miners’ struggles at that time: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/06/09/wch-e7-the-west-virginia-mine-wars-1902-1922/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1348972618621218/?type=3

horrororman:

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plantyhamchuk:

Lots of solid info in here for anyone interested in grafting citrus trees.

kropotkindersurprise:

October 1, 2019 - Protesters against corruption and oppressive new laws chase away riot police in Jakarta. [video]

queeranarchism:

Another little explanation of something that often confuses people: acts of civil disobedience vs. acts of direct action:

Civil disobedience is the public breaking of an unjust law to show how unjust it is. Keywords are ‘public’ and ‘show’. Civil disobedience is done to be seen. Like a demonstration or a public speech, it’s main purpose is to persuade, to contribute to the public debate. So the amount of media coverage and the shift in public opinion are part of how success is measured. 

Classic civil disobedience involves publicly announcing your action in advance, attaching your own name and face to it, carrying out the action and publicly going through the resulting legal procedures, stating openly what you have done and why. The court case is part of the action, and like the action it strives to persuade.

By participating in the court case the activist shows that they oppose this specific unjust law, but are still law-abiding citizens that are willing to let the law run its course. Civil disobedience opposes specific laws or parts of the system, not the system as a whole.

Direct action is the breaking of an unjust law to directly counter its effect. Keyword is ‘effect’. Direct action is about a practical result as a direct consequence of the action. It doesn’t need to be observed. It doesn’t need to be in the news. Public opinion is not the target.

Generally, direct action is done anonymously and activists try to avoid getting caught and going to court. For someone doing direct action, the public display of a court case is a distraction from getting the real work done. If you are not caught, you retain the freedom and energy to participate in a next action. If your goal is direct effect, this is obviously better. Participants in direct action often have no interest in being law-abiding citizens and often oppose the system as a whole.

Civil disobedience and direct action can and often do mix. Activists engaged in direct action often see the public spectacle as a nice bonus and activists engaged in civil disobedience often see the direct result as a nice bonus.A public occupation of a coal mine can serve both to damage the working of the mine (effect) and influence public opinion. A blockade is often a mix of civil disobedience and direct action.

But it is good to keep an eye on the difference and to know which aim, them it comes down to it, is more important to organizers and participants. Is the direct effect the most important or public opinion? There will be times when you have to choose, and often that choice comes during a crisis situation.

For example, if a blockade is met with unexpectedly brutal police violence, the response of a direct action activist might be to find new ways to fight back which require less cameras on site, while the response of a civil disobedience activist might be to increase live streaming with more cameras.

In the thick of the fight, key decisions often hinge on whether you value public opinion over the effect of the action. So it is vital to know where you, your affinity group and the larger organization stand before the action starts. 

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noroithecurse2005-deactivated20:

reactionaries think “the left” wants “participation trophies for doing nothing” and then go apeshit over some boot boy having a bruh moment at culver’s

he’s just tired from being kept up all night by me fucking his wife

llovinghome:

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A black man from Oregon sued the city of West Linn alleging that police officers unlawfully surveilled him at work and then falsely arrested him in retaliation for having raised complaints with his employer about racial discrimination.

Michael Fesser of Portland claimed in the suit, an amended version of which was filed last month in U.S. District Court in Portland, that the incident left him suffering from emotional distress and resulted in economic damages. He sued the city and several members of the West Linn Police Department for false arrest, malicious prosecution, defamation and invasion of privacy.

West Linn police began investigating Fesser in February 2017 after Fesser raised concerns to his boss, Eric Benson, owner of A&B Towing, that he was being racially discriminated against at work.

According to separate court documents, Fesser said the discrimination included coworkers’ calling him racial slurs. After he raised his concerns, Benson contacted West Linn Police Chief Terry Timeus, his friend, and persuaded to look into allegations that Fesser had stolen from the company, according to the lawsuit.

The suit said the theft allegations were false and unsubstantiated.

But with the approval of West Linn police Lt. Mike Stradley, Detectives Tony Reeves and Mike Boyd used audio and video equipment to watch Fesser while he was at work, according to the suit. The surveillance was “conducted without a warrant or probable cause” and did not result in any evidence that Fesser was stealing from his employer, the lawsuit stated.

Regardless, West Linn officers, with the help of Portland police officers, arrested Fesser days later based on Reeves’ and Stradley’s “false representations” to Portland police that they had probable cause for an arrest.

“Sgt. Reeves and Sgt. Boyd unlawfully arrested, detained and interrogated Mr. Fesser in Portland, outside their jurisdiction, without probable cause,” the suit said, adding that the two officers took Fesser’s personal belongings, including papers expressing his concerns about racial discrimination at work.

Fesser spent about eight hours at the police station before he was released on his own recognizance. He was later contacted by West Linn police to come to the station to retrieve some of his belongings. While he was there, officers informed Fesser that he had been fired from his job, according to the lawsuit.

“The West Linn Defendants’ surveillance, arrest, incarceration and interrogation of Mr. Fesser without a warrant or probable cause and their pursuit of baseless criminal charges against Mr. Fesser were racially motivated, retaliatory, extra-jurisdictional and an egregious abuse of the power with which the police are entrusted,” the suit said.

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rosslynpaladin:

systlin:

So my favorite way to get my cardio in when it’s cold, icy, and shitty out like it’s been the last few days is to fire up the ol’ video games, put on my chainmail (it’s like a weight vest but cooler) and get on my mini-stepper-elliptical-thing. You know, they look like this. 

And then work out while playing. 

I did this yesterday with Horizon Zero Dawn. 

Now, normally I do about 45-50 minutes. Yesterday, however, I was so into the game that I lost sense of time and ended up doing an hour and a half before I realized it. 

So, I can officially rate Horizon Zero Dawn 2 sore legs out of 2. 

Back before I got sick: I got a cheap stationary exercise bike (thrift stores often have old ones with busted electronics but the pedals work, dude) and rigged a desk on top of the handlebars with a piece of plywood covered in soft foam and edged so the mouse and keyboard can’t slide off and my arms have soft stuff to rest on… and so I could pedal away while playing games. It works, too.

…that’s brilliant. I’m not an exercise bike person…I’m a jogging or elliptical person, just personal preference…but I’m going to bring this up to our one friend who’s been trying to find a way to motivate himself to get through his stationary bike workouts. 

Is there a mini-stepper brand/model you recommend? This could work really well for me.

I just got the Gold’s Gym brand from walmart, on the basis of ‘that’s what they had’. 

It works just fine. No complaints. 

Sweet; thanks! Any general notes on using it properly?

Not many, it’s pretty self explanatory. It will seem a bit stiff to use at first, but once you get going and it warms up it’ll go a lot smoother.