MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Today in Labor History August 26, 1913: The Dublin lock-out began, a 5- month strike over terrible living and working conditions, and for union recognition. At the time, some Irish workers were living with 55 people per house. The Infant mortality rate among the poor was 142 per 1,000 births. TB-related deaths were 50% higher than in England or Scotland. The main organizers of the strike were 2 syndicalists, James Larkin and IWW cofounder, James Connolly. Several workers were killed by police and by strikebreakers. Hundreds were injured. WB Yeats’ poem, September 1913, is often viewed as a commentary on the brutality of the strike. Connolly was later executed as a leader of the Easter Rising, in 1916.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #dublin #lockout #union #strike #ireland #socialism #jameslarkin #jamesconnolly #IWW #police #policebrutality
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Today in Labor History August 26, 1913: The Dublin lock-out began, a 5- month strike over terrible living and working conditions, and for union recognition. At the time, some Irish workers were living with 55 people per house. The Infant mortality rate among the poor was 142 per 1,000 births. TB-related deaths were 50% higher than in England or Scotland. The main organizers of the strike were 2 syndicalists, James Larkin and IWW cofounder, James Connolly. Several workers were killed by police and by strikebreakers. Hundreds were injured. WB Yeats’ poem, September 1913, is often viewed as a commentary on the brutality of the strike. Connolly was later executed as a leader of the Easter Rising, in 1916.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #dublin #lockout #union #strike #ireland #socialism #jameslarkin #jamesconnolly #IWW #police #policebrutality
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.

Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.

Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon

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@SeattleAPP@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

TW: Police Violence

Repost from Democracy Now

Jacksonville, Florida's Sheriff T.K. Waters said Monday that none of the officers involved in the violent arrest and beating of 22-year-old Black motorist William Anthony McNeil Jr. will face criminal charges.

The beating occurred on February 19 after Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled McNeil over for driving without his headlights on — even though it was daytime and not raining.

#justiceforwilliammcneil #policebrutality

Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
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TW: Police Violence

Repost from Democracy Now

Jacksonville, Florida's Sheriff T.K. Waters said Monday that none of the officers involved in the violent arrest and beating of 22-year-old Black motorist William Anthony McNeil Jr. will face criminal charges.

The beating occurred on February 19 after Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled McNeil over for driving without his headlights on — even though it was daytime and not raining.

#justiceforwilliammcneil #policebrutality

Video description: Video of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man being brutalized by several Jacksonville Sheriff deputies after breaking his driver's side window yelling "Exit the vehicle now, exit the vehicle" while immediately punching him in his face, as he sat calmly. The deputies then demanded that McNeil show them his hands, to which he immediately complied stated "Here" and later "I'm here" while raising his hands. The deputies then opened his door. McNeil then asks "What is your reason sir, what is your reason?" The officers then replied, "Step out, step out now," while violently snatching McNeil out of the vehicle. The video then shows McNeil being grabbed by several officers while one punches him in his face before throwing him to the ground. The deputies can then be heard yelling "stop fighting, stop fighting!"
Video description: Video of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man being brutalized by several Jacksonville Sheriff deputies after breaking his driver's side window yelling "Exit the vehicle now, exit the vehicle" while immediately punching him in his face, as he sat calmly. The deputies then demanded that McNeil show them his hands, to which he immediately complied stated "Here" and later "I'm here" while raising his hands. The deputies then opened his door. McNeil then asks "What is your reason sir, what is your reason?" The officers then replied, "Step out, step out now," while violently snatching McNeil out of the vehicle. The video then shows McNeil being grabbed by several officers while one punches him in his face before throwing him to the ground. The deputies can then be heard yelling "stop fighting, stop fighting!"
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@SeattleAPP@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

TW: Police Violence

Repost from Democracy Now

Jacksonville, Florida's Sheriff T.K. Waters said Monday that none of the officers involved in the violent arrest and beating of 22-year-old Black motorist William Anthony McNeil Jr. will face criminal charges.

The beating occurred on February 19 after Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled McNeil over for driving without his headlights on — even though it was daytime and not raining.

#justiceforwilliammcneil #policebrutality

Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
Photo of William Anthony McNeil Jr., a Black man, sitting in his car looking at the camera wearing a red t-shirt, seconds before Jacksonville Sheriff deputies brutalized him. White letters at the top of the photo have the following text “Officers filmed beating 22-year-old William Anthony McNeil Jr. will not face charges.” At the bottom of the photo is red text that states “Video of McNeil’s violent arrest on next slide”
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

A reminder to all the TERFs and transphobic queers out there that the first Pride was a riot, literally. And it was led by trans women and drag queens, including Marsha P. Johnson, as well as lesbians, who refused to submit to police bodily searches during a raid on the Stonewall Inn night club, and who fought back during the cops' attempts to mass arrest patrons and community members.

#lgbtq #pride #stonewall #transrightsarehumanrights #transphobia #Riot #police #policebrutality #homophobia

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

A #California #farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when #US #immigration agents raided a cannabis operation & arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group.

Dozens of #ImmigrantRights activists faced off w/ #federal agents in rural Southern California on Thursday. It was the latest escalation of #Trump's campaign for #MassDeportations of immigrants in the US.

#law#HumanRights#ICE#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/one-california-worker-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-cannabis-farm-raid-2025-07-11/

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

US #citizens were detained during the #raid & some are still unaccounted for, Strater said.

Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos & videos of the raid from their phones, said #UFW President Teresa Romero in a statement.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The scene at the #farm on Thursday was chaotic, with #federal agents wearing helmets & face #masks using #TearGas & smoke cannisters on #protesters, according to photos & videos of the scene.

Several #farmworkers were injured & one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the #raid, said Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the #UnitedFarmWorkers.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

"These violent and cruel federal actions terrorize American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives & separate families," Romero said.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The scene at the #farm on Thursday was chaotic, with #federal agents wearing helmets & face #masks using #TearGas & smoke cannisters on #protesters, according to photos & videos of the scene.

Several #farmworkers were injured & one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the #raid, said Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the #UnitedFarmWorkers.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

US #citizens were detained during the #raid & some are still unaccounted for, Strater said.

Some citizen workers who were detained reported only being released from custody after deleting photos & videos of the raid from their phones, said #UFW President Teresa Romero in a statement.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality