It's the name of the channel, not a description of what Oracle does (hence the pipe between them). I edited the title to add a bit more context and make it more clear that they do not, in fact, do good work.
The most effective non-violent action we can take is to organize a General Strike.
The country would be brought to its knees if suddenly deprived of profit and labor. That tactic was extremely effective in Chile in 2019, and had they not fallen for the trick of liberal reform, they would've had a successful revolution on their hands with virtually no bloodshed.
If you aren't in a union (or even if you are, it's worth dual-carding), please consider joining the IWW to unionize your workplace (bonus: you'll get higher wages, better benefits, and more time off if you succeed!) to strengthen a general strike if we manage to enact one, as most unions have a strike fund that can supplement your income during a general strike to make it more financially bearable (you should also save as much money as you can reasonably do, so it can also be used to keep yourself afloat during a strike).
And for our international friends, you should join one as well, as fascism is gaining momentum globally. If your country isn't listed below, just contact the IWW directly in the link above.
It wouldn't let me there either. Not sure it's my VPN or my browser, but I figured most people aren't going to have as intense of a privacy set-up as we do. I also don't know of an alternative to that site now that the ICE Block app was removed from stores.
You could warn your area if you see ICE around on this website.
Finding and getting involved in a local mutual aid group would be quite meaningful, as it would allow you to meet people who share your same concerns IRL, and be able to plan and organize for how to react in your area. It's very make a meaningful difference alone, finding a solid group is very important.
Attempting to unionize your workplace if it isn't already would be very helpful to further prepare for a General Strike (as they usually have strike funds to make a general strike financially bearable), which is pretty much our last non-violent option to prevent all of this from progressing. You can see how a general strike helped cripple Chile's government while civil unrest was occurring in this documentary.
I'd recommend contacting the IWW, who will gladly train you to become an organizer with proven techniques to unionize your workplace.
Lastly, I'd also recommend checking out the book Full Spectrum Resistance for a more complete guide on how to prepare and respond.
There's a 3rd type of socialism that was more rarely spoken of in the 60's and 70's, because it didn't have the drawbacks of centralized soviet style communism and therefor was more difficult to demonize: Anarchism. This ideology was successfully implemented for a few years in parts of Spain during their civil war, and its success in creating a non-hierarchical decentralized and free society even attracted George Orwell to visit it, and join their cause to fight for what they were building.
It was eventually crushed by both fascists and communists, as both sides were terrified of that concept spreading. If we're able to implement it again someday, possibly in a spot where it would be much harder to crush militarily, then it would be a genie impossible to put back in the bottle, as it would be so self-evident in how superior of a way of life it provides to everyone, without the downsides of a centralized dictator.
If it were replaced with massive investment into public transport and new dedicated high speed rail between US cities, it'd be a huge net positive.
A man can dream, anyway.
To do it again would literally kill air travel in the country for the next 30 years. People would literally stop flying.
From a climate perspective, that would be fantastic.
Hell, switch to Impossible meat permanently.
Fucks with MAGA farmers and drastically lowers cattle based emissions with one stone.
Kreia from KOTOR 2 really gave an astonishingly good performance, as did Bao-dur in the game game.
Glad to hear it got to you in time, Liberty. I hope the advice proves useful!
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Burnout at the Stake - How to spot activist burnout, and what to do if you get burnt 🔥
(industrialworker.org)
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It's official: Teamsters President Sean O'Brien is a Class Traitor & Republican Stooge - (Details in post body)
(slrpnk.net)
A Teamster posted images of a fund raising letter they received from President Sean O'Brien on r/Union (warning: reddit link).
In the letter, Sean O'Brien claims that Trump is creating a new 'Worker First' republican party, and implores the reader to donate as much as they can to the Teamster 'TEAM Fund', which will be used to:
- Support Trump's 'Pro-Worker' initiatives, like 'strategic' tariffs
- Financially back incumbent 'pro-worker' republican candidates for the House and Senate
- Identify pro-labor legislatures in key states and support their campaigns
Sean then introduces the next part of the letter; a message from Josh Hawley, a Christian Nationalist and Trump loyalist state senator who fist pumped the Jan 6th rioters in support.
In the letter Hawley claims Trump has eliminated the "country club elites and business tycoons" from the republican party, as well as ending the "Woke DEI agenda".
If there was ever any doubt about O'Brien, he's certainly showing his true colors now, bending the knee to the fascists in power and even going so far as to fund raise for them.
The letter itself:
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New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions
(www.theguardian.com)
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