any time the workers are striking it means they're right
It is really, really hard to overstate how many cliffs we all collectively jump off of as a species if the GOP seizes executive control again
Lots of people are depressed and anxious right now for multiple valid reasons, plus still grieving what happened in 2020 as well as dealing with normal awful life stuff since then (death, divorce, job losses, health issues, etc.) Capitalism does not care and will say you're not trying hard enough.
Every single person should read Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell," which is about how humans in a disaster band together and take care of each other, as one of our most basic human urges... ...until someone in authority comes along, and panics, assuming "helping each other" is "rioting."
Agreed. It's useless, inane, and hyperbolic. It's the analytical equivalent of our sports radio hosts asking, If the Seahawks win tonight, are they going to the Super Bowl? (No joke, heard this on KJR.)
I find it striking how in the aftermath of Helene, libraries are providing crucial community services like free wifi while cops are guarding stores with rotting food from potential "looters" instead of serving and protecting people. Worth considering how we spend local funding.
Cops guarding a grocery store in North Carolina because payment processing is down… in case you’re wondering what their actual job is- it’s protecting capital- not you
They're actors, does that make it better? Or worse?
What are you complaining about, they won their 54% just like DiPoto said.
Teen Vogue: Democracy dies in darkness