Forwarded from Syndiegram (FiberSinthe says Black Lives Matter)
We have to unionize.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/2020/07/16/osha-is-awol-critics-say-federal-agency-is-where-workplace-covid-19-complaints-go-to-die/
https://www.tampabay.com/news/2020/07/16/osha-is-awol-critics-say-federal-agency-is-where-workplace-covid-19-complaints-go-to-die/
Tampa Bay Times
‘OSHA is AWOL’: Critics say federal agency is where workplace COVID-19 complaints go to die
OSHA has received more than 6,000 complaints nationwide about unsafe work conditions related to COVID-19.
Forwarded from Richmond Rebellion - Updates
WTVR
Richmond announces new policy to name officers indicted on excessive use of force
Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Colette McEachin announced a new policy Friday that would publicly release the names of officers indicted for a crime based upon abuse of authority or excessive use of force while on duty.
Excellent thread of past articles and research on ongoing protests and repression in Portland now that the national media is hyping this story:
https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1284251679798341632
https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1284251679798341632
The Black Lives Revolution (BLM) pinned «Excellent thread of past articles and research on ongoing protests and repression in Portland now that the national media is hyping this story: https://twitter.com/tuckwoodstock/status/1284251679798341632»
Proof of CS gas deployment by federal officers in #Portland last night: https://twitter.com/LindseyPSmith7/status/1284022291248996353
Twitter
Lindsey Smith (she/her)
Here’s some of what was shot just now.
Remarkable footage of protestors confronting bicycle police in #Chicago this evening chanting "Who do you protect? Who do you serve?"
https://twitter.com/DominicGwinn/status/1284285480587206658
https://twitter.com/DominicGwinn/status/1284285480587206658
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/18/18-year-old-activist-had-teeth-knocked-out-by-police-at-columbus-statue-protest-alderman-state-senator-say/
“Alderman Taylor said watching video of the attack horrified her. Taylor’s daughter is good friends with Boyd, who could not be reached for comment Friday night. “I’m going to tell you right now, if this was my kid — and Miracle is one of mine — I would burn this city to the ground,” Taylor said. “You beat people up over a statue? You rough them up over a statue? They’re so busy protecting white supremacy, they’re so busy protecting a Christopher Columbus statue that they beat her.”
^^^That's a quote from an elected official 👀
“Alderman Taylor said watching video of the attack horrified her. Taylor’s daughter is good friends with Boyd, who could not be reached for comment Friday night. “I’m going to tell you right now, if this was my kid — and Miracle is one of mine — I would burn this city to the ground,” Taylor said. “You beat people up over a statue? You rough them up over a statue? They’re so busy protecting white supremacy, they’re so busy protecting a Christopher Columbus statue that they beat her.”
^^^That's a quote from an elected official 👀
Block Club Chicago
18-Year-Old Activist Had Teeth Knocked Out By Police At Columbus Statue Protest, Officials Say
GRANT PARK — An 18-year-old activist who had just spoken to a crowd protesting at the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park had several front teeth knocked out by a Chicago Police officer Friday evening, according to video and multiple elected officials.…
Sara Robinson, who documented this history in 2012, concluded, “We’re now living in an America where rampant inequality is accepted, even celebrated. Torture and extrajudicial killing have been reinstated, with no due process required. The wealthy and powerful are free to abuse employees, break laws, destroy the commons, and crash the economy — without ever being held to account.” Under this regime, the rich continually grow richer and the poor poorer, while the middle class grows steadily more insecure, demoralized, angry and often resentful. The rich feed white working-class and middle-class resentment by arguing that the government is taking white people’s “hard-earned money” and handing it to “undeserving” people of color. By this means, the rich convince many working-class whites to oppose social welfare programs and thus harm their own economic interests.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-gop-southern-strategy-shows-how-white-supremacy-fuels-class-exploitation/
https://truthout.org/articles/the-gop-southern-strategy-shows-how-white-supremacy-fuels-class-exploitation/
Truthout
The GOP's “Southern Strategy” Shows How White Supremacy Fuels Class Exploitation
A deliberately created racial hierarchy makes poor whites align with the superrich against their own interests.