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"The not-so-secret truth about [contructing US highway system] in the mid-20th century was the intentionally disparate impact... on less affluent and under-empowered neighborhoods, particularly those with predominantly Black, Latino and non-white immigrant populations."
The #WarOnCars is #antiracist as highways dispoportionately benefit richer, whiter suburbs, by design. As usual, what's good for the environment is also good for social justice.
"We speak with award-winning Palestinian American artist and filmmaker Emily Jacir, whose event in Berlin in October was canceled after Israel launched its ongoing assault on Gaza. Jacir decries a pattern of “harassment, baseless smear campaigns, canceling shows, canceling talks” conducted against Palestinian artists in Germany and around the world. “It’s very much part of a coordinated movement,” she says, connecting global censorship of diasporic Palestinian voices with the violent “targeted destruction of culture in Gaza,” which she calls a “part of genocide.”
@JessTheUnstill RE definitions of #fascism, I have found it helpful to look to those that well-established #antifa & #antiracist action groups use. Since this objection comes up frequently, it can be much less emotionally taxing to link folks to eg. https://antiracistaction.org/about/ & have them scroll down to "What is Fascism?"
At the start of each year, we do a post addressed to the white nationalist readers of our website, encouraging them to leave the racist movement. If you're having second thoughts about involvement in the white power scene, give this a read.
Today in Labor History October 24, 1892: Black and white teamsters, salesmen and packers struck together in New Orleans, paralyzing commerce throughout the city and quickly turning into a General Strike. Workers were fighting for a 10-hour work day. They were soon joined by non-industrial workers, such as musicians, clothing workers, clerks, utility workers, streetcar drivers and printers. The bosses and media tried to stoke sectarian violence by repeating lies that black mobs were rampaging through the streets beating up white women and children, but the workers refused to break ranks and continued to show solidarity with each other, regardless of skin color. In the end, the workers won the 10-hour workday and overtime pay, but the employers refused to accept the union shop or to recognize the unions as representatives of the workers.
This very #gay, very #antiracist, very #bodybuilding story is the best thing you’ll read all week. A bit of superpower fantasy in an unjust world. John Chu is masterful. 🏳️🌈💪
Many thousands gathered today in Hyde Park on #Gadigal land. Members of both the NSW & federal governments had said this event ought to be prevented from occurring, including #ALP Premier #ChrisMinns.
Speakers included Aboriginal, Palestinian & Jewish leaders. They spoke of the horrific violence against the population of #Gaza, and linked this to #colonial violence in these lands (amongst other points). #Antisemitism was vigorously and repeatedly condemned as antithetical to the #AntiRacist convictions of the rally's organisers, the very convictions that lead many people into #solidarity with oppressed #Palestinians.
Mass protest rallies always bring the risk of violence from outside agitators & troublemakers. Sure enough, present on the fringes of the crowd this afternoon were numerous groups of intimidating armed figures in dark clothing, members of a notoriously #racist organisation, responsible for many violent deaths & injuries, and for causing countless incidents at a variety of political gatherings. It's an old organisation that has not (as far as I'm aware) ever publicly renounced its historical participation in genocidal violence. Fortunately, I believe today's gathering proceeded without the #NSWpolice stirring up any further trouble.
Fred Moten and Stefano Harvey did not miss when they said universities are just another neoliberal mechanism of control/governance, one that mirrors the nation-state.
at best they can be looted for their resources on the way out to radically reorganizing social life