Being pro-union and having a family member deeply embedded in Labor rights the stories of Blair Mountain, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and the Homestead Strike are all very familiar.
I am always surprised at how few people know of these and other events that changed the lives of the working class. People fought and died for the rights we have today, and wealth is trying to take away or render ineffective as many of those as they can.
History isn’t an arc bent any direction except towards shortsighted greed. It’s human nature. That’s why we face things like the climate crisis or bubbles in financial markets, and it’s a perpetual battle that has no end to try to push that arc the other way.
Except that the US is currently being invaded by the US.
Unfortunately on lemmy directly linking to someone’s comment inside a post does not automatically scroll down to it, and instead makes it seem like the link is just to the OP, which is the meme image. If you click the link and scroll down to the The D Quill’s comment, you’ll see what I was trying to reference (I have also edited my post to include the comment itself in the post body).
The US is currently occupied by the US military.
I hope more people read the comment you were actually linking to. Coalition building is one of the most useful things we can do right now.
I’ve certainly learned for the future that it’s probably better not use a direct link to a comment as the main post :\
I can’t make heads or tails of this comment. What did this dude actually say??
The mine worker related his experience during The Battle of Blair mountain, essentially telling those elementary schoolers about an often forgotten major working class conflict that occurred within the US, when unionized mine workers said enough is enough and took up arms against the mining companies, and narrowly avoided conflict with the US government as well.
Same, the sentiment sounds great but it left me bored.
That screenshot has aged like milk
