When I was younger, I learned about how the authorities persecuted civil rights leaders in the '60s. Especially some of the earliest lessons, which might even have been in high school, came with the flavor of "of course this was wrong, and we've revised government so this doesn't happen anymore."
Bullshit. The #StopCopCity arrests are more of the same, like COINTELPRO and the FBI going after MLK.
This Willamette Week story is absolutely BONKERS. It's also a great reminder that COPS DON'T CARE. Here's a white guy who was so used to the system protecting white men like him that he couldn't fathom that it would fail him, too, just like it always fails women, POC, trans people, etc. Poor Kenny.
Also, know the signs of a sociopath, folks! Don't trifle with them! #ACAB#sociopathy
Maxine LaQueen performing at Sine Die Bitch at Cheer Up Charlie's in #Austin. This event is a response to the record-breaking attacks on #LGBTQIA rights at the legislature. LaQueen has been targeted for far-right harassment. #drag#TXlege#Texas
Brigitte Bandit performing in #ACAB pasties, drops No Cops at #Pride banners during the performance at Sine Die Bitch at Cheer Up Charlie's in #Austin. #LGBTQIA#Texas#TXlege
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This is something I wish more americans understood. The "job" of policing is not to keep everyday people safe, it's to protect the property and interests of the capitalist class, with violence.
That's why they will let school children get gunned down during the day, then use every violent tool at their disposal against protesters at night. #ACAB
#Japan riot police pin #G7 protesters to ground in scuffle #PoliceBrutality#ACAB The demonstration was organised by the far-left extremist "Revolutionary Communist League National Committee", which denounces the G7 summit as a conference of "imperialism for nuclear war". https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-65663384
Today in Labor History May 20, 1938: 500 unemployed workers began a sit-down strike in the Hotel Georgia, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Unemployed men had been drifting to British Columbia during the Depression because of the milder climate and relatively better pay in the forestry camps. In early ’38, the government had cut grants to the provinces. As a result, many of the relief camps shut down and jobs dried up. In response, protesters occupied the Hotel George, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the main post office beginning on May 20. They were led by communist organizers. The owner of the hotel refused to call the cops, fearing major property damage in the melee that would ensue. So, he bribed the men to leave. However, those in the post office and art gallery remained for weeks.
The conflict culminated on Bloody Sunday (June 19), when undercover Mounties brutally beat strikers in their attempt to evict them. 42 people were hospitalized, five of whom were cops. One striker lost an eye. Those who evaded arrest, along with onlookers and supporters on the outside, then marched to the East End, smashing windows. They caused $35,000 damage.
I love the lyrics in Go Beast:
"Im like whirly wind
Disturbin them
While Observing the trends
Gurridyula circles again
I wedgtailed the rats is this rat race
And when im in da house I'm the cat
With the facts
Relax mate ayy!" https://gurridyula.bandcamp.com/track/go-beast