| — | Bertrand Russell (via socialistscum) |
| — | A People’s History of the United States , Howard Zinn (via youalwayssaidishouldhaveablog) |
– Between the ongoing debates over birth control, the Violence Against Women Act and the Equal Pay Act, you might think news organizations would speak to a lot of women for their stories. They’re not:
First, they occupied the factory to get their wages from the bosses that owned the machinery. Then, they occupied their factory to keep the second bosses from shutting down their machinery. And, now, they are on their way to owning and running the machinery.
The group of workers who occupied their Chicago factory in 2008 and again in 2012 incorporated a worker-run cooperative on May 30, 2012. The factory window makers will take over was formerly owned by Republic Windows and Doors and then Serious Energy, and will now be run by New Era Windows, LLC.
Robles says they are working on getting the money together - about $2 million to purchase the machinery - and have already started building the structure of the cooperative: “we already have a steering committee, we have two treasurers. We will keep doing forward.”
They expect to start producing windows in two or three months, said Robles, and running their unionized cooperative. (Read More)
| — | Hermann Goering (via humanformat) |
About 50 people with organizations including Code Pink, United Steel Workers, the International Socialist Organization and Occupy Dallas joined GetEQUAL protesters to shout for equality and ending discrimination, while a handful of protesters parodied the CEOs that make the choices and profit from ExxonMobil. (photo source)
| — | Peter Kropotkin (via antistate) |
I would win the arm wrestling match; that’s what being a blue-collar St. Mary’s-ite gets me. Sam won the beanie argument, however, because he’s just one handsome motherfucker and I’m too ginger to function.
Orientation at my new workplace involved beer and making inappropriate jokes with the other kitchen staff. Also we established a policy about screaming at each other in the kitchen (fyi it’s perfectly acceptable within reason). The kitchen isn’t finished, but it’s spacious and there’s a large plaster cow’s head in it from the restaurant that used to be there.
I might like it at the Coco Cantina, even though we have to make our own cheese.
Still using my brother’s computer. Tomorrow I’ll have better access to one for the weekend but…idk.
Yay personal drivel no one cares about.
| — | Terry Eagleton, “Why Marx Was Right” (via foamtowheat) |
