Michael Dunn

They'd have to do far more than reverse. They'd have to purge govt of all the fascists and billionaires & rewrite laws & establish new protocols to prevent this from happening again. Otherwise, the Overton window keeps moving further and further to the right, with future Dems to the right of Trump

Or maybe not. His entire family's wealth came from arms dealing. He literally called for a weapon so devastating that nations would be scared to use it.

marshalllawwriter.com/the-merchant...

remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time. produced by guillotines for a Better America

And lower poverty rates, paid family leave, paid vacation & other safety net services that not only directly improve the quality of life, but also reduce chronic stress and the overproduction of Cortisol, which can lower life expectancy & increase risk of heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, cancer

Wealthy-looking older woman saying: My dear, religion is like a penis. It's a perfectly fine thing for one to have and take pride in, but when one takes it out and waves it in my face we have a problem.

Don't be a dick.

Keep it in your pants!

Mug shot of a tabby holding a sign that reads: I buried the elf on the shelf in my litter box.

Jeju inhabitants awaiting execution in late 1948. By Unknown author - http://www.japanfocus.org/-Khiem___Kim_Sung_soo/2848http://www.korea-is-one.org/spip.php?article266https://web.archive.org/web/20110727181314/http://koreanhistoria2005.blogsome.com/images/cheju_13.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11929874

Today in #LaborHistory 12/12/1945: US Occupation Govt of S. Korea outlawed People’s Republic of #Korea (occupied by #USSR). Banned strikes. Starved civilians. Slaughtered 30,000 in #Jeju #uprising, 10% of population.
#workingclass #genocide #massacre #starvation #strike #repression #communism

"Selection" of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, around May 1944. Jews were sent either to work or to the gas chamber. The photograph is part of the collection known as the Auschwitz Album. See Auschwitz Album, Yad Vashem: "The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau." The album was donated to Yad Vashem by Lili Jacob (later Lili Jacob-Zelmanovic Meier), a survivor, who found it in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp in 1945. For more images, see Category:Auschwitz Album. The collection as a whole was first published as The Auschwitz Album in 1980 in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, by the Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, but individual images had been published before that – for example, during the 1947 Auschwitz trial in Poland and the 1963–1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz trials. It is not known when this particular image was first published. By Anonymous photographer from the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst. Several sources believe the photographer to have been SS officers Ernst Hoffmann or Bernhard Walter, who ran the Erkennungsdienst. - The source of this version is The Daily Beast. Also see Auschwitz Album, Yad Vashem., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82421763

Today in #LaborHistory 12/12/1941: #Hitler declared the imminent extermination of the #Jews. Declaration marked a shift from propaganda & pogroms to outright #Genocide.
#workingclass #holocaust #antisemitism #auschwitz #nazis #goebbels

Absolutely!

But what about the World Cup? FIFA & EUFA, now being charged with war crimes?

@ Guillotines For A Better America Image of a very serious looking cat sitting on a chair at a table. Reads: Let's discuss guillotines and the end of the Capitalist hellscape Creator adds: This cat looks like he knows what he’s talking about, so | think we should listen.

Clowns Against Child Poverty Continued Photo of James Baldwin with the following quote: We can disagree and still love each other.... ...unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist - James Baldwin

The memorial at El Mozote. By Efrojas. Shows silhouettes of a family, holding hands, standing on a pedestal, with flowers and a plaqaue - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2155148

Today in #LaborHistory 12/11/1981: >800 slaughtered by Salvadoran soldiers in village of El Mozote. Men, women & #children tortured & executed by #Atlacatl Battalion, created 1980 at U.S. Army's School of the Americas.
#workingclass #elsalvador #genocide #elmozote #deathsquads #SchoolOfTheAmericas

Court Martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry. Trial started November 1, 1917, Fort Sam Houston. Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States. Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry United States of America on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston, Texas August 23, 1917. Trial held in Gift Chapel Fort Sam Houston. Trial started November 1, 1917, Brigadier General George K. Hunter presiding. Colonel J.A. Hull, Judge Advocate, Council for Defense, Major Harvy S. Grier. Major D.V. Sutphin, Assistant Advocate. Prisoners guarded by 19th Infantry Company C, Captain Carl J. Adler. By Unknown author or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16026926

Today in #LaborHistory 12/11/1917: 13 #AfricanAmerican soldiers hanged for the #Houston #Mutiny after habitual brutality of white #police toward black civilians & soldiers. 16 whites died, incl 5 cops, during mutiny.

#workingclass #racism #Riot #prison #police #policebrutality #civilrights

Early 20th-century postcard depicting the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, where the uprising was headquartered. By Postcard and scan courtesy LiveJournal user:Kiev Polytechnic early-20c.jpg at LiveJournal, SHCH Graphics Group, Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16698467

Today in #LaborHistory 12/11/1905: Workers & #student #uprising #Kiev, #Ukraine against #Russian govt. Created workers councils. Demanded end to persecution of Ukrainians, Poles & Jews.

#workingclass #communism #bolshevik #revolt #Revolution #antisemitism #ShuliavkaRepublic #freespeech #prison

NSW Police observing crowds prior to confrontation. CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=458739

Today in #LaborHistory 12/11/2005: #Cronulla race #riots Sydney, Australia triggered by fight btwn white lifeguards & a Middle-Eastern youths. Far-right #Australia First Party & Patriotic Youth League were involved.

#workingclass #racism #australia #sydney #fascism #policebrutality #police

All we gotta do is elect a Dem to end this nightmare.

Yeh, right!

Tax 'em?
Fuck that.
Abolish them!

IWW poster, red, with black cat, and white lettering that reads: Direct action gets satisfaction.

Today in #LaborHistory 12/10/1906: #IWW launched 1st sit-down #strike in US history at #GeneralElectric plant in Schenectady, #NewYork. Method later adopted by the labor movement in the 1930s, with the #Flint Sit-Down Strike being the most well-known.

Color poster. 41.5 x 26.5 cm. 100th Anniversary poster. Defects affecting the type. Ubu Roi is a parody of Macbeth in which a revolutionary (that's our Ubu!) kills the King of Poland and then does a number of other obscene things; a lot of the action is apparently outright nonsense. Ubu's first line is ? Merdre!?, the French word for shit with an extra r added. It's hard to translate misspelled expletives; How is one to duplicate, asked the translator Simon Watson. The majestic, tongue-rolling sonority of the word merdre, given only our bleak, unheroic shit to work on? Top of the poster reads: SHIT! Ubu Rules! 1896-1996. Bottom of poster reads: “Mere Ubu: Now look, Pere Ubu. What kind of king are you? You’re slaughtering everyone.”

Today in #LaborHistory 12/10/1896: #AlfredJarry play #Ubu Roi, premiered in Paris leading to a #riot. Precursor to #Dada, #Surrealism & Theatre of the Absurd. Uncanny resemblance between Ubu & #Trump. "Shit! Pere Ubu. What kind of king are you? You’re slaughtering everyone.”

Spies' appearance at the time of his conviction in 1886. By Unknown author - August Spies: murder., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1212704

Today in #LaborHistory 12/10/1865: August Spies was born. #Anarchism. #Unions. Wrongly executed for #Haymarket bombing during fight for #EightHourDay.

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Ricky Vincent posted an image of a family with husband, wife, 2 kids, wearing MAGA hats and shirts, or confederate flages that say "Trump." Caption reads: I VOTED FOR THE RACISM, NOT THE POVERTY

Also higher life expectancy, better schools, far less homelessness & school shootings, pensions...

But let's not forget what else they have (and practice regularly): The General Strike.

Yes, we can have all those things, too. But not without educating, organizing, agitating and Direct Action.

Taxpayers spent over $70M this year for Trump to play golf his country club, as he’s doubled his family’s net worth to over $7B through crooked deals and crypto scams, and accepted bribes from foreign countries and large donors for political favors.

He calls that “America First”

Today in #LaborHistory 12/9/1869: #KnightsOfLabor founded.
Membership of 700,000 by 1886. Fought for 8-hour day & ending child & convict labor. 1 of the ast #unions organizations to accept blacks & women.

#workingclass #union #strike #racism #Riot #AntiAsianHate #haymarket #eighthourday

Walter W. Liggett in 1929, holding an issue of “Plain Talk” magazine, which he wrote for. By Underwood & Underwood - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3c17269.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16888143

Today in #LaborHistory 12/9/1935: Walter Liggett, #socialist #journalist, murdered in a drive-by shooting. Helped to free Sacco & Vanzetti,Thomas Mooney. Accused Farmer-Labor politicians of collusion with organized crime.

#workingclass #journalism #FreedomOfThePress #FreeSpeech #socialism

Iconic photograph of Faris Odeh throwing a stone at an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada, 29 October 2000. Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16446370

Today in #LaborHistory 12/9/1987: First #Intifada began #Gaza & #WestBank. Protest against Israeli repression. 200 Israelis & 2,000 Palestinians died.

#workingclass #israel #palestine #EndTheOccupation #EndTheSiege #hamas #PLO #zionism #murder #prison #freepalestine

Kropotkin in 1876, with receding hairline, bushy beard and wire-rimmed glasses. By Nadar - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b53107360h/f1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52291418

Today in #LaborHistory 12/9/1842: The Anarchist formerly known as Prince, Peter Kropotkin, was born. Imprisoned in Peter & Paul Fortress for subversive political activity. Escaped in 1876.

#workingclass #anarchism #kropotkin #russia #prison #geography #MutualAid #Revolution #books #writer #author

Kinda. How 'bout when they only sucked the balls of their corporate overlords and not those of fascist dictators? Or, maybe just the balls of a few fascist dictators?

Nah, they always sucked balls.

www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...

Rioters in Komotini, with masks, throwing objects at police. By Joanna - Πορεία και επεισόδια στην Νομική Κομοτηνής, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5493951

Today in #LaborHistory 12/8/2008: #Revolt began in #Greece after #police murdered teen #student. Barricades, attacked police stations, set government buildings on fire. Ultimately, the state prosecuted the cops who murdered the teen.

Fighting Supremacy Within Our Movements, As Portrayed in Working-Class Memoir, Poetry and Fiction Featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin, Ananda Esteva, Jenny Worley and Michael Dunn at the Howard Zinn Book Fair Sunday, December 7, 2025 10:30am-12:00pm City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus 1125 Valencia St., Room 213

Tomorrow in San Francisco, the HOWARD ZINN BOOK FAIR.

I’m reading from my novel & hosting a panel discussion with Tongo Eisen-Martin: San Francisco Poet Laureate, Ananda Esteva, Jenny Worley.

Sun, 12/7/2025
10:30am-12:00pm
CCSF, Mission Campus
1125 Valencia St., Room 213

#poetry #books #novels