The Rainbow Coalition was a multicultural movement of cross-racial class solidarity, founded on the 4th of march in 1969, in Chicago, Illinois with the coming together of the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, and the Young Patriots.
These organizations were under the leadership of Fred Hampton, Jose Cha Cha JimΓ©nez, and William "Preacherman" Fesperman, respectively. It was the first of several 20th century Black-led organizations to use the "rainbow coalition" concept.
The Rainbow Coalition's first alliance was between the Young Patriots and the Black Panthers by Bob Lee. Hampton then incorporated the Young Lords. The Rainbow Coalition soon included various radical socialist community groups like the Lincoln Park Poor People's Coalition, and Rising Up Angry. The coalition was later joined nationwide by the Students for a Democratic Society ("SDS"), the Brown Berets, the American Indian Movement, and the Red Guard Party.
In April 1969, Hampton called several press conferences to announce that this "Rainbow Coalition" had formed. The Rainbow Coalition engaged in joint action against poverty, corruption, racism, police brutality, and substandard housing. The participating groups supported each other at protests, strikes, and demonstrations where they had a common cause.
The coalition espoused an iteration of militancy that aimed to decrease urban unemployment, promote public education, and advance "class" solidarity. For instance, in a 1970 issue of The Patriot, the Young Patriots Organization called for nonviolent support of Bobby Seale (on trial), but also declared that "Guns in the Hands of the Police Represent Capitalism and Racism...Guns In the Hands of the People Represent Socialism and Solidarity." (the patriot 1)
The Coalition brokered treaties to end crime and gang violence and organized to establish class solidarity across racial lines. On December 3rd, Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department and the FBI, and the Rainbow Coalition effectively dissolved.
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I got forklift certification yesterday, I am a new me now. I saw some things that will haunt me in those training videos and demonstrated competency in weilding a forklift or as we professionals call it a powered industrial truck P.I.T for short
Workplace safety is no joke! I've worked in a warehouse before, be careful out there! Also, if you like some gory humor, check out Staplerfahrer Klaus, the forklift training video that makes OSHA enjoyer's eyebrows twitch.
I am saw that video and memes aside I do take safety seriously, number one thing instilled in me was like with a car this is a tremendous responsibility and the lives around me are in my hands
You've surely seen this, but for the .01% chance you haven't, it is my responsibility to ensure you see the German forklift training video
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
so you are a trucker now?
I still have my bass pro shop hat, think I was always meant to be one π
Welcome comrade, the world is an oyster to us.
(I got my certificate while unemployed a little over 10 years back and have never driven a forklift in a professional capacity since, have done it privately a couple of times though)
I do hope to get something soon with it, had to drive a ways but the school was full of forklift drivers needed signs. Hopefully they have similar in my town
Yeah, that was more a symptom of where I was living than actual job prospects. Most of the jobs for "forklift drivers" required you to have a wheel loader license (paper mills, construction, lumber yards etc were the main employers).
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https://www.staplercup.com/en/
I like to think out of the 8 people in the course yesterday I was top 3 since I didn't hit a come or anything so now I set my sights on this
Ooooohhh another one for the ranks. Faebling I've driven electric, gas, and propane. Inside, outside, stand-up, sit down, clamps, rotators, reach trucks I've done it all. I've loaded and unloaded train cars and barges.
Find a union job if you can, at least here it's a pretty competitive job market if you're open shop. I haven't driven a lift truck in a decade probably but it's one of the best mid-pay jobs I've ever had
Been researching unions near me I planned on using this in the mean time till applications for a union to open up but if I can find a union that includes forklift might just go that route
Narwhal of the golf buggy world