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On this day in 1919, the United Mine Workers (UMW) initiated a nationwide strike of more than 400,000 coal miners, demanding better wages and a 30-hour week. The U.S. declared the strike illegal while the media smeared workers as communists.

U.S. Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, the same individual behind the infamous Palmer Raids, declared the strike illegal by invoking the Lever Act, a wartime measure that made it a crime to interfere with the production or transportation of necessities.

The law had never been used against a union before, and in fact American Federation of Labor (AFL) founder Samuel Gompers had been promised by President Woodrow Wilson that the Lever Act would not be used to suppress labor actions.

The strike was subject to Red Scare propaganda: coal operators made false charges that Lenin and Trotsky had ordered the strike and were financing it, and some of the press repeated those claims. Others used words like "insurrection" and "Bolshevik revolution". Because of this propaganda and the Attorney General's injunction against the strike, the UMW called the strike off on November 8th.

Many workers ignored this order, however, and the strike continued for over a month, with a final agreement being reached on December 10th. Workers won a 14% wage increase and the creation of an investigatory commission to mediate wage issues.

The US miners' strikes, 1919-1922 - Jeremy Brecher :workerworker

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[-] Fruitbat@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really wish I was somewhere else that had more things to do, because there is hardly much to do. I got excited at seeing this one thing, but instead it's for another city over. and it's also kind of a long drive to that other city, assuming I even have a car. Besides there is some stuff here but they're just boring? Also a lot of stuff are in bars to and I hate bars, or it cost money and just. screm-a but it would be cool if there were more ways to hang out with people instead of being very isolated.

[-] Babs@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

My partner's mama wants to come visit us soon πŸ™‚

She's an old lady with lots of mental health issues and a whole slew of ignorant prejudices around race and sexuality 😢

She apparently doesn't know I'm trans 😬

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[-] KittyBobo@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can't even write a JOKE about the dad's from Bluey having gay BDSM sex with the dad from the Daily Wire cartoon without someone getting OFFENDED.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

My friend will sometimes complain about stuff male engineers say to her and it's definitely stuff that I've said before on occasion but I don't get defensive. took-restraint

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[-] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Apolitical paraglider grillman who hates Zionists because they act really annoying against paragliders.

[-] Mokey@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tired of everything, I dont want to work anymore just practice and play music. Like I love music and practicing but doing both full time has to be affecting me somehow.

I have a decent full time job and i feel like im always struggling to keep things together. I hate this country so much. A regular person should be able to get by fine here, its that everything is subject to greedy assholes and enshittification. Can we just do what makes sense?

It must of felt so god damn good as a regular person to strip the Romanovs of everything. In what world can you be comfortable with your child receiving all the things they could possibly need to succeed while others freeze and fucking starve.

Also fuck cars, did you guys know they let any idiot drive a death machine? And you are also are subject to whatever tantrum they have no matter how dangerous or stupid it is.

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[-] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Protip: take turns spiraling so you can be there for each other

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

is-this conservation of angular momentum

[-] GorbinOutOverHere@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

what're some alternatives to calling someone a good girl so that the phrase doesn't get stale

Just wondering it's for a project don't ask what the project is

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[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I threw up last night for an unknown reason but otherwise I feel fine. I can't sleep and my legs ache now. I have to wait 45 minutes for the grocery store to open so I can go get some diet ginger ale and/or some ginger tea. One of the bad things about COVID (although it was certainly good for workers) is that it destroyed most of the 24-hour stores where I am.

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Hmm doing strike for 30 hours in 1920s. Little did they know the workers would still work 50 hours hundred years later.

[-] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

sicko-yes new citations needed drop

sicko-charging they're explicitly talking about class conflict. it's in the fucking title of the episode

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Took a day off to catch up on org work + rest and I'm in the office to focus better and for the free snacks/drinks

Somebody fucking called security on me cause I guess chilling on the fancy sofas and loveseats for a few hours with a phone is suspicious and a threat to their walled garden

[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

You faint in one lobby and suddenly you're the guy who faints in lobbies smdh

[-] autismdragon@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Cool minor internet interaction 1: My friend hosted a three person Survivor watch party with me and her friend. Both younger trans girls. At the end of it my friend's friend said "hey draggo you seem like a good person" and then nervously stuttered that she supports Palestine too (because my Discord status is pro-Palestine rn). I found this really cute and also heartening because it sorta indicates that the default position among young people who arent politically plugged in that much is support of Palestine.

[-] Fruitbat@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

duck-dance vibing to the washing machine

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

fuck landlords
fuck cars

[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Megathread pic is the most liberal thing I've seen

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[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

The gesture was allegedly performed by Jacob Hersant, who had just walked from a County Court room after being spared further jail time over an attack on six hikers in regional Victoria in 2021.

Mr Hersant stood in front of news cameras outside the Victorian County Court on October 27 and said "heil Hitler" and raised his right arm about a 90-degree angle from his shoulder, before taking it down swiftly.

"Oh, nearly did it, it's illegal now isn't it," Mr Hersant said.

As he walked away with fellow far-right extremist Thomas Sewell, Mr Hersant called out: "Australia for the white man, heil Hitler."

Victoria Police said a 24-year-old Point Cook man was interviewed yesterday and is expected to be charged on summons.

It is the first time a Nazi salute has been reported to police since new legislation banning the gesture came into effect on October 21.

The judge wished them luck and said they had "good chances" at rehabilitation just moments before. Lol lmao

[-] SoylentSnake@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

when I take breaks from drinking I just find other shitty ways to self medicate, like playing fighting games all night. I'm kinda starting to think no one actually raw dogs reality, even if their drug isn't directly an actual drug.

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[-] ratboy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

spoiler mental health/screaming into the void


I feel like I've been doing nothing but sit on the couch or work. I have totally given up on keeping up with friends, I don't even know how to make any online even though all I do is sit on the internet. I just always say the wrong thing. I've gained 50 lbs, I'm always aching from not exercising. I just feel like I've given up on trying. I'm really just waiting to die, but I can't tell anyone that because it will be too heavy for them.

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[-] RION@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Got hit up by a recrooter for the first time ever today, doesn't seem like too bad of an opportunity especially given how desperate I am. Plus it's remote which is pog.

How does a recruiter typically affect your odds of getting the jobert?

[-] Mokey@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Im really on the edge here, i cant stand this planet why do we fucking live like this

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[-] President_Obama@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The three historians I cite in this thing I'm working on have the first names Robert, Robin, and Roger. Obvs I'm using their last name but I get them confused in my mind all the time because I think of their full name, for some reason

Doesn't help that Roger's book is called "the nature of fascism" and Robert's book is called "the anatomy of fascism"

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[-] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

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FWIIII ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^ ^Huh!^ ^Hooh!^

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[-] ilyenkov@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

I've become the kinda person who takes selfies and posts them fishing for compliments. What can I say, being called cute is keeping me alive

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Vanity is actually good and receiving positive attention from people is important for the wellbeing of many, if not most, humans.

[-] familiar@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Maybe consider defederating from lemmy.zip?

.zip domains should not exist due to the giant security flaws they introduce, and we should offer them no legitimacy.

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[-] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Iron Man 2 is currently playing on my TV. I'm not really watching it (it's muted), but occasionally I look up at it.

Over and over in this movie one of the smart characters just walks up to a computer and starts hacking it with no preparation or special tools whatsoever. The first time is when Tony hacks all of the TV screens in the Senate to do his "I've privatized world piece" BS, which you could argue could be something he prepped ahead of time - but then later the villain does the same thing to a computer from its own login screen. Every time they do it, as soon as their fingers start clacking the keys (which they do constantly throughout the process, never stopping to wait for something to load or anything like that) a terminal window pops up with their name on it and says something really obvious like "access granted Mr Stark :)" so that the viewer understands what's happening (even though I'm sure the dialogue and context also makes it abundantly clear what's happening).

Is this how people who don't really "get" computers think about people who do? That we just have techno superpowers? Because that's basically what it is.

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[-] KittyBobo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

It is what it is and it is sucktastic.

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[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why does Biden's press secretary sound like Biden doing an Obama impression. Just dithering old man rambling with "uhh let me be clear" peppered in. If this is how Dems talk for the rest of time it might be the only thing worse than their foreign policy

[-] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

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[-] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

According to recent IDF report, the IDF says that you, the reader, are hiding a Hamas base inside of you

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[-] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

cw: sa, pedodear hulu, please stop showing me the trailer for the new a24 movie about priscilla presley, please and thanks

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Lol mgs master collection looks worse than x360/ps3 versions because they used worse AA

[-] HarryLime@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Watching The Road To El Dorado for the first time. Those two dudes are definitely sucking and fucking each other.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Last night I dreamed that I was talking with a bunch of friends about how I had helped them cheat in our exam, and I got ambushed by the professor, who was listening in on the convo. He gave me my exam back and he had taken off half the score. But in the dream I found the situation so funny that I didn't even get mad.

[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

I suffer no fools, yet I am the fool angery

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