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Breaking News from Democracy Now: "Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Assassinated"

Submitted by JayRaye on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 2:23pm

WE NEVER FORGET:
Berta Cáceres, Environmental Justice Crusader of Honduras

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From Democracy Now

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/3/honduran_indigenous_leader_berta_ca...

Breaking: Honduran Indigenous Leader Berta Cáceres Assassinated,
Won Goldman Environmental Prize

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Hellraisers Journal: IWW Issues Official Call to Action on Behalf of Charles Moyer & Bill Haywood

Submitted by JayRaye on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 12:57pm
There are no limits to which powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones

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Saturday March 3, 1906
From the Montana News: Official Call from Industrial Workers of the World

The February 28th edition of the official newspaper of the Socialist Party in Montana published the following appeal from the I. W. W. which calls for the working class men and women of America to rally to the defense of Charles Moyer and Bill Haywood:

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Official Call To Action
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Stirring Appeal Sent Out by Industrial Workers
as Result of Mine Owners' Conspiracy.
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Beginning at the Coeur d' Alene in 1897 a reign of lawless violence has been waged by the capitalist class in the western states, one phase of which was the unparalleled series of outrages perpetrated against the laborers of Colorado. Throughout this conspiracy there had been continuous attempts to crush the labor organizations of the miners by seeking to foist upon them the crimes committed by the capitalist conspirators themselves. Every one of these attempts has failed. In spite of suborned witnesses and terrorized and corrupt juries, every case has ended in complete acquittal. The failure of the conspirators' diabolical schemes has filled them with desperation.

The Veneer of Social Progressivism

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Thu, 03/03/2016 - 8:17am

Upon the wretched diseased beams that is the Democratic party lies a thin slice of social issues. These of course will crumble upon any major political weight placed upon them but that's not really why they are there.

The beautiful little veneer exists only to be used as a weapon against those who would dare criticize the structural and philosophical problems with the party. It is a tool for silencing the opposition with the cries of the "oppressed".

That awful moment when you realize George Carlin was right

Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 11:42pm

"Maybe, maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like the public."
- George Carlin

We can all point out how the political system is corrupt and rigged. Without a doubt the news media is complicit in this travesty.

While you were busy

Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 2:07pm

Yesterday I buried the lede in a comment in my diary offering because I knew that diary would be mostly ignored, what with it being Super Tuesday and all.

Maybe today this will actually draw some notice. South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard yesterday vetoed the anti-transgender "bathroom bill" which targeted transgender students.

Proponents of House Bill 1008 say it protects students' privacy. Opponents say it's discrimination.

--Gov. Daugaard

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