William "Big Bill" Haywood, born on this day in 1869, was a founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a member of the executive committee of the Socialist Party of America. During the first two decades of the 20th century, Haywood was involved in several important labor battles, including the Colorado Labor Wars, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and other textile strikes in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
Haywood was an advocate of industrial unionism, a labor philosophy that favors organizing all workers in an industry under one union, regardless of the specific trade or skill level. He believed that workers of all ethnicities should be united, and favored direct action over political action.
Haywood was renowned for leading strikes in times of crisis. When martial law was declared during the Lawrence Textile Strike, Haywood traveled to the strike and implemented many innovative tactics to help the workers involved. One such ploy was to conspicuously send the hungry children of striking workers to host families in other states, garnering good press for the working families.
In 1917, Big Bill Haywood was arrested for espionage, along with 164 other members of the IWW. He was convicted, and, while temporarily released from prison due to an appeal, fled to the Soviet Union, where he served as labor advisor to Vladimir Lenin and spent the rest of life.
"The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!"
- Big Bill Haywood
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I never grew out of shyness :sadness:
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why can't I figure out how to play this shitty game called life
I feel you and I’m still fairly shy and definitely prefer my alone time. I came out of my shell this year. Practice makes perfect, just put yourself into uncomfortable situations and you’ll eventually learn how to socialize.
As the other person said, fake it til you make it, and here's how you fake it:
- Make and maintain eye contact, smile (appropriately) and don't smell bad (I'm not assuming you do but its an easy way to get pushed away)
- Speak loudly and clearly.
- Practice small talk. Easiest way to start is just to smile and say "good morning" to the people you interact with regularly. Remember and say their name. The standard small talk formula is
Greeting-> how are you today-> make a comment on an ongoing situation that is relevant to that person or ask them a question that you know they have an answer to (my go-to with coworkers is to discuss the work they're doing that day)
- The weather is a boring subject but easy to talk about and it can lead to other subjects. Don't fear weather discussions but don't lead with them.
- If the person you're talking to isn't engaging (short answers, not maintaining eye contact, that sort of thing) it's okay. Maybe they're busy or they're shy too. Just find a way to disengage (I gotta run, have a good day!) and go about your business.
- Work your relationship up to actual conversations. If you're a total stranger, people probably won't want to talk with you. If you've said "hello" to someone every day you have seen them for two weeks, it means you've expressed interest in them and they'll be more inclined to talk
It helps if you do this every day. Also try to be in a situation where you can regularly interact with the same group of people (work, school. etc.) Listen to gossip but don't gossip. Use what you hear to ask questions about things people might be willing to talk about (hobbies, beliefs, work, school). You'll quickly find a lot of people are talkers and you'll learn to ask the right questions that make them talk a lot and you can just actively listen for the most part.
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New Jessie Gender dropped. It's about the Matrix but it's actually secret Marxism.
She is really good at explaining Marxism to lib nerds. Found her cause she does a lot of Star Trek videos. I also know she has read theory and is trying to get Marxism under the radar to people.
Same, I’ve only watched her Star Trek stuff and some of her trans/gender stuff. Didn’t know she was a (potential) Marxist so that’s dope af I’ll def check it out
I brought it up in a comment on her super long one about labor about how that was a really great explaination of Marx without saying the Forbidden Words like Socialism, Communism., Marx etc. and she replied it's what she was going for. Dunno totally where she stands but she does at least get Marx and is largely on board.
Flying to la fam. I expect to leave the United States of America and land in the socialist states of America like that one soviet astronaut but reversed. so get to work
stalin woulda beat the living fuck out of joe biden in a fist fight, both in their prime.
edit: feels like it's a fuckin stalin night.
That actually may not be true. Stalin got wrecked by a horse drawn wagon as a kid and basically didn't have use of one arm his whole life. Still robbed banks anyway, but I think it was his right arm was pretty busted up for his whole life.
My money is still on Stalin lol, what hardship has fucking Biden endured? Stalin has been through it trying to get to where he was
17 days later and I still don’t have my four free covid tests. Also Biden owes me $600. Fuck this shitty country.
Lmao always amazed at how many teslas there are in Los Ángeles. Just what California needs, a million little gender reveal parties floating around
They're everywhere now. They are worse than (may Allah forgive me for saying this) BMW drivers
:sadness: One of my dogs is getting old
Sucks to think about
It can happen. Eat some bready/salty stuff, things that soak up liquid, the booze in your stomach will pass more gradually when sopped up with breads and whatnot. Wait until that's settled and follow with water. Sip that stuff. If your stomach is doing really bad have a cup of sorta warm water and one of cold and do a sip of warm and then one of cold. Have some fruit with that water if you feel up to it and get a sleep.
Its me when I drink alcoholic carbonated beverages and mixed drinks with way too much mixer
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So like, in the 80s it was still cool for adults to marry teenagers. Maybe into the 90s. I know at some point it stoped, I don't really understand the social forces behind that social shift. Like, evis in the 60s married a 14 year old. At what point in our country would he not have been allowed to do that and why? I was thinking about it, and I don't have a coherent understanding of these forces
24th hour without electricity, phone has one bar of service when I'm lucky.
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I'm completely :meow-melt: on my bed, I suspect I will be able to leave within a few more hours
