On this day in 1857, New York City garment workers protested against inhumane working conditions, low wages, and for equal rights for women, an event that is commemorated annually as International Women's Day. Their protest was attacked and broken up by police, but the labor action led to the creation of the first women's labor union.
On the same day in 1908, 15,000 women marched in NYC for shorter work hours, better pay, voting rights, and an end to child labor. The slogan "Bread and Roses" emerged from the protest, with bread symbolizing economic security and roses for better living standards.
International Women's Day in 1917 was also the date of the Russian February Revolution, in which workers celebrating International Women's Day joined protests and riots against food rationing, with more than 50,000 people in the streets. The protests grew quickly and developed revolutionary fervor, eventually overthrowing the monarchy.
International Women's Day (then International Working Women's Day) was introduced during the 1910 International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clara Zetkin, a German socialist, suggested a holiday honoring the strike of garment workers in the U.S. The proposal received unanimous approval from the 100 women from 17 countries.
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I planted some radishes the other day. I now have lil sprouts. Radishes do their thing fast. :vegan-tofu:
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I saw someone say "swipe left if you're a liberal", and then I said to her "finally, someone who only dates communists!"
She unmatched.
my personal favorite's actually blue rondo a la turk, but take 5 is also great
omg memories!but also from kingdom hearts wait a sec
ehhh i get traverse town/battle music vibes but its not like-for-like
The website is working great today, thanks to everyone who is keeping it running! :soviet-heart: :praise-it:
Earlier I was walking my dog through the woods, alone in pouring rain, nobody around. And I was thinking about how Matt Christman talked about how our ruling class has lost control over capitalism and is now "along for the ride".
And I started laughing out loud for a good 30 seconds at the absurdity of it all, and how morbidly hilarious it really was.
I think that was the most Joker-esque thing I've ever done. :joker-troll:
Got a nice 23k bonus from work + 4% raise. hell yea boys, give it up for the do-nothing office workers
Damn that's like an incomprehensible amount of money to me. You received it all at once?
Holy shit. My rent is 14,000 a year for half a house outside of town and that's a deal. I cannot imagine trying to find housing on less than 28k/year (our minimum wage).
i live in social housing in one of the poorest areas of the country and my rent alone is 65% of my income, no utilities included
and i'm relatively lucky to even get social housing, a lot of people in a similar position are on waiting lists for years
it's grim
Congratulations! Even without a significant chunk that'd be life changing money.
Visiting with family I haven't seen in like fifteen years and I am more convinced than ever that most Americans couldn't even be reeducated.
Who ever named this emote :decoy: "decoy" instead of "substitute" is a damn revisionist.
Been working on my thighs the past few months and they finally getting THICC :soviet-huff:
Father is in the hospital again, news I didn't want to wake up and hear about.
why can doctors just throw their hands up the moment trans healthcare is raised? It's not even a specialist field you can just prescribe the shit it's not even psychoactive why can you just claim ignorance :meow-tableflip:
