myrmidex @myrmidex@mastodon.nogods.be

Reminder that coops flourished during the great depression, being one of the few reliable sources of employment, and that credit unions were by and large the only financial institutions to make it through the '08 recession unscathed

Supporting the cooperative economy isn't just some long-term fantasy of slowly weakening capitalism from within until it withers. It's also vital dual power, and it'll be just as vital even if neoliberalism collapses in the next few years (which it very well might)

Support! Your! Local! Coop! Economy!

critics of socialism fear some people might try to take more than their fair share while not contributing a justifiable amount to society SO INSTEAD we have billionaires

Side neither with nations nor with parties. Be neither Russians, Poles nor Slavs. Rather, be men who hunger for truth, free from any thoughts of particular interests, and from speculative ideas concerning the Chinese, Africans or Europeans. The patriot always ends up hating the foreigner, and loses the sense of justice that once kindled his enthusiasm.
-- Elisee Reclus

#anarchism #quote #bot

As the uselessness and harmfulness of patriotism have become manifest, so also has increased the power of the government and ruling class to excite patriotism among the people.
-- Leo Tolstoy

#anarchism #quote #bot

"It wasn't depression, it was capitalism"
Santiago, Chile

#depression #capitalism #santiago #chile

Chicago Public Library drops fines, sees 240% increase in book returns
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/10/30/20940677/chicago-public-library-no-fines-book-returns-increase-lightfoot

this song is such an eternal mood

https://ramshackleglory.bandcamp.com/track/war-on-christmas

Today actions in solidarity with #Rojava are taking place in the US and Canada in Montreal, Thunder Bay, Rochester, Albany, NYC, Dallas, Chicago, Norfolk, RVA, New London, DC, Knoxville, Bloomington, SF, and Portland. #riseup4rojava https://itsgoingdown.org/call-to-action-solidarity-with-rojava-against-the-turkish-invasion/

There is no such thing as harmless power.
-- Nestor Makhno

#anarchism #quote #bot

I am become root, deployer of worlds

Today #climatejustice activists have blocked a cruise ship in #Kiel, #Germany.
They've done so by small boats and climbing.

In their cominique they explain their reasons, such as:
We have enough ships and money to travel around for holiday, but not enough to safe refugees. This is unacceptable. Cruise ships consume a lot of ressources incl. fossil fuel and by that spit out toxic gases and greenhouse gases. In times of a #climatecrisis, neither this is acceptable. Workers on the ships are heavily exploited, while very few become rich.

Cruise ships are run on an exploitive system that is destroyn our enviornment.

Let's stop them! #smashcruiseshit

pressrelease:
https://tkkg.noblogs.org/post/2019/06/09/kreuzfahrtschiff-zuiderdam-in-kiel-blockiert-fuer-urlaub-ohne-ausbeutung-und-umweltzerstoerung-2/#more-579

(ofcourse did the police came to counter their action, but at least for now, it is still blocked)

welcome to my new instance, sweat dot shop. now get to work, what the fuck are you lazy bastards waiting for?!