Remember 1934: Bloody Friday!
https://socialistaction.org/2020/07/17/remember-1934-bloody-friday/
July 17, 2020
The Historical Background of the 1934 Teamster’s Strike in Minneapolis
Presented by Dave Riehle, retired railroad worker and local labor historian
Join us for a Socialist Action webinar series to commemorate the
anniversary of Bloody Friday (July 20) when 67 strikers were shot in the
back by police, and 2 killed. Learn about the origins of the police
force, their role in upholding racism, oppression and in protecting
private property and the interests of the ruling class.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
5PM PST, 6PM MST, 7PM CST, 8PM EST
Live Streamed on Socialist Action YouTube
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Richard Dawkins
“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all
decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this
sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running
for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from
within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation,
thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this
very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the
natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons
and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people
are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find
any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has
precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no
purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.”
― Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life