Category: Anticapitalism

Abolish ICE, Anticapitalism, Immigration, Internationalism, SocialismLeave a comment

Abolish Borders: Why we can’t stop at ICE

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by Emerson Shaw The government and ICE are using the threat of deportation to strike fear into our hearts. It is because they want to stop people and workers like us from working together — from trying to create genuine positive material change in our lives and workplaces. How and why does the owning class align with and use the state to prevent our unity? They know that when we are divided is when we are most exploitable. They want to convince us that immigrants and citizens are somehow fundamentally different, despite immigrants living and working in the same community … Continue reading Abolish Borders: Why we can’t stop at ICE

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Seasons of Retail

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On stocking Christmas merchandise when it’s 80 degrees in October by OF I grew up in Southern Illinois, at the very tip where you’re closer to Memphis than Chicago. Thesummers of my youth were brutal and swampy: far worse than those my parents remembered, and god awful to my delicate sensibilities. Heat waves would hover over 100 degrees for days, only letting up after a cold front kept the tornado sirens running all night long. As such, summer became a season of indoor fun. My preferred pastimes were reading books, going to movies, and playing video games. I developed certain … Continue reading Seasons of Retail