Today in Labor History April 10, 1919: Mexican troops ambushed and assassinated Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary indigenous and peasant leader. Zapata’s Rebel Army of the South played a major role in the overthrow of the dictator, Porfirio Diaz, defeating the federal army in the Battle of Cuautla in 1911. Also in 1911, Zapata began implementing the Plan de Ayala, redistributing land in the regions controlled by his army to peasant farmers. However, when former revolutionary Madero took over, he disavowed the Zapatistas, calling them simple bandits. He implemented a scorched earth policy, burning villages and imprisoning survivors in forced labor camps, in his quest to hunt down Zapata. Madero’s successor, Venustiano Carranza, continued his scorched earth policies and finally succeeded in killing Zapata in 1919.

About 10 years ago, or more, I said in a talk in a basement ping pong bar “if you don’t want the robots, that build robots, to put guns on the robots; don’t put guns in the warehouse they pick from.” #AI #Agents

Someone put guns in the warehouse.
Same applies to bank card details. If you don’t want #AI accidentally spend all your money, don’t give it your bank card.

Convenience is a trap you spring on your self.
Dependence is the goal.
#rebel by learning, rebel by doing things yourself.

If you have not watched "No Other Land Yet" do yourself a favor and fix that. #nootherland #FreePalestine #Palestine #resist #resistance #love #propaganda #meme #antifa #anarchism #hamas #middleeast #marxist #marx #Leftist #liberal #democrats #rebel

I really enjoyed today, actually I enjoyed yesterday too - I went swimming on both days. I’m still not very fast but I can manage nearly 1.5 kms in just over an hour & did it on both days. I have definitely improved since the beginning of the season. It’s not how fast I am really, just the fact I’m doing it, but I do like knowing I don’t need a little break after every lap.
I mucked up my new swim goggles though, they have an anti fog on the inside & I used a glasses cleaning cloth & apparently that’s a no no! I’m supposed to just rinse & let them air dry. Anyway, I took them into Rebel to ask if there was anything I could do to fix it & I can’t. The lovely saleslady though gave me a new pair & marked the old pair as faulty . This lady has served me before & I thought she was awesome & helpful then, now I know she is. #GoodService #Rebel #Exercise #Swimming #EnjoyingLife

#Refuse, #Reject, #Rebel, #Resist
https://youtu.be/loTjRIL7qWo

I just set up a low $ monthly donation to #Wikipedia.

It's not much. It's half a drop in a bucket the size of Alaska.

But I use Wikipedia almost daily (even if the articles themselves aren't always useful, the cited sources are a treasure tribe), and this is something tangible I can do to help preserve truths and facts that fascists don't want any of us to know or remember.

#resist
#rebel
#DoNotComply

Good morning, all.

Do something unconditionally kind today for someone who can't "repay" you.

Such kindness is subversive.
Such kindness is the new punk.

#resist
#rebel
#DoNotComply
#KindnessIsSubversive
#JoyIsResistance

One of my superpowers is reading lots of books at an alarmingly swift and voracious rate. Here are some books on how to spot autocratic cadences (in leaders and in people) and ideas on how to resist that I have found particularly helpful:

- Masha Gessen, SURVIVING AUTOCRACY
- Timothy Snyder, ON TYRANNY
- Ruth Ben-Gihat, STRONGMEN
- Milton Mayer, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE

Resistance CAN and DOES work. During World War II, the SS demanded the deportation of all Jews in Bulgaria. But the people said no. Bulgarian farmers were ready to lie down on the railroad tracks sending them to the camps. Aa such, Bulgaria was the ONLY nation during WW2 in which the Jewish population actually increased. (Source: ATLAS OF THE HOLOCAUST.)

I wrote this with a heavy heart and a newfound fire in me to oppose the tech barons: "The rebellion will be federated" https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/

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Today in Labor History April 10, 1919: Mexican troops ambushed and assassinated Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary indigenous and peasant leader. Zapata’s Rebel Army of the South played a major role in the overthrow of the dictator, Porfirio Diaz, defeating the federal army in the Battle of Cuautla in 1911. Also in 1911, Zapata began implementing the Plan de Ayala, redistributing land in the regions controlled by his army to peasant farmers. However, when former revolutionary Madero took over, he disavowed the Zapatistas, calling them simple bandits. He implemented a scorched earth policy, burning villages and imprisoning survivors in forced labor camps, in his quest to hunt down Zapata. Madero’s successor, Venustiano Carranza, continued his scorched earth policies and finally succeeded in killing Zapata in 1919.

I didn't have any pancakes yesterday because I couldn't be bothered to make any.

I'll have pancakes any damn time I want!

#TIL if you live long enough, the "#rebel" and "#noisy" #music from your youth is now #classic and taught in schools :-)