#art #history: double diaboliques for connoisseurs of french cinema - & particularly simone signoret (born #otd in 1921), who was never afraid of risking her career to stay true to her endeavours in left-wing activism, human rights & social justice. she & her husband, yves montand, often showed solidarity with activists & striking workers by physically turning up to demonstrations to support them. [A SHORT THREAD]
#france #simoneSignoret #solidarity #activism #cinema #illustration
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Today, like many other West Australian teachers, I'm not going to work this morning.
It's interesting that our industrial action is represented in the media as about pay. We're not striking over salary - we're striking because the system is broken.
My son has had no Phys Ed teacher all year. He's had a procession of relief teachers which, for a special needs child, is extremely distressing. He attends an inner city public school, but staffing shortages are statewide.
Speaking of special needs students, I'd like to look after my own without having to skip lunch to ensure their needs are met.
I'd like the Education Department to give me a personal device so I can do my job
(more efficiently). If I want a laptop, I have to lease one.
I'd like an acknowledgement of how teaching has recently become more difficult and demanding, especially during #COVID19, when we kept schools open and tried to keep students safe.
I enforced the mask mandate far more often than a rank-and-file police officer. I've probably been threatened and assaulted more times than many police officers too. And the statewide mobile phone ban? Guess who enforces that every single day.
So many of my colleagues have left teaching: re-trained or resigned due to burnout and stress. Who suffers? The students.
It's not about the pay. We're tired, and we need support. We're underfunded and under-resourced. We need to improve conditions for students. We need to fix the system.
#sstuwa #union #unions #industrialaction #teachers #teaching #westernaustralia #Perth #solidarity #FixEd #australia #stopwork #strike
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For those new to following me here, here's the #speech I delivered in #solidarity with #Gaza #Palestine in #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland in front of #BCgovernment legislature buildings
I call out the #farce of self declared true #democratic states in my speech & how our #governments tell us there ain't enough funds to help citizens but they can find billions to fund #EthnicCleansing of Palestinians.
https://youtu.be/ojlAbsd8x5Q?si=VgZ15m2sNRtkyMHH
#WarSurvivorsForCeasefire #BoycottIsraeliApartheid #HumanRights #StopWarMongers #ArrestWarCriminals #WarSurvivorsForPeace #ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael #AsianMastodon #USVietnamInvasionSurvivor #HelpRefugees #TootSEA #VietnamWarSurvivors
#ukpol #AntiFa In troubled times I find the following to be true.
My #faith 1st
My #principles 2nd
My #politics 3rd
Avoid #Personality "empty vessels make the most noise"
The rest follows
#Solidarity ✊💖🇪🇺😎
Whoa! It seems like Trump may have messed up by lying about the crowd size at last week's #Detroit rally, where #UAW members were out in force. Their president, Shawn Fain, just dropped a scorching ad going after him and his billionaire overlords. Never in my life have I seen anything like this before. #HarrisWalz2024 #Solidarity #UnionStrong
UAW Says It Knows How to Defeat Trump & Billionaire Class
"This is brilliant" said author Naomi Klein in response to new United Auto Workers ad
https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-working-class-solidarity
There is only one answer to the threat we face as a nation. The answer is solidarity.
Fight For a Better Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubJFPJgL3Y
#UAW #TradeUnions #LaborUnions #unions #NaomiKlein #solidarity #Trump #GOP #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #billionaires #fascism
中国朋友们,中秋节愉快!
#Anarchism #Solidarity #MidAutumnFestival