Forwarded from Red Rick
“Before engines, there were legs — welcome to the world of ‘legging’ through the tunnels.”
This striking 1961 photo captures a nearly forgotten craft: legging. In the days before engines, canal workers would lie on their backs atop narrowboats and push against tunnel walls with their feet, inching the boats forward through long, dark passages where horses couldn’t go.
It was exhausting, filthy work — damp air, mucky clothes, and pure muscle power. But this was the rhythm of Britain’s industrial waterways, where grit and determination moved commerce before machines took the reins.
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This striking 1961 photo captures a nearly forgotten craft: legging. In the days before engines, canal workers would lie on their backs atop narrowboats and push against tunnel walls with their feet, inching the boats forward through long, dark passages where horses couldn’t go.
It was exhausting, filthy work — damp air, mucky clothes, and pure muscle power. But this was the rhythm of Britain’s industrial waterways, where grit and determination moved commerce before machines took the reins.
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Forwarded from TASS Russian news agency
The UN General Assembly has appointed former German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock as president of its 80th session. Initially, the German Foreign Ministry considered Helga Schmidt, a former OSCE Secretary-General and career diplomat, for this role.
Baerbock’s nomination reportedly sparked discontent within the Foreign Ministry. Some expressed concern her appointment could cost Germany votes, particularly from countries in the Global South, due to her outspoken anti-Russian rhetoric and pro-Israeli stance.
In mid-May, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, criticized Berlin’s choice as “a slap in the face”. It was Baerbock who had recommended excluding Russia and Belarus from the 80th VE-Day anniversary commemorations and expressed public pride in her grandfather, who served in the SS.
Baerbock’s nomination reportedly sparked discontent within the Foreign Ministry. Some expressed concern her appointment could cost Germany votes, particularly from countries in the Global South, due to her outspoken anti-Russian rhetoric and pro-Israeli stance.
In mid-May, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, criticized Berlin’s choice as “a slap in the face”. It was Baerbock who had recommended excluding Russia and Belarus from the 80th VE-Day anniversary commemorations and expressed public pride in her grandfather, who served in the SS.
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http://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/06/10/the-contradictions-of-capitalism-explained/
http://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/06/10/the-contradictions-of-capitalism-explained/
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The Contradictions of Capitalism Explained
Friedrich Engels delivered a powerful critique of capitalism with the line: “The producers have nothing to consume because the consumers are wanting.” This single, simple sentence expos…
Forwarded from Communism
Overproduction and mass misery, each the cause of the other — that is the absurd contradiction which is its outcome, and which of necessity calls for the liberation of the productive forces by means of a change in the mode of production.
In modern history it is, therefore, proved that all political struggles are class struggles, and all class struggles for emancipation, despite their necessarily political form — for every class struggle is a political struggle — turn ultimately on the question of economic emancipation.
Frederick Engels
Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy
@Communism
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The introduction of our new comrade Vikki Harper.
A better free transfer than James Milner!
Read her fantastic articles on our blog!
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A better free transfer than James Milner!
Read her fantastic articles on our blog!
Class Consciousness Project.
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Forwarded from Marx Engels Lenin Institute
4,000 cases of child labor exploitation recorded in the US. This is 4 times more than a decade ago.
The US Department of Labour says child laboir exploitation has reached a critical level. This follows from the agency's report . In the 2024 fiscal year, the country's authorities recorded more than 4,000 such cases. For comparison, ten years ago, about a thousand were identified. According to officials, the increase in figures may be due to both increased monitoring and increased awareness of the problem.
The most common industries where child labour is used are hotels, cleaning services, meat processing plants, and retail. For example, in 2023, there was a high-profile case involving the meat processing company Packers Sanitation, which employed more than 100 children for dangerous work at night. When violations were discovered, the company received a fine of $1.5 million and was obliged to tighten internal controls.
The US Department of Labour says child laboir exploitation has reached a critical level. This follows from the agency's report . In the 2024 fiscal year, the country's authorities recorded more than 4,000 such cases. For comparison, ten years ago, about a thousand were identified. According to officials, the increase in figures may be due to both increased monitoring and increased awareness of the problem.
The most common industries where child labour is used are hotels, cleaning services, meat processing plants, and retail. For example, in 2023, there was a high-profile case involving the meat processing company Packers Sanitation, which employed more than 100 children for dangerous work at night. When violations were discovered, the company received a fine of $1.5 million and was obliged to tighten internal controls.
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