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On this day, 28 June 1969, the Stonewall rebellion began in the early hours. The New York Police Department, as part of its policy of closing gay bars, raided the Stonewall Inn, which had a substantial poor and working class LGBT+ clientele. However, for the first time in the city, rather than submitting to arrest, a crowd began to gather around the police. Inside the bar, gender nonconforming people, trans women and lesbians began resisting invasive body searches. Outside, a butch lesbian fought back against police when they arrested her, calling on the crowd that had formed to “do something.” According to some eyewitnesses and her own account, this individual was Stormé DeLarverie, a biracial lesbian and drag performer, who was known as a “guardian of lesbians” in the Village, although this is disputed by others who point to the fact that the only police record for a lesbian arrested that night was of a Marilyn Fowler.The crowd, which included a significant number of Black, Latine, and white LGBT+ patrons and passersby, then began to physically fight the police, triggering riots that lasted for six days. Those involved in the disturbances included activists like Marsha P. Johnson and John O’Brien, popular folk musician Dave Van Ronk, as well as many others.In the aftermath, participants and other LGBT+ radicals set up the Gay Liberation Front, which revolutionised the gay rights movement. They organised anniversary protests on June 28 the following year in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and elsewhere. This became the annual Pride celebration that continues to this day all over the world.In our podcast episodes 25-26, participants in these events tell their story. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e21-22-the-stonewall-riots-and-pride-at-50/To access this hyperlink, click our link bio then click this photo

Good idea: a tool for customizing relationships

https://www.multiamory.com/podcast/339-the-smorgasbord-of-relationships

There are numerous versions of the relationship anarchy smorgasbord, but the version we’re discussing the most in this episode is version 5, which was updated by Maxx Hill in 2019.
The board is a way to determine what you and a partner want out of your relationship with each other.

“The relationship smorgasbord is meant for all types of relationships - platonic, familial, romantic, sexual, etc. - and is indeed meant to challenge and make clear exactly what we mean when we are using these denoscriptors.”

Die Post wird umgebaut, die SRG-Gebühr gesenkt. SP-Nationalrat und Gewerkschafter David Roth kritisiert die ideenlosen Abbaupläne beim Service public und warnt vor deren Folgen. https://www.woz.ch/!305PYFTTMWWT

President Biden has no plans to drop out of 2024 presidential race and remains committed to 2nd debate in September - CNN

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/jun/27/presidential-debate-trump-biden-updates?page=with:block-667e4be78f086bfb3f8efd4d

Good Idea: Be mindful of the social circles you hang out with

https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/first-we-shape-our-social-graph-then

Choosing a social circle shapes us by influencing our behaviors, values, and thought patterns. Regardless if this is online or offline, passive or active. We naturally observe and imitate those around us, internalizing their habits and attitudes. This cultural learning helps us adapt to our environment but also means that the qualities of our chosen social circle—such as their skills, ethics, and aspirations—become part of who we are. Therefore, the goal should be to surround ourselves with positive, skilled, and supportive people which lead us to develop similar traits.

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On this day, 30 June 1960, workers in Genoa, Italy, rose up against a conference of the neo-fascist party, the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI), which was due to take place in the city the following day.Only 15 years prior, the population of Genoa had launched an uprising, which succeeded in liberating it from fascist rule. Many residents, including former partisans who fought against the fascists and Nazis during World War II, were outraged both by fascists being back in government, as part of a coalition with the right-wing Christian Democrats, and by their attempting to hold a congress in their anti-fascist city.Therefore, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, including large numbers of dockworkers and partisan veterans. Police with armoured cars, on horseback, wielding batons, and backed up by the military-run Carabinieri, attacked the crowd. But the move backfired. The crowd fought back, and local residents in their apartments hurled household objects down on the heads of the police.After hours of fierce fighting, the fascists were forced to admit defeat, cancel their conference and head home.Similar anti-fascist protests then broke out around the country. And despite police killing significant numbers of demonstrators, including former partisans, protests continued and by July, the prime minister was forced to resign and the right-wing coalition government was brought down.Learn more about Italian resistance to fascism in our podcast episodes 77-80: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-80-italian-resistance/ To access this hyperlink, click our link in bio then click this photo

Fritz Jordi druckte Bücher und Zeitungen für die Arbeiter:innenbewegung. Andri Beyeler hat dem in Vergessenheit geratenen Berner ein Buch gewidmet. https://www.woz.ch/!FS1N2BEPSF0R

Anti-racist sticker spotted in Montpellier, France

Kenya’s anti-government uprising seems unstoppable as military patrols, road blockades, tear gas, and police violence fail to quell the mobilization. Beginning as anti-IMF tax reform protests, people on Kenya’s streets are now demanding the overthrow of President William Ruto.

Kenyans see their fellow protesters shot dead in front of their eyes but choose to fight on. On Thursday, at least two more protesters were gunned down by police near the capital, Nairobi. More than 200 others were injured, often through the indiscriminate use of firearms by authorities.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is pressuring Kenya to implement tax reforms as a precondition for more funds, said, “We are deeply concerned about the tragic events in Kenya.” Behind the curtain, however, IMF told the Ruto government to “stay committed” in the face of unrest.

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What is the root cause of the protests in Kenya? President Ruto’s craven subservience to US imperialism, says Booker Ngesa Omole of the Communist Party of Kenya, speaking exclusively to red. media.

Whether it’s implementing unpopular neoliberal economic policies or rolling out the red carpet for their military bases, Kenya has been a loyal servant of Washington at the expense of the Kenyan people.

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