S McConnell-Sidorick

Dr. Sharon McConnell-Sidorick. Labor Historian, Author of Silk Stockings and Socialism,
member National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981 #workingclassacademic

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

We had a person kill a Democratic state rep in MN and her husband, shoot a second and his wife, and have a list with 90 more, but the Justice Department couldn't be bothered, but they are on the case of the sandwich thrower https://t.co/zrjJssQskP

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

The percentage of child dead in the Ukrainian conflict is 0.3%.
Zero point three per cent.

The percentage of child dead in the Gaza conflict is 37.7%.
Thirty seven point seven per cent.

In a single statistic, there you have the difference between a war and a genocide.

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Of COURSE the Bible commands us to support the modern state of Israel! It's right here in the good book, hang on.

Aha! Exodus 20:13, "You shall not murder."

Wait, hold on, that's not it. Here it is, Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers."

Hang on, shoot, that's not the one. What I meant to say is Lamentations 2:19, "Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."

Ah, wrong one, lemme thumb through this a bit more. Got it! Proverbs 24:11, "Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter."

Wait, sorry, no, it's Psalm 101:7, "No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes."

Oh no actually it's Proverbs 6:16-19, "There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers."

Oops, no, it's definitely not that one. Actually it's Deuteronomy 27:25, "Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood."

No, dang it, that makes AIPAC recipients sound bad. Gimme a minute. Ah! Mark 12:31, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

No, wait, got it! Here it is, Romans 14:19, "Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification."

Oh no, that isn't the one I was looking for, it was Second Corinthians 13:11, "Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you."

Oh actually that one sounds kind of antisemitic in this context, gimme a sec.

Got it! Ephesians 4:3, "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

Hold on, that's not it either. The one I meant to cite was Hebrews 12:14, "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."

Oh boy, this really isn't going well. Lemme see... oh! James 3:18, "Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness."

Gosh darn it, I made a mistake. The verse I meant to point to was First Peter 3:11, "They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it."

Wait, no, it was Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."

Actually it was Luke 6:35-36, "But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."

Oops, no, nope. Man this is way harder than I thought it was going to be. Oh! Hey! Found it! It was right here in Genesis the whole time, chapter 12, verse 3: "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

There! See? It's right there in black and white. God's saying we are commanded to support a modern state that we created in 1948, no matter what it does. The Bible is entirely clear and unequivocal about this, and says absolutely nothing to the contrary.

Checkmate, heathen.

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

The job of US politicians is to defend US monopoly capital:

Europe's largest airline, Ryanair, wants to buy safer, lower cost planes from China's Comac, instead of crappy, dangerous, expensive Boeing jets. So a US congressman threatened them.

The US does not want any competitors challenging its corporate monopolies -- even after Boeing was taken over by finance bros who fired the engineers who previously led the company and then ran it into the ground, killing passengers in the process.

Link: https://t.co/NtmT42Bjr8

[People For the American Way @peoplefor]

Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”

[Dan Sidorick @bulat666]

American labor unions all need to demand Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Small's immediate release! @rweingartin @ShawnFainUAW @TeamsterSOB

[Freedom Flotilla Coalition @GazaFFlotilla]

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces.

Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:

X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio

[S McConnell-Sidorick @SMcCSid]

@JennyAThatcher Same.

[Dan Sidorick @bulat666]

The insanity of capitalism. "Airlines prepare for nuclear war" . . . 'Mr Weyman said the cost of the [insurance] scheme will amount to less than the price of a cup of coffee per passenger, if ever triggered, something “easily passed on in ticket prices”'. https://t.co/xhlvVcU8Rv

[S McConnell-Sidorick @SMcCSid]

The immorality of capitalism:“Why should Air New Zealand, for example, be grounded in the event of a nuclear detonation in Europe that was quite minor, albeit not for the people near it?

[Dan Sidorick @bulat666]

The insanity of capitalism. "Airlines prepare for nuclear war" . . . 'Mr Weyman said the cost of the [insurance] scheme will amount to less than the price of a cup of coffee per passenger, if ever triggered, something “easily passed on in ticket prices”'. https://t.co/xhlvVcU8Rv

[morg 📚 @wet_paint_books]

just saw a white afrikaner steal a woman's dog and eat it

[CU Apartheid Divest (CUAD) @ColumbiaBDS]

UPDATE: A MESSAGE FROM STUDENT ACTIONISTS INSIDE ❤️‍🔥

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Israeli Minister Ben Gvir is currently in America inspiring Jewish supremacists to take to the streets, attack women and chant "death to Arabs".

Mainstream Media and politicians are completely silent.

This is the Fascist history of Ben Gvir:

[S McConnell-Sidorick @SMcCSid]

So proud to be of Irish descent.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

President of Ireland challenged world leaders gathered in Rome to speak up for Gaza, as Pope Francis always did.

“How could any of them remain silent in view of starving people to death by blocking food, blocking medicines, blocking water itself, the basic necessities of life.”

[chunguskitten @chunguskitten]

Gaza watches the funeral of Pope Francis — their friend who called them every night.

[Chicano Marine 🇲🇽🇺🇸💙 @elchicanomarine]

Ahh…
We have hit the disappearing Union leaders phase of authoritarianism.

[The American Postal Workers Union - APWU @APWUnational]

Postal workers stand in solidarity with AFGE against these egregious attacks on federal workers. We must stand up and fight back to defend our rights ✊

[Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan]

The worst thing that the federal government has done to unions in my lifetime happened last night.

https://t.co/is6AQKKdww

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Dude, Tesla would have gone BANKRUPT without $456 million from the government.

SpaceX would have gone BANKRUPT without $1.6 billion from the government.

Elon Musk would be worth $0 without $38 billion from the government.

Elon isn’t exposing fraud. He’s committing fraud.