We desperately need class consciousness in the U.S.
Class consciousness is not telling people to vote for the blue or red ruling class parties.
It is educating people that both parties serve the billionaire class, which is why workers need to build our own power to fight back.
SOURCES
-Montreal Convention (ICAO) , Article 17 and 19 liability limits for baggage delay and loss:
https://t.co/pbzOB6hMgr
-EU261 Passenger Rights , European Commission air travel compensation:
https://t.co/iZBNesNavb
-US DOT Baggage Liability and Refund Rules (2024 updates):
https://t.co/wJD2DEx7lE
-UK261 / CAA Guidance , UK passenger rights and enforcement:
https://t.co/GQEoZhGBBd
Weapon 3: The 2024 DOT Shift
For US domestic flights, the DOT changed the rules in 2024.
If the airline loses your bag, they must refund your checked bag fee *automatically*,no forms required.
For delays, they owe “reasonable interim expenses.” And if your flight was cancelled? New DOT rules mandate cash refunds if you decline rebooking. Not credits. Not “free flights.” Cash.
Airlines are still training staff on these rules. Most passengers are not.
Weapon 2: The EU261 "Geography Hack"
This is the one that shocks Americans.
If your flight *departed* from any EU or UK airport,on *any* airline, including Delta, United, or American,EU261 (or UK261) applies.
Bag delayed causing you to miss a connection? Flight delayed 3+ hours on arrival?
That is up to €600 in *cash*, not vouchers. Separate from your baggage claim. Separate from the Montreal Convention.
Two claims. One flight. The airline will process the first and hope you never file the second.
Weapon 1: The Montreal Convention
There is a treaty called the Montreal Convention. Airlines cannot opt out. It is baked into your ticket whether they mention it or not.
For checked baggage delays on international flights, they are strictly liable up to 1,131 Special Drawing Rights,about $1,500 USD.
The key word is *delay*, not loss.
A 72-hour delay means you can claim emergency purchases: clothes, toiletries, phone chargers, even a suit for your meeting. “Reasonable necessity” is the legal standard, not “what the airline feels like.”
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The Psychology
Why $50?
Because it is calibrated to feel generous enough that you sign the back,where the fine print says “acceptance of goodwill, full and final settlement.”
That voucher is not a refund. It is a liability contract disguised as kindness.
Never sign it. Never spend it. Treat it like a parking ticket from someone who hit your car.
The airline lost my bag for 72 hours.
They handed me a $50 “courtesy” voucher at the baggage desk and smiled like they’d done me a favor.
I kept the voucher. Then I opened my laptop and used a 1999 international treaty they never mention at check-in.
Total recovered: $1,650.
Here are the three legal weapons most passengers never know they have.
At least 15 cases of sexual assaults, including rape.
Shot with rubber bullets at close range.
Tens of people’s bones broken.
While the world’s eye is trained on the suffering of our participants, we cannot emphasize enough that this is a mere glimpse of the brutality israel imposes daily on Palestinian hostages.
Don’t let up. Statements of condemnation are not enough. This moment must be seized by people worldwide to apply the necessary pressure to end this colonial violence. Pressure officials. Escalate boycott and divestment tactics. Organize direct action.
“Please, if this can be a lightning rod moment, let it be that … join us wherever you are and rise up so that we can end this occupation, end this colonialism, end this violence.”
Free Palestine NOW.
@PiersUncensored@piersmorgan@VDHanson@RoyCasagranda Your MAGA-obsessed guest, Victor Davis Hanson, shows clear disillusionment. He repeatedly presents the same crazed, misinformed nonsense that distorts reality, including the claim that simply holding elections makes a country truly democratic.
@ahmetgemici2990 What kind of people normalize terrifying, arresting, imprisoning, and torturing kids? The child in the video is extremely terrified being led by heavily armed soldiers. I wonder how they would feel if the child were theirs. This sadism & inhumanity must stop.
Today marks 78 years since the massacre of Deir Yassin, an atrocity that came to define the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to establish the state of Israel on stolen Palestinian land.
@WestBankNotice The United States and its European allies have traditionally supported Israel as it repeatedly breaches international agreements. Now, they are more confident and show disregard for anyone or international protests.