NOW: Abortion opponents in Congress are holding a hearing on medication abortion.
Keep in mind, these folks are flailing.
The number of abortions has INCREASED for three years in a row since the Dobbs decision, thanks to medication abortion.
www.help.senate.gov/hearings/pro...
you did not see this kitty pull a glizzy heist
good morning
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
Monthly dues book from the I.A. of M., with slogans for each month: January: A GOOD UNION MEMBER PAYS DUES PROMPTLY February: YOUR UNION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU MAKE IT March: EVERY MEMBER AN ORGANIZER April: ATTEND MEETINGS, VOTE, ACT, AND COOPERATE FOR A BETTER UNION May: LAPSED MEMBERSHIP CANCELS ACCUMULATED BENEFITS June: PROGRESS IS BUILT ON UNION SOLIDARITY July: DON’T LOSE YOUR BENEFITS BECAUSE YOU ARE OUT OF WORK. GET UNEMPLOYMENT STAMPS August: GOOD MEMBERS ARE GOOD CITIZENS. REGISTER AND VOTE September: MAKE YOUR UNION PUBLICATIONS WORK FOR YOU. PASS THEM ALONG October: STUDY YOUR AGREEMENT AND COOPERATE WITH YOUR OFFICERS TO ENFORCE IT FOR BETTER CONDITIONS November: THE UNION LABEL IS SECURITY FOR UNION SHOP CONDITIONS December: REMEMBER THIS IS YOUR UNION. MAKE IT THE BEST
Among the family stuff I sorted through this weekend: my great-grandmother’s dues books from her #union, the International Association of Machinists. Little slogans for each month: “EVERY MEMBER AN ORGANIZER,” “PROGRESS IS BUILT ON UNION SOLIDARITY”
Flyer for the benefit show. Exit Angles, Stone Church Video, and Stone Campus will be playing. There will be raffles and a cash bar. It will be Saturday Dec 27, doors 6pm, music 7pm, all-ages, at Waterfront Hall (1230 Water St in Wheeling) on the 3rd floor. $10-20 suggested donation to benefit Ohio Valley Mutual Aid.
Ohio Valley Mutual Aid is having a benefit show at the end of the month! Local bands are playing (including some of our talented members!)
More and more neighbors are coming to us for help with paying bills and keeping the lights 💡 and water🚰 on. Support if you can! givebutter.com/ovmabenefits...
Friends at the Table <3
Urgent Support Needed: OVMA Legal Support & Homeless Emergency Comment with "legal" to our Venmo @ohiovalleymutualaid
Please help my friend who was arrested for doing mutual aid support this morning in Wheeling, West Virginia. You can learn more on our FB and Insta
my friend was arrested this morning for warning our unhoused neighbors that their homes were about to be bulldozed. full video on OV Mutual Aid socials
Mutual aid groups, food banks, etc are about to be under even more pressure in the US.
Post your local one's donation link here, and if you're seeing this, and you can spare a few bucks, pick one two to give to.
Ohio Valley Mutual Aid is already seeing more and more people needing help with paying bills, and now we're scrambling to help other local orgs feed people. Any help appreciated venmo.com/u/ohiovalley... ovmutualaid.org
A young woman smiling holding a sign that says "Our paps didn't run shine in these hills just for you to be a bootlicker"
My peoiple at the march in Wheeling, WV today
I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
i have never been a "call your senator" type of activist, if I'm being honest. But it would mean a lot to me personally if you helped put pressure on US lawmakers to help their constituents that are in Israeli captivity as part of the aid flotilla.
www.instagram.com/p/DPlSCGYgBjT/
Image of Kyle Matthew Kaptain with text "abducted from international waters." Contact US Rep Valerie Foushier, North Carolina governor John Stein, US Senator Ted Budd, US Senator Thom Tillis
Photo of Egan Louise Moore, abducted from international waters. Contact: US Rep Laurel Lee, US Senator Rick Scott, US Senator Ashley Moody, Florida governor Ron Desantis
Photo of Cammi Lee Morgan, abducted from international waters. Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US Rep Kelly Keisling
Photo of Ryouko Sasha Iwamoto, abducted from international waters. Contact: US Senator Marsha Blackburn, US Senator Bill Hagerty, Tennessee governor Bill Lee, US rep Kelly Keisling
Here are some screenshots for the US citizens (the insta post has more). Senators: Marsha Blackburn, Bill Hagerty, Rick Scott, Ashley Moody, Ted Budd, Thom Tillis. Other officials also listed. Sorry for sloppy alt text.
Set up an automatic donation and then you don't have to read anything they write.
The ACLU of West Virginia is aware of efforts made by a local college to intimidate protestors participating in an anti-ICE demonstration today off campus.
Volunteers will be on the ground in Bethany today and will be watching closely.
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Happy to say that I attended a 2 hour subcommittee, another 2 hour general meeting, and changed some minds. Ends up there were only a few strong reluctant voices- the rest were actually excited about the idea!
Don't let a few prudes ruin your chances to make that good trouble against fascist.
Here are the facts:
Bluesky violated their own Terms of Service because they panicked and saw Nazis on twitter getting angry.
They took marching orders from the Nazis and helped them target BIPOC and trans users on their website.
@jay.bsky.team is complicit.
@aaron.bsky.team is complicit
It’s time
A Labor Day parade in my hometown of Wheeling, WV in 1906 - all suits www.ohiocountylibrary.org/blog/an-impo...
The cover of my zine 'Iconic' about LiveJournal icons, a bunch of colorful 100x100 pixel images all set out in a grid "A zine about design, aesthetic and LiveJournal icons from the early 2000s"
Did you used to make LiveJournal icons? Do you still have some of the ones that you made? I'm looking to include more icons in the second print run of my LiveJournal Iconic zine and would love to see yours!
Share them here: form.jotform.com/252444103676...
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
29-08-1921 USA: West Virginia miners marching to free their imprisoned comrades face state forces and private detectives in the five-day "Battle of Blair Mountain." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
"Senate candidate Zach Shrewsbury accused of groping woman during massage"
A female massage therapist has accused Shrewsbury of groping her during a massage last month. In a new statement to WFP, Shrewsbury says he's continuing his run for the U.S. Senate.
www.wheelingfreepress.com/p/senate-can...
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
ACK not this evening, tomorrow evening. 6:30pm 🫣
It's not the same as DSA but if you want to learn some organizing skills join OV Mutual Aid. We've got a meeting this evening at the library.
I had to turn them into a dress-up doll, it's my brand
2,300 people attended a rally for Bernie in Wheeling, West Virginia (population 27,000) on Friday.
Post-pandemic, young people have been moving back to Wheeling & the rally was a testament to their organizing strength.
My look from Wheeling, West Virginia!
paydayreport.com/bernie-rally...
