Hoping this isn’t violating this community’s rules, just looking to get the memo out there. 🙏🇮🇹

We need to take action. Small acts of resistance. Let's throw out some ideas in a language that won't get us in trouble w/reddit. Be creative, be clever, read between the lines. Imagine whatever you say being printed and held up in court. Plausible deniability.

Here are mine:

• Wear conversation starting shirts that trigger other's curiosity (Medicare for all, anti-capitalism shirts)

• Sometimes I write cute little messages with wet erase markers on the bathroom mirror to remind my fellow travelers about class consciousness.

• Soapboxing: Bring out inner midwestern and start talking to everyone you interact with about solidarity and class consciousness. Use things relative in the moment. "Gosh, i can barely afford these groceries?" "I'm looking for a job, ya paid well here?" "ugh capitalism is so abusive"

*Start talking about class consciousness at your job. Doesn't have to be union talk if job is at risk. You are just spreading a new idea about class consciousness and anti-capitalism

*Be a performance artist about it. Be creative and be clever. Yes, you who never considered themselves an artist.

Change happens with us. Not at the top. You and me have more power than we know, that's why they spend billions to try to convince us we don't.

Anyone other ideas??

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ftc-chair-lina-khan

I got a new job. I have been there over a month now and it had become apparent that we are not told what the schedule is until 3-7 days beforehand.

I love this job but the scheduling is driving me nuts. Is this normal for a job? Can I expect the same thing if I go somewhere else?

In American law there is the concept of „jury nullification“. Basically it means the jury finds someone „not guilty“ despite knowing beyond a reasonable doubt he did it.

Legal Information Institute Cornell - „Jury nullification refers to a jury's knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence or refusal to apply the law either because the jury wants to send a message about some social issue that is larger than the case itself, or because the result dictated by law is contrary to the jury's sense of justice, morality, or fairness. Essentially, with jury nullification, the jury returns a “not guilty” verdict even if jurors believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant broke the law. This can occur because a not guilty verdict cannot be overturned and jurors are protected regardless of their verdicts.“

This actually might be a possibility for Luigi Mangione to not get sentenced. The knowledge about it isn’t widespread and attorneys aren’t allowed to mention it during trial because of the risk of influencing the jury.

This might be one of a few cases in which this could be realistically applied.

Here a few resources:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/jury_nullification

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

https://fija.org/library-and-resources/library/jury-nullification-faq/what-is-jury-nullification.html

There are no laws that the jury have to make their judgement according to laws. If enough people know about this concept, maybe we can reach potential future jurors or could use the concept otherwise.

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Our extremely corrupt and abusive ruling class hide behind the protections of "civilization" and our 18th century legal and political systems, while behaving like monsters and committing crimes against humanity.

Americans are being socially murdered for profit, on a massive scale, with zero recourse under our 18th century legal and political systems.

The "health insurance" mafia socially murdering the public without any recourse is just one of the holes that needs to be plugged in our so-called "justice" system.

The "health insurance" mafia needs to be seen for what they are and what they are doing, and eliminated from healthcare, which should not be a for-profit system.

There needs to be some real recourse and justice for the rampant corruption and bribery in the political system.

And billionaires/oligarchs/kleptocrats should not exist.

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