vampireapologist:

vampireapologist:

vampireapologist:

i was never seen again.

this was the best time ever bc my host had just changed the tire and I was like “oh hell yeah an old tractor tire! you know what that means!” and everyone was like “no….” the French boys and the Norwegians were like “we dont actually” and I was like my god….I’m the only hillbilly here….it’s Up To Me

and I like to think of that as the only significant cultural impact I made.

everyone’s so worried about my tree trajectory but that’s the best part about rolling downhill in tractor tires: so much of the shock is absorbed by the tire so you can pretty much do anything. in theory. i’m not a doctor I actually don’t know you could probably still die. one of the guys I roped into this went over a huge boulder and went airborn for a hot second though so that was fun

bemusedbibliophile:

There is nothing fundamentally low-wage about migrant work. Migrant workers are paid less because they are more politically vulnerable. Even in spite of that vulnerability, migrant workers will struggle to raise their wages and working conditions. End the state’s facilitation of migrants’ specific vulnerability to employers, and the things Nagle is really complaining about — the erosion of workers’ rights and economic power — will be fixed. What socialists should target is the capitalist state’s constitution of migrants as a vulnerable population. Instead, Nagle calls for greater state targeting of migrants themselves.

Nate H. and Marianne Garneau, “Attacking Migrants Does Not Help Labor: A reply to Nagle,” Organizing Work (x)

tacticalgrandma:

Migrant workers were pressured into working in dangerous conditions during the wildfires. The payment structure for farmworkers incentivizes them to work through legally required breaks, something that was already under scrutiny due to a string of heat related deaths. Farms have been noncompliant or insufficiently compliant with providing workers with safety equipment and information. There have been a lot of awful stories coming out of the fires but this is really, really atrocious.

805undocufund is fundraising for migrant workers and their families. If you’re able to give something, please do.