This is Good

As we watch the demented fascist who calls himself our president become even more unhinged and desperate, it’s hard not to despair of our country’s future.

But then, good things happen.

The workers from ILWU Local 34 (San Francisco) paid tribute to goon squad murder victim Renee Good with some clever stacking of containers:

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/01/26/18883506.php

The ship was loaded in Oakland and was bound for Tacoma. (The containers spell out “Renee” in red in case you can’t see it.)

ILWU is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

We often forget that our wealth and comfort is built on the backs, sweat, and blood of ordinary workers. Without unions these people would be marginalized and forgotten. And even workers who are sometimes organized—like in the agriculture sector—the gains are small and the public interest negligible so the problems persist. We sing the praises of our capitalist system but without human bodies to exploit and abuse that system collapses. No one gets rich on their own, despite what our CEOs and techbros want you to believe. Workers of the world, unite! You’ve nothing left to lose.

Trump and the Republicans are OK with gunning down people in the streets. Thankfully lots of regular Americans feel differently.

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