FIVE!

Northwest of Manhattan?!

So nice to see a good news headline these days.

https://youtu.be/0sYK2RwH5E8

Like crocodile but not spelled that way.

My GG grandfather was killed when soldiers fired into an unarmed crowd that was protesting for basic human rights. This was in Marineo, Sicily, on 3 January 1894. His widow had to flee to the NYC tenements with their 6 children to start fresh - as progressive sympathizers were not safe.

She was poor in Sicily, she was destitute when she arrived in the US. Like many others, she did garment piece work to get by. Other Sicilian immigrants arrived in a wave and they made a new community.

When the Triangle Fire happened, real labor reform began to happen through the work of the ILGWU and others. They did not stop protesting until they got results.

Yes. Hard times ahead. Hard times behind may show us the way forward. Ad astra per áspera.

I only recently learned of this:

https://youtu.be/olFmklCCccE?feature=shared

I’m doing the exact same.

I get fundraising texts occasionally. I don’t know why. But the one that came on the heels of the conviction had a section of fine print declaring what the money was for. It included a “recount challenge fund”. This is in the open.

I am also unique-except-one. Mine is similarly unrecognizable.