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Alabama Unionism

Amazon’s new facility will be the single-largest private investment in the history of Bessemer, according to the town’s mayor.

Jamelle Bouie had an excellent column the other day about the long history of unionism in Alabama. As the Amazon campaign takes off in Alabama, it turns out there is a real history of radical and usually Black-based unionism in that state. In fact, Alabama probably has a longer history of union activism than any other southern state, in part because of a sizable Black population and in part because of the steel industry’s role in industrializing the state. Anyway, Bouie does what oh so few New York Times columnists do: research the issue and cite the relevant scholars.

For most of the next 20 years, the Black workers of Mine Mill would struggle against racism and capital in a singular push for racial equality and the emancipation of labor, neither of which could exist without the other. And while they would ultimately lose their fight — overwhelmed by the steel industry, its red-baiting in Washington and its own private army of racist vigilantes — the spirit of Mine Mill would live on and not just through the civil rights movement.

In the early 1970s, for example, a grass-roots workers organization called the Public Employees Organizing Committee strove to unionize Birmingham’s predominantly Black hospital and nursing home employees. The work of the committee, notes the historian Robert W. Widell, Jr. in “Birmingham and the Long Black Freedom Struggle,” “emphasized cross-racial solidarity” and “placed struggles over the workplace at the center of an expansive freedom agenda.”

Whatever its outcome, the Amazon unionization drive in Bessemer is part of this history, and its organizers are working in the tradition of what the historian Robert Korstad called the “civil rights unionism” of Black workers combining “class consciousness with race solidarity.” If it is these workers who, among so many others, stand a real chance of unionizing Amazon, then you could say that they owe it, in part, to their heritage.

As for all of us outside Alabama? We should remember that the political character of the South is more than its shading on an Electoral College map; that the entire region is home to a rich history of resistance against the twin forces of race hierarchy and class exploitation; and that a more just and equitable future may well depend on how much we take those histories to heart and build on them from there.

I swear I’m not just linking to this because Widell is about to become my department chair and thus have to deal with all the hate mail I engender from fascists.

In any case, I don’t know why Jamelle is doing all this work. I thought the key to a long tenure at the Times is to make up conversations with cab drivers who happen to share your views on globalization, go to Denver on Times money to get baked out of your mind, or become a mark for a Southeast Asian grifter taking your advantage of your desire to be a white savior for sex slaves and then never even acknowledge the point.

iOS Jailbreaking: unc0ver 6.0.0 released with support for jailbreaking iOS 14.0-14.3 on all devices!

The day of iOS 14 being jailbroken on all Apple devices has finally arrived thanks pwn20wnd and others in the unc0ver Team as unc0ver 6.0.0 is now out! In this article, we’re going to look at this jailbreak release which has finally ended months of jailbreak deprivation for many.

unc0ver 6.0.0 released with support for jailbreaking iOS 14.3 and lower

Unc0ver 6.0.0 is out and can easily be installed using AltStore which is compatible with both Windows & macOS while requiring little setup! (Tweet)

Some hours ago, pwn20wnd and the rest of the unc0ver team released a major update for their jailbreak which finally brought iOS 14 jailbreaking to Apple A12 and newer devices including the first jailbreak for A14 iPhones and iPads. This update, named unc0ver 6.0.0, was made possible thanks to an exploit by the folks behind the jailbreak which is based on the CVE-2021-1782 vulnerability patched in iOS 14.4. While it is not fully clear whether the exploit was developed with any help outside of the unc0ver team, ModernPwner and Pattern F had released their own exploits based on the aforementioned vulnerability before the release of unc0ver 6.0.0 which could have served as some form of inspiration seeing how they’re both open-source.

Turning focus back to what matters to the end-user, unc0ver 6.0.0 brings along:

  • A complete jailbreak with Cydia and tweak injection support for all devices running iOS 14.0-14.3 including A14 ones such as the iPhone 12 (Pro)
    • This means that A12 and newer devices can now be jailbroken on iOS 14.0-14.3 since checkra1n only supports A11 and older devices. Furthermore, those using A11 devices on iOS 14.0-14.3 can keep on using biometrics and password protection with unc0ver as checkra1n impedes their usage
  • All versions of iOS 13 can now be jailbroken as support for iOS 13.5.1-13.7 has been added
  • Those using older devices such as the iPhone 5S and 6 also benefit from this release as support for iOS 12.4.9-12.5.1 has been added
    • iOS 12.4.2 and above are security updates for A7/A8 devices although iOS 12.5 brought along COVID exposure notification support

Conclusion

You may grab unc0ver 6.0.0 in IPA form by following the link below. Instructions on how to install the IPA can also be found within the link with the most straightforward and compatible manner being AltStore although other methods are also provided for convenience.

unc0ver 6.0.0 Download Link + Instructions: https://unc0ver.dev/

pwn20wnd’s (Lead Developer) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Pwn20wnd

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How to Make Nut Butters — Marissa Makes Food

For a long time I never considered that I could make something like peanut butter or almond butter at home. I assumed that nut butter had to be processed in a factory, that it was time-consuming and difficult, perhaps requiring specialized equipment. I’m happy to say that I was wrong! A few years ago I […]

How to Make Nut Butters — Marissa Makes Food

Nouvelle gamme de Shanty — Le journal des Jum’s

Lancement d’une gamme Shanty   La marque Shanty Biscuits   Shanty Biscuits est une marque qui est née en 2013 à Aix-en-Provence. Aujourd’hui, elle lance une nouvelle gamme de Shanty Tea. Mais au début, après 4 mois d’imagination du concept et de tests de recettes, un ami m’a créé un site internet contre des biscuits…

Nouvelle gamme de Shanty — Le journal des Jum’s

Moroccan Stuffed Dates

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What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Sunshine Eats: Moroccan Stuffed Dates! The next time you throw together a Charcuterie Board, surprise everyone with an elegant delicacy of royal ancestors. Their natural sweet flavor and crunchy texture make pitted dates ideal for snacking. And who doesn’t love finger-food? When stuffed with an amazing almond paste, and a sprinkling of rose water, a superior appetizer is born. Impress yourself by turning ordinary into absolutely delicious.

MOROCCAN STUFFED DATES

Ingredients:

8 ounces pitted dates

3/4 cup natural almonds

3 tablespoons powdered sugar

dash of cinnamon

1 teaspoon rose water

1 teaspoon almond extract

1-2 teaspoons water

12-16 walnut halves

Powdered sugar for dusting (optional)

Instructions:

Pulse almonds in a food processor until finely ground. Add powdered sugar and cinnamon; mix well. Add rose water, almond extract, and one teaspoon of water. Pulse until mixture becomes a paste, adding another teaspoon of water if necessary…

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Workers, Climate Change, and Useless Stereotypes

Working-Class Perspectives

As the Biden administration pivots the US from eliminating to increasing social and economic programs, certain priorities are coming forward. The pandemic is at the front of the line, followed closely by Biden’s “other priorities,” among the most notable being, as Maegan Vazquez notes, “health care, immigration and climate change.”

All of these issues could lead to significant changes for workers. Too often, though, all we hear about workers’ responses are generalizations. In reality, their reactions are much more nuanced than stereotypes of the working class suggest. Given the highly politicized, often divisive nature of the rhetoric surrounding climate change, we should listen more closely to what workers are actually saying.

Coal and oil producers, energy workers, and even Democratic politicians have all expressed concern about how climate change policies will affect the economy. West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin offers one example of the need to search out nuance, particularly…

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Brokers Selling Stolen Indigenous Land on Facebook?…just the most recent outrage in the continuity of centuries of plunder and destruction! — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Amazon rainforest is home to one in 10 known species on Earth – Ignacio Palacios « We are inhabitants of the forest, and we do not want our people to die. The white people probably think that their God will manage to make the epidemic smoke from their factories disappear from the sky? They are […]

Brokers Selling Stolen Indigenous Land on Facebook?…just the most recent outrage in the continuity of centuries of plunder and destruction! — Barbara Crane Navarro

The Who’s Pete Townshend picks the 5 authentic rock stars

“There are very few people truly authentic to the cause: David Byrne. Mick Jagger. Neil Young. Joni Mitchell. Deborah Harry,” he boldly stated without a moment’s thought. It’s hard to disagree with any of the five choices; each artist is unquestionably authentic to their very core and has never tried to be something they’re not. In fact, it is why so many have tried to replicate their acts over the years. Source: The Who’s Pete Townshend picks the 5 authentic rock stars