workingclasshistory:

On this day, 29 November 1969 The Black Panther newspaper carried this illustration on its front page of pigs being killed. Leading Panthers had tried to think up a pejorative nickname for police, and when one of them received a postcard from their lawyer, Beverly Axelrod, depicting a sheriff’s star with a slobbering pig in the middle it was just what they were looking for. The epithet was brought to life by the drawings of Panther artist Emory Douglas, adopted widely by the black power and countercultural movements at the time, and “pig” remains a common slang term for police officer. This is our partial archive of issues of the Panthers’ newspaper: https://ift.tt/1KHbLB8
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elidyce:

diamornd-dust:

motherbychoice:

quecksilvereyes:

madbanshee:

Lmao good luck finding $600 rent

where’s the food

where’s the heating

$20 health insurance?

Medical expenses? Car maintenance? Gas money? Childcare? Hygene supplies? Water, Natural gas bill, Dental, Cleaning supplies? Student Loans? If we’re talking a normal household and decent life, veterinary care and clothing? And if you get sick and can’t work ya two jobs? 

They didn’t budget for FUCKING FOOD.