They say all they want is to reopen their little businesses and for the government to let all Americans go back to safe, peaceful, and prosperous work. Much like their overall view of the world, however, that is a false, misleading narrative.
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Among there signs and banners, you couldn’t find any slogans demanding safety equipment for workers, more access to COVID testing, nor anything that asked for measures to keep workers, their families, and communities safe.

What was present were Confederate flags, Nazi swastikas, and other far right symbols. Racist signs and military-grade armaments were there were on display, and acts of intimidation—targeting nurses, medical workers, and people of color—were their M.O.

As for their supposed “grassroots” persona, the reality is that there were strong ties between the protesters and extreme right-wing/conservative groups, the Republican Party, and anti-union corporations. At demonstrations in Michigan, Tea Party Patriots, the Michigan Freedom Fund, a racist group with ties to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and other extremist organizations were among those represented.
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It’s time we pull back the cover, and expose them for what they really are—racist armed STRIKEBREAKERS! At a time when workers have had to take action by going home to protect themselves, Trump, DeVos, and fascist-oriented groups banded together with the big corporations to demand workers be forced to return to those unsafe jobs.
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Those are the two sides of this all-important class battle. On one side, profit-bloated heartless corporations, conservative politicians, and the Trump administration. On the other side are all of us, standing up with and alongside those embattled meatpacking workers. Make no mistake, if those largely immigrant workers are forced to die for the profits of billionaires, all other workers are right behind them—next on the hit list. - Peoplesworld