“dear ATX uber + lyft drivers I’m really and deeply sry for how your income is being interrupted rn bc that’s hell and I’m sry your capitalist overlords are scum to whom you are but political pawns.”

– Jamie Saunders of the Revolutionary Alliance of Trans People Against Capitalism

This article appears in May 13 • 2016.

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