BREAKING: Activists have shut down multiple intersections throughout downtown Washington DC in opposition to Trump's attacks on workers, DC Home Rule, climate, and international peace. The actions kick off #MayDay events across the country.
Jesse Jackson died this week—but his voice is still resonating. In this 2014 interview, the legend talks Obama, Ferguson, the black vote, and why “change comes bottom up, not top down.” inthesetimes.com/article/jess...
Rest in power to the civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who was an inspiration for his great city of Chicago, this nation, and the whole world. And for my party. Because if Jesse Jackson had not run for president, there would be no @workingfamilies.org.
This fall, ham-handed attempts at voter suppression are likely to increase anti-Trump turnout, not dampen it. BUT important to keep in mind this November is a dry run for November 2028, and the seating of possible House and Senate D majorities in January will be a dry run for January 6th, 2029.
Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe bigger reality is creating a sense of fear, not that they’d be able to pull it off. I’m not sure how fearful people who can legally vote would be.
we still don't know the names of the ice agents who stopped and killed silverio villegas gonzáles
TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com · 6mo agoTwo ICE officers were put on leave and are under criminal investigation for potential perjury in a shooting in Minneapolis last month. As has happened in the other shootings by federal agents in Minnesota, video evidence appears to have done in the officers. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
My dad was a Korean immigrant who was the grievance officer, newsletter editor and vice president of his local union for years. He died in 2000, but cast his last vote for president in the 1988 Michigan primary for Jesse Jackson. As he told me later, there wasn't another candidate he believed in.
we have somehow already arrived at "Platner derangement syndrome" and it is still four months until he stands in any election at all, anyone (including me) replying to this desperately needs to touch grass
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6mo agoA base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept. It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
NEW: Upticks in immigration enforcement are associated with increased minimum wage violations and more dangerous workplaces for ALL workers. Being pro-worker means being anti-ICE. @sarahlazare.bsky.social in @commondreams.org:
An Injury to Immigrant Workers Is an Injury to All Workers | Common Dreams
The Trump administration claims that its assault on immigrants will protect American workers. But its masked, armed federal agents are creating hostile environments for all workers, not just…
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Now Warner Bros. is censoring wrestling to appease Trump. Welcome Brody King fans to the fight against media consolidation! (Hope those F-ICE chants get louder and louder!) cultaholic.com/posts/report...
Report: Warner Bros. Discovery Blocks Brody King From AEW Dynamite Following "F*ck ICE" Chants
Brody King was absent from Wednesday night's episode of AEW Dynamite, and it reportedly wasn't a Tony Khan decision not to have him on the show.
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So reporters: may be useful to contextualize today’s announcement to tomorrow’s vote on DHS funding. Feels important to make that point.
When I hear people say that Trump hasn't accomplished much (an argument that comes from both the center and the left) it is mind-boggling. In one year they have destroyed the foundation of climate regulation, crippled the public health system, and brought immigration to a standstill.
Astra Taylor@astra.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis guts me
We're highlighting reporting from @inthesetimes.com on the recent abduction of worker organizer and NewsGuild-CWA member, Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco. We ask that you please sign the petition demanding his release: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
I usually avoid sharing what feels like "inside baseball" political analysis here, but this merits an exception because of the stakes + scale involved. Zohran isn't "wrong" to endorse Hochul; he has no choice. But for primary voters to back Hochul would definitely be unwise. Let me explain why. 🧵
Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW: Mayor Mamdani is set to endorse Gov. Hochul’s reelection run this week, providing her a critical inroad with progressive voters, per four sources. It deals a near fatal blow to Antonio Delgado's campaign. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
if you haven't listened to this yet, please do
Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew Dig: interview w/ organizers Emilia González Avalos, Greg Nammacher, and JaNaé Bates Imari on the Minneapolis fight back against ICE/Border Patrol occupation. Critical lessons on the importance of structure-based orgs/mass base plus flexibility amid crisis www.thedigradio.com/podcast/minn...
People keep talking about how decentralized the resistance is in MN, and yes there is no singular figure, committee, or group coordinating all things. That's very different than there being no structures (plural), groups (plural), or leaders (plural) keeping things going and building things further.
"Silver gave In These Times a tour of more than 60 buttons documenting key moments in Minneapolis' radical history." "Part of having something in the realm of possibility is knowing that it has happened there before." #Minnesota #USA #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
A Visual Tour of Minneapolis' Radical History
The city's all-out rebellion against ICE builds on more than a century of labor and social justice organizing, explains archivist Isaac Silver.
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“...we’re trying to build the scaffold for resisting ICE,” Sheigh Freeberg, of Local 17 says. “... it is awesome that the union gets to be the reason that [residents] get to stay safe.” @sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on a key way of organizing against ICE.
How One Minnesota Union Is Helping Members Survive the Federal Siege
UNITE HERE Local 17 is one of many unions, community organizations and faith groups calling for a work stoppage tomorrow, showing a key way Minnesotans are organizing against ICE.
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Appreciate @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social description here of how cold it was in Minneapolis. You can't really understand how huge of a moral victory January 23 was until you realize how painful it was to be outside.
To understand the deep roots of the heroic resistance unfolding in Minnesota today, read this: georgetown.app.box.com/s/kxsmj8lkmp...
Aligning for Power A Case Study of Bargaining for The Common Good in Minnesota.pdf | Powered by Box
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It is a shame and a scandal that Cook County States Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is not on this list. Call her office at 312-603-1880 to ask why, and why she is not fighting to prosecute the murderers of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 6mo agoNine DAs are coalescing to work on prosecuting federal agents for 'overreach': —L. Krasner in Philly —J. Creuzot in Dallas —M. Moriarty in Minneapolis —L. Conover in Tucson —S. Descano in Fairfax (VA) —R. Fatehi in Norfolk (VA) —S. Morales in Portsmouth (VA) —P. Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington (VA)
One down, 40,000 to go
Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social · 6mo agoBREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
How you should feel is not the same question as how you should react.
We call on Starbucks board member and Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford to say the names of our murdered neighbors, to say the names of the agencies who murdered them in broad daylight. We can’t afford you trying to stay above the fray! Stand with us and say ICE out now!
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 6mo ago60+ CEOs release letter on "recent challenges" creating "tragic loss." Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions." No mention of ICE. Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
It took a general strike for these CEOs to say anything at all. And their response is essentially “get back to work.”
Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 6mo agoWe call on Starbucks board member and Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford to say the names of our murdered neighbors, to say the names of the agencies who murdered them in broad daylight. We can’t afford you trying to stay above the fray! Stand with us and say ICE out now!