Last night, ACRE Executive Director Saqib Bhatti and select staff met at SEIU HQ to celebrate the merger of ACRE/BCG, and introduce ourselves to labor leaders in D.C.
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October 7, 2026, marked exactly 25 years since the United States began bombing Afghanistan. The anniversary will pass in Washington with little reflection. In Afghanistan, the reality of it is lived daily.
The War on Afghanistan Was Launched 25 Years Ago. It Still Hasn’t Ended.
The war inaugurated a terrible new global order in which armed drones kill civilians who are neither named nor counted.
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Fidelity is blacklisting civil rights and silencing its leaders. Because the Southern Poverty Law Center has been fighting for racial justice for over 50 years, the Trump administration has gone after it. Fidelity then decided to withhold their funding.
Color Of Change - Silencing and Blacklisting: How Fidelity Is Attacking Civil Rights
An Overview Fidelity is blacklisting the civil rights organization that bankrupted the Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center has spent decades exposing violent white supremacists, and its lawsuits hav...
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Three years ago, you might have believed that the world would have stopped the mass murder, forced starvation, and destruction of an ancient, Indigenous society.
On 9/20/01 the United States launched the “Global War on Terrorism.” The entire apparatus of the US government shifted to "counterterrorism," often with complete support from media, universities and think tanks, and cultural institutions. What are its consequences we see today?
"We deserve better and holding Wall Street accountable is a critical step toward correcting its unchecked power over our lives, homes and jobs." — ACRE Executive Director, @saqibbhatti.bsky.social We are proud to support the Stop Wall Street Looting Act!
Following Historic Progress Reining in Private Equity in Housing, Warren, Lawmakers Announce Reintroduction of Comprehensive Stop Wall Street Looting Act | United States Committee on Banking, Housing,...
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Join us for a national call on the growing wealth divide, the role corporations and billionaires play in undermining our economy and our democracy, and what it will take to force them to choose a side.
Pulling Out the Pillar: Corporate Campaigns to Reject Trump’s Attack on the Elections · May Day Strong
Billionaires and corporations are one of the key pillars propping up this administration's attacks on our elections, and if we pull that pillar out, the rest starts to fall. Join us for a national cal...
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In a 2024 interview with Inform Your Resistance, Ramah Kudaimi from @acrecampaigns.bsky.social discusses how a multitude of industries prop up Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry to advance profits and justify U.S. imperialism and state violence. Listen to the full IYR episode at ow.ly/BOSX50YrvmI.
"Trump-funding, anti-union tech billionaires tell us they are leading an AI revolution that will fundamentally transform our global economy," writes @tyleropeiu.bsky.social. "I say we take them at their word, get organized and seize the change for the common good."
Labor unions must unite against AI datacenters | Tyler Turner
Workers should start with a moratorium against building until our livelihoods and communities are protected
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So long as AI is unregulated and in the hands of the billionaire class, signing agreements with corporations like Blackrock, OpenAI and Meta to build out data centers is a betrayal of the rest of labor movement Instead, we must unite in demanding a moratorium
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 4w ago"Trump-funding, anti-union tech billionaires tell us they are leading an AI revolution that will fundamentally transform our global economy," writes @tyleropeiu.bsky.social. "I say we take them at their word, get organized and seize the change for the common good."
Billionaire Robert Kraft tried to silence #Macklemore after saying #freepalestine️ on stage. WE HEAR YOU. This is just the latest example of how the rest of us live in a world of unchecked billionaire power. We shouldn't have to. And we won't stand for it.
Justice for Macklemore
The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.
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From the global war on terror, to genocide in Palestine, to anti-Muslim policing and surveillance in our communities, @praeyesright.bsky.social and ACRE discuss imperial power (1/2)
U.S. Imperialism Comes Home to Roost: A Conversation with Ramah Kudaimi
We talk with Ramah Kudaimi about imperialism & state violence. From the global war on terror, to genocide in Palestine, we discuss how imperial power, capitalist interests, and far-right organizing wo...
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There is a direct line from the Sept. 11 attacks to the crisis in democracy we are facing today, and it runs through Silicon Valley. ACRE ED @saqibbhatti.bsky.social shares the direct line from the 9/11 attacks to the rise of the surveillance state in his latest op-ed. bit.ly/4xez2am
"The neighbors who dug through our trash in 2001 were a low-tech harbinger for the powered surveillance infrastructure that is being used to suppress peaceful protest and stifle dissent today." —ACRE's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social, with a much-needed assessment to share for the 25th anniversary of 9/11
ACRE Campaigns@acrecampaigns.bsky.social · last mo.For the @chicago.suntimes.com, ACRE executive director @saqibbhatti.bsky.social shares how after #September11 his family experienced their first taste of the emerging surveillance state that is now all too familiar, thanks to #BigTech.
For the @chicago.suntimes.com, ACRE executive director @saqibbhatti.bsky.social shares how after #September11 his family experienced their first taste of the emerging surveillance state that is now all too familiar, thanks to #BigTech.
Sept. 11-spawned surveillance is ravaging the country
My dad was questioned by the FBI after a neighbor combed through our trash after 9/11. Now Big Tech is doing the spying.
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Join ACRE-BCG's Sara Myklebust and @inthesetimes.com for a virtual panel discussing the intersections between organized labor and housing justice tonight at 7pm ET!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How Organized Tenants and Organized Workers Can Team Up to Win Big. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
A union at home and a union at work. Social housing that's union-backed and union-built. That's the exciting vision that labor and housing organizers in many parts of the country are working together ...
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There are 3 places where nearly all of us can build power through shared struggle: 1️⃣ Government 2️⃣ Employment 3️⃣ Home This event—by @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's Bargaining for the Common Good + @inthesetimes.com—is about efforts to unify power-building in 2 of the 3. ✨ RSVP: bit.ly/unions-for-all ✨
Rebecca Burns@rebeccaburns.bsky.social · last mo.Calling all labor and tenant union members! Come join this @inthesetimes.com conversation about the growing intersections between housing justice and organized labor. We'll hear from some seriously inspiring organizers with @ctulocal1.bsky.social, @houseourneighbors.bsky.social, and more.
TODAY 9/2 Danbury CT #March 5pm Library #DayWithoutImmigrants
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Meet @neatoday.bsky.social's new president, Princess Moss! Congratulations to this "gifted organizer who understands that movements grow one conversation at a time" and is committed to the transformative power of public education! Learn more about her here.
Our President | NEA
Princess Moss is president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union. As a former Virginia public school music teacher, Moss leverages decades of experience to fiercely a...
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AI, surveillance, and corporate power are reshaping elections. Join us for #FightingTechnoFascism. On Sept 19 @mediajustice.bsky.social & @conmijente.bsky.social are hosting a day of strategy with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Gil Durán, Dr. Safiya Noble, and more! share.mijente.net/s/0jLk2Sdu
Register today!
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#ICEOUT OF CT! @ctforall.bsky.social for A Day Without Immigrants Rally and Citywide Shutdown on Wednesday, September 2, at 5PM at the Danbury Public Library. NO WORK • NO SCHOOL • NO SHOPPING • CLOSE ALL BUSINESSES
As billionaire wealth and economic inequality continue to grow, what can investors learn from the way companies treat their workers?
Yesterday, @nationalnurses.bsky.social held nationwide civil disobedience actions to demand ‘Palantir Out!’
The #JustSignIt campaign is committed to exposing Nike's extraction of wealth from Oregon to Asia. Together, educators & garment workers will make Nike pay its fair share. 2/2 @jwjpdx.bsky.social @oregoneducation.bsky.social @jwj.org @acrecampaigns.bsky.social
“Gary and Northwest Indiana are experiencing a Katrina moment...” I speak with residents and community leaders about the ongoing energy blackout in Gary, Indiana and the conditions that led to this avoidable national tragedy. @therealnews.com therealnews.com/katrina-2-0-...
'Katrina 2.0': Residents of Gary, Indiana fight to survive without power for 12 days (and counting)
“Gary and Northwest Indiana are experiencing a Katrina moment.” We speak with residents and community leaders about the ongoing energy blackout in Gary, Indiana and the conditions that led to this avo...
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As a part of a statewide caravan for democracy, @cacommonground.bsky.social took the streets urging companies like AirBnB and Chase to stand with voters and pledge to protect voting access and to publicly defend the election in November.
This Labor Day, May Day Strong is adding training and action to the parades and barbecues. Get bigger. Get sharper. Get ready. Join our mass call tonight at 8pm ET where we'll launch the full plan. Register: bit.ly/ld26 #WorkersOverBillionaires
The real threat to small businesses isn’t a modest tax on Big Tech’s gross receipts. It’s corporations that pay poverty wages, dodge taxes through loopholes, and pass those costs on to middle- and working-class people.
Big Tech’s Pennsylvania tax dodge needs to end | PennLive letters
A proposed digital ad tax targets platforms like Google and Meta, not small businesses—and could generate $500 million annually for schools, transit, and housing.
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USA Today’s journalists and media workers demand that the media company end its relationship with AI firm Palantir!
USA Today Co. unions call on the company to cut ties with Palantir - Poynter
The unions — representing nearly 800 workers — said the deal threatens readers’ online safety and trust in the company
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