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How to make sense of any "agenda" in the Trump years? Some important insights here: private markets want access to 401(k)s to sustain asset values, and align with Silicon Valley in seeing a return of M&As as another way to pull cash out of inflated securities. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

New Study 🔔: More than 7M Americans face eviction each year. But if they go to court, most do it alone, without a lawyer. Our researchers studied the initiatives that are trying to change this reality, known as Right to Counsel programs or RTC. evictionlab.org/disrupting-t...

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

“[A winning politics] means connecting with ordinary people and changing policy at the state and local levels, not just gaming a narrative every four years to win the presidency.”

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if we had had a president willing to fight as hard for the PRO Act as this one does for tax cuts for the rich. Instead we got one who fought harder to perpetuate a genocide and to this day cannot stop gaslighting his own base re: his declining health.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Next year, with a push from tenant organizing . . .

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Collective action is the only way forward.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans are spineless cowards.

submitted 28 days ago • 15 comments

The interview discussing Italian elite theory is particularly good. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering if the Left hasn’t fetishized “little d” democracy at the expense of developing real leadership.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Good report on one of the most pointless, destructive pursuits contemporary capitalism has devised—powered in this case by the Texas electrical grid (in a state not known for a plenitude of water).

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

Trump has gutted labor rights, slashed the federal workforce, and opposed a minimum wage hike. But resistance is brewing.

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

It’s old news, but worth the reminder: collective action is the means of social change.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I was an inner-city high school teacher in a former life. Eviction often means a kid has to transfer to a whole new district with different curricular choices. It has a seriously detrimental impact on a child’s educational development.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Would be nice to see Mass. get ahead of the curve on this.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to start implementing this important protection for tenants.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Another fantastic interview with Quinn Slobodian. Looking forward to the next, when there will hopefully be time for an exploration of gold vs. crypto in the Right imaginary, a topic I am keen to hear more about.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

“Reports of physical abuse, sexual abuse and child neglect all fell during U.S. eviction bans, researchers reported April 8 in the journal Pediatrics.” www.healthday.com/health-news/... #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

We need more AOCs in Congress.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?

submitted 88 days ago • 143 comments

This flew under the radar, but Trump revoked a minimum wage hike for companies that contract with the government. An estimated 390,000 workers will now see significant pay cuts. It's not surprising that Trump's populism is fake, but it's hardly ever been more clear.

submitted 89 days ago • 198 comments

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

submitted 89 days ago • 3827 comments

I feel like it’s worth another reminder that reacting to Trump 24/7 is not politically effective in the log term. If we want to win, we need to articulate a better alternative that is realistic and popular. Now is the time to build political power around a vision of govt that works for the people.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

The Cebul/Geismer interview is spot on. Anybody who is in touch with the working class of this nation will recognize their analysis and critique of how we got here.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

“These are the times that try men souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,” The Crisis, Thomas Paine

submitted 91 days ago • 102 comments

⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞

submitted 91 days ago • 2663 comments

Families need relief from sky-high housing costs. So let’s increase supply—that’s Econ 101. I’ve got a bill to create nearly 3 million more homes and bring down rents for lower-income and middle-class Americans by 10%. I’ll keep working to get it done.

submitted 92 days ago • 18 comments

I cannot emphasize this enough: no one will remember the shutdown even happened when it’s time to vote next year. One way or the other!

submitted 97 days ago • 1566 comments

No one should ever be targeted for speaking out in solidarity with Palestine, including my brilliant colleague @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social. These are terrifying times, and we must all stand together against repression. lpeproject.org/blog/stateme...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

Trump’s efforts to cripple governmental functions that serve the common American are harming our nation. Proud to be on the signature line of this litigation. www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-m...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

If you want to understand why things are the way they are, and what to do about it, read Naomi Klein. From Shock Doctrine to Doppleganger, she consistently has her finger on the zeitgeist. Should be required media for anyone interested in our future.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

I really can’t recommend this book enough. If I ever teach a course on organizing, this will be on the reading list.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

submitted 104 days ago • 10597 comments

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家. This is our city. We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone. #Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

submitted 105 days ago • 60 comments

If economic justice is not the center of our work, we’ve already lost.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

A month on, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social deserves credit for warning us not to overestimate the potency of the fissures within Trump's coalition. Unlike David, I underestimated the willingness of conservatives to swallow stupid, purely destructive policies in order to advance their pet projects.

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

It’s an odd notion that we ought to depend on the judicial branch to defend democracy instead of - you know - voters, but it’s good to be reminded why.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

The GOP keeps calling itself as a working-class party. But their budget plan calls for huge tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and slashing programs that help the working-class. Don't fall for their rebrand.

submitted 107 days ago • 321 comments

The United States doesn’t support Ukraine as a favor, but because it serves our security. Putin is a dictator, not Zelensky. Putin started the war, not Zelensky. Yelling in the Oval Office and siding with Putin is shameful and a danger to democracy around the world.

submitted 110 days ago • 81 comments

A must read now: www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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We need rent stabilization in Mass. This is happening all over - new owners jacking up rents. Displacement is hard for tenants and hard for communities. Mass. residents: tell your state legislators you support the rent stabilization bill: H.2501/S.1084. www.gazettenet.com/search?bodys...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

One frustrating thing is that pre-inauguration I figured out how to organize my BlueSky feeds and was getting interesting policy discussion and analysis mostly organized around the different topics I’m interested in. Now it’s just all hot takes on the latest outrage. We’re so distracted.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

We have to come out of this expecting and demanding more not less

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Today is the birthday of W.E.B. DuBois, a founding father of Sociology (b 1868) who also had a gift for the graphical representation of data. Check out his hand-drawn data visualizations from research on Black American life in the late 19thC. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w...

submitted 111 days ago • 5 comments

These are gorgeous and so interesting. Somehow, I’m not surprised.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

1,600 manufacturing workers in Sacramento are unionizing as Siemens Workers United in joint affiliation with @ibewinternational.bsky.social and @boilermakers.bsky.social.

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Sarah Jaffe is my favorite labor journalist from her Belabored days. This vignette in @dissentmag.bsky.social is Jaffe at her best. An intimate portrait of a MN tenant organizer. Powerful stuff. www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-pl...

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

I’m going to have to get Eric Blanc’s book - sounds like essential reading for organizers.

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Quinn Slobodian is always worth listening to/reading. This insightful interview is no exception.

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While Trump and Musk cut our healthcare, social security, and veteran's benefits — We fight. We're hosting our annual response to the president's joint address to Congress. Given by Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and co-streamed by @underthedesknews.bsky.social Sign up: wfpus.org/WFPSOTU

submitted 112 days ago • 5 comments