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Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil are political prisoners being subjected to medical neglect, sleep deprivation, and inadequate meals. This is chilling, harrowing, and Donald Trump’s cruelty is the point. We visited them to shine a light on these violations of their rights.

www.youtube.com/live/ydiwPd8... We have s tried and true alternative to billionaire-take-all and authoritarianism: co-ops share power and benefits! If you are in Massachusetts please amplify the Opportunity to Own campaign and budget for Worker Ownership!! #cooperativema

We have a tried and true answer for crises of the moment: cooperative institutions share decisions, profits and power... the opposite of billionaire-take-all extractive business and authoritarianism. Pls support if in MA: secure.everyaction.com/1emUXFDNC0eL... www.youtube.com/live/ydiwPd8...

REI’s Board of Directors election recently kicked off, and we need you to vote NO to help us hold REI accountable for abandoning its values. If you’re an REI member, please visit VoteNoREI.com and make your voice heard as a member today!

REAL co-ops are led by principles not profit. Key among the co-op principles are DEMOCRACY and CARE FOR COMMUNITY, begining care care for needs & rights of the workers. REAL CO-OPS DONT UNION BUST!! REI members vote "withold" on all candidates in this sham election. I did. ourrei.com #cooperativema

FEMINISTS STAND WITH PALESTINE!

Always love when the Mallard fan gets involved.

Worker co-ops are the antithesis of authoritarianism and billionaire-take-all: in co-ops workers make decisions together, sharing profits, power and benefits. In these divided times, employee ownership tends to have bi-partisan support...we can all cooperate on co-ops! #cooperativema

Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey. If black-masked thugs can disappear her right off the street in broad daylight.... They can do it to you too.

www.wellesleyorganizedacademicworkers.org

Our students stand with the union! www.instagram.com/reel/DHt2keM...

With the Wellsley Organized Academic Workers #WOAW-UAW 💕 Student Learning over Corporate Earning!!!

Last week, Trump revoked a policy prohibiting federal contractors from having segregated facilities. Today, Republicans are opposing my amendment to ban segregation. They literally want to take America back to Jim Crow. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2WbyXJK/

#NotTheOnion

Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to respond to the surge of injured patients pouring in one day after Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas. Dr. Razan al-Nahhas describes the scene as 'pure chaos.' (via @wbur.org)

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

If the secretary of state can simply declare a legal permanent resident deportable based on their constitutionally protected activities, the First Amendment no longer applies to noncitizens. New online by Wadie E. Said: www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Meklit was in town last month, and very enchanting! Amidst all going on she reminds us, "We are here to immagine what the future looks like" 🌍 (beautiful challenge!). She sang ከመከም (kemekem/ I love your afro youtu.be/qC8feW4gomo?... ) and sweet love songs to her child m.youtube.com/watch?v=R_vp...

Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized. Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits. Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.

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America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.