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Joseph A. McCartin

Joseph A. McCartin

@josephamccartin.bsky.social

3K followers 690 following 81 posts

Labor historian; Exec. Dir. Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor; President, Labor & Working Class History Assn (LAWCHA)

Joseph Anthony McCartin is an American historian and professor of history at Georgetown University. His research focuses on labor unions in the United States. He also serves as the executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. .. more

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Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 7h

“Democrats are uncomfortable exercising power and because they lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party or how it would run the country.”

Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 10h

I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...

Chuck Schumer Needs To Go

The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.

newrepublic.com

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 7h

Because who's more qualified to direct air traffic? A "true patriot", or a trained air traffic controller?

Are Laura Loomer or Hershel Walker going to be directing aircraft over New York?

There will be no need to limit air travel if that happens.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

‘REPORT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY’: Trump threatens to replace absent air traffic controllers with ‘true Patriots’

The president “wouldn’t last five minutes as an air traffic controller,” Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded.

www.politico.com

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 7h

“The 21st-century algorithmic gaze dissolves both patient and doctor alike into never-ending streams of automated data.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself

www.theguardian.com

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Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-at-Large @inthepastlane.bsky.social · 8h

NYC electing Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is a reminder that 1) Socialism has a long history in the US and 2) Americans actually LOVE socialism.
#ushistory #americanhistory #Mamdani #socialism #eugenedebs www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DVac7w/

NYC electing Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is a reminder that 1) Socialism has a long history in the US and 2) Americans actually LOVE socialism. #ushistory #Mamdani #socialism #eugenedebs #History...

TikTok video by Edward T. O’Donnell

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.

Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 10h

I wrote about Chuck Schumer newrepublic.com/article/2029...

Chuck Schumer Needs To Go

The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.

newrepublic.com

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 13h

More Trump madness as he urges any controllers who took sick time during the shutdown to quit. Imagine the impact that would have on a system that is already having to reduce traffic this week. Fortunately, very few people take anything this man says seriously. www.newsweek.com/faa-flight-d...

Trump threatens air traffic controllers, offers "patriots" $10K bonus

Thousands of flights have been canceled as a consequence of the federal government shutdown.

www.newsweek.com

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Amnesty Business & Human Rights @amnestybhr.bsky.social · 23h

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.

@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine

Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty Inter...

www.amnesty.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 1d

Tonight was a very bad night.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 3d

Trump would rather let 42 million Americans go hungry than admit he broke the law.

Screenshot of headline reading: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt order providing full SNAP payments for November

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 3d

It’s always been plausible. A widely coordinated sickout isn’t necessary. A few scattered actions in strategic facilities could effectively disrupt the system. But unlike 2019 it isn’t clear which side would feel forced to “cave” if that happened. Perhaps that’s one reason why it hasn’t happened yet

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 5d

It was predictable that many liberal Zionists would oppose anti-Zionism’s “political normalization” in the NYC mayoral race. The more surprising story of the campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani, but their support, @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes.
jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-crea...

Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine

The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.

jewishcurrents.org

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Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 19d

An important study with very encouraging results. Cities and states should pay attention to these findings and give workers a break.

Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20d

New research from @aaronsojourner.org (Upjohn Inst.) and Joseph Pickens (USNA) finds that NYC’s Fair Workweek Law gave fast-food workers more predictable schedules without costing jobs. #LaborLaws #NYC #FairWorkWeek #EconSKy

Do fair workweek laws affect labor markets?

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 20d

New research from @aaronsojourner.org (Upjohn Inst.) and Joseph Pickens (USNA) finds that NYC’s Fair Workweek Law gave fast-food workers more predictable schedules without costing jobs. #LaborLaws #NYC #FairWorkWeek #EconSKy

Do fair workweek laws affect labor markets?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21d

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · 21d

Not content with the pace at which he’s destroying the country, Trump shifted into a higher gear at the White House today, beginning physical demolition. Sadly, the other things he’s breaking will be even harder to restore than this historic house.

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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 21d

NJ #MADC is here! Will definitely be sharing and discussing with my CUNY and SUNY partners….

senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/u...

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Toby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 22d

Big #NoKings turnout in downtown Los Angeles. Marched with my UCLA Faculty Association colleagues and thousands of others. Groups from unions, churches, and schools marching together. Civil society waking up. @uclafa.bsky.social @aaup.org

Group picture of members of UCLA Faculty Association at Los Angeles No Kings march, October 18, 2025.

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · Oct 10

Kent Wong was a unique figure: scholar, organizer, educator, and leader. The entire community of those who care about workers, immigrants, and people struggling for rights is bereft at his loss. May his memory and example long inspire us. @lawcha.bsky.social and its members celebrate Kent's legacy.

UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · Oct 10

We invite you all to read the Labor Center's official obituary for Kent Wong, published on our website.

🔗 bit.ly/kentwongobit...

Obituary: Kent Wong, 69, labor and immigrant rights champion and former director of UCLA Labor Center

Kent Wong, former director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991-2023 and professor of labor studies and Asian American studies, died Oct. 8. He was 69. An esteemed community leader…

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UCLA Labor Center @uclalabor.bsky.social · Oct 10

We invite you all to read the Labor Center's official obituary for Kent Wong, published on our website.

🔗 bit.ly/kentwongobit...

Obituary: Kent Wong, 69, labor and immigrant rights champion and former director of UCLA Labor Center

Kent Wong, former director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991-2023 and professor of labor studies and Asian American studies, died Oct. 8. He was 69. An esteemed community leader…

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · Oct 3

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · Sep 15

LAWCHA President @josephamccartin.bsky.social shared more reflections on last week's Unmasking Union Antisemitism hearing on the Labor History Today Podcast.

laborhistorytoday.podbean.com

Labor History Today | laborhistorytoday

Gripping stories of the historic battles for worker rights and how they fuel today’s struggles. Part of the Labor Radio/Podcast Network: #LaborRadioPod

laborhistorytoday.podbean.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 14

“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”

www.adl.org/resources/re...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · Sep 13

#tdih 1858, 18-yr-old John Price was arrested by a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio under Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Group of local residents (Black & white) stormed hotel, found Price, & took him to freedom in Canada.

Abolitionists were arrested. Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ob...

Sept. 13, 1858: Oberlin Wellington Rescue

Eighteen-year-old John Price was arrested by a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

www.zinnedproject.org

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · Sep 11

Merely raising the name of AFT president @rweingarten.bsky.social triggered the "ire" of Rep Tim Walberg (R-MI) to such an extent that he couldn't resist making the malicious and obviously dishonest statement that she "has not said anything, anything, about antisemitism." Her response is priceless.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really @repwalberg? You think I - a Jewish American who has faced antisemitism and is married to a Rabbi - has never spoken out against antisemitism? The truth is, I consistently speak out against antisemitism. Here are just a few examples.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really @repwalberg? You think I - a Jewish American who has faced antisemitism and is married to a Rabbi - has never spoken out against antisemitism? The truth is, I consistently speak out against antisemitism. Here are just a few examples.

Joseph A. McCartin @josephamccartin.bsky.social · Aug 27

It was an honor to join KALW's Rose Aguilar and Johanna Miyaki, John Logan of SF State, and Victor Narro of UCLA for a discussion of the enormous rollback of union rights that's been instituted by the Trump administration and its frightening implications for all working people.
tinyurl.com/hy3zarhj

Trump's order is "most aggressive act of union busting in US history"

More than a million federal workers have lost their collective bargaining and union protections. Trump has also cut wages and made working conditions worse.

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