James Dennis Hoff
@jamesdennishoff.bsky.social
Writer, educator, labor activist, and member of Left Voice. I teach at The City University of New York.
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This pic should haunt Trump and his whole gang of thugs for the rest of their lives.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This pic should haunt Trump and his whole gang of thugs for the rest of their lives.
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PSA: ICE and the police are violent arms of the capitalist state, and neither can be an ally in the fight for immigrant and working-class liberation.
The Police Can’t and Won’t Protect Us From ICE - Left Voice
ICE and the police are violent arms of the capitalist state, and neither can be an ally in the fight for immigrant and working-class liberation.
www.leftvoice.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
PSA: ICE and the police are violent arms of the capitalist state, and neither can be an ally in the fight for immigrant and working-class liberation.
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The Left must build a national movement against ICE and imperialism, and demand that unions across the country mobilize in solidarity with the strike called in Minnesota.
More than ever, we need unity of action and political independence from the capitalist parties to fight Trump now.
More than ever, we need unity of action and political independence from the capitalist parties to fight Trump now.
January 23 Is a Call to Nationalize the Fight Against ICE and Imperialism - Left Voice
The Left must fight to build a national movement against ICE and imperialism and demand that unions across the country mobilize in solidarity with the strike called in Minnesota, expanding this action...
www.leftvoice.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The Left must build a national movement against ICE and imperialism, and demand that unions across the country mobilize in solidarity with the strike called in Minnesota.
More than ever, we need unity of action and political independence from the capitalist parties to fight Trump now.
More than ever, we need unity of action and political independence from the capitalist parties to fight Trump now.
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"UAW president Shawn Fain must call all union members to support Minneapolis on January 23 by shutting everything down, just as workers in Italy did to protest the genocide in Gaza."
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Palestine #Greenland #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Military
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Palestine #Greenland #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Military
January 23 Is a Call to Nationalize the Fight Against ICE and Imperialism
The Left must fight to build a national movement against ICE and imperialism and demand that unions across the country mobilize in solidarity with the strike called in Minnesota, expanding this action to every city in the United States. More than ever, we need unity of action and political independence from the capitalist parties to fight Trump now.
www.leftvoice.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"UAW president Shawn Fain must call all union members to support Minneapolis on January 23 by shutting everything down, just as workers in Italy did to protest the genocide in Gaza."
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Palestine #Greenland #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Military
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Palestine #Greenland #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Military
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"For a working class that saw ICE murder someone in the same week that our government invaded Venezuela, it is clear that allowing imperialism to go unchecked only strengthens the apparatus of state violence ... [T]he working class needs to get organized to use the power of the strike now."
UAW President "Fain has been calling for a general strike in May 2028."
"[T]he working class can't afford to wait until 2028."
"The time for an anti-imperialist labor movement is now."
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[T]he working class can't afford to wait until 2028."
"The time for an anti-imperialist labor movement is now."
#Minnesota #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
We Can't Wait for 2028: Shawn Fain Must Call for Labor Action Against Trump and U.S. Imperialism
Shawn Fain has called for a general strike in 2028. Now, in the context of U.S. intervention in Venezuela and escalated ICE violence in the murder of Renee Nicole Good, the base of the UAW is calling on the leadership to oppose U.S. imperialism.
www.leftvoice.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:03 AM
"For a working class that saw ICE murder someone in the same week that our government invaded Venezuela, it is clear that allowing imperialism to go unchecked only strengthens the apparatus of state violence ... [T]he working class needs to get organized to use the power of the strike now."
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It is a genocide, both legally and factually. Israel is an illegitimate apartheid state that is STILL COMMITTING GENOCIDE.
Fuck these genocide-denying scum. Newsom will NEVER be president.
Fuck these genocide-denying scum. Newsom will NEVER be president.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It is a genocide, both legally and factually. Israel is an illegitimate apartheid state that is STILL COMMITTING GENOCIDE.
Fuck these genocide-denying scum. Newsom will NEVER be president.
Fuck these genocide-denying scum. Newsom will NEVER be president.
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"Trump and the Right Wing have to be defeated by a great bicontinental movement."
"A mobilization across all the Americas is capable of defeating these new attempts of imperialist recolonization."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #FossilFuels #Drugs #Labour #Protest
"A mobilization across all the Americas is capable of defeating these new attempts of imperialist recolonization."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #FossilFuels #Drugs #Labour #Protest
U.S. Out of Venezuela! Organize a Strike Across the Americas and International Mobilization Against Imperialist Aggression
Faced with Trump's neocolonial escalation, the Current for Permanent Revolution – Fourth International (CPR-FI) demands that unions and social and political movements call for a strike of the working class across the Americas. This must be at the core of an international mobilization capable of stopping imperialist aggression, expelling U.S. imperialism from Venezuela, and opening up mass struggle in all of Latin America.
www.leftvoice.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Trump and the Right Wing have to be defeated by a great bicontinental movement."
"A mobilization across all the Americas is capable of defeating these new attempts of imperialist recolonization."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #FossilFuels #Drugs #Labour #Protest
"A mobilization across all the Americas is capable of defeating these new attempts of imperialist recolonization."
#Venezuela #USA #Military #FossilFuels #Drugs #Labour #Protest
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Union members across the U.S. must push for a resolution by their locals to join Minnesota’s general strike on January 23.
Workers Across the U.S. Must Join Minnesota's January 23 General Strike - Left Voice
Union members across the U.S. must push for a resolution by their locals to join Minnesota's general strike on January 23.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Union members across the U.S. must push for a resolution by their locals to join Minnesota’s general strike on January 23.
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On Thursday, the Met Union won its election with UAW Local 2110 with 76% in favor. The nearly 900-strong bargaining unit is historic for the Met — and less than a month into 2026, there has never been a more important time for unions to fight.
The Met Union Wins Biggest Election in Museum’s History - Left Voice
On Thursday, the Met Union won its election with UAW Local 2110 with 76% in favor. The nearly 900-strong bargaining unit is historic for the Met — and less than a month into 2026, there has never been...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
On Thursday, the Met Union won its election with UAW Local 2110 with 76% in favor. The nearly 900-strong bargaining unit is historic for the Met — and less than a month into 2026, there has never been a more important time for unions to fight.
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The Supreme Court is expected to uphold bans on trans girls’ participation in sports. The ruling could open the door to more discriminatory laws, and shows that the working class must fight for trans rights — without illusions in the courts.
The Supreme Court Is Endangering Far More than Trans Athletes — We Must Fight Back - Left Voice
The Supreme Court is expected to uphold bans on trans girls’ participation in sports. The ruling could open the door to more discriminatory laws, and shows that the working class must fight for trans ...
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January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Supreme Court is expected to uphold bans on trans girls’ participation in sports. The ruling could open the door to more discriminatory laws, and shows that the working class must fight for trans rights — without illusions in the courts.
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“Working people in Minnesota figured out something many still fail to see: the most powerful weapon is withholding our labor.”
Union members across the U.S. must push for a resolution by their locals to join Minnesota’s general strike on January 23.
Workers Across the U.S. Must Join Minnesota's January 23 General Strike - Left Voice
Union members across the U.S. must push for a resolution by their locals to join Minnesota's general strike on January 23.
www.leftvoice.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“Working people in Minnesota figured out something many still fail to see: the most powerful weapon is withholding our labor.”
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Shawn Fain has called for a general strike in 2028. Now, in the context of U.S. intervention in Venezuela and escalated ICE violence in the murder of Renee Nicole Good, the base of the UAW is calling on the leadership to oppose U.S. imperialism.
www.leftvoice.org/we-cant-wait...
www.leftvoice.org/we-cant-wait...
We Can’t Wait for 2028: Shawn Fain Must Call for Labor Action Against Trump and U.S. Imperialism - Left Voice
Shawn Fain has called for a general strike in 2028. Now, in the context of U.S. intervention in Venezuela and escalated ICE violence in the murder of Renee Nicole Good, the base of the UAW is calling ...
www.leftvoice.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Shawn Fain has called for a general strike in 2028. Now, in the context of U.S. intervention in Venezuela and escalated ICE violence in the murder of Renee Nicole Good, the base of the UAW is calling on the leadership to oppose U.S. imperialism.
www.leftvoice.org/we-cant-wait...
www.leftvoice.org/we-cant-wait...
Great move by the CWA. Now let's start preparing for a strike against ICE. www.leftvoice.org/the-time-for...
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Great move by the CWA. Now let's start preparing for a strike against ICE. www.leftvoice.org/the-time-for...
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Senate Republicans joined Democrats to pass a war powers motion to constrain Trump’s attacks on Venezuela. The vote won’t keep U.S. imperialism in check, but it shows that Trump’s interventions are pushing up against an American society deeply skeptical of wars.
www.leftvoice.org/senate-vote-...
www.leftvoice.org/senate-vote-...
Senate Vote Against War on Venezuela Reflects a U.S. Public Sick of Wars - Left Voice
Senate Republicans joined Democrats to pass a war powers motion to constrain Trump's attacks on Venezuela. The vote will hardly keep U.S. imperialism in check, but it shows that Trump's interventions ...
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January 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Senate Republicans joined Democrats to pass a war powers motion to constrain Trump’s attacks on Venezuela. The vote won’t keep U.S. imperialism in check, but it shows that Trump’s interventions are pushing up against an American society deeply skeptical of wars.
www.leftvoice.org/senate-vote-...
www.leftvoice.org/senate-vote-...
"Redeem," as in "sieze the means of production," or what he earlier calls "the ways of satisfying need." That's what Hughes meant and I couldn't agree more.
"Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!"
-Langston Hughes
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain—
All, all the stretch of these great green states—
And make America again!"
-Langston Hughes
I'm monitoring first awful reports of two people shot in Portland by federal law enforcement. I'll keep you updated, but Trump's deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence — and must end.
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Redeem," as in "sieze the means of production," or what he earlier calls "the ways of satisfying need." That's what Hughes meant and I couldn't agree more.
As of today, still no statement from Shawn Fain or the UAW national on the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
The Time for An Anti-Imperialist Labor Movement Is Now - Left Voice
Labor can't claim to be on the side of workers while remaining neutral on the question of imperialism.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
As of today, still no statement from Shawn Fain or the UAW national on the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
Footage of ICE protests and repression coming out of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Footage of ICE protests and repression coming out of Minneapolis.
This is the disgusting nationalist propoganda the NYT is running on the top of its front page the same day ICE murdered a US citizen. Paper of record my ass.
A Close Call for U.S. Commandos and an Emboldened Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
This is the disgusting nationalist propoganda the NYT is running on the top of its front page the same day ICE murdered a US citizen. Paper of record my ass.
Apropos of nothing, dear NSA.
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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January 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Apropos of nothing, dear NSA.
I mean, I too like these things, but my doctor does not, and I kind of think he's the one I should be listening to, not the ghoul with a worm in his head who thinks vaccinations cause autism.
Kennedy Flips Food Pyramid to Emphasize Red Meat and Whole Milk
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January 7, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I mean, I too like these things, but my doctor does not, and I kind of think he's the one I should be listening to, not the ghoul with a worm in his head who thinks vaccinations cause autism.
Not the first time this has happened. #abolishice
The Trace has identified 14 shootings by federal immigration agents as of January 7.
They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids.
www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids.
www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Not the first time this has happened. #abolishice
Totally unrelated to anything happening today. @nehoc.bsky.social
Sublime - April 29, 1992
YouTube video by Scott Lauer
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January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Totally unrelated to anything happening today. @nehoc.bsky.social
ICE is nothing but the armed wing of Trump's reactionary anti-worker, anti-immigrant authoritarian regime. This is class war; and the gloves are off. www.leftvoice.org/trumps-autho...
Trump's Authoritarian Turn and the Limits of Liberal Democracy - Left Voice
Trump has doubled down on an authoritarian agenda designed to preemptively weaken working-class organization in a period of capitalist uncertainty and crisis.
www.leftvoice.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
ICE is nothing but the armed wing of Trump's reactionary anti-worker, anti-immigrant authoritarian regime. This is class war; and the gloves are off. www.leftvoice.org/trumps-autho...
Could 2026 get any worse any faster?
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Could 2026 get any worse any faster?