Zakk Flash
@zakkflash.bsky.social
Rad dad, working class writer, truck driver, & 2nd gen Teamster from Oklahoma. 🚩🏴
Workplace organising basics classautonomy.info/workplace-or...
Workplace organising basics
Learn about the workplace, talk to colleagues, and form an organising team to build workers’ power. This is a first in a mini-series of articles where we try to demystify workplace organising by pr…
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September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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The ‘politics of eternity’, says Timothy Snyder, is nostalgia for a mythical past. Putin blames the West, Trump blames migrants, Reform UK blames both. Truth doesn’t matter, only enemies. A thought-provoking read by Marc Ainge ⤵️
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The politics of eternity: weaponising moments that never were
Donald Trump is the global face of a growing political movement that deceives voters by distorting history
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The ‘politics of eternity’, says Timothy Snyder, is nostalgia for a mythical past. Putin blames the West, Trump blames migrants, Reform UK blames both. Truth doesn’t matter, only enemies. A thought-provoking read by Marc Ainge ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @marcainge.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @marcainge.bsky.social
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Recklessly firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because you don’t like the new jobs numbers won’t do a thing to change the clear and simple fact: President Trump’s policy choices are costing hardworking Americans their jobs.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, long-time federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
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August 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Recklessly firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because you don’t like the new jobs numbers won’t do a thing to change the clear and simple fact: President Trump’s policy choices are costing hardworking Americans their jobs.
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#OtD 1 Aug 1907 Angelo Pellegrino Sbardellotto, a coal miner and anarchist later executed for attempting to assassinate Mussolini, was born. This is a short biography: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8046...
August 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 1 Aug 1907 Angelo Pellegrino Sbardellotto, a coal miner and anarchist later executed for attempting to assassinate Mussolini, was born. This is a short biography: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8046...
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Ring cameras are the devil. Amazon now "partnering with Axon to build a new tool that would allow police to request Ring footage directly from users, and also allow users to consent to letting police livestream directly from their device"
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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
July 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Ring cameras are the devil. Amazon now "partnering with Axon to build a new tool that would allow police to request Ring footage directly from users, and also allow users to consent to letting police livestream directly from their device"
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
— DCA ✈️ OKC with Marcy & #TeamFlash
#UNION flight via SWAPA & Transport Workers Union/TWU Local 556
Thank you to all the working people who make it all possible. We see you and we appreciate you!
#SolidarityInTheSkies #LaborConquersAll
#SWAPA #TWU #TWU556
#UNION flight via SWAPA & Transport Workers Union/TWU Local 556
Thank you to all the working people who make it all possible. We see you and we appreciate you!
#SolidarityInTheSkies #LaborConquersAll
#SWAPA #TWU #TWU556
July 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
— DCA ✈️ OKC with Marcy & #TeamFlash
#UNION flight via SWAPA & Transport Workers Union/TWU Local 556
Thank you to all the working people who make it all possible. We see you and we appreciate you!
#SolidarityInTheSkies #LaborConquersAll
#SWAPA #TWU #TWU556
#UNION flight via SWAPA & Transport Workers Union/TWU Local 556
Thank you to all the working people who make it all possible. We see you and we appreciate you!
#SolidarityInTheSkies #LaborConquersAll
#SWAPA #TWU #TWU556
Eight hours for sleep —
Eight hours for work —
Eight hours for WHAT WE WILL!
We fought for time off, fought to be with our families instead of at the beck & call of the boss; we won back some small measure of our time — and rn I feel satisfied in enjoying every bit of the fruits of our labor.
Eight hours for work —
Eight hours for WHAT WE WILL!
We fought for time off, fought to be with our families instead of at the beck & call of the boss; we won back some small measure of our time — and rn I feel satisfied in enjoying every bit of the fruits of our labor.
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Eight hours for sleep —
Eight hours for work —
Eight hours for WHAT WE WILL!
We fought for time off, fought to be with our families instead of at the beck & call of the boss; we won back some small measure of our time — and rn I feel satisfied in enjoying every bit of the fruits of our labor.
Eight hours for work —
Eight hours for WHAT WE WILL!
We fought for time off, fought to be with our families instead of at the beck & call of the boss; we won back some small measure of our time — and rn I feel satisfied in enjoying every bit of the fruits of our labor.
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June 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Guys like this mostly steal from workers (this guy overcharges tired mall parents for flavorless kid bribes) — but this particular guy (who’s been arrested for DUI, domestic assault, & sued for revenge porn blackmail) got tired of being cooped up at home & did… this. #RichDick #OKC #COOPBrewery
June 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Guys like this mostly steal from workers (this guy overcharges tired mall parents for flavorless kid bribes) — but this particular guy (who’s been arrested for DUI, domestic assault, & sued for revenge porn blackmail) got tired of being cooped up at home & did… this. #RichDick #OKC #COOPBrewery
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NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
Labor Pope! Labor Pope!
May 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Labor Pope! Labor Pope!
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Congrats to our shows Better Offline and Weird Little Guys on their #WEBBY AWARDS! 🏆🏆 Big thanks to our listeners and everyone who voted
@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Congrats to our shows Better Offline and Weird Little Guys on their #WEBBY AWARDS! 🏆🏆 Big thanks to our listeners and everyone who voted
@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
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In 2015, we republished Pope Francis's second encyclical, in which he takes aim at the heart of the world’s problems: capitalism.
It has been, and will remain, free to download.
It has been, and will remain, free to download.
Encyclical on Capitalism and Inequality
In his most radical encyclical to date, Pope Francis takes aim at the heart of the world’s problems: capitalism. Impassioned and wide-ranging, and citing the overwhelming evidence for the human suffer...
www.versobooks.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2015, we republished Pope Francis's second encyclical, in which he takes aim at the heart of the world’s problems: capitalism.
It has been, and will remain, free to download.
It has been, and will remain, free to download.
Pope Francis was a global voice for dignity, justice, and solidarity. His unwavering support for workers' rights and justice for the poor and dispossessed are seeds of a better tomorrow. We may yet see a more bountiful harvest, amongst all the muck. #PopeFrancis #Solidarity #CatholicWorker
April 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pope Francis was a global voice for dignity, justice, and solidarity. His unwavering support for workers' rights and justice for the poor and dispossessed are seeds of a better tomorrow. We may yet see a more bountiful harvest, amongst all the muck. #PopeFrancis #Solidarity #CatholicWorker
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This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
April 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
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BREAKING: We're urging the Supreme Court to block the nation’s first religious public charter school in Oklahoma.
The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not for religious instruction.
The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not for religious instruction.
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
BREAKING: We're urging the Supreme Court to block the nation’s first religious public charter school in Oklahoma.
The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not for religious instruction.
The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not for religious instruction.
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After 9 years, Payday Report may have to close.
Elon Musk destroyed our ability to crowdfund on Twitter & I’m struggling just to buy groceries!
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April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
After 9 years, Payday Report may have to close.
Elon Musk destroyed our ability to crowdfund on Twitter & I’m struggling just to buy groceries!
Donate to support labor reporting
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Elon Musk destroyed our ability to crowdfund on Twitter & I’m struggling just to buy groceries!
Donate to support labor reporting
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A worker has died at an Amazon warehouse.
The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country.
Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.
The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country.
Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.
April 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A worker has died at an Amazon warehouse.
The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country.
Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.
The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country.
Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.
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NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
April 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
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We asked Congress to vote NO on the budget bill and stop this assault on working families struggling to afford the basics—all to fund tax breaks for millionaires. But Republicans ignored Americans calling for lower costs and stability.
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We asked Congress to vote NO on the budget bill and stop this assault on working families struggling to afford the basics—all to fund tax breaks for millionaires. But Republicans ignored Americans calling for lower costs and stability.
I love libraries of every shape and size—public libraries, zine libraries, seed libraries, tool libraries, school libraries and libraries run out of community spaces. If it weren't for the work of librarians, researchers, activists & archivists, so much important movement history would be lost. 📚🖤
April 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I love libraries of every shape and size—public libraries, zine libraries, seed libraries, tool libraries, school libraries and libraries run out of community spaces. If it weren't for the work of librarians, researchers, activists & archivists, so much important movement history would be lost. 📚🖤
As a third generation trade unionist, I know how transformational a collective bargaining agreement can be for families and communities. As step-bio-foster-adoptive dad of seven kids who grew up on S Street, and as a member of @teamsters.bsky.social #Local886, I know y’all deserve it! #solidarity
Union days, sweepin’ the clouds away! ☀️
Here are some highlights from a recent article from the Tempest, featuring our very own Phoebe Gilpin.
“One thing we are trying to offer right now is hope” 💛
#sesamestreet #sesameworkshop #sesameworkersunion #union #1u
Here are some highlights from a recent article from the Tempest, featuring our very own Phoebe Gilpin.
“One thing we are trying to offer right now is hope” 💛
#sesamestreet #sesameworkshop #sesameworkersunion #union #1u
April 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As a third generation trade unionist, I know how transformational a collective bargaining agreement can be for families and communities. As step-bio-foster-adoptive dad of seven kids who grew up on S Street, and as a member of @teamsters.bsky.social #Local886, I know y’all deserve it! #solidarity
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NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
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USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
capitalandmain.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
capitalandmain.com/usc-follows-...
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The Trump admin is gutting NIOSH, the only federal agency dedicated to worker safety research. Thousands of workers are already out of a job. Lives are at risk. Call Congress and demand they reverse the cuts and reinstate these essential workers.
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CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH
Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on the job. More...
act.aflcio.org
April 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Trump admin is gutting NIOSH, the only federal agency dedicated to worker safety research. Thousands of workers are already out of a job. Lives are at risk. Call Congress and demand they reverse the cuts and reinstate these essential workers.
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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@ditzkoff.bsky.social The Tesla salespeople watching from inside:
March 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@ditzkoff.bsky.social The Tesla salespeople watching from inside: