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Michael McQuarrie
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Sociologist at Arizona State University. Director of the Center for Work and Democracy: cwd.asu.edu. Writing on cities, politics, governance, labor, and liberation movements.

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ASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · Dec 12
The CWD is excited to announce our upcoming collaboration with the ASU Art Museum and George Floyd Global Memorial:

"Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix"

This exhibit at the ASU Art Museum will be on display from Feb. 3-- July 28, 2024.

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ASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · Jan 3
During his appointment as AIR, Jenkins will be collaborating with the CWD on his own research within the logistics sector through an overarching project titled “Logistics, Worker Power, and Social Organization.”

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ASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · Feb 13
A special congratulations is in order for the CWD’s Project Coordinator, Muriel Payraudeau, who recently received a Sun Award for her work managing numerous projects and events with patience, skill, and tenacity. Congrats on the recognition, Muriel! We are so lucky to have you on our CWD team.

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ASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · Nov 18
This week, we wish our talented Project Coordinator Muriel Payraudeau farewell as she moves on from the CWD to work with our allies at SEIU-UHW in CA.

You will be greatly missed, Muriel, but we wish you nothing but the best in your next endeavor! ❤️💛

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · Nov 22
🚨 NEW: "Two Towns" — Sacha Hilhorst interviews 121 residents, civil servants & local leaders in two ex-industrial towns, Mansfield & Corby.
 
These towns haven't been “left behind” — but actively remade, fostering low-quality, insecure work. ⬇️

www.common-wealth.org/publications...
A Tale of Two Towns: Economic Disadvantage and Political Disempowerment in Ex-Industrial England | Report | Common Wealth
What do the stories of Mansfield and Corby tell us about the state of contemporary Britain?
www.common-wealth.org

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Dec 4
This is legendary from @sarahjeong.bsky.social. I appreciate her drunkenly walking the world through a coup attempt and then writing it up. www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
www.theverge.com

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Mario Luis Small @marioluissmall.bsky.social · Dec 4
Our recent paper, in ASR: While many sociologists assume that people turn to their “strong ties” when they need a confidant, people are actually as likely to avoid as to talk to their closest friends and family.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Dec 7
Washington Post article on slain CEO quotes an unnamed company staffer saying “he was known within the company for his focus on keeping premiums low” — claiming anonymity necessary to protect their job (lol).

Also claims with zero attribution that CEO “was well liked internally”

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · Dec 12
The response from the American public in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing is not one of theory; it is one of tangible experience. 

Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Nina Turner: For-Profit Health Care Is Immoral
Nina Turner reflects on the outpouring of anger at our for-profit health system in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing — and her concern that without radical change to our politi...
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ASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · Jan 22
Our newest report, “Beyond the NLRB: Contemporary Strategies and Practices for Labor Movement Renewal,” examines various strategies for working class elevation in the 21st century in order to answer a question decades in the making: what might reverse organized labor’s decline?