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Proud union member ALAA UAW 2325 ✊
UAW Labor for Palestine 🍉
Proud union member ALAA UAW 2325 ✊
UAW Labor for Palestine 🍉
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this is absolutely fucking bonkers
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this is absolutely fucking bonkers
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We could invest in people's well-being instead of in their policing, incarceration, and misery. We could invest in the health and education of children worldwide instead of funding their horrible, violent deaths.
It isn't too late to make a different choice.
#abolition
It isn't too late to make a different choice.
#abolition
May 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We could invest in people's well-being instead of in their policing, incarceration, and misery. We could invest in the health and education of children worldwide instead of funding their horrible, violent deaths.
It isn't too late to make a different choice.
#abolition
It isn't too late to make a different choice.
#abolition
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This is the kid who NYU is considering withholding graduation from for speaking out against Gaza. This speech. Ask yourself why. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5mEgHo/
NYU graduate Logan Rozos is facing criticism after condemning the atrocities committed in Palestine during his commencement speech. #gaza #palestine #israel #nyu #nyugallatin
TikTok video by Daily Mail
www.tiktok.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is the kid who NYU is considering withholding graduation from for speaking out against Gaza. This speech. Ask yourself why. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5mEgHo/
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WATCH: “You’re killing poor kids in Gaza — and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here.”
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
May 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
WATCH: “You’re killing poor kids in Gaza — and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here.”
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen confronted RFK Jr. and Congress in protest.
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One activist who Columbia Public Safety drove to the floor required medical attention, but medics were repeatedly denied access by officers. “You’re not going to let me in to treat the student who might have a concussion?”
To Suppress the Latest Protest, Columbia Unveils a Violent New Form of Campus Policing
Protestors rechristened the Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room “Basel Al-Araj Popular University” in honor of the late Palestinian writer before Public Safety and the NYPD arrived.
www.thenation.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
One activist who Columbia Public Safety drove to the floor required medical attention, but medics were repeatedly denied access by officers. “You’re not going to let me in to treat the student who might have a concussion?”
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Israel is carving the West Bank in two.
With its “Iron Wall” offensive and $91M settler road plan, Israel is laying the groundwork for full annexation—killing any hope for a Palestinian state. All part of Israel's colonial plan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
With its “Iron Wall” offensive and $91M settler road plan, Israel is laying the groundwork for full annexation—killing any hope for a Palestinian state. All part of Israel's colonial plan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
May 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel is carving the West Bank in two.
With its “Iron Wall” offensive and $91M settler road plan, Israel is laying the groundwork for full annexation—killing any hope for a Palestinian state. All part of Israel's colonial plan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
With its “Iron Wall” offensive and $91M settler road plan, Israel is laying the groundwork for full annexation—killing any hope for a Palestinian state. All part of Israel's colonial plan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/isra...
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“The new charge would be a class B misdemeanor and apply if someone wears a mask or covers their face with the intent of concealing their identity while committing a class A misdemeanor or felony or immediately fleeing the scene”
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
Gov. Hochul, lawmakers strike deal on new crime of wearing mask while evading arrest
The deal between Hochul and the Legislature’s Democratic majorities clears a major hurdle to a final budget deal.
gothamist.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“The new charge would be a class B misdemeanor and apply if someone wears a mask or covers their face with the intent of concealing their identity while committing a class A misdemeanor or felony or immediately fleeing the scene”
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
They’re, of course, hanging this on Jews (WHO DO NOT WANT THIS)
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Columbia’s President sent that email to signal total submission to Trump *after* allowing ICE agents onto campus today. Apart from fellow students, who will defend students from the Nazis?
🚨 Sources say there’ve been reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Columbia’s campus today, including in a dorm hall.
Comes as the Trump admin cuts grant funding to the school, and as it ramps up threats to arrest + deport students involved in pro-Palestine/anti-war protests.
Comes as the Trump admin cuts grant funding to the school, and as it ramps up threats to arrest + deport students involved in pro-Palestine/anti-war protests.
March 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Columbia’s President sent that email to signal total submission to Trump *after* allowing ICE agents onto campus today. Apart from fellow students, who will defend students from the Nazis?
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UAW members joined thousands of fellow scientists and advocates today for the Stand Up for Science Rally in Washington DC.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
March 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
UAW members joined thousands of fellow scientists and advocates today for the Stand Up for Science Rally in Washington DC.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
Attendees called on leaders at every level to champion and protect scientific research and education against recent attacks by the Trump administration.
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The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
March 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
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the thing about “democrats should take popular cultural positions” is that what constitutes popular is a function of an interaction between the public and elites. if a faction of elites start screaming about a vulnerable minority and another faction says they have a point, this shapes the public.
In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular."
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
"You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"
March 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
the thing about “democrats should take popular cultural positions” is that what constitutes popular is a function of an interaction between the public and elites. if a faction of elites start screaming about a vulnerable minority and another faction says they have a point, this shapes the public.
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"Postdoctoral workers at Weill Cornell Medicine, who have been in negotiations for their first contract for nearly a year, demanded that the institution settle a contract that provides protections for immigrant workers and parents."
www.thechiefleader.com/stories/weil...
www.thechiefleader.com/stories/weil...
Weill Cornell postdocs demand contract - The Chief
Postdoctoral workers at Weill Cornell Medicine, who have been in negotiations for their first contract for nearly a year, demanded that the institution settle a contract that provides protections for ...
www.thechiefleader.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Postdoctoral workers at Weill Cornell Medicine, who have been in negotiations for their first contract for nearly a year, demanded that the institution settle a contract that provides protections for immigrant workers and parents."
www.thechiefleader.com/stories/weil...
www.thechiefleader.com/stories/weil...
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March 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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I think if you don't want to buy things from major retailers today or any day that is great, and I would also love for everyone to remember that successful movements usually need to involve labor, and to start thinking of yourself as a worker first and a consumer second
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I think if you don't want to buy things from major retailers today or any day that is great, and I would also love for everyone to remember that successful movements usually need to involve labor, and to start thinking of yourself as a worker first and a consumer second
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Alamo Drafthouse workers in Brooklyn do not fuck around 🔥
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Alamo Drafthouse workers in Brooklyn do not fuck around 🔥
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Members of ALAA—UAW 2325 held a kick-off rally on Sunday to launch their 2025 Sectoral Bargaining Campaign, leading to a strike deadline of July 1, 2025. Bosses and the city are on notice, because members are ready to win the fair contracts they deserve!
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Members of ALAA—UAW 2325 held a kick-off rally on Sunday to launch their 2025 Sectoral Bargaining Campaign, leading to a strike deadline of July 1, 2025. Bosses and the city are on notice, because members are ready to win the fair contracts they deserve!