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O ka wa ma mua - an independent Hawaiian state and a pae 'āina-wide workers movement.

O ka wa ma hope - an independent Hawaiian state and a mass pae 'āina-wide workers movement. No ka lāhui always.
The real travesty in the firings of *promoted* probationary federal employees is their probationary status at all. That is a topic of bargaining and sadly something that has apparently been settled for by the union and it's members. It is truly absurd.
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Degrowth should be adopted as a core value of aloha 'āina and the sovereignty movement.
February 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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i really dont wanna "fight for & rebuild our democracy" as much as i wanna fight for something new & entirely inclusive from the start.

just as george washington said "we dont owe king george shit!" neither do we owe romanticism & fealty to a governance that embraces economic hierarchies.
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Translation: Capitalism, deregulation, union-busting, and privatizing everything.
February 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've noticed this America first rhetoric from the Teamsters and it's short-sighted. The UAW has been loud about supporting organzing Mexican workers. This article claims a lack of commitment from them.
There is an absence of a practical alliance between Mexican independent unions and the U.S. and Canadian unions in the same industries—almost no U.S. unions have established relations or alliances with these new unions, writes Jeffery Hermanson: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
International Solidarity Is the Union Answer to Tariffs and Deportations
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has recently expressed the UAW’s readiness to “work with Trump on trade.” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke on a podcast against “illegal immigrants that ...
labornotes.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
O ka wa ma mua - an independent Hawaiian state and a pae 'āina-wide workers movement.

O ka wa ma hope - an independent Hawaiian state and a mass pae 'āina-wide workers movement. No ka lāhui always.
February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM