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Longtime worker rights activist. Decade w/ textile+clothing unions. 10yrs in Asia for AFL-CIO. Founded anti-sweatshop NGO, Press for Change. Header: Indonesian union workers celebrate strike victory https://inthesetimes.com/authors/jeff-ballinger
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Note that 5 of the last 6 strikes are in the eastern Pacific, far from Venezuela. This is now regionalized.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Note that 5 of the last 6 strikes are in the eastern Pacific, far from Venezuela. This is now regionalized.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
Add the aircraft carrier and the casual threats to hit land targets in Ven, Colombia, and Mexico, and we may be entering a period of Gunboat Diplomacy that would make William McKinley blush.
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Clearly, nostalgia for a time when there were no billionaires, a far more unionized workforce, a top marginal tax rate of 92%, and an electorate that wouldn’t even vote for a dogcatcher who was a twice-divorced open philanderer who used profanity in public.
October 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Clearly, nostalgia for a time when there were no billionaires, a far more unionized workforce, a top marginal tax rate of 92%, and an electorate that wouldn’t even vote for a dogcatcher who was a twice-divorced open philanderer who used profanity in public.
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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If you want to give me a location and your name on this, let me know. I did a quick brighten and sharpen.
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you want to give me a location and your name on this, let me know. I did a quick brighten and sharpen.