@lfelizleon.bsky.social
Journalist. Staff writer at Labor Notes. Columnist at In These Times magazine. Solidarity! Contact: lfelizleon@gmail.com. Substack:
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@jamellebouie.net has a great piece in NYT about Trump’s war of attrition. I made similar argument in @inthesetimes.com in February. inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
@jamellebouie.net has a great piece in NYT about Trump’s war of attrition. I made similar argument in @inthesetimes.com in February. inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
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Mamdani’s victory should put to rest the lie that workers are drawn only to simpleminded economic populism that casts social justice questions as distractions, wrote @Lfelizleon labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr... 1/2
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor | Labor Notes
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November 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Mamdani’s victory should put to rest the lie that workers are drawn only to simpleminded economic populism that casts social justice questions as distractions, wrote @Lfelizleon labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr... 1/2
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, “Why are you doing this to your people?” and “What are you going to tell your children about what you do?”
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US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
During the drive to the station, prosecutors say she made statements to officers about immigration enforcement, including, “Why are you doing this to your people?” and “What are you going to tell your children about what you do?”
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A day of reckoning is coming. These are Border Patrol agents putting a Latino restaurant worker in Charlotte in a headlock.
📸Ryan Murphy/Getty Images
📸Ryan Murphy/Getty Images
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A day of reckoning is coming. These are Border Patrol agents putting a Latino restaurant worker in Charlotte in a headlock.
📸Ryan Murphy/Getty Images
📸Ryan Murphy/Getty Images
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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"What's shocking is the escalation of attacks on immigrants, civil rights, unions, federal workers. It can be hard to think of a positive vision if we're defending the little we have." —Brandon Mancilla, Director of UAW Region 9A
Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZH...
Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZH...
How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0?
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"What's shocking is the escalation of attacks on immigrants, civil rights, unions, federal workers. It can be hard to think of a positive vision if we're defending the little we have." —Brandon Mancilla, Director of UAW Region 9A
Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZH...
Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZH...
Smart people of BlueSky: Do you know where the majority of foreign direct investment has flowed for the past two decades? Are these flows going from high-wage countries to low-wage countries? Or are the inflows staying within the United States?
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Smart people of BlueSky: Do you know where the majority of foreign direct investment has flowed for the past two decades? Are these flows going from high-wage countries to low-wage countries? Or are the inflows staying within the United States?
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"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital
A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
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As of October 17, the dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana, were on strike for union recognition. Read the story by our editor Al Bradbury: labornotes.org/2025/11/indi... 3/3
Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike
There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up. But when the cacophony of alarms sounded...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
As of October 17, the dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana, were on strike for union recognition. Read the story by our editor Al Bradbury: labornotes.org/2025/11/indi... 3/3
With an emboldened Trump in the White House for a second term, the ground has shifted dramatically for unions. What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights?
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
With an emboldened Trump in the White House for a second term, the ground has shifted dramatically for unions. What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights?
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
“There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up.”
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike
There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up. But when the cacophony of alarms sounded...
labornotes.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“There are no clocks in a casino, so the dealers all set their phone alarms for noon. Everyone was a bundle of nerves. Before work, a couple of people threw up.”
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
After 59 years in Mexico, arriving in the country in 1966, Nissan has closed its first auto plant in Cuernavaca, Morelos, leaving three plants open in the country. The independent union CATEM represents Nissan workers.
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
Nissan anuncia fin de relación laboral con 869 empleados de su planta en Morelos
La decisión, después de que la automotriz anunciara hace tres meses el cierre de su planta ubicada en la entidad.
www.jornada.com.mx
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
After 59 years in Mexico, arriving in the country in 1966, Nissan has closed its first auto plant in Cuernavaca, Morelos, leaving three plants open in the country. The independent union CATEM represents Nissan workers.
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
The litmus test for basic humanity is how you respond to the crimes against humanity described in the article below. But the norms for humane treatment have eroded so much that we aren’t shocked anymore as similar horrors occur in U.S. prisons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The litmus test for basic humanity is how you respond to the crimes against humanity described in the article below. But the norms for humane treatment have eroded so much that we aren’t shocked anymore as similar horrors occur in U.S. prisons.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Zohran ran up crazy numbers with non-white young people (18-29 year olds):
Black youth: Mamdani 84%
Latino youth: Mamdani 86%
White youth: Mamdani 66%
Black youth: Mamdani 84%
Latino youth: Mamdani 86%
White youth: Mamdani 66%
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Zohran ran up crazy numbers with non-white young people (18-29 year olds):
Black youth: Mamdani 84%
Latino youth: Mamdani 86%
White youth: Mamdani 66%
Black youth: Mamdani 84%
Latino youth: Mamdani 86%
White youth: Mamdani 66%
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Chuck Schumer's inability to say whether he voted for the Democratic nominee in a general election in his city is the final straw for @ryanlcooper.com.
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Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect
The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Chuck Schumer's inability to say whether he voted for the Democratic nominee in a general election in his city is the final straw for @ryanlcooper.com.
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
prospect.org/2025/11/06/c...
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"What stood out were the words of power, of the willingness to fight, of revolution."
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech, filled with the "inspiring hope-and-change flavor of Obama, but it was all gripped in a fist."
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech, filled with the "inspiring hope-and-change flavor of Obama, but it was all gripped in a fist."
Zohran Mamdani's Win—A Rare and Beautiful Moment In War
Can good things happen? Last night's victory in New York City suggests they can.
inthesetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"What stood out were the words of power, of the willingness to fight, of revolution."
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech, filled with the "inspiring hope-and-change flavor of Obama, but it was all gripped in a fist."
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social on Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech, filled with the "inspiring hope-and-change flavor of Obama, but it was all gripped in a fist."
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Last night, Zohran Mamdani told his victory party, “Let the words we’ve spoken together, the dreams we’ve dreamt together, become the agenda we deliver together.”
@lfelizleon.bsky.social writes on how New Yorkers toppled a political dynasty, electing Democratic Socialist Mamdani as mayor.
@lfelizleon.bsky.social writes on how New Yorkers toppled a political dynasty, electing Democratic Socialist Mamdani as mayor.
The Dawn of a Better Day
Working-class New Yorkers topple a political dynasty and elect Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
inthesetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Last night, Zohran Mamdani told his victory party, “Let the words we’ve spoken together, the dreams we’ve dreamt together, become the agenda we deliver together.”
@lfelizleon.bsky.social writes on how New Yorkers toppled a political dynasty, electing Democratic Socialist Mamdani as mayor.
@lfelizleon.bsky.social writes on how New Yorkers toppled a political dynasty, electing Democratic Socialist Mamdani as mayor.
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“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor; palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars; knuckles scarred with kitchen burns—these are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” Mamdani said at his victory party in Brooklyn, @lfelizleon.bsky.social reported 1/2
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whammy. @lfelizleon.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
labornotes.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor; palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars; knuckles scarred with kitchen burns—these are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” Mamdani said at his victory party in Brooklyn, @lfelizleon.bsky.social reported 1/2
“If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
labornotes.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
Breaking: Multiracial working-class coalitions powered Zohran Mamdani’s stunning mayoral victory. Now they’ll need to build worker power to pry city governance from the stranglehold of billionaires to make the lives of working people better. labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani: New York's Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whamm...
labornotes.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Breaking: Multiracial working-class coalitions powered Zohran Mamdani’s stunning mayoral victory. Now they’ll need to build worker power to pry city governance from the stranglehold of billionaires to make the lives of working people better. labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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