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November 20 - The Scab
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s,
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s,
November 20 - The Scab
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s, laborers began to use the insult to refer to workmen who wouldn't join a union or a strike.
laborhistoryin2.podbean.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
November 20 - The Scab
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s,
On this day in Labor History the year was 1816. That was the day the Albany Typographical Society used the term “scab” to describe a strikebreaker. The word scab had been used in England for nearly three centuries as a slang meaning a rascal or scoundrel. By the late 1700s,
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#OTD in 2010, ex-Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler pled guilty to killing Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young activist shot during a 1965 voting rights march. Fowler served six months.
#TheMarchContinues #VotingRights
#TheMarchContinues #VotingRights
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 2010, ex-Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler pled guilty to killing Jimmie Lee Jackson, a young activist shot during a 1965 voting rights march. Fowler served six months.
#TheMarchContinues #VotingRights
#TheMarchContinues #VotingRights
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Mohammed Abutawila gives an on-the-ground update to the Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social, from Gaza a month after the ceasefire: rebuilding homes, distributing water, and surviving amidst massive destruction.
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
Mohammed Abutawila gave Working People an on-the-ground update from Gaza a month after the supposed ceasefire began.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mohammed Abutawila gives an on-the-ground update to the Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social, from Gaza a month after the ceasefire: rebuilding homes, distributing water, and surviving amidst massive destruction.
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
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"The people of Gaza, and all Palestinians, deserve not charity but dignity; not reconstruction under occupation but liberation from it."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
As a Palestinian Pastor, I Can’t Call This ‘Peace’ Plan Justice
What has happened in Gaza is a coercive peace where the powerful impose their will, dictate terms, and call it “stability.”
sojo.net
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The people of Gaza, and all Palestinians, deserve not charity but dignity; not reconstruction under occupation but liberation from it."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Epstein is dead but his ghost continues to haunt Trump. We discuss the new tranche of emails and the upcoming Epstein Files vote on today's Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/-Dw1AY-_kng
Epstein’s Revenge | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Epstein is dead but his ghost continues to haunt Trump. We discuss the new tranche of emails and the upcoming Epstein Files vote on today's Coffee Klatch. https://youtu.be/-Dw1AY-_kng
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The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
Will Trump’s Georgia Criminal Case Move Forward? What To Know As New Prosecutor Appointed
The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The head of the council tasked with replacing Fani Willis appointed himself after other prosecutors turned down the job.
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BREAKING: We're suing to force the Trump administration to disclose how it's considering new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion in secrecy.
Our access to medication abortion must be based on science, not propaganda or political whims.
Our access to medication abortion must be based on science, not propaganda or political whims.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
BREAKING: We're suing to force the Trump administration to disclose how it's considering new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion in secrecy.
Our access to medication abortion must be based on science, not propaganda or political whims.
Our access to medication abortion must be based on science, not propaganda or political whims.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
Trump’s Kill Zone in the Caribbean Is an Escalation of the Never-ending U.S. Drug War
The strikes on boats near Venezuela mark a new phase in a murderous war on Latin America that has been waged by 10 U.S. presidents.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump is bombing boats in the Caribbean almost daily — no evidence, no charges, just killings. How did the U.S. get here?
Greg Grandin reports.
Greg Grandin reports.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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A Vancouver school board trustee is disappointed after her motion to improve transparency was amended to allow private board meetings at the school board’s discretion and to delete public recordings of meetings after one year.
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #bced #vanpoli
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #bced #vanpoli
Asked to Improve Transparency, School Board Keeps Private Meetings | The Tyee
Updated policies don’t reflect requests to improve access to democratic process, says one Vancouver school trustee.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A Vancouver school board trustee is disappointed after her motion to improve transparency was amended to allow private board meetings at the school board’s discretion and to delete public recordings of meetings after one year.
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #bced #vanpoli
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #bced #vanpoli
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Hell no! I've been encouraging voting for as long as I've been here. We all should. Tired of all the doom and gloomers who would say "if we have elections" uuuuugh. That would piss me off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤛💙🇺🇸🗳
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Hell no! I've been encouraging voting for as long as I've been here. We all should. Tired of all the doom and gloomers who would say "if we have elections" uuuuugh. That would piss me off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤛💙🇺🇸🗳
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And also every single county in Virginia shifted blue, two statewide posts in Georgia went blue (for the first time in two decades), three Pennsylvania judicial races went blue, a Maine vote went blue, a Mississippi state senate seat went blue ....
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
And also every single county in Virginia shifted blue, two statewide posts in Georgia went blue (for the first time in two decades), three Pennsylvania judicial races went blue, a Maine vote went blue, a Mississippi state senate seat went blue ....
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Like shoppers aren't going to notice that this is a blatant lie. He must think we're as stupid as he is.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Like shoppers aren't going to notice that this is a blatant lie. He must think we're as stupid as he is.
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Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.