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"Building power among tenants, debtors, immigrants, prisoners, and, of course, workers, will allow us to resist the worst abuses of #surveillance capitalism." thenation.com/article/shosha…

Six Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupation forces and settlers during the month of April, or died from wounds sustained previously bit.ly/2ZH4Lm6

Just started @4noura's book and it's so excellent. It's a critical study of the law's relationship to the colonization of Palestine & the Palestinian freedom struggle. It is relevant for anyone for whom the law has a place in oppression, & resistance, ie most of us. Check it out!

"There was a crisis, for sure, before Trump came to office, but the idea of the Trump administration, from the start, has been to overthrow Maduro." democracynow.org/2019/5/1/econo… #Venezuela #USimperialism

#tdih Int'l. Workers' Day. Here are free lessons for teaching #laborhistory. Starting with "Southern Tenant Farmers' Union" -- uniting tenant farmers: Black and white, women and men. #solidarity #teachoutsidetextbook zinnedproject.org/materials/sout…

The policies of the the 2020 Democratic presidential frontrunners are nowhere near adequate to address the magnitude of the #climatecrisis. Instead, we must look to the grassroots to ensure the survival of life on this planet. truthout.org/articles/none-…

Start yesterday time.com/5575658/bill-m… #ClimateCrisis

“The Trump administration is openly engaging in a blatant effort to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. It is a campaign aimed at regime change and it’s being promoted openly as an opportunity to steal Venezuelan oil.” — @jeremyscahill interc.pt/2FYvsfD

"ICE holds more than $200 million in bond money that belongs to immigrants who have been in the agency’s custody, cash that has yet to be returned to thousands of people who bailed them out." The system exploits migrants, not the other way around washingtonpost.com/immigration/ic…

#MayDay pamphlet to download socialistproject.ca/pamphlets/may-… via @socialism21

Social movements can change the world & while we build them, they can also change city governments. What is happening in Chicago is nothing short of amazing. Not a miracle, but years of organizing and becoming rooted in neighborhoods and local struggles is finally bearing fruit.

Millions of Americans are breathing unsafe air and it's getting worse bit.ly/2INXxre

Trump and the GOP have slashed the #Census2020 budget even as the U.S. population grew in size and complexity, so that the Census Bureau's reach in non-urban, non-white areas is severely curtailed truthout.org/articles/trump…

Juan Guaidó is now broadcasting a coup attempt against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. His assault on democracy is a direct result of Trump's sabre-rattling. jacobinmag.com/2019/01/venezu…

Two sets of laws..two criminal justice systems

"This is a resurgence that’s been decades in the making, and transcends the conventional framing of our small-bore electoral politics." salon.com/2019/04/28/the… #labor

Someplace between digital prisons and digital playpens are the apps, cameras, and microphones that govern us all. bit.ly/2GH2z5A

The United States is commonly thought of as a low-tax country. But workers effectively pay some of the highest taxes in the developed world — without getting a decent welfare state in return. jacobinmag.com/2019/04/labor-… @MattBruenig

"#Votingrights for incarcerated people should be a baseline—this should be wholly uncontroversial among all people who call themselves progressive." truthout.org/articles/allow…