Demand companies side with the people & the constitution - not the regime waging illegal war. Take action: As people across the country condemn yet another illegal, immoral, and unauthorized military action by the White House and Israel, corporate leaders who have been silent and the AI and te...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Demand companies side with the people & the constitution - not the regime waging illegal war.. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

Phone Bank with CTU for 2026 Primary · Chicago Teachers Union Public education is under attack. Our union is under attack, and the safety and sanctity of our communities are under attack! What we do? Stand up and fight back! Join Chicago Teachers Union as we...

I'm attending Chicago Teachers Union's event, “Phone Bank with CTU for 2026 Primary” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ctu/event/89...

Pritzker budget proposal leaves funding flat for the arts in Illinois in 2026-2027 The governor’s funding plan comes as the arts face a precarious moment. Advocates worry Illinois could fall behind in its support for the sector.

A fake invoice will not fully fund or Trump proof the Arts or our schools. Only taxing wealthy corporations, billionaires and millionaires will. chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-cul...

The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former member...

I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...

Together We Declare May Day · May Day Strong Join our national call March 4th to hear the latest from the May Day Strong network: including our demands for May 1st and how we are building for a day of no work, no school, no shopping drawing on t...

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Cardi B claps back at the Department of Homeland Security:

“If we talking about drugs let's talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to r*** them. Why yall don't wanna talk about the Epstein files?”

The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former member...

I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...

What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes? General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but they require an organized majority, solidarity and resources to weather repression.

What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes? wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/mass...

How We Build a General Strike · May Day Strong We are inspired by the incredible wins coming out of Minnesota - and we know how they got them. More than 75,000 people took to the streets in Minneapolis January 23rd and hundreds of stores closed in...

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How We Build a General Strike · May Day Strong We are inspired by the incredible wins coming out of Minnesota - and we know how they got them. More than 75,000 people took to the streets in Minneapolis January 23rd and hundreds of stores closed in...

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “How We Build a General Strike” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Health workers, faith and labor groups call for accountability in Alex Pretti's slaying "This could be any of us," a federal health worker told a gathering on the Near West Side Tuesday before a memorial honoring the VA nurse who was shot to death by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.

“They are killing VA employees. Let that sink in,” said Aimee Potter, a federal health worker and union steward “An injury to one is an injury to all, and this hurts. This could be any of us.”https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/27/alex-pretti-border-patrol-shooting-minneapolis

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert How Blowing A Whistle Is An Act Of Nonviolent Resistance - Maria J. Stephan

Powerful conversation with Dr. Maria J. Stephan on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social about how ordinary people can push back against government overreach through disciplined, nonviolent action—and why what’s happening in Minnesota matters right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Mg...

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

In Minneapolis today.. more later

Solidarity melts ICE. Incredible movement moment today in Minneapolis where freedom fighters struck a mighty blow against the forces of repression and reaction.

Join us to hear a front line report for Minneapolis. Their day of Action on Friday and how we can support working families over billionaires from now through May Day. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...

United Working Families General Membership Meeting · United Working Families Join us for our General Membership Meeting where will debrief the city budget fight, discuss upcoming elections, the fights ahead, and the 2026 UWF Convention.

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Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.

“Our perspective is that the Illinois Policy Institute is essentially a state chapter of Project 2025, and their sole purpose has been to undermine Stacy Davis Gates’s leadership and the thousands of Chicago educators that she represents,”
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...

With our siblings in MN mobilizing for a general strike on January 23rd, we must build national mobilizations to defeat the billionaire agenda. As workers we won't accept what we have, we must demand what we deserve this May Day, 2026, join the movement. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...

Celebrate the People's Wins! · United Working Families Lets celebrate the wins with all of the incredibly powerful individuals who helped to get this budget across the finish line. Come connect with folks, enjoy good food and music.

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Me when the Chicago media spends twice the amount of time decrying teen takeovers downtown than extoling the historic 65 year low number of homicides.

Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry

This guy is embracing a white male cisgender Christian, xenophobic, antisemitic party that increasingly resembles Nazism “He received some of the loudest applause from the crowd when he told attendees that “by the grace of God we will always be a Christian nation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

My understanding is that this funding can be restored if we all advocate for a corporate head tax and cloud tax along with other progressive taxation ideas instead of hurting working people already burdened by inflation, property tax increases, and garbage fees.

And the city council would rather raise property taxes than make the wealthiest and largest corporations pay their fair share? "Black neighborhoods hit hardest with Cook County property tax bill increase, analysis finds" chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...

Vicki Kurzydlo: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget is about the Chicago we want. Vote yes, aldermen. For far too long, Chicago’s budgets have been balanced on the backs of working people. The 2026 budget changes that equation.

"An October poll of 600 registered voters, conducted by HIT Strategies, found that an unheard-of majority — 90% of Black and Latino Chicagoans — prefer that the city raise taxes on ultra-wealthy corporations." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

UWF Protect Chicago Meeting and Rally · United Working Families United Working Families is bringing together members and allies across the city to fight back against the Trump attacks. Trump is detaining and kidnapping our neighbors, and cutting our SNAP, healthca...

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Doorknock for Protect Chicago Budget-with the Mayor · United Working Families Join us as we knock on doors to push for support for the Protect Chicago Budget which funds youth jobs, mental health, and education by taxing rich corporations NOT raising property taxes or grocery t...

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Vets Say No - National Call · May Day Strong This Veteran's Day, we say no war on our cities. Veterans are standing up to fascism and calling on you to join us. On October 28th hear directly from veterans and our supporters on how you can take...

Join Veterans across the country tonight who are saying no to the occupation of our cities by the national guard, no to cutting Snap and medicaid, no to the assault on immigrant, labor and civil rights by federal agents. www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

This is Why Fascist Fear Educators Rick Smith’s interview with Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, dissects the motives and momentum behind the massive “No Kings” protests and the deeper struggle over democrac...

Check out @ctulocal1.bsky.social VP @jacksonpctu.bsky.social talk #NoKings

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JB Pritzker Slams Chicago Mayor’s Plan for Tax on Big Payrolls Illinois Governor JB Pritzker assailed a plan by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to bring back a tax on large corporate payrolls, saying the proposed levy would repel major employers.

ok let me get this straight.

JB Pritzker:
- is having state cops run interference for ICE in Broadview
- cut thousands of immigrants' health insurance
- is running interference for his friends who had their taxes cut on both a corporate and individual level
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...