Gregory Butler

"The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism."

the most important quote in this article - 10/10 no notes

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There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs. The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.

There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.

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There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs. The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.

There’s no skilled labor shortage in construction. There’s a shortage of good jobs.
The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.

www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skil...

“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time” – Spectre Journal Keith Rosenthal looks back on the historical record of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in order to reexamine the relationship between social movements and their elected officials.

“The Greatest New York City Mayor of All Time” –
Fiorello La Guardia, Zohran Mamdani and the New York City working class - Spectre Journal

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It's election day in NYC - you have until 9:00 PM to go out and vote for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #nocuomo

Think tank encourages states to protect and expand worker protections Washington — State policymakers can maintain or bolster worker rights and safety and health protections – which are “under acute threat” – via a three-step plan, the Economic Policy Institute says in ...

Think tank encourages states to protect and expand worker protections

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The Internet’s New “Babygirl” is Curtis Sliwa The Republican New York City mayoral candidate may be polling last in the race, but on TikTok he's found many fans.

THE BABYGIRLIFICATION OF CURTIS SLIWA

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Zohran Mamdani campaigned a lot and appears not to hate the voters whose support he's seeking. Here's what other Democrats can learn from his unorthodox strategy.

Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors - Sacco Review | The Leading Newspaper for Co-operative Movement in Kenya The Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya (COTU-K) has urged women trade unionists in the country to take a frontline role in ending child labour

KENYA: Women trade unionists urged to push for end of child-labour in Kenya’s tea, coffee sectors saccoreview.co.ke/women-trade-...

I think your second statement is correct - there's a few rich men in NYC, LA and the Bay Area who provide about 80% of the campaign contributions for the whole country - what they want matters, what the rest of us want does not

Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them More than a decade after reducing benefits for newly hired “Tier 6” public workers, the ex-governor says the city can afford to lower the retirement age. Workers and budget watchdogs remain skeptical.

Cuomo, Who Cut Public Worker Pensions, Joins Mayoral Candidates Calling to Boost Them www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/t...

At a time when America's brutal immigration policy in general and the savagery that is ICE deportation in particular is wildly unpopular among tens of millions of Americans of all races, supporting Trump's mass deportations would be a breathtakingly stupid move by the Democrats

Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator Bad choices sometimes have consequences

Graham Platner Is Not Going to Be Senator
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I've spent the last third of a century in construction or construction adjacent fields

that's not what modern American blue collar workers look like - it's a whole lot more Hispanic (a LOT more)

New USW leaders prepare to take office - USW Canada Pittsburgh – A historic new slate of officers will take over leadership of the United Steelworkers (USW) in March following the union’s regular four-year nomination and election process that took plac...

CANADA / USA: New USW leaders prepare to take office usw.ca/new-usw-lead...

dude is a vet & a military history nerd who got a Waffen SS war criminal logo tattooed on his chest (in Croatia, a country that was a Nazi ally in WW II) - kept it on his chest for 18 YEARS & used to show it off in bars - Senate candidate or not, he's a garbage human

this guy is a college educated businessman who literally traveled the world in the armed forces

Also.. your state literally has universities - the most famous Mainer is (Stephen King) is a college professor turned best selling author

what are you blathering on about?

you must have a pretty low opinion of people in your state if you think this neo Nazi cretin is a good representative of Mainers

A fundamental problem with left defenses of Platner is that he has not responded to the events of the last week in the way that someone with a rigorous and deeply held left ideology would.

If he were to be HONEST about who he is (anti Black, anti Jewish, an apologist for rapist men in the military and Nazi sympathizer with a literal Waffen SS death camp war criminal logo tattooed on his chest) it wouldn't be so terrible (he'd also be more at home in the GOP)

OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike - The Labor Tribune Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it? By A.J. SCHUMANN “May Day 2028 will be the defining moment of our generation,” United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain d...

OPINION: America is overdue for a general strike

Workers have the power to bring the whole economy to a halt. Will they use it?

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Graham Platner let me down | Opinion With hope in desperately short supply, we don't need any more fecklessness.

Graham Platner let me down | Opinion www.centralmaine.com/2025/10/25/g...

What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.

What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Graham Platner is the perfect embodiment of the left’s strategy for returning to power. This is a problem.

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The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart? Support for the Maine Senate candidate suggests that voters are so sick of what the establishment has to offer, they might look past a Nazi tattoo.

The Left Put Its Faith in Graham Platner. Will He Break Its Heart?
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Note to the Democratic Party - "working class" does NOT mean "bigoted White millionaire small business owner without a college degree" - half the actual working class is women, 40% are minority, 20% are immigrant most of us have some higher education

Graham Platner and the Left’s Masculinity Crisis The Left is enamored with macho men, and it still doesn’t think it’s good enough to win on leftist principles.

Graham Platner and the Left’s Masculinity Crisis
The Left is enamored with macho men, and it still doesn’t think it’s good enough to win on leftist principles.

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Maine Senate candidate comes under fire for Nazi-style tattoo Graham Platner, a Maine Democrat running for a Senate seat, acknowledged a skull-and-crossbones tattoo on his chest resembles a Nazi symbol.

Maine Senate candidate comes under fire for Nazi-style tattoo - Graham Platner has an SS concentration camp guard “Totenkopf" ("Death Head") tattoo on his chest

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NYC demolition company Alba Services will have to pay workers combined $1.4M over alleged violations

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ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.

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