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Maximillian Alvarez

@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social

- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com - Host, Working People podcast - Author, The Work of Living - Dad to many cats

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I was on the ground at the "No Kings" protest in Washington DC today searching for the "paid protestors," "agitators," "Hamas supporters," and "antifa terrorists" Republicans claimed would be filling the streets. What I found may shock you...
@therealnews.com
@50501movement.bsky.social

19.10.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was on the ground at the "No Kings" protest in Washington DC today searching for the "paid protestors," "agitators," "Hamas supporters," and "antifa terrorists" Republicans claimed would be filling the streets. What I found may shock you...
@therealnews.com
@50501movement.bsky.social

19.10.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As Trump openly plots regime change in Venezuela, top Demsโ€™ response ranges from silence to half-hearted opposition Are Democrats not an opposition partyโ€”or do they just agree with what Trump is doing?

Are Democrats not an opposition partyโ€”or do they just agree with what Trump is doing? by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

17.10.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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On George Floydโ€™s birthday, Tuesday, October 14th, the Coalition of Concerned Mothers and families of police violence victims rallied in D.C. to demand justice and accountability.

17.10.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 225    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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31,000 healthcare workers are on strike at Kaiser Permanenteโ€”and more may be joining soon The strike began on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line, we speak with striking Registered Nurse Firs...

The strike began on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line, we speak with striking Registered Nurse First Assistant Nick Eng of @ofnhp.bsky.social

17.10.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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31,000 healthcare workers are on strike at Kaiser Permanenteโ€”and more may be joining soon The strike began on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line, we speak with striking Registered Nurse Firs...

A fabulous conversation w/ @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @therealnews.com from our strike line! We talk about the issues our healthcare workers are fighting for: fair pay, safe staffing, and a better future for care. It's time that Kaiser comes to the table with solutions. #onevoiceonefuture

17.10.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
31,000 workers ON STRIKE at Kaiser Permanente
YouTube video by The Real News Network 31,000 workers ON STRIKE at Kaiser Permanente

๐Ÿšจ New @therealnews.com:
31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are ON STRIKE. Calling in from the picket line in Portland, OR, Registered Nurse First Assistant & Executive Secretary of @ofnhp.bsky.social Nick Eng speaks w/ me about what healthcare workers are fighting for
youtu.be/A67nL_D0Oy4?...

17.10.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Violence at Portlandโ€™s ICE facility is coming from one side: the officers โ€œPeople of all ages showed up on Sunday, some of which had a small picket line going, others blowing bubbles and using their voices to condemn [law enforcementโ€™s] behavior. But it doesnโ€™t matter what ...

โ€œPeople of all ages showed up on Sunday, some of which had a small picket line going, others blowing bubbles and using their voices to condemn [law enforcementโ€™s] behavior. But it doesnโ€™t matter what people are doing or not doing; their violent response is always the same.โ€

15.10.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 145    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Siding with Trump, Facebook suspends Chicago community group issuing ICE alerts โ€œThis is the same company that had policies allowing for chatbots to have โ€˜sensualโ€™ conversations with kids, but discussing local law enforcement among neighbors is a bridge too far, huh?โ€

โ€œThis is the same company that had policies allowing for chatbots to have โ€˜sensualโ€™ conversations with kids, but discussing local law enforcement among neighbors is a bridge too far, huh?โ€

15.10.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Case before Supreme Court could destroy Voting Rights Act and cement GOP control of House โ€˜for at least a generationโ€™ If the court dismantles Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and allows overtly racist gerrymanders, one report estimates that Republicans will be virtually guaranteed an additional 19 seats in the 2026...

If the court dismantles Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and allows overtly racist gerrymanders, one report estimates that Republicans will be virtually guaranteed an additional 19 seats in the 2026 midterms.

15.10.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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'No Kings' protests set to sweep US even as Trump increases attacks on activists Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.

Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.

16.10.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We won! The results are in! The Marc Steiner Show and Stories of Resistance have each won Gold in the 2025 Signal Awards.

The results are in! The Marc Steiner Show and Stories of Resistance with host @undertheshadow.bsky.social, have each won Gold in the 2025 Signal Awards.

16.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See this?

17.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MUCH MORE OF THIS PLEASE!

17.10.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
31,000 workers ON STRIKE at Kaiser Permanente
YouTube video by The Real News Network 31,000 workers ON STRIKE at Kaiser Permanente

๐Ÿšจ New @therealnews.com:
31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are ON STRIKE. Calling in from the picket line in Portland, OR, Registered Nurse First Assistant & Executive Secretary of @ofnhp.bsky.social Nick Eng speaks w/ me about what healthcare workers are fighting for
youtu.be/A67nL_D0Oy4?...

17.10.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Working People: Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologistโ€™s doctored video? โ€œIn Texas, a socialist professor is now in the fight of his life against MAGAโ€™s New McCarthyism,โ€ scholar and author Bill V. Mullen writes in Jacobin. โ€œTom Alter, a labor historian and tenured profess...

Tom Alter joined @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social on the latest episode of Working People to talk about his employment fight at Texas State University. Check out the interview below:
workingpeople.libsyn.com/will-texas-s...

14.10.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For Gazans, โ€˜there is no optimismโ€™ the war will actually end โ€œThere is no optimism,โ€ one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. โ€œYou can't negotiate with these people. A deal, no dealโ€”we have no hope. No oneโ€”ask anyone.โ€

โ€œThere is no optimism,โ€ one Gaza resident, Nusfat Modin, tells TRNN. โ€œYou canโ€™t negotiate with these people. A deal, no dealโ€”we have no hope. No oneโ€”ask anyone.โ€

14.10.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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'Spectacle of disorder': How ICE creates the chaos ICE, cops, and the military are called in to 'fix' "Trump has been able to make this spectacle where you have disorder on one side and him on the other, and he can constantly encroach upon the civil rights of Americans by convincing us that this disor...

โ€œTrump has been able to make this spectacle where you have disorder on one side and him on the other, and he can constantly encroach upon the civil rights of Americans by convincing us that this disorder is so systemic that only he can fix it.โ€

14.10.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video? โ€œThis is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heavenโ€ฆ Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

๐ŸŽ™ New @therealnews.com: Will @txst.edu fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

I spoke with Professor Tom Alter himself about his case, which has become a flashpoint in the MAGA rightโ€™s all-out assault on free speech & higher education.

therealnews.com/will-texas-s...

13.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video? โ€œThis is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heavenโ€ฆ Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

"This is a self-described fascist... who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaustโ€ฆ Whoโ€™s going to listen to this person with this doctored video of me at this conference? Well, turns out Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse appears to have listened.โ€
therealnews.com/will-texas-s...

13.10.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Will Texas State University fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video? โ€œThis is a self-described fascist, horribly antisemitic person who said that Jews chose to die in the Holocaust and Hitler went to heavenโ€ฆ Who's going to listen to this person with this doctored video...

๐ŸŽ™ New @therealnews.com: Will @txst.edu fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video?

I spoke with Professor Tom Alter himself about his case, which has become a flashpoint in the MAGA rightโ€™s all-out assault on free speech & higher education.

therealnews.com/will-texas-s...

13.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Complete and total destruction of Jabalia camp in Gaza

Complete and total destruction of Jabalia camp in Gaza

I remember when people were debating if Israel would actually strike a single hospital while they were leveling an entire civilization

11.10.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 496    ๐Ÿ” 151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Now that a Gaza ceasefire has been reached, will Trump force Israel to end the genocide? Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œ20-Point Planโ€ could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œ20-Point Planโ€ could provide a path to end the Gaza genocide, but it is limited by a lack of details and the uncertainty of whether the U.S. is willing to enforce it on Israel.

10.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimoreโ€™s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety The โ€œarrest first and ask questions laterโ€ reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of...

The โ€œarrest first and ask questions laterโ€ reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being.

09.10.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Palestinians, aid groups express cautious โ€˜jubilationโ€™ as ceasefire deal reached โ€œPeople were screaming in the streets, because after two years of bombings and destruction and loss, finally they will sign the ceasefire,โ€ said one aid worker. โ€œI hope they can maintain this deal.โ€

โ€œPeople were screaming in the streets, because after two years of bombings and destruction and loss, finally they will sign the ceasefire,โ€ said one aid worker. โ€œI hope they can maintain this deal.โ€

09.10.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote about the Bari Weiss take over of CBS News as part of a broader trend away from the pretense of liberal institutionalism into a genuinely post-reality tabloidism, marked by AI slop, unsophisticated Trumpian-Likudite propaganda and consolidation of traditional and social media.

08.10.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56413    ๐Ÿ” 21213    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1745    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1255
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Bari Weiss and the post-liberal media order The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality.

The tabloid-ification of CBS News is a marked escalation in our trend towards AI-driven confectionary reality: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

08.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Weโ€™re finalists for the prestigious Signal Awards. Help us win! Move over, Jon Stewart. The Real News is hereโ€ฆ

My podcast #StoriesOfResistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. You can check it out, vote & support here! @therealnews.com
therealnews.com/were-finalis...

26.09.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Help us make sure voices from Gaza are heard!
YouTube video by The Real News Network Help us make sure voices from Gaza are heard!

For years The Marc Steiner Show has lifted up voices of Palestinians and Israelis fighting against the violence of Occupation. And that vital work has earned us a spot as a 2025 finalist for a prestigious Signal Award, but we need your vote to win!
Vote today: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

08.10.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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