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Definition of "health communism" as a noun, described as a framework that separates healthcare from profit, productivity, and judgments of worthiness.

Today, @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains the necessity of "ending a system in which only those deemed ​'productive' or ​'deserving' are allowed to live well."

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This month’s @inthesetimes.com features Health Communism in @leftiecowboy.bsky.social’s Big Ideas column—we appreciate the care taken in engaging our work & translating it into such a great distillation (no easy feat lol)—health communism is the antidote to MAHA & is needed now more than ever 🖤

A man carries a large wooden cross while a guard in sunglasses and a mask shouts behind him, set against a pink sky and fence backdrop.

Liberation Theology—a movement born in Latin America—reads Church teachings through a Marxist lens.

@leftiecowboy.bsky.social breaks it down:
🔗 inthesetimes.com/article/libe...

The Battle for the Future of Farmwork Trump’s immigration crackdown and a growing union effort are transforming Upstate New York into a battleground over farmwork’s future.

"The real solution, then, is not deportations but full rights for all workers. That means not only citizenship rights but labor rights, too." inthesetimes.com/article/farm...

In a state with one of the most challenging referendum processes in the nation, organizers gathered more than double the number of required signatures to give voters a chance to defeat an anti-union bill. inthesetimes.com/article/utah...

Big Idea: Ranked-Choice Voting Ranked-choice elections, which allow voters to express their preference for third-party candidates without "splitting the vote," could help bring disillusioned Americans back to the ballot box.

NYC used ranked-choice voting in it's mayoral primary. Read about how it works: inthesetimes.com/article/rank...

Chicago Jewish Activists Embark on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Gaza Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice.

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Chicago Jewish Activists Embark on Indefinite Hunger Strike Over Gaza Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice.

"Hunger strikes have deep roots in Chicago—and across the country—as escalations in campaigns for justice." inthesetimes.com/article/jewi...

“No Kings” Seeded a Mass Movement Against Trump, Backed by Labor This weekend’s protests rallied millions in defense of immigrant workers and against authoritarianism. Now what?

"If we don’t use this opportunity to build lasting power, then we’re just blowing off steam," @ufcwforward.bsky.social told reporter @lfelizleon.bsky.social

Luis reported on protests in six cities and what's next after the 5 million strong nationwide mobilization

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BREAKING: Jewish Leaders in Chicago Embark on Indefinite Hunger Strike As part of a nationwide mobilization, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace are putting their bodies on the line in solidarity with Gazans suffering from hunger during Israel’s blockade. By engaging i...

By engaging in this very public, and risky, protest tactic, the hunger strikers are picking up on a long tradition of calculated starvation as a method of forcing a public confrontation with crises." @shaneburley.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/jewi...

The Forgotten Inventor of the Sitcom Gertrude Berg’s “The Goldbergs” was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.

My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels
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Trump Has Put a Target on SEIU, and the Labor Movement Is Fighting Back The arrest of labor leader David Huerta in Los Angeles has put unions on the leading edge of resistance to mounting authoritarianism.

SEIU was already stepping up for immigrants, but the Los Angeles raids and David Huerta's arrest propelled it to the forefront of the fight against authoritarianism.

read @lfelizleon.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com

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Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.

I recently wrote about the importance of just-cause eviction laws, but this is a powerful reminder that renters don’t have to wait on lawmakers to take action. The power to organize—and win—is already in our hands. @rebeccaburns.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/rent...

"Landlords have a lot of power over tenants’ living conditions, and just-cause laws shift some of that power back into the hands of renters, promoting housing stability and better quality of life." @leftiecowboy.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/big-...

From draconian laws, FBI intimidation & trumped-up RICO charges to online doxing campaigns, defunding & deportation threats, the Trump admin is attacking protesters from all sides. But activists refuse to back down. Read Adam Federman’s new cover story @inthesetimes.com & @typeinvestigations.org.‬

“They’re destroying the port that gets fuel in and destroying the port that gets food in. That’s a recipe for famine. I can’t even think of words to use to describe what’s going to happen.” inthesetimes.com/article/no-w... by @sarahlazare.bsky.social

No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen - Workday Magazine Most of Mohammed Mohsen’s neighbors live in a state of deprivation and hunger, reliant on the World Food Programme for daily survival. When he is able to get donations from individuals abroad, Mohsen ...

This article is a joint publication of @inthesetimes.com and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social. You can see the Workday Magazine version here. Thanks so much to @leftiecowboy.bsky.social for the excellent edits!

“I feel like alders are missing the fact that teens need a space, a space that is welcoming and a space that doesn’t really limit them. There are rules everywhere, but I feel like there should be a space where teens can meet up and not be watched by 100 policemen.”

The Cost Of Salt India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Reflects on Contesting for Power Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with organizers—including CTU President Stacy Davis-Gates—about what we’ve…

Two years ago today, middle-school-teacher-turned-union-organizer Brandon Johnson was sworn in as mayor.

@asha-rrs.bsky.social writes about what Chicago's left movement has won and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city. ⤵️

Why Everyone Should Be Preparing For May Day 2028 If we’re going to build enough collective power to win universal healthcare and the right to retire with dignity, then we need to tighten up.

Yesterday, thousands of workers hit the streets and joined picket lines—but unions like UAW and CTU have their sights set on May Day 2028.

@leftiecowboy.bsky.social breaks down the plan. ⤵️

What It Means to Tell the Truth About America And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”

So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

or maybe don't?

The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

Why It's Easier to Imagine the End of the World Than the End of Capitalism Capitalism is not the only way to organize our society. To move beyond it, the Left needs to imagine viable alternatives.

As @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains, it's hard to imagine a world without capitalism.

To move beyond it, "the Left needs to occupy new political terrain and offer people solutions to the problems that capitalism creates."

You hate to see this because it could inspire copycats here in the US. Awful

The Big Idea: Social Housing Nearly half of U.S. renters struggle to make rent. Social housing offers a permanently affordable solution for working people.

"Affordable housing — which typically involves giving tax breaks to real estate developers — isn’t working so well."

As @leftiecowboy.bsky.social explains, social housing offers a permanently affordable solution for working people.

“I knew we could do better in the U.S. because I had seen better elsewhere—we don’t have to cut from whole cloth to build the world we need.” — @natashakimiz.bsky.social

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even snowing and with temperatures near zero c, chicago turning out to protest the reduction in trans care at seneca park in front of lurie children's

The Latest Plot To Privatize Public Lands With no provisions to ensure new developments are affordable for locals, the HOUSES Act would speed the wealthy's takeover of the West.

As housing costs and homelessness surge in the West, the HOUSES Act would turn the fire hose of luxury development on public land—up to 681,000 acres of it.