Four trade union confederations protest in Victoriei Square on Wednesday against austerity measures Trade unionists from four union confederations are protesting on Wednesday, starting at 11:00 AM, in Victoriei Square, to stop the economic, social, institutional, cultural disaster and the dissolutio...

ROMANIA: Four trade union confederations protest in Victoriei Square on Wednesday against austerity measures www.stiripesurse.ro/four-trade-u...

I’m still shocked that stories like this which come out daily still get largely ignored. The most corrupt person to ever hold any public office in US history. I will keep posting them every day and try to amplify them, even when most media doesn’t care. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Apparently, in the version of the Bible that Mike Johnson, trump and maga use, we should starve the poor and make sure the sick never heal but...it's cool to bail out a foreign nation whose leader proclaims himself a libertarian

China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.

It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/

Over the past 5 years the wealth held by the top 0.1% has nearly doubled from $12 trillion to over $23 trillion.

SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.

Trump can find $40 BILLION for Argentina but he and maga can't find a penny for SNAP! The GOP gov't shutdown will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food. And they call themselves "Christian." theconversation.com/snap-benefit...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Academic Letter of Support for Dr. Tom Alter to be Reinstated at TXST, San Marcos Dear Academic Supporter of Dr. Tom Alter, Tom Alter is undertaking a formal appeal of his firing from Texas State University, San Marcos. On November 10, a subcommittee of the Texas State University...

Please take 30 seconds to send a letter asking for Prof. Tom Alter's reinstatement. Alter was illegally fired despite the 1st Amendment, tenure, and academic freedom. These letters are crucial ways of keeping pressure up on Texas State U. You can do so here: actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...

This Day in Labor History: October 27, 1948. An air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Smog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. Let's talk about this horrible moment and how it spurred pollution controls!

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

“Federal agents are not above the law”

More please

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.

She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.

So I confronted him.

SNAP benefits jeopardized by federal government shutdown Most SNAP households have elderly people, children, or individuals with disabilities.

Thanks to a bunch of wealthy fascists and fascist enablers, *2 million* Pennsylvania residents are officially losing their SNAP benefits next month. That includes 500,000 Philadelphians—1 in 3 residents. The GOP fiddles while our people starve

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ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year The $71.5 million spent so far has paid for guns and armor, chemical munitions, “guided missile warheads," and "explosive components.”

ICE has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, coming out to more than 700 percent compared to 2024 levels.

Most of the spending was on guns and armor, but there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and “guided missile warheads and explosive components.”

Starbucks is closing 1% of its stores, but 10% are unionized locations.

Adapted from What to Do When Your Union Leaders Break Your Heart by Ellen David Friedman.

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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

the level of contempt and disdain i feel for these chuds is really unhealthy

Why did the live artillery shell cross the road?

You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover!

Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

There’s a long story about how I learned of and eventually tracked down a high resolution version of this incredible poster. It involves about a dozen people on 3 continents and Best discussed over a few drinks sometime. 🍻😉🙏✊

‌We need your help to publish this thrilling 1st-person account of the 2001 uprising in Argentina, narrated by a participant in the siege to the presidential palace and forced the president to resign and flee by helicopter. Preorder a discount copy here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...

Oct. 21, 1916: African American Landowner Anthony Crawford Lynched Successful African American entrepreneur, landowner, and community leader Anthony P. Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob in South Carolina.

#tdih 1916. Abbeville, SC: Black landowner Anthony Crawford lynched for challenging white merchant over unfair price of cottonseed.

Land seized, family forced to join Great Migration. #Terrorism

More ⬇️via @eji.org, Green Book of SC & #Reparations lesson 🧵
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Opinion | An Immigrant Family Navigates the Risk of Deportation A Honduran teenager and his family live in America’s new immigration landscape.

Separation: A Family Navigates the Risks of Being Undocumented. This graphic story is the story of countless millions of human beings in the US and around the world www.nytimes.com/interactive/...