Ari Bloomekatz

“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike "Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This i...

Pres. Lynne Fox @sbworkersunited.org having a Muhammad Ali moment. Says "Starbucks is on the Ropes" and they better get back to the bargaining table or there might be a float like a butterfly and sting like a strike sort of situation. Op-ed @inthesetimes.com
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Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago “The important thing is that they’ve held it, they’re not intimidated, and we’re showing who we are and celebrating our history, our culture and our traditions."

"Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago" by Lilia Fernández, UIC history professor for @inthesetimes.com

"Organizers and residents have been, and are, largely moving forward with a mix of trepidation and defiance."

📷 Steel Brooks
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The Real Estate Pity Party Tenant power helped carry Zohran Mamdani to victory—and the landlord lobby is none too pleased.

5/ In the primary, Mamdani won 7 of the 10 districts with the most rent-stabilized units. Turnout in majority-renter districts rose 7.5% on average, signaling the growing political power of tenants.

The World's Greatest Bait Shop, in Chicago's Montrose Harbor, joins the resistance.

“Yes, be brilliant. Be brilliant in your area.” — from my interview with @coribush.bsky.social at the @jvp.bsky.social national meeting
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You don't want to miss this @inthesetimes.com roundtable w/student leaders organizing against the genocide. They're facing intense repression & they're taking hits, but they're not slowing down. Here they discuss how to sustain a movement under relentless repression
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In These Times is proud to announce our new agreement with the National Writers Union.

Today, we’re announcing our new agreement with @thenwu.bsky.social.

Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media.

Find the full agreement here: inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...

A National Day of Action for Higher Ed On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...

When the @actioninhighered.bsky.social did their "Day of Action" last year, they had something like 60 campuses involved, which was impressive.

Tomorrow, they've got more than 170 campuses from across the country throwing down.

Check out the map here: www.dayofactionforhighered.org#map

Illustration of Elon Musk giving a salute to crowd at Trump's inauguration.

Our March issue is now available.

Read Alberto Toscano on the 21st century caesars steering global authoritarianism, Lauren Markham's reporting about Greece’s illegal war on migrants and more: inthesetimes.com/magazine/kin...

Cover art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social.

Thank you @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social for hosting my first reflections on this day.

Has the Fire Ceased? We will not stop until Palestine is free.

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social:
Has the fire ceased?

After 467 days, will Gazan skies carry clouds & sun rather than bombs & death?

Will history rewrite itself? Will those who stood silent claim to have been there all along by our sides? Will our memories be enough of a witness?

Has the fire ceased?

“You Have To Shake Up the Status Quo”: Marilyn Sneiderman’s Struggle To Transform Labor “Marilyn stands out as a leader who not only recruited disruptors but spent a lot of her time and effort trying to figure out how to defend and maintain the space for disruptors.”

If you don't know much about Marilyn Sneiderman's impact on the labor movement—and even if you do—I urge you to read this piece from @sarahljaffe.bsky.social in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social. Sneiderman just retired, but her transformational impact is ongoing. A great read.

Adeel Mangi deserved better from everyone involved: from the White House, which was evidently unprepared for the attacks on Mangi and unable to effectively defend him from them; from his Senate Democratic opponents, who would rather hand a life-tenured appeals court seat to Trump than confirm the victim of a bad-faith smear campaign; and even from his Senate Democratic supporters, who would rather shield their colleagues from the possibility of criticism than force them to take a mildly uncomfortable vote.

Wrote one more time about Adeel Mangi, and about the Democratic senators whose craven embrace of a vile Islamophobic smear campaign should follow them around for the rest of their political careers inthesetimes.com/article/adee...

Hard disagree! In my opinion, the best books are part of the effort of ushering in a new world to come, which means that the "book" as object itself is just part of what should be a larger organizing vehicle. Publishers never allocate $ to marketing, should be $ for organizing. Book project > Book

This was from the first time I met and interviewed Nikki Giovanni. It was after the shootings at Virginia Tech. In that interview, and each time we met after (often at Eso Won), she was somehow one of the most compassionate and savage people I’ve ever crossed paths with. 💔

French antifa activists printed out Alberto Toscano's work in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social (edited by @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social), translated it and are passing it out at demos.

That's how we do conversions.

“Let it be a tale”

Refaat Alareer was murdered a year ago today, but he continues to inspire so many around the world.

We are proud to be one of the first publications to print (w/permission) “If I Must Die,” alongside an Arabic translation @sinanantoon.bsky.social
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After Failed Coup, South Korea's President Could Be Impeached Tomorrow South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law earlier this week. In response, a mass movement of South Koreans took to the streets to call for his resignation.

Yoon declared martial law & attempted a coup. South Koreans took the streets, parliament overturned it & tomorrow Yoon could be impeached.

Cathi Choi explains the history & authoritarian context underpinning the moment. @WomenCrossDMZ
@inthesetimesmag
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How to Beat the “King” of Debt at His Own Game The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.

“The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.”—Jason Wozniak of the Debt Collective with a scorching op-Ed in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

The wraparound cover of the next issue of @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social. Issue includes Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Maurice Mitchell, Bhaskar Sunkara, Kathryn Joyce, John Nichols + more. Get a 1-year subscription for $1/issue ($9.95): bit.ly/ABuckAnIssue

Out of the Ashes Democratic failure gave rise to the second round of Trumpism. Collective action is the way out.

“It remains true that people cannot stand the denial of freedom, and that’s what’s on the menu. Cohering opposition and organizing together are the recipe not just to resist, but to win.”
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Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon Workers in Philadelphia say they’re tired of being treated like robots.

BREAKING: Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia just filed for a historic union—a first at the Bezos-run chain.

@kimkelly.bsky.social has the story for us here:
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cool to know that that was on the table apparently

Uhhh we really shouldn't have to re-up this piece from 2016 but here we are 🫠
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Here's 50 storytellers and comrades we think are worth a follow go.bsky.app/5RpSsNS ... will share more soon too

Now We Will Get What We Asked For America made its choice: Donald Trump.

Hello hello! We're gonna be hanging out with y'all here more!

ICYMI on That Other App, here's a thread of some of our best coverage of the election results from the last week:

@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social had this exhortation for us to keep our eyes on what's to come inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

so who's going to be labor secretary? wrong answers only

CNN just said some of the Palestinians being released in the hostage deal are "young men under 18." Feels like there might be another word for that.