Alex Han

I wrote a deep dive into the terrible health consequences of uranium mining in Navajo communities. Leslie Begay, pictured here next to his wife, Nora, is a double lung transplant recipient. When others who worked underground beside him got sick, they died. inthesetimes.com/article/they...

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YouTube video by Janeese for DC The DC I know

The DC I know is worth fighting for.

I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.

youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM

A signup sheet from a Chicago Whole Foods for workers who choose to work on Thanksgiving. After workers went on strike last year, management quietly changed their policy of mandatory work on the holiday.

In 2013, Whole Foods workers in Chicago staged a “Strikesgiving” walkout to demand Thanksgiving off.

A year later, they won: no more mandatory shifts, voluntary sign-ups, and double pay for those who work.

Proof that organizing works.

inthesetimes.com/article/want...

Chicago’s Left Experiment Featuring Alex Han, Asha Ransby-Sporn, and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor on Chicago’s left political experiment. In the wake of Zohran’s remarkable victory in New York, organizers all over the country ar...

In Chicago we have an actually existing left/progressive led coalition with governing power. It's a very different situation but one to examine and engage with. You can listen to me, @asha-rrs.bsky.social and Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor try to untangle it here: thedigradio.com/podcast/chic...

Deep inter-borough dynamics, relics of old machines, intense race politics, lack of a locus of power for the progressive left, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Thinking about this on a left-right axis is not going to be helpful in analysis and understanding. Many forces at play here. I know I am always telling people to look to Chicago, but for god's sake look to Chicago.

Lil Buddy beer can

Love a pony beer, very civilized

honestly? to some degree at least it was a performance for the NYC ruling class. that's not an attack, just a statement.

It's just a dumb joke on the internet, I get that it doesn't make sense.

It could be true!

Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now

Amazing

I've always been convinced that video podcasts exist to force creators to be reliant on a closed distribution platform. Podcasts are built on tech (RSS) that nobody can own. Every major tech company has wanted to migrate podcasts to something proprietary, but it never sticks. Video is their answer.

Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year

This is how a true public servant does it, letting the voters decide.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...

At every level

A rare unequivocally correct take from Astead

Workers from @sbworkersunited.org put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US

Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE

wait does the @nytimes.com not think it's worth digging into that our brain genius president thinks he's an ABC News reporter's supervisor

Mayor Johnson is right. Journalists need to start asking individual alders exactly what they oppose about this budget and whether they have any financial ties with corporations who oppose the head tax.

olivia nuzzy walked so [someone actually interesting] could run

seems like a good time to ask wealthy corporations and huge employers in Chicago who are getting gigantic tax breaks from Trump to pay their fair share to ensure the city keeps moving forward but hey what do I know I'm just one of the majority of people who support that

The Overshoot Presidency and the State of Climate Politics Scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on how tech fixes to the climate crisis delay the confrontation with fossil capital.

"The surging fortunes of the far right are intimately tied to a racist & authoritarian politics that blames immigrants for environmental degradation & will only intensify when climate catastrophe can no longer be denied." @alfatau.bsky.social talks with the authors of The Long Heat @inthesetimes.com

We're proud to endorse William Lawrence in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District!

@wewill2026.bsky.social helped build Sunrise because he believes young people can take back power. He’s been a champion for working people and our generation, and now he’s taking that fight to Washington.

North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....

What is the through line for many of the cities who have ended up getting the brunt of federal escalation?

Black leaders, and especially black leaders who are defending their immigrant constituents. The enemy is not just immigrants, it is multiracial democracy.

boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

'Don't Cross the Picket Line': No Kings Alliance Backs Starbucks Boycott During Workers Strike | Common Dreams The No Kings Alliance stands in solidarity with Starbucks workers on strike for fair pay and contracts, highlighting CEO-worker pay disparity.

The No Kings Alliance on Friday announced it was mobilizing in support of Starbucks workers who went on strike this week to demand a fair contract and an end to union busting.

www.commondreams.org/news/starbuc...

Important to note that he doesn't say it because he believes it. Fact checking isn't helpful here, this is a man totally unmoored from facts.

Jesus