Unions Without Strikes

Hamilton Nolan Working in These Times
Military with batons in the foreground. Striking workers in the background w
Today’s labor movement has been built to rely on forms of power that are all going away.

Thanksgiving Among the Almond Trees

Nels Goñi Christianson In the Black, In the Red: Poems of Profit $ Loss
California poet Nels Goñi Christianson describes two ways of celebrating Thanksgiving.

We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid

Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurence H. Tribe The New York Times
Trump is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants... If the government can disappear any people it wishes, we all should be very, very afraid.

Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance

Natascha Elena Uhlmann Labor Notes
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (You can add your name below)

Why a Workshop on Antisemitism Is Accused of Being Antisemitic

Nina Mehta and Donna Nevel Common Dreams
In addition to a robust discussion of what antisemitism is, the curriculum also includes what antisemitism is not, distinguishing between antisemitism and criticism of, or opposition to, Israel or Zionism.

Tidbits – Apr.10 – Reader Comments: Trump Tariffs Tanked Economy; How Dems Can Win by Organizing From the County Up; Library Assn Sues To Stop Trump Cuts; New Resource – Black Federal Workers by State; Webinar-Labor and the Crisis of Democracy;

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Reader Comments: Trump Tariffs Tanked Economy; How Dems Can Win by Organizing From the County Up; Library Assn Sues To Stop Trump Cuts; New Resource - Black Federal Workers by State; Webinar-Labor and the Crisis Of Democracy; Cartoons and more....