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Reader Comments: Stop the Deportations, Stop the Layoffs, Stop the Administrative Coup!; Here Are 10 Things You Can Do To Resist; Longtime ‘Loyal’ Dem Voters Fed Up With Party’s Inaction; "Innocent Gesture"; 16 Million Workers Were Unionized in 2024;

Forced Prison Labor in the “Land of the Free”

Nina Mast Economic Policy Institute
These exploitative dynamics are rooted in slavery and are particularly extreme in the South, which incarcerates people—primarily Black men—at the highest rates in the world.

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Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation

Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare Labor Notes
To keep up the offensive fight, defense may be necessary. Organized workers can pressure employers to deny entry to ICE agents who arrive without an arrest or search warrant—or at least restrict the search area only to what is listed in the document.
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