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Tidbits – Sept 26 – Reader Comments: Truth About Springfield and Haitian Immigrants; Divided Labor Ranks and Elections; Choices and Profiles in Political Cowardice; Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Are a Further Escalation — U.S. Must End Military Aid Now

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Reader Comments: Truth About Springfield and Haitian Immigrants; On Divided Labor Union ranks and Elections; Choices and Profiles in Political Cowardice; Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Are a Further Escalation — U.S. Must End Military Aid Now; more....

Labor Militancy Is the Way To Increase Union Membership

C.J. Polychroniou Common Dreams
We need to rebuild the labor movement, and that means not going back to the kind of unions that existed in the postwar era. We need unions with a radical vision, unions that exert power in the workplace and society.

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U.S. Labor’s Crusade Against “Red” Unions

Jonathan Kissam United Electrical,Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)
In Blue Collar Empire, Jeff Schuhrke documents how many AFL and CIO leaders participated in witch hunts against UE and other unions in the U.S., and actively conspired with the U.S. government to undermine militant unions around the world.

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Unions Call on Biden To Halt Military Aid to Israel

UENews United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)
The time to act decisively to end this war is now. Stopping US military aid to Israel is the quickest and most sure way to do so, it is what US law demands, and it will show your commitment to securing a lasting peace in the region.

Tidbits – July 11 – Reader Comments: Project 2025–What Is It, What It Will Do to Us; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey – Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza – Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;

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Reader Comments: Project 2025 - What Is It, What It Will Do to Us and the Country; What Biden Should Do; What’s the Meaning of Solidarity?; Remembering Jane McAlevey - Tribute July 27; Counting the Dead in Gaza - Death Toll Could Exceed 186,000;

Tidbits – May 30 – Reader Comments: Bombing Rafah Children – Where Is “Red Line?”; Trump and Palestine Protests; Response: Women Are Changing Labor Unions; NYC and Medicare Advantage; Organizations Raising Money for Humanitarian Relief in Rafah; More

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Reader Comments: Bombing Rafah Children; Where is "Red Line?"; Trump and Palestine Protests; Response-Women Are Changing Labor Unions; NYC and Medicare Advantage; Organizations Raising Money for Humanitarian Relief in Rafah; Announcements; Cartoons;

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Taking a Hammer to It

Jeremy Hsu New Scientist Magazine
An eye-opening read traces today’s collective rage against big tech back to the Luddite uprising the industrial revolution.
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