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Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

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Reader Comments: Children Deported ; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; 12 Unions Launch Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply with Unlawful Orders

Tidbits – Apr.24 – Reader Comments: Pope Francis’Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can’t Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;

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Reader Comments: Pope Francis' Message for Peace and Gaza; Rise of End Times Fascism; Trump’s Thirst for One-Man Rule; New McCarthyism Started by Liberals; Webinars; 50 Years Since End of Vietnam War; Labor Can't Fight MAGA, Without Fighting Racism;

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Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers

Shawn Fain Jacobin
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.

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)

Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

Joseph A. McCartin Dissent Magazine - Online Article
Organized labor and its allies can and must do much more to respond to the crisis created by DOGE and the Trump administration. As the nation’s largest employer, the federal government’s labor relations policies inevitably ripple across the economy.

Tidbits – Jan.30- Reader Comments: Reader Comments: Stop the Deportations, Stop the Layoffs, Stop the Administrative Coup!; 10 Things You Can Do To Resist; Longtime Dem Voters Fed Up With Party’s Inaction; 16 Million Workers Were Unionized in 2024

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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;

Pelosi Won. The Democratic Party Lost.

Kate Aronoff The New Republic
In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed strategy. The elderly are not too old to govern; but they may, be too attached to a failed way of doing things.

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

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Reader Comments: 2024 Elections - Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: There Is a Way Out of This Mess - Please Take It; Labor Day, Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;
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