geraldmcgrew
@geraldmcgrew.bsky.social
Socialist who believes we must defeat fascism, that neoliberal capitalism is no longer viable even by capitalist standards, and that we must consolidate green social democracy – all while building movement strong/large enough to achieve true socialism ASAP
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*Capitalism is failing us. Instead of bringing a decent life it generates an outrageous gap between the rich and the rest; unaffordable housing, healthcare & education; racial & gender inequality; climate disaster. Economist David Kotz argues it's time we built a new socialism for the 21st century*
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*The fire has not, in fact, ceased, and there have to be meaningful penalties for Israel’s violations*
by Alex Skopic
Israel/Palestine
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
by Alex Skopic
Israel/Palestine
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
The Gaza “Ceasefire” is a Total Fraud
The fire has not, in fact, ceased, and there have to be meaningful penalties for Israel’s violations.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
*The fire has not, in fact, ceased, and there have to be meaningful penalties for Israel’s violations*
by Alex Skopic
Israel/Palestine
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
by Alex Skopic
Israel/Palestine
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
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We should be banning the CIA, not Afghans
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We should be banning the CIA, not Afghans
*State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found*
by Robert J. Lopez
November 28, 2025
prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...
by Robert J. Lopez
November 28, 2025
prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...
California’s Child Farmworkers: Exhausted, Underpaid, and Toiling in Toxic Fields - The American Prospect
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
prospect.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
*State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found*
by Robert J. Lopez
November 28, 2025
prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...
by Robert J. Lopez
November 28, 2025
prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...
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"We are on the streets today because fairness and safety are not favours — they are workers’ rights."
The Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation 🇧🇩 join the fight to #MakeAmazonPay in Bangladesh.
The Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation 🇧🇩 join the fight to #MakeAmazonPay in Bangladesh.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are on the streets today because fairness and safety are not favours — they are workers’ rights."
The Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation 🇧🇩 join the fight to #MakeAmazonPay in Bangladesh.
The Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation 🇧🇩 join the fight to #MakeAmazonPay in Bangladesh.
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Accountability for Trump and his goons won’t be enough.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Accountability for Trump and his goons won’t be enough.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
We also need a massive expansion of the welfare state to ease struggle.
We need massive investments in public education to ensure the next generation learns history.
We need major campaign finance reform to go after the right’s lie machine.
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We need to systematically set the fascists back a generation.
We need to rejoin the international world. Set an example of how to pull back from the brink and turn decades of retreat and stagnation into advance.
We need to rejoin the international world. Set an example of how to pull back from the brink and turn decades of retreat and stagnation into advance.
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We need to systematically set the fascists back a generation.
We need to rejoin the international world. Set an example of how to pull back from the brink and turn decades of retreat and stagnation into advance.
We need to rejoin the international world. Set an example of how to pull back from the brink and turn decades of retreat and stagnation into advance.
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Just pathetic that Mamdani is called a communist for wanting a few faster bus lanes while Paris is building 68 new metro stations and over a hundred miles of new train lines.
At some point we will recognize the American political system is fundamentally broken.
www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
At some point we will recognize the American political system is fundamentally broken.
www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Just pathetic that Mamdani is called a communist for wanting a few faster bus lanes while Paris is building 68 new metro stations and over a hundred miles of new train lines.
At some point we will recognize the American political system is fundamentally broken.
www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
At some point we will recognize the American political system is fundamentally broken.
www.cnn.com/travel/paris...
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"Thousands of people around the world are preparing for a wave of coordinated strikes and protests in more than 30 countries."
Tomorrow, we #MakeAmazonPay.
Tomorrow, we #MakeAmazonPay.
'Make Amazon Pay': Global protests planned on Black Friday
The Make Amazon Pay campaign, now in its sixth year, is targeting Amazon’s labour practices, political influence, and environmental impact.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
"Thousands of people around the world are preparing for a wave of coordinated strikes and protests in more than 30 countries."
Tomorrow, we #MakeAmazonPay.
Tomorrow, we #MakeAmazonPay.
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A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
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Just rolling out the greatest hits of racist, xenophobic exclusion and nazi rhetoric
What’s next, fucking quotas?
What’s next, fucking quotas?
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Just rolling out the greatest hits of racist, xenophobic exclusion and nazi rhetoric
What’s next, fucking quotas?
What’s next, fucking quotas?
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I don’t think you’ll get a more “on the nose” example of blowback than a guy from Afghanistan who America trained to go around executing civilians in something called a “zero squad” who later moves to America and attacks the American government. Like holy shit what the fuck are we doing here?
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I don’t think you’ll get a more “on the nose” example of blowback than a guy from Afghanistan who America trained to go around executing civilians in something called a “zero squad” who later moves to America and attacks the American government. Like holy shit what the fuck are we doing here?
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So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
We should be banning the CIA, not Afghans
So he was "homegrown" + trained by the CIA, working for the Zero Unit in Afghanistan, which had a reputation for the following:
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
"The units also had a reputation for ruthlessness, with journalists and human rights groups referring to them as 'death squads.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We should be banning the CIA, not Afghans
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#OtD 28 Nov 1979 mostly Asian women workers at the Chix confectionery factory in Slough, were on strike. They had walked out in October for recognition of their union, and stayed out for eight months until they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#OtD 28 Nov 1979 mostly Asian women workers at the Chix confectionery factory in Slough, were on strike. They had walked out in October for recognition of their union, and stayed out for eight months until they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1004...
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At least 12 Syrians killed in Israeli attacks after two unarmed Palestinians murdered in occupied West Bank's Jenin.
Israel bombs Syria, Gaza after extrajudicial killings in occupied West Bank
At least 12 Syrians killed in Israeli attacks after two unarmed Palestinians murdered in occupied West Bank's Jenin.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
At least 12 Syrians killed in Israeli attacks after two unarmed Palestinians murdered in occupied West Bank's Jenin.
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"Amazon’s business model is pushing workers, and the societies they live in, to a breaking point."
Writing in The Wire, Christy Hoffman explains why workers and citizens across more than 30 countries will be taking to the streets to #MakeAmazonPay.
Writing in The Wire, Christy Hoffman explains why workers and citizens across more than 30 countries will be taking to the streets to #MakeAmazonPay.
Heat, Crunch, and Algorithmic Control: The Human Cost Pushing Amazon Workers into the Streets
This Black Friday, as protests unfold from New Delhi to Berlin to Montréal, we have a choice to make.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"Amazon’s business model is pushing workers, and the societies they live in, to a breaking point."
Writing in The Wire, Christy Hoffman explains why workers and citizens across more than 30 countries will be taking to the streets to #MakeAmazonPay.
Writing in The Wire, Christy Hoffman explains why workers and citizens across more than 30 countries will be taking to the streets to #MakeAmazonPay.
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Camera exposes Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after their surrender in occupied West Bank
Camera exposes Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after their surrender in occupied West Bank
A video published on Thursday documented the moment two Palestinian men were shot dead after fully surrendering during an Israeli army siege of homes in the Jabal Abu Zuhair area near Jenin refugee…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Camera exposes Israeli forces kill two Palestinians after their surrender in occupied West Bank
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The extent to which the ideology of neoliberalism has broken British journalists' brains really helps explain why the country is peeling apart at the seams.
"This is the Labour Party of old – high taxation, high public spending, growth in welfare bills and all the rest of it.
"This puts Labour in a position where it is very much a party older people who lived through the 70s and early 80s would recognise"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
"This puts Labour in a position where it is very much a party older people who lived through the 70s and early 80s would recognise"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
‘Labour is trying to pretend it’s all fine – everyone can see what this budget is doing’ | The News Agents
Labour MPs have acted with “tetchiness” as they defend Rachel Reeves' budget, facing questions over whether it has raised taxes for working people. Has the government regressed to where the party was…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The extent to which the ideology of neoliberalism has broken British journalists' brains really helps explain why the country is peeling apart at the seams.
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A devastating new study has found that more than 112,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its assault in October 2023.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A devastating new study has found that more than 112,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its assault in October 2023.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251126-wit...
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"More than 80 organisations in over 30 countries are planning actions against exploitative labour conditions."
Today, we #MakeAmazonPay. Read more in EUobserver.
Today, we #MakeAmazonPay. Read more in EUobserver.
Instead of Black Friday, unions call for Make Amazon Pay Day
Amazon workers in over 30 countries are striking this 'Black Friday' weekend, demanding fair wages, union rights, and environmental accountability. The "Make Amazon Pay" campaign marks its sixth year…
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"More than 80 organisations in over 30 countries are planning actions against exploitative labour conditions."
Today, we #MakeAmazonPay. Read more in EUobserver.
Today, we #MakeAmazonPay. Read more in EUobserver.
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Demand fair wages, better working conditions and dignity for all.
Join Amazon India Workers Union and the Gig Workers Association in New Delhi 🇮🇳 tomorrow to #MakeAmazonPay.
Join Amazon India Workers Union and the Gig Workers Association in New Delhi 🇮🇳 tomorrow to #MakeAmazonPay.
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Demand fair wages, better working conditions and dignity for all.
Join Amazon India Workers Union and the Gig Workers Association in New Delhi 🇮🇳 tomorrow to #MakeAmazonPay.
Join Amazon India Workers Union and the Gig Workers Association in New Delhi 🇮🇳 tomorrow to #MakeAmazonPay.
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Workers from the Palestinian Postal Service Union 🇵🇸 join the global movement to #MakeAmazonPay.
"Amazon Web Services must be held accountable for its documented involvement in grave violations of international law against the Palestinian people," reads their statement.
"Amazon Web Services must be held accountable for its documented involvement in grave violations of international law against the Palestinian people," reads their statement.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Workers from the Palestinian Postal Service Union 🇵🇸 join the global movement to #MakeAmazonPay.
"Amazon Web Services must be held accountable for its documented involvement in grave violations of international law against the Palestinian people," reads their statement.
"Amazon Web Services must be held accountable for its documented involvement in grave violations of international law against the Palestinian people," reads their statement.
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Or you could just stop using Twitter because it’s a racist website owned by a racist
Stanford researchers develop a web-based tool that uses an LLM to downrank X posts with antagonistic language in a user's feed, to reduce "partisan animosity" (Stanford University)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Or you could just stop using Twitter because it’s a racist website owned by a racist
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.