Dr. Alfredo Carlos
@drfredocm.bsky.social
Political Economy Professor, girl dad, DJ, Labor and Community organizer who wants to make and live in a better world. 🇲🇽🇵🇸
“Hay que imaginar cosas chingonas!” - Chicharito
“Hay que imaginar cosas chingonas!” - Chicharito
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Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, did you change your headline, and change "Islamophobic attacks" on Mamdani to just "attacks," because Elise Stefanik and the GOP bullied you into it? Really? Why are they no longer Islamophobic attacks, as your headline originally and correctly stated?
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"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza"
The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.
Read/share/subscribe:
The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.
Read/share/subscribe:
Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza
The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide – regardless of the 'ceasefire' agreement.
zeteo.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Here's the Truth About Trump's 'Peace Plan' for Gaza"
The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.
Read/share/subscribe:
The US allowed Netanyahu to create four key loopholes in the deal to ensure Israel can continue its Gaza genocide - regardless of the 'ceasefire' deal.
Read/share/subscribe:
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BREAKING: BlackRock, Elon Musk's xAI, Microsoft and Nvidia are all part of a consortium that is buying major data center builder Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: BlackRock, Elon Musk's xAI, Microsoft and Nvidia are all part of a consortium that is buying major data center builder Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion.
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Source and explanation:
> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.
www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...
> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.
www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...
From the udub community on Reddit: Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response
Explore this post and more from the udub community
www.reddit.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Source and explanation:
> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.
www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...
> Context: this piece of filth barged into Psych 210 (The Diversity of Human Sexuality) at UW throwing up nazi salutes, yelling Heil Hitler, and calling everyone “[r-slur] degenerates”.
>
> Class didn’t appreciate it.
www.reddit.com/r/udub/comme...
Thank you for sharing this!!!
Hey Bluesky, especially Angeleno and Labor Bsky
Can we get a load of signatures for the Cal State-Dominguez Hills Labor Studies department? Which is a really valuable (and unusual) dept and is under restructuring/budget cut threats
Thanks y'all!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Can we get a load of signatures for the Cal State-Dominguez Hills Labor Studies department? Which is a really valuable (and unusual) dept and is under restructuring/budget cut threats
Thanks y'all!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Support and Strengthen CSUDH Labor Studies
Dear CSUDH University Administrators,
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern about the threat of elimination or departmental “reorganizations” that could see an end to an indepen...
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Thank you for sharing this!!!
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Please give the people who manage Gov Newsom Press Office’ X account a raise and a recognition. Those guys are geniuses.
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Please give the people who manage Gov Newsom Press Office’ X account a raise and a recognition. Those guys are geniuses.
I hate it here… can we change timelines
June 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I hate it here… can we change timelines
People have a right to defend their communities.
June 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
People have a right to defend their communities.
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Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen.
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen.
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
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The people marching in LA were very kind to each other. Offering water, snacks, masks
This is community. #ICEOUTOFLA
This is community. #ICEOUTOFLA
June 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The people marching in LA were very kind to each other. Offering water, snacks, masks
This is community. #ICEOUTOFLA
This is community. #ICEOUTOFLA
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Liberals rather protect their individual mediocre lives than fight for a collectively better future.
March 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Liberals rather protect their individual mediocre lives than fight for a collectively better future.
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"You know they have a denaturalization commission now? A group that will look at American citizens and say, 'We think you're actually an illegal immigrant,' and they will strip you, retrospectively, of your citizenship."
This week's 'We're Not Kidding' pod with me and Bassem Youssef:
This week's 'We're Not Kidding' pod with me and Bassem Youssef:
Is Trump 'Daddy'? – with Bassem Youssef
Mehdi and Bassem reunite in London to talk about the return of Trump, the Gaza ceasefire and killings in the West Bank, and shadow president Elon Musk.
zeteo.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"You know they have a denaturalization commission now? A group that will look at American citizens and say, 'We think you're actually an illegal immigrant,' and they will strip you, retrospectively, of your citizenship."
This week's 'We're Not Kidding' pod with me and Bassem Youssef:
This week's 'We're Not Kidding' pod with me and Bassem Youssef:
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"Gabbard isn’t a progressive or a leftist – and never was. She is a hawkish Zionist, who supports Hindu nationalism, indulges in Islamophobic tropes, and defends some of the worst dictators in the world."
Me, with receipts, for Zeteo, ahead of Tulsi Gabbard's hearing this week:
Me, with receipts, for Zeteo, ahead of Tulsi Gabbard's hearing this week:
5 Things You Need to Know About Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s Pick for National Intelligence Director
Gabbard isn’t “anti-war,” obsesses over “radical Islam,” and has backed Assad, Netanyahu, and Modi.
zeteo.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Gabbard isn’t a progressive or a leftist – and never was. She is a hawkish Zionist, who supports Hindu nationalism, indulges in Islamophobic tropes, and defends some of the worst dictators in the world."
Me, with receipts, for Zeteo, ahead of Tulsi Gabbard's hearing this week:
Me, with receipts, for Zeteo, ahead of Tulsi Gabbard's hearing this week:
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Two hundred UK companies are moving to a permanent four-day work week.
The decision comes after a trial where businesses tested the model.
Workers were happier and more productive, and the quality and quantity of work was unaffected or even improved.
future4days.com/two-hundred-uk
The decision comes after a trial where businesses tested the model.
Workers were happier and more productive, and the quality and quantity of work was unaffected or even improved.
future4days.com/two-hundred-uk
Two hundred UK companies moving to permanent four-day working week
In a major shift, 200 companies in the UK have decided to permanently switch to a four-day working week without cutting pay. This move, led by the 4 Day Week ...
future4days.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Two hundred UK companies are moving to a permanent four-day work week.
The decision comes after a trial where businesses tested the model.
Workers were happier and more productive, and the quality and quantity of work was unaffected or even improved.
future4days.com/two-hundred-uk
The decision comes after a trial where businesses tested the model.
Workers were happier and more productive, and the quality and quantity of work was unaffected or even improved.
future4days.com/two-hundred-uk
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Elon Musk, encouraged by his mother and an army of his cultish fans, is threatening tonight to sue a Washington Post journalist for pointing out on live TV that neo-Nazis welcomed his salute on Inauguration Day.
Can we finally put the ‘he’s a free speech absolutist!’ BS to bed?
Can we finally put the ‘he’s a free speech absolutist!’ BS to bed?
January 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Elon Musk, encouraged by his mother and an army of his cultish fans, is threatening tonight to sue a Washington Post journalist for pointing out on live TV that neo-Nazis welcomed his salute on Inauguration Day.
Can we finally put the ‘he’s a free speech absolutist!’ BS to bed?
Can we finally put the ‘he’s a free speech absolutist!’ BS to bed?
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Whole Food workers in Philly are voting on forming a historic union today.
If they win they'll be the first union at the massive, Amazon owned supermarket chain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0gU...
If they win they'll be the first union at the massive, Amazon owned supermarket chain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0gU...
The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Whole Food workers in Philly are voting on forming a historic union today.
If they win they'll be the first union at the massive, Amazon owned supermarket chain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0gU...
If they win they'll be the first union at the massive, Amazon owned supermarket chain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0gU...
People who work for ICE are scum. “Its just a job” yeah well F$)@ that job! Some jobs shouldn’t exist.
January 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
People who work for ICE are scum. “Its just a job” yeah well F$)@ that job! Some jobs shouldn’t exist.
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BREAKING: Nearly 5,000 nurses and doctors just launched a historic strike at 8 hospitals in Oregon.
It’s the biggest health care strike and first doctors' strike in state history.
The workers at Providence hospitals are fighting against under-staffing and bad health benefits.
It’s the biggest health care strike and first doctors' strike in state history.
The workers at Providence hospitals are fighting against under-staffing and bad health benefits.
January 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
BREAKING: Nearly 5,000 nurses and doctors just launched a historic strike at 8 hospitals in Oregon.
It’s the biggest health care strike and first doctors' strike in state history.
The workers at Providence hospitals are fighting against under-staffing and bad health benefits.
It’s the biggest health care strike and first doctors' strike in state history.
The workers at Providence hospitals are fighting against under-staffing and bad health benefits.
It's a big club, and you ain’t in it. …The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged…They don’t give a fuck about you. They don't care about you at all. Because the owners of this country know the truth: it's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it. -George Carlin
January 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
It's a big club, and you ain’t in it. …The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged…They don’t give a fuck about you. They don't care about you at all. Because the owners of this country know the truth: it's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it. -George Carlin
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Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
January 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Remain eternally angry that AT LEAST six years ago I started pitching multiple editors about a looming insurance crisis in California and was told it wasn't a real story, or if it was it would affect a small number of people, and even if then, it would be a negligible policy issue.
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1) he doesn’t have any friends
2) Beverly Hills is unaffected so far
3) even if it was being ‘decimated’, the fact that his concern in this moment is only for rich folks and the ‘biggest most valuable homes’ tells you everything about this pathetic man.
2) Beverly Hills is unaffected so far
3) even if it was being ‘decimated’, the fact that his concern in this moment is only for rich folks and the ‘biggest most valuable homes’ tells you everything about this pathetic man.
Trump: I know those areas very well. I have many friends living in those houses. That is a true tragedy. Nobody ever thought -- I mean virtually Beverly Hills and areas around Beverly an are being decimated.
January 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
1) he doesn’t have any friends
2) Beverly Hills is unaffected so far
3) even if it was being ‘decimated’, the fact that his concern in this moment is only for rich folks and the ‘biggest most valuable homes’ tells you everything about this pathetic man.
2) Beverly Hills is unaffected so far
3) even if it was being ‘decimated’, the fact that his concern in this moment is only for rich folks and the ‘biggest most valuable homes’ tells you everything about this pathetic man.
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Last month, State Farm — the largest home insurance provider in California — said it would drop 30,000 home insurance policies across the state.
Thousands of those losing coverage are homeowners in LA County, and in the Pacific Palisades specifically.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thousands of those losing coverage are homeowners in LA County, and in the Pacific Palisades specifically.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Upscale Westside L.A. neighborhoods hit very hard by State Farm home insurance cancellations
Thousands of Californians who won’t see their home insurance renewed by State Farm this summer are homeowners in Los Angeles County.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Last month, State Farm — the largest home insurance provider in California — said it would drop 30,000 home insurance policies across the state.
Thousands of those losing coverage are homeowners in LA County, and in the Pacific Palisades specifically.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thousands of those losing coverage are homeowners in LA County, and in the Pacific Palisades specifically.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The most messed up part of the LA fires is knowing that while families are in utter shock at losing their homes & having their lives upended, there are Capitalist speculator MF’s drooling at the mouth on how to profit from this. Disaster Capitalism in full effect. #lafires #capitalism #disaster
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The most messed up part of the LA fires is knowing that while families are in utter shock at losing their homes & having their lives upended, there are Capitalist speculator MF’s drooling at the mouth on how to profit from this. Disaster Capitalism in full effect. #lafires #capitalism #disaster