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I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...
The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers
Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries offers a fresh perspective on class, race, and revolution in the United States. Drawing on more than forty hours of interviews with former member...
actionnetwork.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...
What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes? wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/mass...
What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes?
General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but they require an organized majority, solidarity and resources to weather repression.
wagingnonviolence.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes? wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/mass...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “How We Build a General Strike” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
How We Build a General Strike · May Day Strong
We are inspired by the incredible wins coming out of Minnesota - and we know how they got them. More than 75,000 people took to the streets in Minneapolis January 23rd and hundreds of stores closed in...
www.mobilize.us
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “How We Build a General Strike” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “How We Build a General Strike” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
How We Build a General Strike · May Day Strong
We are inspired by the incredible wins coming out of Minnesota - and we know how they got them. More than 75,000 people took to the streets in Minneapolis January 23rd and hundreds of stores closed in...
www.mobilize.us
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “How We Build a General Strike” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
“They are killing VA employees. Let that sink in,” said Aimee Potter, a federal health worker and union steward “An injury to one is an injury to all, and this hurts. This could be any of us.”https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/27/alex-pretti-border-patrol-shooting-minneapolis
Health workers, faith and labor groups call for accountability in Alex Pretti's slaying
"This could be any of us," a federal health worker told a gathering on the Near West Side Tuesday before a memorial honoring the VA nurse who was shot to death by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM
“They are killing VA employees. Let that sink in,” said Aimee Potter, a federal health worker and union steward “An injury to one is an injury to all, and this hurts. This could be any of us.”https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/01/27/alex-pretti-border-patrol-shooting-minneapolis
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Powerful conversation with Dr. Maria J. Stephan on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social about how ordinary people can push back against government overreach through disciplined, nonviolent action—and why what’s happening in Minnesota matters right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Mg...
How Blowing A Whistle Is An Act Of Nonviolent Resistance - Maria J. Stephan
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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January 24, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Powerful conversation with Dr. Maria J. Stephan on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social about how ordinary people can push back against government overreach through disciplined, nonviolent action—and why what’s happening in Minnesota matters right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Mg...
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I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
inthesetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
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In Minneapolis today.. more later
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
In Minneapolis today.. more later
Solidarity melts ICE. Incredible movement moment today in Minneapolis where freedom fighters struck a mighty blow against the forces of repression and reaction.
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Solidarity melts ICE. Incredible movement moment today in Minneapolis where freedom fighters struck a mighty blow against the forces of repression and reaction.
Join us to hear a front line report for Minneapolis. Their day of Action on Friday and how we can support working families over billionaires from now through May Day. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...
May Day 2026 Kick Off: Workers Over Billionaires Nationwide
Register now for May Day 2026 Kick Off: Workers Over Billionaires Nationwide on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on January 21, 2026, 07:00 PM EST.
www.crowdcast.io
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Join us to hear a front line report for Minneapolis. Their day of Action on Friday and how we can support working families over billionaires from now through May Day. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “United Working Families General Membership Meeting” - sign up now to join me! #Chicago www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
United Working Families General Membership Meeting · United Working Families
Join us for our General Membership Meeting where will debrief the city budget fight, discuss upcoming elections, the fights ahead, and the 2026 UWF Convention.
www.mobilize.us
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “United Working Families General Membership Meeting” - sign up now to join me! #Chicago www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
“Our perspective is that the Illinois Policy Institute is essentially a state chapter of Project 2025, and their sole purpose has been to undermine Stacy Davis Gates’s leadership and the thousands of Chicago educators that she represents,”
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“Our perspective is that the Illinois Policy Institute is essentially a state chapter of Project 2025, and their sole purpose has been to undermine Stacy Davis Gates’s leadership and the thousands of Chicago educators that she represents,”
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
With our siblings in MN mobilizing for a general strike on January 23rd, we must build national mobilizations to defeat the billionaire agenda. As workers we won't accept what we have, we must demand what we deserve this May Day, 2026, join the movement. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...
May Day 2026 Kick Off: Workers Over Billionaires Nationwide
Register now for May Day 2026 Kick Off: Workers Over Billionaires Nationwide on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on January 21, 2026, 07:00 PM EST.
www.crowdcast.io
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
With our siblings in MN mobilizing for a general strike on January 23rd, we must build national mobilizations to defeat the billionaire agenda. As workers we won't accept what we have, we must demand what we deserve this May Day, 2026, join the movement. www.crowdcast.io/c/mds2026/re...
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “Celebrate the People's Wins!” - sign up now to join me! #ChicagoForTheMany www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
Celebrate the People's Wins! · United Working Families
Lets celebrate the wins with all of the incredibly powerful individuals who helped to get this budget across the finish line. Come connect with folks, enjoy good food and music.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “Celebrate the People's Wins!” - sign up now to join me! #ChicagoForTheMany www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
Me when the Chicago media spends twice the amount of time decrying teen takeovers downtown than extoling the historic 65 year low number of homicides.
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Me when the Chicago media spends twice the amount of time decrying teen takeovers downtown than extoling the historic 65 year low number of homicides.
This guy is embracing a white male cisgender Christian, xenophobic, antisemitic party that increasingly resembles Nazism “He received some of the loudest applause from the crowd when he told attendees that “by the grace of God we will always be a Christian nation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This guy is embracing a white male cisgender Christian, xenophobic, antisemitic party that increasingly resembles Nazism “He received some of the loudest applause from the crowd when he told attendees that “by the grace of God we will always be a Christian nation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
And the city council would rather raise property taxes than make the wealthiest and largest corporations pay their fair share? "Black neighborhoods hit hardest with Cook County property tax bill increase, analysis finds" chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...
Black neighborhoods hit hardest with Cook County property tax bill increase, analysis finds
Residential property tax bills are rising fastest in Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides as the county's tax burden shifts away from the economically depressed Loop.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And the city council would rather raise property taxes than make the wealthiest and largest corporations pay their fair share? "Black neighborhoods hit hardest with Cook County property tax bill increase, analysis finds" chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/...
"An October poll of 600 registered voters, conducted by HIT Strategies, found that an unheard-of majority — 90% of Black and Latino Chicagoans — prefer that the city raise taxes on ultra-wealthy corporations." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
Vicki Kurzydlo: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget is about the Chicago we want. Vote yes, aldermen.
For far too long, Chicago’s budgets have been balanced on the backs of working people. The 2026 budget changes that equation.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"An October poll of 600 registered voters, conducted by HIT Strategies, found that an unheard-of majority — 90% of Black and Latino Chicagoans — prefer that the city raise taxes on ultra-wealthy corporations." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “UWF Protect Chicago Meeting and Rally” - sign up now to join me! #ChicagoForTheMany www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
UWF Protect Chicago Meeting and Rally · United Working Families
United Working Families is bringing together members and allies across the city to fight back against the Trump attacks. Trump is detaining and kidnapping our neighbors, and cutting our SNAP, healthca...
www.mobilize.us
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “UWF Protect Chicago Meeting and Rally” - sign up now to join me! #ChicagoForTheMany www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “Doorknock for Protect Chicago Budget-with the Mayor” - sign up now to join me! #Chica www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
Doorknock for Protect Chicago Budget-with the Mayor · United Working Families
Join us as we knock on doors to push for support for the Protect Chicago Budget which funds youth jobs, mental health, and education by taxing rich corporations NOT raising property taxes or grocery t...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm attending United Working Families's event, “Doorknock for Protect Chicago Budget-with the Mayor” - sign up now to join me! #Chica www.mobilize.us/unitedworkin...
Join Veterans across the country tonight who are saying no to the occupation of our cities by the national guard, no to cutting Snap and medicaid, no to the assault on immigrant, labor and civil rights by federal agents. www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Vets Say No - National Call · May Day Strong
This Veteran's Day, we say no war on our cities. Veterans are standing up to fascism and calling on you to join us.
On October 28th hear directly from veterans and our supporters on how you can take...
www.mobilize.us
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Join Veterans across the country tonight who are saying no to the occupation of our cities by the national guard, no to cutting Snap and medicaid, no to the assault on immigrant, labor and civil rights by federal agents. www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
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Check out @ctulocal1.bsky.social VP @jacksonpctu.bsky.social talk #NoKings
substack.com/@ricksmithsh...
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This is Why Fascist Fear Educators
Rick Smith’s interview with Jackson Potter, Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union, dissects the motives and momentum behind the massive “No Kings” protests and the deeper struggle over democrac...
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Check out @ctulocal1.bsky.social VP @jacksonpctu.bsky.social talk #NoKings
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ok let me get this straight.
JB Pritzker:
- is having state cops run interference for ICE in Broadview
- cut thousands of immigrants' health insurance
- is running interference for his friends who had their taxes cut on both a corporate and individual level
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JB Pritzker:
- is having state cops run interference for ICE in Broadview
- cut thousands of immigrants' health insurance
- is running interference for his friends who had their taxes cut on both a corporate and individual level
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JB Pritzker Slams Chicago Mayor’s Plan for Tax on Big Payrolls
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker assailed a plan by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to bring back a tax on large corporate payrolls, saying the proposed levy would repel major employers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ok let me get this straight.
JB Pritzker:
- is having state cops run interference for ICE in Broadview
- cut thousands of immigrants' health insurance
- is running interference for his friends who had their taxes cut on both a corporate and individual level
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JB Pritzker:
- is having state cops run interference for ICE in Broadview
- cut thousands of immigrants' health insurance
- is running interference for his friends who had their taxes cut on both a corporate and individual level
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day · May Day Strong
Stand with Veterans as we march, rally, and refuse to allow growing fascism to be normalized. **Together we say NO this Veterans Day** - no to ICE, no to occupation, no to fascism, and no to cuts stri...
www.mobilize.us
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No: Take Action to Say No War on Our Cities This Veteran’s Day” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No - National Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Vets Say No - National Call · May Day Strong
This Veteran's Day, we say no war on our cities. Veterans are standing up to fascism and calling on you to join us.
On October 28th hear directly from veterans and our supporters on how you can take...
www.mobilize.us
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Vets Say No - National Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...