Maximillian Alvarez
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
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Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Got my camera and heading to Philly for the @sbworkersunited.org strike rally later today. More reports coming soon @therealnews.com ❤️✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Got my camera and heading to Philly for the @sbworkersunited.org strike rally later today. More reports coming soon @therealnews.com ❤️✊🏽
The legends are true, I've seen it with mine own eyes. @nathantankus.bsky.social has the ENTIRE collected works of Marx/Engels AND John Maynard Keynes... 😳🤯
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The legends are true, I've seen it with mine own eyes. @nathantankus.bsky.social has the ENTIRE collected works of Marx/Engels AND John Maynard Keynes... 😳🤯
🚨 New @therealnews.com: The last time I spoke w/ Yellow Cab driver-owner & NY Taxi Workers Alliance member Mouhamadou Aliyu in 2021, he was on a hunger strike & at the end of his rope. The next time I saw him, he was in a campaign ad with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/17J_OC1XQ8g?...
Watch: youtu.be/17J_OC1XQ8g?...
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨 New @therealnews.com: The last time I spoke w/ Yellow Cab driver-owner & NY Taxi Workers Alliance member Mouhamadou Aliyu in 2021, he was on a hunger strike & at the end of his rope. The next time I saw him, he was in a campaign ad with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/17J_OC1XQ8g?...
Watch: youtu.be/17J_OC1XQ8g?...
A lot has been said ABOUT No Kings protestors. I spoke with lots of them directly when I was on the ground in DC this Saturday for @therealnews.com so you can hear them in their own words here: youtu.be/9wlpP1-Pqz0?...
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A lot has been said ABOUT No Kings protestors. I spoke with lots of them directly when I was on the ground in DC this Saturday for @therealnews.com so you can hear them in their own words here: youtu.be/9wlpP1-Pqz0?...
I was on the ground at the "No Kings" protest in Washington DC today searching for the "paid protestors," "agitators," "Hamas supporters," and "antifa terrorists" Republicans claimed would be filling the streets. What I found may shock you...
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@50501movement.bsky.social
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@50501movement.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I was on the ground at the "No Kings" protest in Washington DC today searching for the "paid protestors," "agitators," "Hamas supporters," and "antifa terrorists" Republicans claimed would be filling the streets. What I found may shock you...
@therealnews.com
@50501movement.bsky.social
@therealnews.com
@50501movement.bsky.social
🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.
I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com
I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
🚨 Defying Israel, more ships sail to Gaza after Global Sumud Flotilla captured.
I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com
I spoke with Mskwaasin Agnew, a Cree & Dene healthcare worker from the Salt River First Nation, who is sailing with the Freedom Flotilla on board the Conscience.
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @therealnews.com
Yes, the government is spying on you. Yes, it is openly, brazenly violating our rights. Are you gonna do something about it, or are you just gonna roll over and let them swallow us into their new digital police state?
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October 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes, the government is spying on you. Yes, it is openly, brazenly violating our rights. Are you gonna do something about it, or are you just gonna roll over and let them swallow us into their new digital police state?
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🚨 The GOP shutdown is "government by extortion"
The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"
The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🚨 The GOP shutdown is "government by extortion"
The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"
The shutdown "is being covered like a horse race. Who’s going to win? From our perspective, it’s a calamity" @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janis say @therealnews.com "Millions of people are right now on the verge of losing access to healthcare"
🚨 Carnival Cruise ship workers detained at the Port of Baltimore & deported with no due process
Workers were reportedly accused of possessing "child pornography" to justify their immediate deportation, but no charges were filed or evidence presented.
Here's my on-the-ground report @therealnews.com
Workers were reportedly accused of possessing "child pornography" to justify their immediate deportation, but no charges were filed or evidence presented.
Here's my on-the-ground report @therealnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
🚨 Carnival Cruise ship workers detained at the Port of Baltimore & deported with no due process
Workers were reportedly accused of possessing "child pornography" to justify their immediate deportation, but no charges were filed or evidence presented.
Here's my on-the-ground report @therealnews.com
Workers were reportedly accused of possessing "child pornography" to justify their immediate deportation, but no charges were filed or evidence presented.
Here's my on-the-ground report @therealnews.com
"Why are you taking my father away from me? He's the only one I have. My mother died."
I am watching videos daily, DAILY, of families being ripped apart, lives being destroyed, children being traumatized...
I am watching videos daily, DAILY, of families being ripped apart, lives being destroyed, children being traumatized...
September 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Why are you taking my father away from me? He's the only one I have. My mother died."
I am watching videos daily, DAILY, of families being ripped apart, lives being destroyed, children being traumatized...
I am watching videos daily, DAILY, of families being ripped apart, lives being destroyed, children being traumatized...
🚨 Gazans send messages to the Global Sumud Flotilla
Multiple vessels w/ the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social have been attacked this week. I reached out to Mohammed Abu Tawila & Abdul Rahman Mohammed in Gaza to ask what messages they have for flotilla members. Here's what they sent me @therealnews.com
Multiple vessels w/ the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social have been attacked this week. I reached out to Mohammed Abu Tawila & Abdul Rahman Mohammed in Gaza to ask what messages they have for flotilla members. Here's what they sent me @therealnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 Gazans send messages to the Global Sumud Flotilla
Multiple vessels w/ the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social have been attacked this week. I reached out to Mohammed Abu Tawila & Abdul Rahman Mohammed in Gaza to ask what messages they have for flotilla members. Here's what they sent me @therealnews.com
Multiple vessels w/ the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social have been attacked this week. I reached out to Mohammed Abu Tawila & Abdul Rahman Mohammed in Gaza to ask what messages they have for flotilla members. Here's what they sent me @therealnews.com
🚨 Federal whistleblowers reveal how Trump's HUD is abandoning vulnerable Americans
"The frank fact of the matter is that, right now, discrimination is not being prosecuted," they tell me. "Fair housing laws are not being enforced"
@therealnews.com @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @afge476.bsky.social
"The frank fact of the matter is that, right now, discrimination is not being prosecuted," they tell me. "Fair housing laws are not being enforced"
@therealnews.com @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @afge476.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🚨 Federal whistleblowers reveal how Trump's HUD is abandoning vulnerable Americans
"The frank fact of the matter is that, right now, discrimination is not being prosecuted," they tell me. "Fair housing laws are not being enforced"
@therealnews.com @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @afge476.bsky.social
"The frank fact of the matter is that, right now, discrimination is not being prosecuted," they tell me. "Fair housing laws are not being enforced"
@therealnews.com @fedworkersunited.bsky.social @afge476.bsky.social
🚨 Why US military veterans are sailing to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla
"I served in Afghanistan in 2009," @vetsaboutface.bsky.social member Zue Jernstedt told me @therealnews.com "I feel like it's my duty now to stand up against imperialism, because I was a foot soldier of imperialism"
"I served in Afghanistan in 2009," @vetsaboutface.bsky.social member Zue Jernstedt told me @therealnews.com "I feel like it's my duty now to stand up against imperialism, because I was a foot soldier of imperialism"
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🚨 Why US military veterans are sailing to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla
"I served in Afghanistan in 2009," @vetsaboutface.bsky.social member Zue Jernstedt told me @therealnews.com "I feel like it's my duty now to stand up against imperialism, because I was a foot soldier of imperialism"
"I served in Afghanistan in 2009," @vetsaboutface.bsky.social member Zue Jernstedt told me @therealnews.com "I feel like it's my duty now to stand up against imperialism, because I was a foot soldier of imperialism"
🚨 Massive protest in DC demands: "End the militarized occupation of D.C."
Mansa Musa @rattlingthebars.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social report from the ground from Saturday's “We are all D.C.” march for @therealnews.com
Mansa Musa @rattlingthebars.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social report from the ground from Saturday's “We are all D.C.” march for @therealnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Massive protest in DC demands: "End the militarized occupation of D.C."
Mansa Musa @rattlingthebars.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social report from the ground from Saturday's “We are all D.C.” march for @therealnews.com
Mansa Musa @rattlingthebars.bsky.social & @edgeofsports.bsky.social report from the ground from Saturday's “We are all D.C.” march for @therealnews.com
🚨 "Donald Trump, let's be clear, your National Guard ain't welcome here!"
On Wednesday, dozens of Baltimore residents and community organizers marched downtown to protest President Trump's plans to send the National Guard into #Baltimore. I was on the ground for @therealnews.com
On Wednesday, dozens of Baltimore residents and community organizers marched downtown to protest President Trump's plans to send the National Guard into #Baltimore. I was on the ground for @therealnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🚨 "Donald Trump, let's be clear, your National Guard ain't welcome here!"
On Wednesday, dozens of Baltimore residents and community organizers marched downtown to protest President Trump's plans to send the National Guard into #Baltimore. I was on the ground for @therealnews.com
On Wednesday, dozens of Baltimore residents and community organizers marched downtown to protest President Trump's plans to send the National Guard into #Baltimore. I was on the ground for @therealnews.com
🚨 Baltimore union members & residents march against oligarchy & MAGA fascism
"We will not go quietly into the night," Betty Schueler of UNITE HERE Local 7, told me. "We need to stand up & fight back. Otherwise, we're going to wake up & find that all our rights are gone" @therealnews.com
"We will not go quietly into the night," Betty Schueler of UNITE HERE Local 7, told me. "We need to stand up & fight back. Otherwise, we're going to wake up & find that all our rights are gone" @therealnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🚨 Baltimore union members & residents march against oligarchy & MAGA fascism
"We will not go quietly into the night," Betty Schueler of UNITE HERE Local 7, told me. "We need to stand up & fight back. Otherwise, we're going to wake up & find that all our rights are gone" @therealnews.com
"We will not go quietly into the night," Betty Schueler of UNITE HERE Local 7, told me. "We need to stand up & fight back. Otherwise, we're going to wake up & find that all our rights are gone" @therealnews.com
🚨 Clergy witness "horrific" ICE abductions at immigration courts.
Trump, Fox, & MAGA cheerleaders are lying that these people are "the worst of the worst." I went to the immigration courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, for @therealnews.com & learned the horrifying truth from those witnessing it firsthand
Trump, Fox, & MAGA cheerleaders are lying that these people are "the worst of the worst." I went to the immigration courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, for @therealnews.com & learned the horrifying truth from those witnessing it firsthand
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
🚨 Clergy witness "horrific" ICE abductions at immigration courts.
Trump, Fox, & MAGA cheerleaders are lying that these people are "the worst of the worst." I went to the immigration courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, for @therealnews.com & learned the horrifying truth from those witnessing it firsthand
Trump, Fox, & MAGA cheerleaders are lying that these people are "the worst of the worst." I went to the immigration courthouse in Santa Ana, CA, for @therealnews.com & learned the horrifying truth from those witnessing it firsthand
Still very difficult to process the thought that a phone in Gaza had me on screen today as Mohammed (a former English teacher) and his nephew Abdul Rahman (a would-be college student) spoke with me about their daily struggle to live. Interview coming soon @therealnews.com ...
August 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Still very difficult to process the thought that a phone in Gaza had me on screen today as Mohammed (a former English teacher) and his nephew Abdul Rahman (a would-be college student) spoke with me about their daily struggle to live. Interview coming soon @therealnews.com ...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained by #ICE & separated from his family once again on Monday, after only being free for 2 days. Why is the Trump administration obsessed with punishing this man, whom they mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March? @edgeofsports.bsky.social explains @therealnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained by #ICE & separated from his family once again on Monday, after only being free for 2 days. Why is the Trump administration obsessed with punishing this man, whom they mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March? @edgeofsports.bsky.social explains @therealnews.com
"Join the Worker Intifada!" #Microsoft workers revolt over Big Tech's complicity in Israel's genocide.
I spoke to current Microsoft workers for @therealnews.com who are risking their jobs & safety to speak out—and who are calling on other workers across the tech industry to join them
I spoke to current Microsoft workers for @therealnews.com who are risking their jobs & safety to speak out—and who are calling on other workers across the tech industry to join them
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Join the Worker Intifada!" #Microsoft workers revolt over Big Tech's complicity in Israel's genocide.
I spoke to current Microsoft workers for @therealnews.com who are risking their jobs & safety to speak out—and who are calling on other workers across the tech industry to join them
I spoke to current Microsoft workers for @therealnews.com who are risking their jobs & safety to speak out—and who are calling on other workers across the tech industry to join them
Here are the moments when we in Baltimore got to hear Kilmar Abrego Garcia speak in his own words—and when we learned form his attorney that Kilmar had once again been taken by ICE and separated from his family after reporting for his mandatory check-in at 8AM Monday. @therealnews.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here are the moments when we in Baltimore got to hear Kilmar Abrego Garcia speak in his own words—and when we learned form his attorney that Kilmar had once again been taken by ICE and separated from his family after reporting for his mandatory check-in at 8AM Monday. @therealnews.com
DRONE FOLLOWS ME FROM MICROSOFT TO MY CAR.
After filming the Palestine encampment at Microsoft & interviews w/ No Azure for Apartheid members, I walked 4 blocks back to my car alone. While I was walking back, I caught a drone overhead following me (twice). Watch for yourself... @therealnews.com
After filming the Palestine encampment at Microsoft & interviews w/ No Azure for Apartheid members, I walked 4 blocks back to my car alone. While I was walking back, I caught a drone overhead following me (twice). Watch for yourself... @therealnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
DRONE FOLLOWS ME FROM MICROSOFT TO MY CAR.
After filming the Palestine encampment at Microsoft & interviews w/ No Azure for Apartheid members, I walked 4 blocks back to my car alone. While I was walking back, I caught a drone overhead following me (twice). Watch for yourself... @therealnews.com
After filming the Palestine encampment at Microsoft & interviews w/ No Azure for Apartheid members, I walked 4 blocks back to my car alone. While I was walking back, I caught a drone overhead following me (twice). Watch for yourself... @therealnews.com
I was there and shot every second of it. Go to my/ @therealnews.com IG accounts & my TkTk account for videos. More of them comin...
Also get updates from the coalition at the No Azure for Apartheid IG account
Also get updates from the coalition at the No Azure for Apartheid IG account
August 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I was there and shot every second of it. Go to my/ @therealnews.com IG accounts & my TkTk account for videos. More of them comin...
Also get updates from the coalition at the No Azure for Apartheid IG account
Also get updates from the coalition at the No Azure for Apartheid IG account
🚨 Microsoft workers launch #Palestine encampment at company's HQ in Redmond, WA
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 Microsoft workers launch #Palestine encampment at company's HQ in Redmond, WA
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com
"I worked for three years on Azure, not knowing that my labor was being used to actively facilitate the murder of my people" - Hossam Nasr, No Azure for Apartheid, former tech worker fired by Microsoft @therealnews.com