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Mayday, Mayday, May Day

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (687+ words) This May Day, we are sounding the'alarm. On a'plane, "Mayday" is a'distress call. When a'pilot says it three times into the radio'Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! they're saying we need help, we need it now, we cannot do this'alone. We are calling…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > ai-weiwei-on-the-catastrophic-status-quo-of-censorship

Ai Weiwei on the "Catastrophic Status Quo" of Censorship

12+ hour, 50+ min ago  (783+ words) One likes to imagine censorship as solely characteristic of authoritarian nations. In our democracy, we like to think of censorship as an exception, rather than the rule. But in these fascistic times, according to renowned artist and global dissident Ai…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > wpp-smittys-supply-industrial-plant-explosion-rural-louisiana

Citizens Reckon with Industrial Plant Explosion in Rural Louisiana

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (802+ words) Maximilian Alvarez: Welcome everyone to Working People, a'podcast about the lives, jobs, dreams and struggles of the working class today. Working People is a'proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network and is brought to you in partnership with In…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > radical-booksellers-community-organizing-cooperative-

Radical Booksellers Do More Than Just Retail

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (409+ words) CHICAGO "A wooden ladder leans against a'wall of shelves before a'carpenter fits it onto a'metal track. Erik Wallenberg, one of the worker-owners of Pilsen Community Books (PCB), passes him tools. It's the day before the store will reopen in its…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > jeiwsh-labor-bund-molly-crabapple-israel-gaza-zionism

What Organizers Today Can Learn From the Socialist Jewish Labor Bund Movement

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1351+ words) The large-scale protests against Israel's genocide in Gaza have led to a'reckoning with the politics of Jewish life across the'diaspora.' That vision of Jewish life was cultivated by the Jewish socialist movement known as the General Jewish Labour Bund. The…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > camping-out-chemical-giant-diane-wilson-hunger-strike-for-clean-waters

Camping Out a Chemical Giant: Diane Wilson Persists in Hunger Strike for Clean Waters

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1001+ words) On March 2, Wilson began a'hunger strike outside the Dow Chemical Company/Union Carbide plant in Seadrift. "I have a'tent and am camping out 24'hours, 7'days a'week," Wilson wrote in a'letter to Dow CEO Jim Fitterling, "to impress upon Dow/Union…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > usps-letter-carriers-union-fedex-amazon-labor

Community Persists for USPS Letter Carriers While Conditions Worsen

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (305+ words) Alvarez: I'wanted to just ask if you could paint even more of a'picture of your day-to-day working life. For you as a'letter carrier, what does a'typical day look like, and how has the nature of that work changed in recent'years?...

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inthesetimes. com > article > decades-struggle-workplace-protections-california-stoneworkers-lung-disease

After Decades of Quiet Rumbling, an Epidemic Is Erupting Among California Stoneworkers

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1677+ words) Luis Hernandez, then 35, woke to a'gray, hazy sky on Feb. 17, 2024. He opted for a'warm sweater and cargo pants with pockets just big enough to hold his spare canister of oxygen, but he hoped he wouldn't need it. It would be…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > prairieland-antifa-trial-protest-repression-fbi

Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas "Antifa" Trial

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1265+ words) This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations. Three days later, on March 13, the jury convicted all nine defendants on a'variety of charges, ranging from providing material support to terrorists to attempted murder. The ruling could…...

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inthesetimes. com > article > zohran-mamdani-julie-menin-kathy-hochul-nyc-tax-rich

Mayor Mamdani and New Yorkers Want to Tax the Rich. Where Is City Council Speaker Julie Menin?

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (749+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul's opposition to raising taxes'and the veto power she holds over any budget bill'has rightly garnered significant media attention. Outlets like Politico and the New York Times are portraying the negotiations as a'first major test of strength between…...