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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Incredible online event happening tonight around tenants unions and housing organizing! Join @inthesetimes.com starting at 6 pm CST. RSVP at bit.ly/unions-for-all
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How Organized Tenants and Organized Workers Can Team Up to Win Big. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
A union at home and a union at work. Social housing that's union-backed and union-built. That's the exciting vision that labor and housing organizers in many parts of the country are working together ...
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In honor of Labor Day we've got a limited number of FREE, 1-year print subscriptions to @inthesetimes.com for ANY member of ANY union: www.inthesetimes.com/union. (We also have the same deal for DSA at www.inthesetimes.com/dsa)
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Union Members: Claim your free magazine subscription - In These Times
Are you a union member? If so, you're eligible for a free 10-issue subscription to In These Times magazine, one of the leading publications covering politics and the movement for workers' rights.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@mollycrabapple.bsky.social draws the left: the picket line, working people, the resistance to ICE, and the border. She draws them as reporting, as storytelling, and as movement work — not decoration. She just wrote a bestselling book. Her next big project is with @inthesetimes.com.
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Molly Crabapple's Next Major Project Is With In These Times
The celebrated artist and bestselling author of Here Where We Live Is Our Country will be the magazine's first Artist-at-Large in our 50-year history.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Any DSA member can get a free 1-year print subscription to In These Times. No credit card. No strings. Just great journalism. Sign up with the QR code in the image or going to www.inthesetimes.com/dsa
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Hey Chicago / folks going to @labornotes.bsky.social this week! What better way to cap off the week than hanging w/ us @inthesetimes.com for a 🔥🔥 afterparty!? Come to our live taping of Working People Sunday w/ me & the great @kimkelly.bsky.social @alexnpress.bsky.social & @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Come through @inthesetimes.com after Labor Notes Sunday for a live taping of WP @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social @alexnpress.bsky.social @kimkelly.bsky.social @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social +comedy w/ @atpburke.bsky.social & Lucia Whalen + jams from Tromblau &Friends! secure.actblue.com/donate/inthe...
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Several members of Congress are now calling for the release of Salah Sarsour from ICE Detention. “They took Salah Sarsour for apparently no reason other than his speaking out against Israel’s unjust war in Gaza and fighting for Palestinian rights,” said @markpocan.bsky.social. .
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Tomorrow, a judge will rule whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. In this op-ed @inthesetimes.com, @ramirez.house.gov eviscerates any measure of acceptance for their fascism. inthesetimes.com/article/rami...
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Ramirez: "The call for accountability must not go unanswered. We need an independent prosecutor."
Tomorrow, a judge will rule whether to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
How do we think May Day went? What's next for labor & justice movements? Join @inthesetimes.com May 5 for laughter w/@atpburke.bsky.social & discussion w/@delia.bsky.social @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Jackson Potter @ctulocal1.bsky.social Jasson Perez & @milesklassin.bsky.social RSVP for *free* tix
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We’ve got cheap office space for rent in Chicago! Schedule a time to talk at calendly.com/ari-bloomekatz or just DM. Less than $10/sq. ft.
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
We know enough to unequivocally condemn this latest war. inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
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Here's What We Know
We know that this is not about Iran’s people, it’s about Iran’s oil and wealth.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"Here's What We Know" — which is maybe everything we need to know right now from @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social "We know that this is not about Iran’s people, it’s about Iran’s oil and wealth." Read the rest below or @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/iran...
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Here's What We Know
We know that this is not about Iran’s people, it’s about Iran’s oil and wealth.
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I was in East Palestine this week for the 3-yr anniversary of one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Here's the compilation of testimonies residents in/around EP shared w/ me @therealnews.com I beg you to listen & share their stories w/ everyone you can therealnews.com/biden-trump-...
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Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH
“I'm pissed at how many people have forgotten about what happened here. I'm pissed that everybody thinks we're doing fine, that everything in East Palestine, OH, is good. It's not.”
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
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Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
[scoop] @sarahlazare.bsky.social with the story on a family speaking out after worker organizer in Minnesota has been abducted by ICE @inthesetimes.com | @workdaymagazine.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/work...
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Worker Organizer Abducted By Federal Agents in Minnesota
“It was just eerie to have to get in the car, drive it back to my house, knowing that I don't know when I'm going to be seeing my dad again.”
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A Staggering Number of Minnesotans Took to the Streets Friday to Demand ICE Leave. The Next Day ICE Responded by Killing Another Resident. by @thomasbirm.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com “How many more Americans need to die for this operation to end?” said Mayor Frey. inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
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A Staggering Number of Minnesotans Took to the Streets Friday to Demand ICE Leave. The Next Day, ICE Responded by Killing Another Resident.
Saturday morning marked the third shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. “How many more Americans need to die for this operation to end?” said Mayor Jacob Frey.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Margaret Vail Palmquist is one of my favorite artists bc she's brilliant and savage and a genius organizer all at the same time. She did a special series of illustrations about ICE that are deeply relevant to what's happening in MN today. Find them @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...
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"ICE Is Made Up of a Bunch of Cowards"
Artist Margaret Vail Palmquist eviscerates ICE in a series of illustrations over its abduction of a 5-year-old in the Minneapolis area earlier in the week.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
BREAKING: Faith leaders are blocking a key road outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport to demand ICE leave MN—& maybe stop abducting children and killing people... Follow @sarahlazare.bsky.social & @inthesetimes.com @workdaymagazine.bsky.social for updates. inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
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A Huge Group of Faith Leaders Are Blocking a Key Road Outside the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport
The major act of civil disobedience comes as throngs of residents are braving freezing temperatures to make their voices heard.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
8 ways to be like King for the struggle today—Coretta Scott King, that is —by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com with incredible art by Howard Barry inthesetimes.com/article/mlk-...
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“Always More Than a Label”: 8 Ways to Be Like King for the Struggle Today—Coretta Scott King, That Is
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
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Rebecca Burns @rebeccaburns.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The Chicago City Council just punted again on passing a corporate head tax to help fill a $1.2b gap. Beyond the excellent case from @etoddbreland.bsky.social here, one of the alternative proposals—aggressive debt collection—seems almost designed to fail... (🧵) inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
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There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, @etoddbreland.bsky.social outlines why there should be no debate about at least 2 things: 1. Would a corporate head tax be a "job killer"? Not likely. 2. Would a corporate head tax help Chicago's working families? It would. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
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There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@inthesetimes.com released a major investigation today w/ @typeinvestigations.org into horrifying “boarding homes” in Texas. Abuse. Neglect. Fraud. Death. A warning for the U.S. as Trump eyes cuts to Medicare. By Ottavia Spaggiari w/eds @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/texa...
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Nowhere to Go: Inside the Texas Boarding Home System Where Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation are Widespread
As the United States faces the largest healthcare cuts in its history, Texas presents a frightening vision of the future of long-term care.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
"Zohran Mamdani’s victory—a socialist, Muslim one—feels like a celebration of my New York." Mamdani wins & the first piece we're publishing to mark the historic election is from Columnist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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Zohran Mamdani Wins and It Is a Celebration of My New York
Mamdani will be New York City's first Muslim, socialist mayor. But his victory does—and should—mean much more.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
From Minneapolis to Seattle to New York, the 10 races across the country we're watching closely today—and that you should, too! inthesetimes.com/article/10-r...
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10 Races to Watch This Election Day
From New York to Texas, here are some of the most important decisions voters are making today.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It's highly likely I'm biased, but I think we have the best obituary of Dick Cheney anywhere, and it's all in one frame. From the incredible, 2x Pulitzer-Prize finalist @mattbors.bsky.social, who we're lucky to have as our @inthesetimes.com Comics Editor
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
This is a beautiful piece about Mamdani and working people by Luis Feliz Leon @inthesetimes.com. inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor
As Election Day nears, the Democratic mayoral candidate returns to his base among New York City’s multiracial working class.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Pres. Lynne Fox @sbworkersunited.org having a Muhammad Ali moment. Says "Starbucks is on the Ropes" and they better get back to the bargaining table or there might be a float like a butterfly and sting like a strike sort of situation. Op-ed @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/star...
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“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike
"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This i...
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago" by Lilia Fernández, UIC history professor for @inthesetimes.com "Organizers and residents have been, and are, largely moving forward with a mix of trepidation and defiance." 📷 Steel Brooks inthesetimes.com/article/mexi...
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Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago
“The important thing is that they’ve held it, they’re not intimidated, and we’re showing who we are and celebrating our history, our culture and our traditions."
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 09/09/2025
5/ In the primary, Mamdani won 7 of the 10 districts with the most rent-stabilized units. Turnout in majority-renter districts rose 7.5% on average, signaling the growing political power of tenants.
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The Real Estate Pity Party
Tenant power helped carry Zohran Mamdani to victory—and the landlord lobby is none too pleased.
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The World's Greatest Bait Shop, in Chicago's Montrose Harbor, joins the resistance.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“Yes, be brilliant. Be brilliant in your area.” — from my interview with @coribush.bsky.social at the @jvp.bsky.social national meeting inthesetimes.com/article/be-b...
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"Be Brilliant in Your Area"
An interview with Cori Bush
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
You don't want to miss this @inthesetimes.com roundtable w/student leaders organizing against the genocide. They're facing intense repression & they're taking hits, but they're not slowing down. Here they discuss how to sustain a movement under relentless repression inthesetimes.com/article/pale...
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The Student Movement for Palestine Continues, Despite Crackdowns
Students organizing to free Palestine discuss how to sustain a movement under relentless repression
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 12/05/2025
Today, we’re announcing our new agreement with @thenwu.bsky.social. Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media. Find the full agreement here: inthesetimes.com/article/itt-...
In These Times is proud to announce our new agreement with the National Writers Union.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
When the @actioninhighered.bsky.social did their "Day of Action" last year, they had something like 60 campuses involved, which was impressive. Tomorrow, they've got more than 170 campuses from across the country throwing down. Check out the map here: www.dayofactionforhighered.org#map
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A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 19/02/2025
Our March issue is now available. Read Alberto Toscano on the 21st century caesars steering global authoritarianism, Lauren Markham's reporting about Greece’s illegal war on migrants and more: inthesetimes.com/magazine/kin... Cover art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social.
Illustration of Elon Musk giving a salute to crowd at Trump's inauguration.
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Thank you @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social for hosting my first reflections on this day.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social: Has the fire ceased? After 467 days, will Gazan skies carry clouds & sun rather than bombs & death? Will history rewrite itself? Will those who stood silent claim to have been there all along by our sides? Will our memories be enough of a witness? Has the fire ceased?
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Has the Fire Ceased?
We will not stop until Palestine is free.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If you don't know much about Marilyn Sneiderman's impact on the labor movement—and even if you do—I urge you to read this piece from @sarahljaffe.bsky.social in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social. Sneiderman just retired, but her transformational impact is ongoing. A great read.
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“You Have To Shake Up the Status Quo”: Marilyn Sneiderman’s Struggle To Transform Labor
“Marilyn stands out as a leader who not only recruited disruptors but spent a lot of her time and effort trying to figure out how to defend and maintain the space for disruptors.”
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 07/01/2025
Wrote one more time about Adeel Mangi, and about the Democratic senators whose craven embrace of a vile Islamophobic smear campaign should follow them around for the rest of their political careers inthesetimes.com/article/adee...
Adeel Mangi deserved better from everyone involved: from the White House, which was evidently unprepared for the attacks on Mangi and unable to effectively defend him from them; from his Senate Democratic opponents, who would rather hand a life-tenured appeals court seat to Trump than confirm the victim of a bad-faith smear campaign; and even from his Senate Democratic supporters, who would rather shield their colleagues from the possibility of criticism than force them to take a mildly uncomfortable vote.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hard disagree! In my opinion, the best books are part of the effort of ushering in a new world to come, which means that the "book" as object itself is just part of what should be a larger organizing vehicle. Publishers never allocate $ to marketing, should be $ for organizing. Book project > Book
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This was from the first time I met and interviewed Nikki Giovanni. It was after the shootings at Virginia Tech. In that interview, and each time we met after (often at Eso Won), she was somehow one of the most compassionate and savage people I’ve ever crossed paths with. 💔
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
French antifa activists printed out Alberto Toscano's work in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social (edited by @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social), translated it and are passing it out at demos. That's how we do conversions.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 06/12/2024
“Let it be a tale” Refaat Alareer was murdered a year ago today, but he continues to inspire so many around the world. We are proud to be one of the first publications to print (w/permission) “If I Must Die,” alongside an Arabic translation @sinanantoon.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/refa...
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"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer
A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Yoon declared martial law & attempted a coup. South Koreans took the streets, parliament overturned it & tomorrow Yoon could be impeached. Cathi Choi explains the history & authoritarian context underpinning the moment. @WomenCrossDMZ @inthesetimesmag inthesetimes.com/article/yoon...
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After Failed Coup, South Korea's President Could Be Impeached Tomorrow
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law earlier this week. In response, a mass movement of South Koreans took to the streets to call for his resignation.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.”—Jason Wozniak of the Debt Collective with a scorching op-Ed in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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How to Beat the “King” of Debt at His Own Game
The Trump Administration will drive everyday Americans dramatically deeper in debt. But we can fight back.
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The wraparound cover of the next issue of @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social. Issue includes Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Maurice Mitchell, Bhaskar Sunkara, Kathryn Joyce, John Nichols + more. Get a 1-year subscription for $1/issue ($9.95): bit.ly/ABuckAnIssue
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Ari Bloomekatz @bloomekatz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“It remains true that people cannot stand the denial of freedom, and that’s what’s on the menu. Cohering opposition and organizing together are the recipe not just to resist, but to win.” inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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Out of the Ashes
Democratic failure gave rise to the second round of Trumpism. Collective action is the way out.
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