Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Job growth! www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comTrump tried to dismantle Voice of America. Now the government is paying to rebuild it.A watchdog found USAGM is rehiring staff, restoring contracts and replacing systems after cuts meant to save taxpayers money. 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A grocery store stocker to he is putting generic store brand food up onto the shelf at about twice the rate he was a year ago. I thought this was such an interesting view into an economy and peoples spending/anxiety. What economic or social indicators do you see through your job? 000
Reposted by GwenCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 11/09/2026Sen. Ted Cruz warned Thursday that Democratic rhetoric was fueling political hate and violence. During the same speech, a rallygoer shouted that three Democrats Cruz named “should be shot.” Cruz has yet to publicly address it.commondreams.orgTed Cruz Silent After GOP Rallygoer Shouts That Dems 'Should Be Shot' Three TimesDuring the same speech, Cruz tied left-wing rhetoric to the 9/11 attacks, the murder of Charlie Kirk, and assassination attempts against Trump. 42412
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026You can't talk about "the working class" without talking about moms. Working-class policy = family policy. My latest: workingclassstories.substack.com/p/the-things...workingclassstories.substack.comThe things moms need.Fighting for paid family leave in Pennsylvania, and everywhere. 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026How, and why, small towns are leading the fight against big data. workingclassstories.substack.com/p/small-town...workingclassstories.substack.comSmall Towns Defy Big TechWorking class people across the country are pushing back against data centers -- and winning 001
Reposted by GwenIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 19/08/2026Strong unions raise the bar for everyone, including workers without a union. As @hshierholz.bsky.social writes, they establish “broad standards that employers must follow to get and keep the workers they need.” That’s why union power is an affordability issue.inthesetimes.comAffordability's Key Ingredient Is Union PowerTripling union membership would raise wages, reduce inequality and strengthen communities. Policymakers should take note. 0196
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The tiny town of Lochbuie, Colorado, passes the biggest data center moratorium yet--- how the mayor and residents worked together to get it done. workingclassstories.substack.com/p/the-future...workingclassstories.substack.comThe future should be ours to choose.Taking the growth of their town into their own hands, these Colorado residents pass a data center moratorium. 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026What do you do when the water in your town is too dirty to drink? You organize. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comBad Water/Good OrganizingHow the residents of Three Rivers pressured their local government to fix the water and fix the pipes in town. *With updates from our story last year* 000
Reposted by GwenEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026NEW: I wrote for MSNBC about how Madison Square Garden turning off their facial recognition cameras for Taylor Swift is a perfect encapsulation of our dystopian present: where the wealthy can use surveillance to consolidate power, and the rest of us live in a privately owned panopticon.ms.nowTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce got to buy MSG's privacy. Her fans aren't so lucky.Reports that Madison Square Garden temporarily shut off its facial recognition system for Swift’s wedding expose a glaring problem with how the elite wield and control mass surveillance. 232282774
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026These data center fights are fascinating because of their scale, but also because they’re successfully bringing out grassroots coalitions of local residents across race, class, and ideological lines. Latest: open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comWe didn't ask for any of this.Working-class people in small towns across America are fighting the construction of data centers. I traveled to Rural Hall, NC, to find out why so many people are showing up over this issue. 001
Reposted by GwenAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Timely reminder: Authoritarians lie to be repeated - to force us to have their conversation instead of our own. If you're debunking the claims, you're giving them airtime. 12677242
Reposted by GwenCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 10/07/2026"This move is another pathetic attempt to sow doubt in our elections."commondreams.org'A Pathetic Power Grab': Trump Purges Bipartisan Election Assistance Commission"This move undermines the integrity of nonpartisan election administration," said Arizona's secretary of state. 11918
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Nary a biscuit nor sweet tea in sight, how weird. Aside: I kinda want someone to call me Hillbilly Loaf, but in a cute way. 160
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 07/07/2026“For all the pandering and blathering on about the 'working class,' there is a telling absence of policy that supports the women who, increasingly, are the rank and file backbones of our economy.” @gwenfulton.bsky.social workingclassstories.substack.com/p/women-are-...workingclassstories.substack.comWomen are the working class.Politicians who want our vote should be making policy that acknowledges this. 022
Reposted by GwenIn These Times @inthesetimes.com · 04/07/2026Americans are paying more for the basics of a Fourth of July cookout: beef, potato salad, strawberries, ice pops, foil and even disposable forks. Reports point to Trump’s tariffs, foreign wars and failure to confront corporate power.inthesetimes.comYour 4th of July BBQ Is More Expensive Due to Trump's Policies, Reports Claim“Thanks to Trump’s tariffs and foreign wars, Americans won’t find any independence from inflation this Fourth of July.” 0135
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I'm just not sure that people see the US as place to get help or with a solid future anymore so Stephen Miller's fears seem a little... outdated? 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I don't know if "birth tourism" is or isnt a thing. But I do have an increasing number of friends who who have traveled out of the US to give birth, both because its less expensive to do this with often better care but also to get their children dual citizenship in countries that offer better help. 111
Reposted by GwenCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 02/07/2026Want to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster? Look to Arkansas | Why wiishful thinking and wildly unrealistic assumptions will not magically make a horrible policy a good one.commondreams.orgWant to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster? Look to ArkansasWishful thinking and wildly unrealistic assumptions will not magically make a horrible policy a good one. 32120
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026It's through organizing that we have achieved all our wins. From unionizing textile plants to regulating hog waste to suffrage to Medicaid expansion to the current fights against data centers, organizing has always moved us ahead. Reflecting on the 250th for Beacon Media:open.substack.comGwen Frisbie-Fulton: This July 4th, a look back — and forward — at North Carolina’s collective powerNorth Carolina’s history is replete with examples of how community organizing made life better for so many of our communities. Does N.C.’s past hold the blueprint for a better collective future? 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Over the last year, I've been following the organizing of gamers... yes, gamers. A world I knew nothing about but keep getting impressed by. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comGamers band together to protect their digital neighborhoods from corporate profitsGaming isn't antisocial- in fact, gamers are behind our most rapidly growing third space. 010
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Revisiting this project in Roswell, NM, where local residents figured out a brilliant solution to the low housing stock for low-income renters. Turns out, community really is the solution. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.com"We never would have come up with this solution if we hadn't been talking to our neighbors and walking through the neighborhoods.The residents of a small desert city find a solution to the local housing shortage. 000
Reposted by GwenMisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Thomas House of Dublin exhibiting the pro-human solidarity that all of us should demonstrate. 491523218
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I visited a group of folks in Indiana who had recently put on a Fix-it-Fair. Not only did their neighbors get broken items repaired, but the organizers of the event got to reach out to a bunch of new people to help them put it on. Community organizing at its best. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comThe Fixers of Lake StationA Rust Belt community in northern Indiana figures out a way to fix what's broken. 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Ohio Organizing Collective, which does political and voter engagement activities, was raided by the FBI yesterday. They built this website to explain what is happening: www.handsoffohio.orghandsoffohio.orgHANDS OFF OHIO!Federal agents raided offices connected to the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a leading Ohio voting rights organization. Learn what happened, why it matters, and how you can stand up for democracy and... 012
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I ran into him at a country buffet after his Siler City NC rally back in 2000 or 2001. One of my.... brushes with fame? 020
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A story for all the working class women out there. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comWomen are the working class.Politicians who want our vote should be making policy that acknowledges this. 010
Reposted by GwenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/05/2026Local election officials fully expect ICE to show up to intimidate liberal voters.wired.comElection Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the PollsThe Trump administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they're arrested. 48650
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I can't assume another's intentions, of course. But regardless, thats not what's happening here with The Dorothea Project. 000
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I'm continually surprised at projects willing to stay small. They don't do outreach beyond their existing circles; don't seem to want to be more than than their comfortable few, then complain about how nothing changes. I wonder to myself "maybe they are invested in being a small, vangaurdist few." 100
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In its most basic form, thats what organizing is about: growing. Inviting more people in, connecting more communities, finding what we share, what we want, and fighting for it together. 100
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In a year, The Dorothea Project has grown from 12 women meeting on a Zoom call to over 1000 taking action across 47 states. Even more impressively, they are women across generations, regions, and political ideology. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.com"What we have is a common language."Women organizing with The Dorothea Project are finding connection through faith and across political divides. 100
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026For my latest in The Nation, I talk about how when the rich rob the poor, it's just shrugged away as business as usual. www.thenation.com/article/econ...thenation.comEverything Is a ScamOur economy allows poor and working people to be shafted every day—does anyone care? 0185
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I've always owned my houses and the men I've dated haven't. Can you imagine dating a dude who didn't think you owning a house was awesome? 020
Reposted by GwenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/05/2026“No one gives a sh*t about housing.” “If [gas prices] rise, they rise.” "I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation." Millions are struggling with the cost of food, housing, and other basic necessities. 70% of U.S. adults say the American Dream is dead. And this is how Trump responds? 1041979608
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026In Idaho, a group of moms is carving out time to help each other with chores, to free up time to "do politics" together, too. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comBuild Your Village"Maybe we aren't as alone as we think we are," says Heidi Borland, who has set out to build a community of moms in her hometown. 000
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 10/05/2026Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers everywhere… wagingnonviolence.org/2026/05/moth...wagingnonviolence.orgMothers are the most underestimated force for changeWhile many proclaim that our species is doomed, the everyday work of mothers and caregivers shows that a better world is possible. 012
Reposted by GwenCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 09/05/2026As West Virginia advocate and researcher Cathy Cunkel told me, the data center issue “isn’t about Left vs. Right, it’s about Up vs. Down.”commondreams.orgVirginia's Data Center Alley Reveals Big Tech's Vision for AmericaTheir behavior reveals an air of entitlement to turn any community they choose into another noisy, polluting data center hub, extracting massive resources and tax breaks in the process. 0149
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 06/05/2026“Women are a secret weapon against authoritarianism. They always have been.” @wagingnonviolence.org wagingnonviolence.org/aei/2026/04/...wagingnonviolence.orgWhy authoritarianism fears women — and why it shouldThe fact that today’s movements against authoritarianism are heavily women and youth led is grounds for real hope. 022
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Every organizing meeting I go to, every protest, every public comment period; On the frontlines and behind the scenes, moms are showing up regardless of how busy they might be. Here it is published in the Nevadian: thenevadannews.com/local/the-bu...thenevadannews.comThe busiest people in the room are moms, and they’re changing the world -Gwen Frisbie-Fulton heralds the moms who are packing lunches, paying bills, and powering the community movements that matter. 010
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 06/05/2026“Most of the businesses offered to low-income and working-class neighborhoods—and increasingly small, rural towns—are predatory, scammy, and trap us in terrible cycles.” @gwenfulton.bsky.social workingclassstories.substack.com/p/everything...workingclassstories.substack.comEverything is a ScamOur economy allows poor and working people to be shafted every day- does anyone care? 021
Reposted by GwenRadical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos. 17370752970
Reposted by GwenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics. 273111874100
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 02/05/2026My piece on using research to expose your opponent's weaknesses: “…power is more like a web than a monolith, & while your opponent may seem powerful, their power is not intrinsic, but rather derives from other people & institutions they cannot fully control.” wagingnonviolence.org/2026/04/powe...wagingnonviolence.orgWhy power analysis is key to fighting ICEDeep research is key to identifying ICE’s pillars of support and building the power necessary to topple them. 0115
Reposted by GwenNonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 02/05/2026Thousands of teachers, parents and students marched yesterday in Raleigh to demand the state spend more money on education. North Carolina ranks dead last in school funding, while politicians dole out billions in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy. @wearencae.bsky.social @surj.org 034
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I have passkeys for my authenticator and authenticators for my passkeys, and all I ever wanted to do was go live in the woods. 010
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A story about the time my neighbor pawned my saw and why working class folks aren't nearly as shocked at the grift at the top of government as you are. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...open.substack.comEverything is a ScamOur economy allows poor and working people to be shafted every day- does anyone care? 131
Gwen @gwenfulton.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Excited to share my new column for The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comHow Working People Are the Canaries in the Coal MineWhile it’s nice that politicians are finally talking about the “affordability crisis,” working folks are wondering: Where have you been? 0134
Reposted by GwenRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system. 566214487429