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Cal C.

@librarysoviet.bsky.social
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Library worker, freelance journalist, & labor organizer living in the DMV. Member of IWW FJU, DMV EWOC, & AFSCME District Council 20. For popular education & workers' control. freelancejournalistsunion.org linktr.ee/DMV_EWOC

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Porco Rossolini @porcorossolini.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Boosting yall still haven’t gotten any donations Hoping for some tonight but thanks for boosting yall.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 26/09/2026
Starbucks is ending their DEI initiatives nationwide. If you’re a customer, BOYCOTT STARBUCKS. If you’re a Starbucks worker, organize your union to protect you and your coworkers before things get even worse.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
if a thing that you believe would require dozens or hundreds of people to be "in on a coverup" you should probably question the thing that you believe. most injustice happens right out in the open. the gears of late capitalism aren't really all that hidden. we don't need to make shit up.
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Solidarity with the workers at Dark Horse Comics who just formed a union with CWA! Follow them at @darkhorseunion.bsky.social.
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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Today in #LaborHistory 5/26/1824: #Women & girls led 1st recorded factory #strike in US history at Slater Mill, Pawtucket. Other workers & community members joined them in #solidarity. #workingclass #strike #sabotage #childlabor #children #solidarity #GeneralStrike
A spinning mule in Slater Mill. By Bestbudbrian - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35495051
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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Today in #LaborHistory 5/26/1937: Little Steel #strike began in #Ohio. >600 picketed Republic’s mill in #Cleveland. #NationalGuard crushed the strike in #Youngstown, Canton, #Cleveland. #Police killed 10 strikers at Republic Steel in #Chicago, in the #MemorialDay #Massacre.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn
The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"I just think we're living in a police state and it's getting worse." www.npr.org/2026/03/17/n...
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ICE's detention expansion meets resistance in communities across the political spectrum
Last year ICE got $45 billion from Congress over four years to expand its detention footprint. Many towns and cities are pushing back.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
People saying "Epstein class" makes me extremely itchy. Feels similar to the "anti-bankers" and "anti-globalizers" discourse that evolved pretty consistently into anti-semitism. Its not just this one portion of the ruling class who benefit from both child abuse and fascism
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/03/2026
The West is marshalling all this effort and tearing any pretence of international law to shreads all to empower an apartheid state that has been openly committing genocide for the past several years. Any notion the West was some kind of moral arbiter of the world is dead and buried.
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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 18/02/2026
Despite being back at work, Kickstarter is retaliating against our teammates for our legally-protected strike action from last year. Tell Kickstarter’s CEO this is both ILLEGAL and UNACCEPTABLE
Reinstate our teammates now!
Kickstarter is retaliating against our union members for our legally-protected strike action in October 2025.
Four union members have been laid off or forced to leave our union by leadership, despite clear business needs for these members' roles.
Email Kickstarter's CEO and tell him this is illegal and unacceptable!
e@kickstarter.com
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The organized, collective efforts of working people in MN forced ICE, CBP, & other DHS goons to leave the state. Direct action gets the goods!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
dark times ahead. but we are going to win
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 27/01/2026
Border Patrol shot someone in Arizona this morning outside Arivaca. The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are not unusual. Border Patrol agents have killed hundreds of people over the past few years. We know about Renee and Alex because Border Patrol was deployed in a city, in front of cameras.
southernborder.org
Fatal Encounters with CBP
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Union siblings, UNITE Here Local 17 in Minnesota is supporting local members who are staying home to avoid getting abducted. These are hospitality workers, a majority of whom are immigrants and/or POC. You can contribute to their mutual aid fund here:
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
UNITE HERE Local #17 Hardship Fund | Working Partnerships
Help Working Partnerships meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
look at them. murderers itching to murder again but these people chose to stay, to film, to witness, to risk being next, to risk having their families targeted, their names dragged through the mud before their bodies are even cold. i wish they did not have to be brave but i'm grateful that they are.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 07/01/2026
#OtD 7 Jan 1977 200 residents of the Nou Barris district of Barcelona broke into an asphalt plant and occupied it. They destroyed equipment and soon turned it into the collectively-run Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris cultural centre. More info and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7538...
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 08/12/2025
The reason you know as much as you do about the Palestinian genocide is because Palestinians themselves decided to flood the internet with its gore, intentionally.
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Randall In Olympia, occasional guest star: Junior the cat 🐈 @olyrg360.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#Workers #UnionYes #UnionStrong #Solidarity #StopMergers #Mergers #Netflix #WarnerBrosDiscovery #AntiTrust
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In wage-theft alone, #billionaires *steal* from U.S. workers between $15-$50 billion/yr. Undocumented #workers in the U.S. *contribute* between $30–$35 billion/yr. in combined federal, state, and local taxes. #ImmigrantsAreNotTheEnemy #OligarchsAreTheEnemy Act accordingly.
In wage-theft alone, #billionaires steal from U.S. workers between $15-$50 billion/yr.

Undocumented #workers in the U.S. contribute between $30–$35 billion/yr. in combined federal, state, and local taxes.  

#ImmigrantsAreNotTheEnemy
#OligarchsAreTheEnemy

Act accordingly.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
For some reason this hasn’t got much coverage, and the coverage it has got has been poor, but it’s a massive threat to a resource that is so special for so many of us.
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
My friend, @melbuer.bsky.social is spot on -- late stage capitalist austerity has decimated journalism as an industry, especially here in the U.S. I had to switch careers 8 years ago because gentrification in the DMV has far out-paced the average staffer salary for most media companies.
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
1. You lie and actively make the world a worse place with every word you utter, and the six-figure substack will be gravy on your staff position at a legacy outlet 2. You try to do good journalism and spend your life wondering what it's like to have health insurance hmm, maybe needs a 3rd choice
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Trump admin once again takes a page from Mussolini's playbook. We can only hope that he and his fascist cronies will share the same fate as "Il Duce."
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TEFL Workers' Union @teflunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We've got a message for Malvern House: We ❤️ Jeff! And this isn't going away until Jeff has his job back! Show all the Malvern House teachers some ❤️ by donating to their fighting fund: shorturl.at/E... #solidarity #union #WorkersRights #strike
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/09/2025
This narrative that ICE has "backed off" Chicago persists despite a flood of bystander video and reports showing an unprecedented and growing wave of masked terrorists violently kidnapping Illinoisians off the streets in Chicago. I can only assume our media ecosystem is to blame for this.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🚨 Texas National Guard just began "Operation Vigilant Horizon," activating response forces in support of the southern border security mission, Army source tells me. If you're with the Texas National Guard + have any newsworthy info, text me securely via Signal at 202-510-1268
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 05/09/2025
An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.
How to report ICESALUTE acronym with instructions
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Even Adam Smith hated landlords!
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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
1/9 🇨🇦 ✈️ AIR CANADA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DEFY GOVERNMENT ORDER, WIN HISTORIC LABOR VICTORY ✈️ 🇨🇦 Union leaders risk jail time to challenge federal "misuse of power" - and force breakthrough on unpaid work. The Tyee reports on constitutional crisis. #AirCanada #LaborRights
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I'm disappointed that no one tried to trip these fascist shitstains. These fuckwits talk a big game for 2 lilywhite dorks who need armed guards to protect them from the so-called "crazy communists" at Union Station. Fucking wimps, dude.
theguardian.com
JD Vance booed during hamburger handout to national guard troops in DC
US vice-president, at Washington’s Union Station with Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth, defends use of troops in area with less crime
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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
❗️ALERT❗️ ICE making arrests at 8th & H St NE! Stay clear of the area! If you see someone being detained, get their name, date of birth, & a person to contact. You can DM us to coordinate getting that info to legal support
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
If cops & the National Guard think they can "do whatever the hell they want" to DC residents (to quote Trump), then they should respect an in-kind response. If you act like Gestapo, you will be treated accordingly, & you might ultimately suffer the same fate as those of the SS guards at Dachau.
theguardian.com
Trump seizes control of Washington DC police and deploys national guard
President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
People who "lean left" but "respect" MGT for calling out Israel for the wrong reasons remind me of some old college acquaintances who were into sustainable agriculture and "green" living but also liked Ron Paul. Those people became eco-fascists.
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
These legacy media outlets dehumanized the Palestinian people long before Israel launched their genocidal "war" in Gaza. Many have forgotten how these outlets gushed over Mussolini & dismissed criticism of Hitler & the Nazis. This time, we must not allow them to escape justice.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 30/07/2025
You do not “gotta hand it to” Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Me since 2003 or so.
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Tim W RESISTS @tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2025
I just learned today that public defenders in Massachusetts are engaged in a #strike over pay, saying they're not being paid a living wage for their work. If we don't pay our public defenders fairly, how can anything in the criminal justic system be remotely fair? Come on MA Legislature, pay […]
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
NICE.
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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 16/06/2025
Stee-rike! Concession workers at Fenway Park vote to authorize a walkout www.universalhub.com/2025/stee-ri... #Boston #strike #RedSox
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Cal C. @librarysoviet.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is what anti-fascist community defense looks like. Abolish ICE! ¡Chinga la migra!
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No Gods No Masters 🔥🏴 @no-gods-no-masters.com · 02/06/2025
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
no obscenely wealthy owner of resources and capital is #hardworking It is a myth perpetuated by the #rulingclass Only the #workers work hard
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#Birmingham #strike
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Palestinians #strike across West Bank and East Jerusalem to protest Israel’s war on Gaza youtu.be/VfNwuwO4YNQ
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Palestinians strike across West Bank and East Jerusalem to protest Israel’s war on Gaza
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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