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Nick French @nickfrenchnyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

For Left Notes and @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social, I interviewed @ericblanc.bsky.social about his new book, with an eye to how we should understand “worker-to-worker organizing” in relation to older traditions of left-wing unionism. open.substack.com/pub/leftnote...

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Worker-Led Unionism in the 21st Century

We interviewed Eric Blanc about his new book to discuss what it will take to organize workers on a mass scale and reverse the US labor movement’s long decline.

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Neal Meyer @nealmeyer.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Not a lot to crow about from 2024, but I'm proud of the writing work @nickfrenchnyc.bsky.social and I did. Check out some of the highlights from our year taking notes for the left. www.left-notes.com/p/left-notes...

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Left Notes’ 2024 in Review

This year was less a year for the record books and more a year for the dustbin of history — at least from the point of view of left-wing politics. But we’re looking back on it anyway.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Grocery prices are out of control. 1 in 4 NYC kids isn't getting enough to eat. Local government must act. Today I'm announcing a major new proposal to lower costs and tackle price gouging: city-owned grocery stores. More at @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/n...

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N.Y.C. Grocery Prices Are High. Could City-Owned Stores Help? (Gift Article)

A New York City mayoral candidate wants the city to open its own, more affordable grocery stores. The idea has gained momentum in Chicago and other cities.

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Adam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Anne in 2002 you called for the killing of Palestinian journalists for the crime of simply making Israel and the US look bad. This year Israel, consistent with your position, has killed 150+ journalists in Gaza. Is it your opinion that killing Palestinian journalists “suppresses real journalism”?

Kill the Messenger
Why Palestine radio and TV studios are fair targets in the Palestine/Israeli war.
BY ANNE APPLEBAUM
JAN 21, 2002 • 1:49 PM

-the official Palestinian media is the right place for Israel to focus its ire. In fact, in the reporting of the Middle East conflict, which almost always focuses on yesterday's violence and today's body count, the crucial role of the Voice of Palestine-the official broadcasting arm of the Palestinian Authority-has often been overlooked.

tinians, part of what it takes to establish a credible state. Until then, the Voice of Palestine will remain what it has become: a combatant-and therefore a legitimate target—in

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Neal Meyer @nealmeyer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hell ya Bernie: "I think that what Osborn did should be looked at as a model... He took on both parties... [W]here people can run in the Dem primary and win, that’s fine. Where it is more advantageous to run as an independent... we should do that..." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties

Politics / Q&A / November 26, 2024 Bernie Sanders: We Need More Working-Class Candidates to Challenge Both Parties The senator says in this exclusive interview that challengers to status quo politics ...

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Neal Meyer @nealmeyer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Training what Gramsci called "permanent persuaders" — party activists who constantly are organizing their neighbors/coworkers/friends — is a critical political task. Volunteers knocking on strangers' doors and having 30 second convos at election time isn't enough. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it

Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change

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Nick French @nickfrenchnyc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I wrote some reflections on the deep roots of Trumpism’s success in the US today, beyond the particular campaign failures that Democrats are now agonizing over www.left-notes.com/p/trump-rawl...

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like?

A manifestly unfair, hypocritical, atomized society is a perfect breeding ground for right-wing pathologies. Curing them means figuring out how to inject some badly needed doses of solidarity.

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