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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 28/03/2026

Tribune photojournalist Francisco Kjolseth captured this time lapse footage of the No Kings protest march and rally at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Read the story here: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/03...

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hello blue sky! It's been a minute. I had trouble signing back in...glad to be back!

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 26/04/2025

Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil are political prisoners being subjected to medical neglect, sleep deprivation, and inadequate meals. This is chilling, harrowing, and Donald Trump’s cruelty is the point. We visited them to shine a light on these violations of their rights.

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

www.youtube.com/live/ydiwPd8... We have s tried and true alternative to billionaire-take-all and authoritarianism: co-ops share power and benefits! If you are in Massachusetts please amplify the Opportunity to Own campaign and budget for Worker Ownership!! #cooperativema

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We have a tried and true answer for crises of the moment: cooperative institutions share decisions, profits and power... the opposite of billionaire-take-all extractive business and authoritarianism. Pls support if in MA: secure.everyaction.com/1emUXFDNC0eL... www.youtube.com/live/ydiwPd8...

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Contact your MA Legislators and Leadership: Preserve Local Business Support Worker Co-ops!

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REI Union @reiunion.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

REI’s Board of Directors election recently kicked off, and we need you to vote NO to help us hold REI accountable for abandoning its values. If you’re an REI member, please visit VoteNoREI.com and make your voice heard as a member today!

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

REAL co-ops are led by principles not profit. Key among the co-op principles are DEMOCRACY and CARE FOR COMMUNITY, begining care care for needs & rights of the workers. REAL CO-OPS DONT UNION BUST!! REI members vote "withold" on all candidates in this sham election. I did. ourrei.com #cooperativema

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

FEMINISTS STAND WITH PALESTINE!

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Always love when the Mallard fan gets involved.

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Worker co-ops are the antithesis of authoritarianism and billionaire-take-all: in co-ops workers make decisions together, sharing profits, power and benefits. In these divided times, employee ownership tends to have bi-partisan support...we can all cooperate on co-ops! #cooperativema

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey. If black-masked thugs can disappear her right off the street in broad daylight.... They can do it to you too.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

www.wellesleyorganizedacademicworkers.org

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WOAW-UAW

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Our students stand with the union! www.instagram.com/reel/DHt2keM...

Wellesley students on the union picket line share their experiences with teaching faculty!

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

With the Wellsley Organized Academic Workers #WOAW-UAW 💕 Student Learning over Corporate Earning!!!

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

WOAW-UAW now

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 26/03/2025

Last week, Trump revoked a policy prohibiting federal contractors from having segregated facilities. Today, Republicans are opposing my amendment to ban segregation. They literally want to take America back to Jim Crow. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2WbyXJK/

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TikTok video by Rep. Pressley

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NPR @npr.org · 20/03/2025

Hospitals in Gaza are struggling to respond to the surge of injured patients pouring in one day after Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas. Dr. Razan al-Nahhas describes the scene as 'pure chaos.' (via @wbur.org)

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'Nowhere is safe': Doctor in Gaza describes scenes of 'nonstop' injuries after Israel ends ceasefire

Israel is continuing to bombard Gaza, one day after declaring the ceasefire with Hamas over and launching a series of surprise airstrikes.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

OK, gonna throw this spicy bomb out there. If you're fortunate enough to have disposable income, then right now it is your duty to use that income wisely. You have agency over how you spend it and you should own how you spend it. Your decisions do, in fact, affect stock prices of big corporations.

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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If the secretary of state can simply declare a legal permanent resident deportable based on their constitutionally protected activities, the First Amendment no longer applies to noncitizens. New online by Wadie E. Said: www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

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The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil - Dissent Magazine

If the secretary of state can simply declare a legal permanent resident deportable based on their constitutionally protected activities, the First Amendment no longer applies to noncitizens.

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sarahassefa.bsky.social @sarahassefa.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Meklit was in town last month, and very enchanting! Amidst all going on she reminds us, "We are here to immagine what the future looks like" 🌍 (beautiful challenge!). She sang ከመከም (kemekem/ I love your afro youtu.be/qC8feW4gomo?... ) and sweet love songs to her child m.youtube.com/watch?v=R_vp...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized. Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits. Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.

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The Truth About Privatization | Robert Reich

Robert Reich explains why using the private sector for government services can have negative consequences. Watch More: 7 Economics Fundamentals ►► https://youtu.be/utuX4_uD5lE

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Companies like Walmart and Amazon operate as plutocratic entities. The wealthiest shareholders wield the most control over decisions that impact millions of people on a daily basis. Is economic and political power by and for the rich compatible with democracy? Absolutely not.

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil and voting rights activist who fought for social and economic justice for Black Americans in the 60s and 70s. Hamer founded the Freedom Farm Cooperative in 1969 as well as a sewing co-op to empower her community with economic independence and self-sufficiency.

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Biography: Fannie Lou Hamer

Activist Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements. Read more at womenshistory.org.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/02/2025

A protester unfurled a combined Palestinian and Sudanese flag on the field during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. The NFL said in a statement that the person was part of the 400-member field cast. nyti.ms/3CVV6Au

A person stands on a black car holding a green, black, red and white flag with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” on it. Dozens of people are dancing onstage nearby. Photo credit: Emily Kask for The New York Times.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Antifa stickers spotted in Upstate New York

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We've been talking about urban policies in class this week and one thing I don't think we ask enough when people claim the private sector is more efficient is "what about the inefficiency of profit?" Like, that's resources right off the top you have to give to someone instead of using for the work.

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thatpeskylawyer.bsky.social @thatpeskylawyer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trying this again with the actual thing I’m posting about. Anyone who speaks up for Palestinian rights? “Anti-Semitic!!” Actual Nazi salute by a guy who openly supports a party founded by ex-Nazis in Germany? “Awkward gesture.”

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

When workers earn a living wage, they can lead a life free from constant struggle. The increase in purchasing power boosts business revenues, enabling companies to expand and hire more people to participate in the economy. This creates a positive cycle of growth that raises living standards for all.

Working people deserve a living wage.

When workers earn more, they spend more. Business revenues increase, allowing them to expand and hire additional workers. More people are able to enter the workforce and earn money, further increasing the aggregate demand for goods and services in the economy. Both workers and businesses benefit through this positive cycle of economic and job growth. As workers have greater purchasing power, they are able to buy more and healthier goods, supporting a more healthy society that is less reliant on the healthcare system. This frees up resources for doctors and hospitals to treat people more efficiently, further contributing to a healthy population.

Contrast this with an economy of workers that earn poverty and slave wages. More of the wealth is funneled to the already rich, who tend to save a greater proportion of their income than those who are poor. Less money is circulating between disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, decreasing their purchasing power and living standards. Businesse revenues decrease, causing a contraction as workers are laid off to compensate for the loss in profit. This is a recessionary cycle that decreases living standards for most people. This occured during the Great Depression and Great Recession.

A living wage is moral and logical.

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