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Steven Robinson

@srobin21.bsky.social
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I am a life long socialist. Have spent 42 years practicing law on behalf of workers and tenants.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10h
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 11h
Thanks for the correction. A-4s did engage in bombing targets, such as bridges & power plants in North Vietnam per the National Naval Museum website.
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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌞🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🇳🇫🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 14h
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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Israeli settlers take Palestinian olives, and their harvest traditions
As Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 13h
The lionization of John McCain is sickening. Like Lindsey Graham he never met a war he didn't like. War hero? Sat in the cockpit of a B52 that was raining death on Vietnamese peasants. Lucky he wasn't lynched when plane shot down. Agree his blocking of AHA repeal was a very good thing.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 13h
I don't know about the Musk comparison - it may be true. What I understand is that the German political leadership considered socialists & trade unions a bigger problem than Nazis & thought they could tame Hitler. There are parallels today, notably in France where Macron fears kids more than LaPen
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 14h
Dr. Phil is having hard times. He is in bankruptcy after a business deal with TBN went sour. Now he is on tv selling home warranties & sleep aid supplements. Karma I say!
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 14h
Actually, the first thing Hitler did when he became chancellor was to open camps & filled them with socialists & trade union activists OTOH one difference is that Trump won two elections. Hitler was never elected.
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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 16h
As signs that Trump's "relatively strong economy" is "roaring ahead," Axios offers as bright spots GDP growth (which is 1.5 percentage points slower than under Biden) and the labor market (averaging 35,000 new jobs a month, vs. 329,000 a month under Biden). fair.org/home/axios-l...
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Axios Looks for Silver Lining in Trump’s Tinfoil Economy
"Voters don't care." Axios writes, that "the economy's not that bad." Axios doesn't seem to care about giving voters an accurate picture of Trump's economy.
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 15h
fresh audio product: • Sam Stein, author of A Right to Housing?, investigates that proposition skeptically • Natasha Lennard, author of Un/Certainty, talks about how doubt can be a mask for certainty www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 18h
In the U.S., centrists or liberals are worse because they use their work as weapons to foster political myth Schlesinger JR, Doris Kearns Goodwin & McCullough (Truman) come to mind. Except for some neocons, U.S. right wingers produce fewer prominent historians.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 18h
Harris could have neutralized the impact of Gaza on her campaign by doing what Humphrey did with Vietnam in 1968. In late Oct he broke with LBJ on Vietnam & had a surge of support. Nearly got elected. Later regretted not doing it sooner. Could have beat Nixon. Too bad Harris didn't learn the lesson
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 19h
George Floyd & anti ICE protesters had/have jobs too but they still took to the streets on a moments notice.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 19h
Not true! When George Floyd was murdered by Cops the entire country exploded, coast 2 coast. People demonstrated in their millions. Same scale with Kent State/Jackson state shootings. Same but on smaller scale with Occupy Wall Street. Locally in Minneapolis. Problem is liberal No Kings organizers.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 19h
By politicians we vote for. Even so called "good guys." Obama had the votes to outlaw right to work & Taft Hartley in 2009 -2010 but Dem Senators resisted & Obama didn't push it.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
Love it. Reminds me of what our grandparents called Hoovervilles back in the early 1930s.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
I forward this with grim foreboding.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
LOL. The Halloween witch is one to talk as one sees Halloween merchandise on store shelves as early as August.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
The Puritans in Crimwell's day banned the observance of Christmas. They considered the revelry to be unchristian. The ban also applied to New England as well and, at least there, persisted long after Cromwell.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
Maricarmen vive!
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 21h
www.democracynow.org/2026/10/8/ma...
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“She Put Her Body on the Line”: Maricarmen, 87, Dies; Her Eviction Sparked Spain Housing Protests
The 87-year-old pensioner in Spain whose eviction from her lifelong home sparked nationwide protests has died. María del Carmen Abascal, better known as Maricarmen, died on Wednesday just hours before...
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 22h
Barely any mention on this thread of all the Iranians killed in this war of aggression, especially the 120 + school girls. Yeah, losing military equipment is bad but murder is murder.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 22h
And what else do you call a war of aggression? Especially without a Congressional declaration of war or UN resolution?
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 22h
Lame duck Macron attempting to impose an austerity budget on French students. Youth have risen in protests joined by teachers, parents & labor. Those protests are growing in strength.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 22h
www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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France: Workers mobilise to support inspiring school student revolt
There were vibrant mass demonstrations in dozens of French towns, on October 6, as five of the nation's six main trade union confederations mobilised in support of the escalating school student moveme...
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 22h
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Justice Democrats announce new executive director
Rev. Hodari Williams will succeed co-founder Alexandra Rojas in leading the progressive PAC.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 23h
This definitely is interference, undoubtedly, supported by Trump. The case of Quebec is different than the other two as it is French speaking & may have suffered oppression from English historically. In the past there has been demands for Quebec independent or autonomy. Musk is not so motivated.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rape does not bother the MAGA voter nor, apparently, does a war of aggression. 120 murdered school girls? No big deal.
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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌞🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🇳🇫🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OTOH, decent harvest in California with the vagaries of weather (Less of a glut in grapes) But long term, varietals no longer viable in traditional regions. Will have to move north (champagne style wine priduced in England). Wine consumption way down (in U.S.). Hard times for industry.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Their businesses should be expropriated with the profits being used for the public good. Taxpayers paid for the internet, which made them rich. They also use public infrastructure for their businesses so why shouldn't the public (us) get the benefits?
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Dr. J.M. Thompson (Jim) @jthompson61.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Loyalty is for loved ones. Charity is for strangers. Patriotism is to enslave.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The way in which California Democrats have fallen in line behind Newsom on the billionaire wealth tax has been sadly predictable but pretty darn cowardly. prospect.org/2026/10/06/c...
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California Democrats—but Not Their Elected Representatives—Back the Billionaire Wealth Tax - The American Prospect
Polls show overwhelming rank-and-file support, but Gavin Newsom’s opposition has trickled down to nearly every elected official.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, the Laffer curve has been disproven.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
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Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer in occupied West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh, a 58-year-old Palestinian photographer, suffered injuries to his head and torso and was taken to the hospital by ambulance, according to the international news agency. The agency's news director, Phil Chetwynd, condemned the incident as a 'serious' and 'unacceptable' attack.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Needs to be sent to rehab for a year & then to a sober living facility.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Working people who are responsible for California's prosperity cannot afford to live there. How can that be a successful economy? And it has a governor who does not want billionaires to pay their fair share.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The French police are so militarized they blew up a 15-yr-old’s hand and took the eye of another one. Why are grenades being used to quell student protestors who are unarmed? Now the labour unions are stepping in to protect the students
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More of Macton's handiwork.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Campaign propaganda & wrong. Clinton left office in the midst of the dot Com recession & repealed Glass-Steagall, which caused the 2008 Great Recession. Obama rescued the bankers but not average people. Even he admits his stimulus package too low. Biden did better because he ignored Larry Summers.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Given these polling numbers, no presidential candidate in 2028 should be supported unless they back Medicare For All. Generally, people should stop apologizing & making excuses for elected officials who oppose M4ALL.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's called market failure. A concept recognized by John Smith.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Protests by high school & college students on the dire conditions of French education. The centrist Macron Government has responded with great brutality while the students are being supported by parents, teachers & labor.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.counterfire.org/article/fran...
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France: student revolt and state repression
Ahead of the 6 October national day of action, three students in France explain why high-school students are on the streets, the scale of state violence against them and the next steps for the movemen...
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Of course, but the heat of this summer & other recent summers is unprecedented.
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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"It was trannies and Muslims and Mamdani populism."
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Would like to see photos of the 100+ school girls murdered during the first days of the war. That would humanize the victims of this war of aggression undertaken by war criminal Trump.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Students are per opinion polls, more progressive than their elders. This is seen in voting patterns & activism on issues such as Palestine. Education is not centralized in the U.S. as it is in France there is not an opportunity for direct confrontation with Goverment as there is in France.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Marxism is a social theory about how the world works, and how to change it. Anyone committed to understanding and changing the world should be a Marxist.
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What Makes Somebody a Marxist?
Marxism is a social theory about how the world works, and how to change it. Anyone committed to understanding and changing the world should be a Marxist.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Before global warming air conditioning was not needed in Europe.
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Steven Robinson @srobin21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We must all support the students! It is important to the French, Europe & the world that the students & public sector workers win their strikes. Soon, they may have to confront a La Pen fascist government. A strong, mobilized labor movement & energized students will be needed to fight the fascists.
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