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Rad dad, working class writer, truck driver, & 2nd gen Teamster from Oklahoma. 🚩🏴

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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Green Corn Catechism is my newsletter about the intersections of faith & power. Rooted in Oklahoma history and labor theology, you’ll find dispatches from organizing & work in community, and essays that try to take seriously the prophetic tradition as well as the particulars of life on the ground.
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“Peter Maurin was often the most learned man in most any room he entered, and usually the poorest. Before he co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement with Dorothy Day in 1933, the peasant Maurin had fled France to avoid mandatory military conscription…” open.substack.com/pub/zakkflas...
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Faith and Worker Justice — a May Day panel with Oklahoma Faith Network For May Day 2026, Oklahoma Faith Network’s Kat Romero sat down me & Father Lance for a conversation about the deep roots connecting faith traditions and the rights of working people. #MayDay #IWD substack.com/@zakkflash/n...
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Faith and Worker Justice — a May Day panel with Oklahoma Faith Network For May Day 2026, Oklahoma Faith Network’s Kat Romero sat down with @Fr. Lance Schmitz of the Church of the Redeemer and @Zakk F...
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
“And instead being told to ‘quit, find a better job if you don’t like it’ they have the fortitude to stay and force the company to make this job a better job — not just for themselves, but for everyone who takes the job next.” Me, on #SBWorkersUnited in #TheGayly: www.gayly.com/fight-isn%E2...
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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It’s Day 42 of the ICE occupation of MSP. Observers were everywhere today- keeping an eye on our neighborhoods and community. Whistles and honking warned vulnerable neighbors, and drew responders to active scenes. And when ICE leaves a block, we hug strangers and check in on each other.
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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The strongest alphas in the world are terrified to death of a woman going 3mph in an SVU that has stuffed animals in it.
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Chris Dixon @withmovements.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Ashanti Alston is one of the elder radicals that has shown me that it is possible to grow older, stick around on the left, keep learning, and make genuine contributions - all with a spirit of joy and care. Check out this deeply reflective interview with him on @thedugoutpod.bsky.social!
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ASHANTI ALSTON — THE DUGOUT | a black anarchist podcast
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I’ve been writing an annual column for 20 years on the year in sports and politics. Here’s this year’s edition. Short version: 2025 was the fucking worst. But maybe 2026 sees a turnaround that’s already being glimpsed in unlikely places www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent
When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mum—and a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism.
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The 2024 doc "Union," about unionizing efforts at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, is now streaming on @means.tv. #AmazonTeamsters #AmazonLaborUnion
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UNION
Facing one of the worlds most powerful corporations, a group of Amazon workers launches an unprecedented fight to unionize their Staten Island warehouse in New York City.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 30/12/2025
Looking back on the damage done by DOGE in 2025, investigative editor Maureen Tkacik writes that although Elon Musk was the figurehead, “the real dirty work was done by Tom Krause, a veteran private equity hatchet man in the Neutron Jack mold.” trib.al/i1DEsnn
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Miami Occupied Government - The American Prospect
Our investigative editor’s handpicked stories for 2025
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People Who Work @deptofworkers.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This is what happens when you put people in charge of Social Security whose goal is to break Social Security: fired workers, corners cut, and the people who depend on it pay the price.
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How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 30/12/2025
“There's no ‘we’ of the Anthropocene. There's no single climate, there isn't even shared temporality: climate crisis is present for some, future for others, non-event for the wealthiest. We’re not ‘all in this together.’”
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We’re Not in This Together | Ajay Singh Chaudhary
One of the most common misconceptions concerning climate change is that it produces, or even requires, a united humanity.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 30/12/2025
#OtD 30 Dec 1930 Indigenous hacienda workers in Ecuador went on strike and were joined by others working nearby, demanding better pay and conditions. Govt sent in troops but the workers held firm and won concessions, sparking a wave of rural protest stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1027...
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Workplace organising basics classautonomy.info/workplace-or...
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Workplace organising basics
Learn about the workplace, talk to colleagues, and form an organising team to build workers’ power. This is a first in a mini-series of articles where we try to demystify workplace organising by pr…
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 31/07/2025
The ‘politics of eternity’, says Timothy Snyder, is nostalgia for a mythical past. Putin blames the West, Trump blames migrants, Reform UK blames both. Truth doesn’t matter, only enemies. A thought-provoking read by Marc Ainge ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @marcainge.bsky.social
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The politics of eternity: weaponising moments that never were
Donald Trump is the global face of a growing political movement that deceives voters by distorting history
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 01/08/2025
Recklessly firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner because you don’t like the new jobs numbers won’t do a thing to change the clear and simple fact: President Trump’s policy choices are costing hardworking Americans their jobs.
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Oakland Abolition & Solidarity @oaklandabosol.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Ring cameras are the devil. Amazon now "partnering with Axon to build a new tool that would allow police to request Ring footage directly from users, and also allow users to consent to letting police livestream directly from their device" www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
— DCA ✈️ OKC with Marcy & #TeamFlash #UNION flight via SWAPA & Transport Workers Union/TWU Local 556 Thank you to all the working people who make it all possible. We see you and we appreciate you! #SolidarityInTheSkies #LaborConquersAll #SWAPA #TWU #TWU556
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Eight hours for sleep — Eight hours for work — Eight hours for WHAT WE WILL! We fought for time off, fought to be with our families instead of at the beck & call of the boss; we won back some small measure of our time — and rn I feel satisfied in enjoying every bit of the fruits of our labor.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No More Kings By Schoolhouse Rock #NoKings
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Guys like this mostly steal from workers (this guy overcharges tired mall parents for flavorless kid bribes) — but this particular guy (who’s been arrested for DUI, domestic assault, & sued for revenge porn blackmail) got tired of being cooped up at home & did… this. #RichDick #OKC #COOPBrewery
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/06/2025
NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
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Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Labor Pope! Labor Pope!
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Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Congrats to our shows Better Offline and Weird Little Guys on their #WEBBY AWARDS! 🏆🏆 Big thanks to our listeners and everyone who voted @edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
Congrats to our shows Better Offline and Weird Little Guys on their #WEBBY AWARDS! 🏆🏆 Big thanks to our listeners and everyone who voted 

@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.socialCongrats to our shows Better Offline and Weird Little Guys on their #WEBBY AWARDS! 🏆🏆 Big thanks to our listeners and everyone who voted 

@edzitron.com @socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In 2015, we republished Pope Francis's second encyclical, in which he takes aim at the heart of the world’s problems: capitalism. It has been, and will remain, free to download.
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Encyclical on Capitalism and Inequality
In his most radical encyclical to date, Pope Francis takes aim at the heart of the world’s problems: capitalism. Impassioned and wide-ranging, and citing the overwhelming evidence for the human suffer...
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis was a global voice for dignity, justice, and solidarity. His unwavering support for workers' rights and justice for the poor and dispossessed are seeds of a better tomorrow. We may yet see a more bountiful harvest, amongst all the muck. #PopeFrancis #Solidarity #CatholicWorker
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/04/2025
BREAKING: We're urging the Supreme Court to block the nation’s first religious public charter school in Oklahoma. The Constitution is clear: Public schools are not for religious instruction.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
After 9 years, Payday Report may have to close. Elon Musk destroyed our ability to crowdfund on Twitter & I’m struggling just to buy groceries! Donate to support labor reporting paydayreport.com/elon-musk-ki...
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Elon Musk Killed Our Ability to Crowdfund - Help Labor Reporting Stay Alive
Support our mission Donate Yearly $36.00 USD - Yearly $60.00 USD - Yearly $180.00 USD - Yearly $420.00 USD - Yearly $1,200.00 USD - Yearly Donate Monthly ...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A worker has died at an Amazon warehouse. The tragic death took place at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, home of the first Amazon union in the country. Amazon Labor and the whole Teamsters union are mourning and demanding Amazon take steps to protect workers on the job.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court. This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding. Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
ALA is back in court to protect library funding. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association.
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AFT @aft.org · 11/04/2025
We asked Congress to vote NO on the budget bill and stop this assault on working families struggling to afford the basics—all to fund tax breaks for millionaires. But Republicans ignored Americans calling for lower costs and stability.
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I love libraries of every shape and size—public libraries, zine libraries, seed libraries, tool libraries, school libraries and libraries run out of community spaces. If it weren't for the work of librarians, researchers, activists & archivists, so much important movement history would be lost. 📚🖤
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
As a third generation trade unionist, I know how transformational a collective bargaining agreement can be for families and communities. As step-bio-foster-adoptive dad of seven kids who grew up on S Street, and as a member of @teamsters.bsky.social #Local886, I know y’all deserve it! #solidarity
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. capitalandmain.com/usc-follows-...
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USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The Trump admin is gutting NIOSH, the only federal agency dedicated to worker safety research. Thousands of workers are already out of a job. Lives are at risk. Call Congress and demand they reverse the cuts and reinstate these essential workers. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH
Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on the job. More...
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
@ditzkoff.bsky.social The Tesla salespeople watching from inside:
Marge: "Some of their
 chants are very catchy
 and memorable."
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 28/03/2025
Stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government is the very definition of union busting — and a blatant attempt to silence us. We will fight this outrageous attack on our members with every fiber of our collective being.
Screenshot of the AFL-CIO's statement condemning the Trump administration's executive order stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government.
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The Labor Radio Podcast Network @laborradionet.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
March 27 - Strike on the Canadian Northern On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. Between six and seven thousand workers walked off the job, on strike against the Canadian Northern Railway. Their issues included low pay, worker safety, and the poor quality of food and housing provided by
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March 27 - Strike on the Canadian Northern
On this day in Labor History the year was 1912. Between six and seven thousand workers walked off the job, on strike against the Canadian Northern Railway. Their issues included low pay, worker safety, and the poor quality of food and housing provided by the railroad.
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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Our journal, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, is accepting submissions for a special issue on Gender and Industrial Relations, edited by Rae Cooper, Jennifer Tomlinson, Laura Good and Chris Wright. Submissions due April 14. Learn more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/03/2025
"Hey Alexa, are you recording this?" Yes, the answer is yes. Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant." @couts.bsky.social on why you should care. Read more: www.wired.com/story/everyt...
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Need this!
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Sesame Workers Union @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Presenting the 1,2,3s of why we’re unionizing on Sesame Street 💚 Please help us by signing our public petition! Link in bio 🍪
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
A portion of John Quincy Adams' Amistad argument before SCOTUS: "I will not recur to the Declaration of Independence--your Honors have it implanted in your hearts--but one of the grievous charges brought against George III. was, that he had made laws for sending men beyond seas for trial. That was one of the most odious of those acts of tyranny which occasioned the American revolution. The whole of the reasoning is not applicable to this case, but I submit to your Honors that, if the President has the power to do it in the case of Africans, and send them beyond seas for trial, he could do it by the same authority in the case of American citizens. By a simple order to the marshal of the district, he could just as well seize forty citizens of the United States, on the demand of a foreign minister, and send them beyond seas for trial before a foreign court."
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Matt Stoller @matthewstoller.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Florida Republican state Senate Thomas Leek proposes a bill to *strengthen* non-compete agreements and let employers lock up their employees for up to four years. Ladies and gentlemen, the working class Republican Party! www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
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Senate Bill 922 (2025) - The Florida Senate
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Their approach to free speech is highly eclectic
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congress of Industrial Organizations’ Committee to Abolish Discrimination poster, 1951. Bernard Seaman/Tamiment Library, NYU @aflcio.org #labor #union
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Zakk Flash @zakkflash.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
It’s tree trimming season. To properly trim your Bradford Pear, use a chainsaw to make a cut on the main trunk, as flush to the ground as possible. That’s it.
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The Labor Radio Podcast Network @laborradionet.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Labor Heritage Power Hour goes out at 1:00 PM Eastern on WPFW in Washington DC. Hear it at wpfwfm.org/radio/ #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod
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