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.

“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...

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...

“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...

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.

The strongest alphas in the world are terrified to death of a woman going 3mph in an SVU that has stuffed animals in it.

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!

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...

The 2024 doc "Union," about unionizing efforts at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, is now streaming on @means.tv. #AmazonTeamsters #AmazonLaborUnion

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

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.

“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.’”

#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...

Workplace organising basics classautonomy.info/workplace-or...

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

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.

#OtD 1 Aug 1907 Angelo Pellegrino Sbardellotto, a coal miner and anarchist later executed for attempting to assassinate Mussolini, was born. This is a short biography: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8046...

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...

— 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

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.

No More Kings By Schoolhouse Rock #NoKings

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

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...

Labor Pope! Labor Pope!

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

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.

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

This is INTOLERABLE CRUELTY.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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. 📚🖤

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

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-...

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...

@ditzkoff.bsky.social The Tesla salespeople watching from inside:

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.

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

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...

"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...

Need this!

Presenting the 1,2,3s of why we’re unionizing on Sesame Street 💚 Please help us by signing our public petition! Link in bio 🍪

Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant

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...

Their approach to free speech is highly eclectic

Congress of Industrial Organizations’ Committee to Abolish Discrimination poster, 1951. Bernard Seaman/Tamiment Library, NYU @aflcio.org #labor #union

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.

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