When anyone reads labor history, 2 things become pretty clear. 1- the absolute heroics of so many workers in the face of the grinding misery that bosses put us through. 2- the absolute betrayal of so many so-called leaders. Many in the former category are women, most of the latter are men.

Book rec no particular reason I quote former UFW member Bardacke in my book: "people in the fields had no structural power within the union." Attributes to governance structure with no locals and with staffer/activist preeminence over members. Union models matter www.versobooks.com/products/221...

Minnesota’s Waffle House Index equivalent

My new newsletter has arrived! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Sean O'Brien sucks

Newsletter writers for cursive education!

Good morning!! A new Twin Cities Labor Report dawns! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Gaza, south Lebanon, the West Bank, southwest Syria, this is the model that Israel wants across MENA: weak, permanently unstable, incapable of infrastructural reconstruction or administrative cohesion.

No U.S. war on Iran! No to the Pahlavi monarchists! Solidarity with the people of Iran! End U.S. imperialism! tempestmag.org/2026/02/no-w...

This is disturbing. The Chief Justice of the MN Supreme Ct met with Homan, worked out an agreement, and never announced it publicly. ICE appeared to violate it days later by violently tackling a person in the Gov Center w/out a judicial warrant. We need transparency.

I didn't see this in the theaters but the ending to Tar was the most racist thing I've seen in quite some time and I couldn't believe that most people didn't remark on it.

My new edition of the Twin Cities Labor Report is LIVE! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Good morning! A new edition of the Twin Cities Labor Report is LIVE! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

"Within our workplaces, we aim to be the most consistent, strategic, and effective fighters around immediate issues that affect every single one of our members. Our role as socialists is . . . to build our members’ confidence, encouraging them to take a step in the direction of collective action."

My newest newsletter, with more thoughts and analysis on 1/23. Was this "our super bowl"? Do we have a real militant minority ? Read, share, and respond! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Tighten rules on warrants? Body cameras? HOW ABOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR EVERYTHING! HOW ABOUT THEY LEAVE MINNESOTA AND NEVER CARRY OUT ANYTHING AKIN TO MINNESOTA IN ANY OTHER STATE. I DON'T WANT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE ATROCITIES I WANT THEM TO STOP. I AM SO FUCKING FURIOUS!!!!

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The founders wrote the 2nd Amendment for a reason: So you could hold a cool gun while you nod approvingly at what the government is doing.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

I am a local labor journalist! I have already heard tons of stories about workplaces shutting down for the 23rd after huge collective workplace action by the employees. If you or your friend has organized your workplace to shut down on the 23rd, please send me deets!

Two community members stand on the street corner of Central Ave and 18th St, watching over a local business in 5° temps with a wind chill of -15°. They are patrolling the area, keeping an eye out for ICE activity, doing what they can to protect their immigrant neighbors.

It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

Please consider helping one of our employees who was blatantly racially profiled by ICE, detained, and is now facing deportation. Funds go to support his wife who is still here and afraid to go to work because of what happened to him. Any amount helps. THANKS. gofund.me/9295faaf5

Another ICE brownshirt confirming that Renee Good was killed because that's what happens when you bother them.

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

EMERGENCY ALERT! THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MOMENT! A LEGAL OBSERVER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ICE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AT 34TH AND PORTLAND S THROUGH THEIIR CAR WINDOW. WE NEED EVERYBODY OUT IN THE STREETS OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW TO DRIVE ICE OUT OF OUR CITY!! GET IN THE STREETS NOW!!!

How many pogroms has MAGA tried to start in the last year alone? www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...

Tempest sends condolences to the friends and family of Asad Haider, who passed away last week. Tempest conducted an extensive interview with Asad in 2020. Rest in Power!

Can someone please tell me why "urbanists" are so obsessed with Aldi, the crappy non-union grocery store?

Really sad to hear this, Asad was a total genius! Remembering this Black Panther movie which turns into both a meditation on Huey Newton's political thought and an appreciation of Detroit Techno act Drexciya.... One of a kind. RIP viewpointmag.com/2018/03/05/b...

Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning

This guy is viewed as a top liberal-left influencer in Minneapolis and he only shops at anti-union, anti-worker, anti-food Geman conglomerate Aldi. Ridiculous

Finally we can agree on something

it's been shameful living in a country that does not have a Quality Ballroom

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Twin City Tanning workers who face hazardous conditions and exposure to chemicals are on strike! They're demanding fair wages and good-faith bargaining. The workforce is largely immigrants, and at a rally Tuesday, interpreters were speaking in Spanish, English, and Karen. New from Amie Stager.

New Twin Cities Labor Report!!

minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/10/s... It's too bad Fateh didn't actually leave the DFL over the Gaza Genocide, as that would have been a really brave and exciting move. Instead he stayed in the caucus and is now running a pretty moderate and uninspiring run for mayor.

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

Starbucks told workers not to write Charlie Kirk’s name on cups and then told Fox News they didn’t have a policy prohibiting it. Now workers are being doxxed online.

Glad to see labor mobilizing against the troops in DC. Credit to grassroots opposition to Trump for making this possible!

I'm really tired of people who are not labor endorsed saying that they are. How does being the 2nd choice of SEIU mean labor endorsed

New newsletter!!!

Do we always have to be so obtuse?

The rich and powerful want nothing more than for you and your coworkers to remain unorganized and atomized from one another.

The DOJ says it will investigate a US citizen for saying “fuck Isr**l” to a guy in an IDF shirt. Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.

New Twin Cities Labor Report!! Back and better than ever