Such a pleasure to speak with @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com! And a great picture choice for the ruthlessness theme.

What does it *feel like* to build worker power? Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movement today. Heat The Ground Up is an oral history of Starbucks Workers United, voiced by the baristas who built it.

PS—Yes, give credit to Z for being aligned with tenants, but give more credit to @ceaweaver.bsky.social for being the person on the inside most responsible for designing how to wield the governing power of the mayor's office in support of tenant organizing. bsky.app/profile/inth...

"If you 'know what time it is,' you understand the hour is late and you’re prepared to do whatever it takes. It gives carte blanche for total ruthlessness in politics because you understand the stakes." @lkatfield.bsky.social talks to @inthesetimes.com about her brilliant new book, Furious Minds.

Today, @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social interviews Laura Field on the New Right’s “ideas first” project—and how Trump + movement intellectuals fuel a mutually reinforcing cycle of radicalization. “Knowing what time it is” becomes a license for ruthlessness.

"...the most protected tenant is an empowered tenant who knows their rights & is able to organize with their neighbors to get those rights enforced." Cea Weaver on why she’s “very, very interested” in bringing collectively-bargained leases and renter-owned housing to New York City

Join @poweratwork.bsky.social LIVE on LinkedIn TODAY at noon ET/9am PT for Power Half-Hour Ep 19 w/ @kimkelly.bsky.social of @inthesetimes.com, Michael Green of Texas A&M University, and @jamieson.bsky.social of @huffpost.com Hosted by @mrsethharris.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

“ICE messed with the wrong profession.” National Nurses United is honoring ICU nurse Alex Pretti after his killing by federal agents—and joining calls to abolish ICE. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on-the-ground from the D.C. vigil.

From a 2017 story I worked on in regards to Bad Bunny’s Superbowl halftime show. Political pole dancing. inthesetimes.com/article/puer...

Federal immigration agents have abducted Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco, a workers’ rights organizer well known in Minnesota for fighting wage theft and labor trafficking #ICE #MPLS inthesetimes.com/article/work...

ahem, I was very much never a neoliberal pundit. i wrote this 20 years ago! inthesetimes.com/article/what...

NYC tenants are moving from “know your rights” to collective power. A conversation with Mamdani-appointee @ceaweaver.bsky.social on why she’s “very, very interested” in bringing collectively-bargained leases & renter-owned housing to NYC inthesetimes.com/article/cea-...

ICE abducted Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco, a workers’ rights organizer well known in Minnesota for fighting wage theft and labor trafficking. “I don’t know when I’m going to be seeing my dad again.” @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/work...

That’s a good question.

Have your representatives taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts? #AbolishICE

[scoop] @sarahlazare.bsky.social with the story on a family speaking out after worker organizer in Minnesota has been abducted by ICE @inthesetimes.com | @workdaymagazine.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/work...

A beloved workers' rights organizer in Minnesota, known for *successfully* fighting against wage theft and labor trafficking, has been detained by federal immigration agents and is now locked up in New Mexico. His family is calling for his urgent release. inthesetimes.com/article/work...

This article is a joint publication of @workdaymagazine.bsky.social and @inthesetimes.com. You can see the Workday Magazine version here.

Federal agents abducted Minnesota worker organizer Eustaquio “Paco” Orozco Verdusco—a leader in the fight against wage theft and labor trafficking. @sarahlazare.bsky.social spoke with his son: “...with each call, his voice just sounds a little sadder & sadder.” inthesetimes.com/article/work...

Abolishing DHS, which was created under the Bush administration alongside ICE and Customs and Border Protection, has long been an idea championed by much of the left. Many advocates have reupped their calls for the abolition of DHS in recent weeks. #abolishice

Check out the latest from former CWD RA Tori Gantz as they break down the deep history of activism in Minneapolis with the help of archivist (and historical button collector) Isaac Silver. Read it here in @inthesetimes.com : inthesetimes.com/article/visu...

“When the workers who are stepping up to try and reveal violations are silenced, the standard comes down for the whole industry.” @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports that attacks on immigrant workers threaten all workers’ ability to fight for better pay & conditions. #abolishICE

Which politicians are benefitting from the ICE concentration camp system?

In 2025, GEO Group and CoreCivic​’s ICE contracts are expected to generate over one billion dollars in revenue for each company. Executive leaders at the helm of prison companies are delighted. Did your congressional representative receive a donation? inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

No one is free until all are free.

They tell U.S.-born workers that cracking down on immigrants will “protect” us. @sarahlazare.bsky.social reports the research says the opposite: raids + intimidation mean more wage theft, more dangerous jobs, and a weaker labor movement for everyone.

@ethanscorey.bsky.social and I have published a database of congressmembers who received donations from ICE profiteers GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management and Training Corporation. Look up your reps at @inthesetimes.com + @theappeal.org. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-....

As OB-GYN deserts grow and abortion clinics shut down, the crisis pregnancy center Georgia Wellness Group landed a $450,000 grant—while these “clinics” now outnumber abortion providers 6 to 1. inthesetimes.com/article/fake... #StopFakeClinics #ReproJustice #Georgia

As abortion clinics disappear nationwide, “crisis pregnancy centers” are transforming reproductive healthcare into a far-right fantasy—quietly collecting hundreds of millions in public funds as Medicaid faces historic cuts. inthesetimes.com/article/fake...

"Perverse financial incentives are a bedrock of incarceration ... As long as detention exists, profiteering will exist."

Private prison $$$ doesn’t just follow ICE’s detention boom — it helps build it. This investigation tracks donations from CoreCivic and GEO Group to sitting United States Congress members and lets you check your reps. @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @ethanscorey.bsky.social report w/ @theappeal.org

“Now, I don’t have any mandatory hijab on my characters anymore. I show women free, exercising without headscarves, walking, riding bikes, doing activities we’re not allowed to do culturally or politically.” - Forouzan Safari Alessandra Bajec reporting inthesetimes.com/article/iran...

Sonali Kohlatkar: "Senators who believe in compassion and human rights have a unique opportunity to pull back the powers of ICE by refusing to back an appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives." inthesetimes.com/article/demo...

Nation-wide general strike. You can do it. You will win. inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

courage is contagious

As Trump revives the war on terror against domestic opposition, what does antifascism mean?

"Senators who believe in compassion and human rights have a unique opportunity to pull back the powers of ICE by refusing to back an appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives." inthesetimes.com/article/demo...

"Trump, with his authoritarian tendencies, has been making visible what so many communities already know to be true: the Department of Homeland Security is a threat to our collective safety." —Rep. Delia C. Ramirez #abolishICE

#Tennessee GOP Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty collectively received a total of $22,500 from CoreCivic, one of largest private prison companies contracting with ICE. Per database info just published by @theappeal.org & @inthesetimes.com theappeal.org/ice-cold-cas...

@ethanscorey.bsky.social and I have published a database of congressmembers who take money from GEO Group + CoreCivic. Find out if your reps have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts. Published in @theappeal.org + @inthesetimes.com. theappeal.org/ice-cold-cas...

Private prison money is flooding Congress. 💰 @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @ethanscorey.bsky.social uncover companies fueling ICE detention, like CoreCivic & GEO Group, donating millions while Congress expanded detention. Have your reps taken $$$ from ICE jailers? inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

Thanks to everyone who joined @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social and me this evening for a conversation about her book King of the North. Read this book! thenewpress.org/books/king-o... - If you can't buy a copy, request it from your local public library. You'll be glad to have read it.

The National Guard is still on the streets of DC.

New York Times is now the only real newspaper as such left in America. Grim for many reasons.

And here's some polling info. It's not a complete picture, but it does indicate significant worker participation.

NEW: Developers are using NDAs to keep data centers hidden while systematically choosing communities — often majority-Black rural counties — with less organized political and economic power. In rural SC, a $2B project got pushed through during the ice storm: capitalbnews.org/secret-data-...

journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact

Over three years after the suspicious death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked a nationwide protest movement in Iran, artists continue to fuel creative resistance. Alessandra Bajec reports on the Iranian artists keeping the spirit of #WomanLifeFreedom alive.