Screenshot of an article headlined “The Big Idea: Municipal-Owned Grocery Stores,” with the subhead, “With rising grocery prices and increasingly sparse options, more places are considering municipal-owned grocery stores to create equitable access to food.” The article is by J. Patrick Patterson and dated December 3, 2025. Below the headline is a purple-toned illustration of a person in a grocery aisle pushing a cart while carrying a baby in a front carrier, with tall shelves and stacked goods towering overhead.

What ia municipal run grocery store?

It is a BIG IDEA of a public option for foodstuffs, funded by a city and operated to serve communities left behind by the private sector

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Black graphic from In These Times featuring a quote from Julie Su in large white text: “Oftentimes, the same corporate entities that exploit working people, either by wage theft or misclassifying them, are the same ones who engage in price gouging and junk fees that hurt consumers, and are the same ones that make it very hard for small business to operate — either through competition, or through creating platforms that small businesses have to pay an enormous amount of their hard earned money to just participate in.” At bottom right is a cutout photo of Julie Su smiling, resting her chin on her hand, with papers in front of her.

5/ @juliesulabor.bsky.social is dedicated to ensuring that cities and states take on more responsibility to advance pro-worker policy as federal labor protections are rolled back.

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Graphic on a black background showing Julie Su standing beside a construction worker. Su wears a turquoise cardigan and gray face mask; the worker wears a white hard hat, clear safety glasses, a black face mask, and a red shirt. Large white text quotes Su: “Economic justice… is both by definition and by breadth a reflection of this mayor’s commitment to using every tool in this city’s portfolio to make life better for working class New Yorkers.” The quote continues: “That includes making sure that the laws that protect working people are enforced fully, so that a worker who goes to work at the beginning of the day knows they’re going to come home with all the wages that they earned.” An In These Times logo appears at the bottom.

4/ In this interview with @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social, @juliesulabor.bsky.social said her new role in NYC will focus on enforcing labor and consumer protection laws, supporting workers trying to unionize, and using city government to improve conditions for working-class New Yorkers.

3/ The case helped establish a broader principle of employer liability: manufacturers could be held responsible for wage theft carried out through subcontracted labor. Among other reforms, the case contributed to the creation of the T visa in the USA for trafficking victims.

What a landmark sweatshop case tells us about Julie Su’s approach to labor Julie Su, Biden's Labor Department nominee, took the case of dozens of garment workers who were freed from a California sweatshop in 1995.

2/ In 1995, Su served as lead attorney in the El Monte Thai garment slavery case, representing 72 Thai nationals who had been trafficked and forced to work in a Southern California sweatshop. The case ended in a $4 million settlement for stolen wages.

A close-up portrait of Julie Su seated indoors, looking slightly to the side with a thoughtful expression. White text over a black gradient at the bottom reads, “Julie Su Isn’t Done Fighting for Workers’ Rights,” with the byline “By Hamilton Nolan” and the In These Times logo below.

1/ Today, it is municipal grocery stores; yesterday, it was immigrant workers’ rights in California.

Before @juliesulabor.bsky.social became NYC’s deputy mayor for economic justice, she was a lawyer who led one of the most significant 1990s labor trafficking cases.

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A few copies of In These Times magazine. On the cover is a picture of a state agent wielding a baton against student protestors.

Molly and Eman are both contributors at the great @inthesetimes.com. Eman is a regular columnist, and Molly's antifascist artwork is featured on some of the most memorable covers of the magazine over the past year, including our favorite below:

A copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY next to a risograph print designed by Molly Crabapple.

We have just a couple of these beautiful prints left to give to folks who haven't yet gotten their copy of HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY, which is already in its 4th printing!

ICYMI: we're honored to join our friends at @inthesetimes.com and @jvp.bsky.social to host @mollycrabapple.bsky.social & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social at the store on April 23rd to celebrate HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JEWISH BUND. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20260423

Illustrated cover art in pink and purple tones showing a helmeted police officer in riot gear holding a baton on the left and a bearded street performer on a unicycle playing a horn on the right. The In These Times logo appears near the top, with overlaid text reading, “The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater” and “By J. Patrick Patterson.”

Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.

@leftiecowboy.bsky.social presents the magic of guerrilla theater in the streets.

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Graphic from In These Times with the headline, “Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?” and subhead, “How capitalist culture is making us sick.” The byline reads, “By Johann Hari (from 2018).” The background is a surreal illustration in muted blue-green tones showing slumped, human-like figures and small striped figures walking across a bleak, dreamlike landscape.

"Neoliberalism makes us miserable by creating a society designed solely for buyers and sellers."

In 2018, @johannhari101.bsky.social reported capitalist culture is making us sick.

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Article header image showing a ranch-style gate opening onto a broad mountain valley at sunrise. A bleached longhorn skull is mounted above the wooden crossbeam, silhouetted against the bright sun and golden clouds. Rolling hills and distant blue-gray mountains stretch across the background, with dark trees in the foreground. Overlaid text reads: “Fortress Yellowstone,” with the subheadline, “The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world,” by Joseph Bullington, published April 6, 2026.

“What’s happening now in this part of the world is wealthy people are trying to buy up large swaths of land and turn them into exclusive resorts."

Joseph Bullington reports from Yellowstone.

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Screenshot of an article headlined “How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual,” with the subhead, “An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.” The byline reads Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson, dated August 31, 2025. Below the headline is a photo of Zohran Mamdani smiling in a city street crowd with his arm around Brad Lander, who is wearing a purple Pride T-shirt and a white hat with a rainbow band. Several supporters, onlookers and photographers surround them.

"Protesters furious about racial justice at home and abroad formed a big enough, dedicated-enough nucleus of a canvass that grew far beyond itself."

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Cartoon illustration of a pink storefront labeled “Local Cafe.” Through the front window, silhouettes of customers sit inside beneath the word “COFFEE.” A person with a green backpack walks toward the door. From the alley at the right, a large red coronavirus character and a masked man in blue clothing peek around the corner, as if watching the café.

Our public meeting spaces have been disappearing. It’s time to reclaim them.

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Screenshot of an In These Times article headlined “Cesar Chavez Revelations Show It’s Time for Truth and Reconciliation in the Labor Movement,” by Ana Avendaño, dated April 7, 2026. The subheadline says Chavez’s reputation has been destroyed and argues the UFW should take drastic steps to repair its integrity. Below the text is a black-and-white photo of Cesar Chavez at a protest, holding a picket sign, surrounded by demonstrators carrying signs reading “Safeway is unfair to farm workers” and “Boycott Safeway.”

"As a first step, unions should release current and former staff members from every NDA that covers sexual harassment, assault, or related conduct."

@ana-exaflcio.bsky.social on the swift, drastic steps needed to protect workers.

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Black-and-white promotional graphic for In These Times with the headline “Global Trade at Gunpoint” and subhead, “Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world.” In the background, Donald Trump stands at a podium outdoors, raising a document before a seated crowd, partially obscured by a large blurred foreground shape. The In These Times logo appears at bottom right.

“It is no different from a mob boss moving into town and sending his thugs to every business on Main Street, roughing up the proprietors and asking for protection money so they don’t get pushed out of business.”

@sarahlazare.bsky.social reports on Trump's racket.

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A hand-drawn six-panel comic in black, pink, orange, and white titled “Punk Bread,” by Bianca Xunise. The first panel says the artist is familiar with the stereotype that punks just want to “live fast and die young,” and shows two punk characters sticking out their tongues. The second panel counters that stereotype, saying Chicago punks have been at the forefront of resistance in a more flamboyant way, with a punk speaking beside a “Free Soup” table in front of a crowd. The third panel says the narrator has felt intense anxiety as police, ICE, and the National Guard tear the city apart, but finds refuge in DIY spaces like The Orphanage; the art contrasts a line of armed officers with a punk figure running. The fourth panel explains that, thanks to punks like Citlally Fabela, The Orphanage doubled as an organizing space and migrant worker residence, hosting anarchist skillshares, ICE watch trainings, free meals, clothing, childcare, documentary screenings, incarcerated book drives, fundraiser raves, and matchmaking events. A portrait of Fabela includes a speech bubble saying the comedor comunitario was the main project there. The fifth panel says The Orphanage later became another victim of strategic gentrification after repeated pushback, with a “Go away scum!” sign and Fabela saying the eviction letter was an obvious xenophobic move. The final panel says The Orphanage officially closed in June 2025 after a three-day celebration of music, food, and workshops, but the underground scene will keep growing in unexpected places; the image shows a bottle, a boot, and flowers.

The system will never pull the plug on the underground.

Bianca Xunise pays homage to Chicago DIY space, The Orphanage.

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Graphic for an In These Times article titled “Capitalism Without Humans” by Sarah Jaffe. Large white text is overlaid on a dark photo of thick smoke and bright orange flames rising behind damaged, graffiti-covered cars. Smaller text reads: “As new technologies (not immigrants) replace human labor, ‘machine breaking’ as a tactic of rebellion is taking on a renewed vitality.” The In These Times logo appears at the bottom.

"The rebellions have, so far, given us two iconic images of resistance. In Portland, we have the inflatable costumes—beginning with the frog & expanding to a whole menagerie. In Los Angeles, the image is that of automated Waymo taxis, put to the torch."

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Promotional graphic for an In These Times article titled “Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them,” with the byline “By Jared Abbott.” In the background, several people sit and talk around a table inside a casual restaurant or bar with exposed brick walls and framed signs. A man at right leans forward to greet or shake hands with someone at the table. The headline appears in large white text over black transparent boxes across the center of the image.

"The New Jersey AFL-CIO has accumulated over 1,300 electoral wins at a 76% success rate over 20 years, passing and strengthening worker-focused legislation like paid family leave, card-check laws, and prevailing wage."

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Screenshot of an In These Times article headlined “Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield,” by Dr. Hatem Bazian, dated April 9, 2026. The subhead says ICE abducted a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement and may have been wrongly targeted because of it. Below the headline is a large photo of Salah Sarsour smiling on a couch and hugging two young children in a bright room with tall windows behind them.

"The Israeli lobby, having lost the battle for American public opinion, is now waging a different kind of battle."

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Editorial cartoon of two cartoon men wearing “Pedophile Island” tourist-style merch while looking at a phone. One wears a sweatshirt with a tropical island graphic and the words “Beautiful Pedophile Island.” The other wears a red hat labeled “Pedophile Island” and a T-shirt reading, “I went to Pedophile Island and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!!” Speech bubbles mock their excuse-making: “It’s a moral panic!” “They don’t understand: we were only on pedophile island to gain access to the world’s most powerful people!” and “That’s it!” The cartoon is signed “Lubchansky.”

The Epstein Class tries to explain itself.

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Study suggests running more union members for political office: "candidates with union backgrounds use 159% more pro-worker language and 66% more progressive economic language, prioritizing a pro-worker, economic populist agenda."

Unions in L.A. actively training members to run for office.

Screenshot of an In These Times article headlined “Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them,” with the subhead, “A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.” The byline reads Jake Triola and the date is April 8, 2026. Below the headline is a photo of independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn in a bar or restaurant with exposed brick walls, leaning forward to shake hands with a seated older woman at a table while several other people look on. A caption beneath the image begins by identifying Osborn and says the photo was taken during a campaign stop in Neligh, Nebraska.

"At a time when trust in all kinds of institutions — political, business, economic — is collapsing, labor unions stand out with a singular kind of public approval that could be leveraged into real electoral influence."

Jake Triola reports.

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A white Waymo self-driving car sits in the middle of a city street engulfed in flames, with both front doors open and thick black smoke billowing high above it. The car is covered in colorful graffiti, debris is scattered on the pavement, and a small group of people stands in the distance on the right side of the street.

"If you’re going to treat our neighbors as disposable, the burned-to-a-crisp robotaxi says, we’re going to make you pay."

Sarah Jaffe writes that “machine breaking” as a tactic of rebellion is taking on renewed vitality.

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As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In on Permanent War State From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence

"As programs for the poor are gutted and slashed, about half of the annual federal discretionary budget goes to the military."

@rebeccaburns.bsky.social on the sadism and violence of a system choosing war over care.

A wide banner image for an In These Times article titled “Fortress Yellowstone.” At center is a ranch gate topped with a mounted longhorn skull, silhouetted against a bright sunrise. Beyond the gate, rolling hills, pine-covered ridges and misty mountain ranges stretch into the distance in golden early morning light. Overlaid text labels the piece as a feature on climate and rural America and includes the subhead: “The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world.” The byline is Joseph Bullington, dated April 6, 2026.

The landscape of the Yellowstone ecosystem is increasingly dominated by out-of-state wealth, often hidden behind LLCs.

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A screenshot of an In These Times article titled “The New Antifascist Consensus,” with the subhead, “How organizers and everyday residents—now activists—are stopping ICE around the country,” by Shane Burley, dated March 23, 2026. Below the headline is a dense collage-style illustration combining black-and-white photos of protesters, memorial posters and police with bright hand-drawn shapes in orange, yellow, blue and green. Signs in the image read “Immigrants Make America Great!!,” “Abolish ICE,” “Justice for Liam Ramos,” and “We Keep Us Safe,” while large memorial posters in the background say “Murdered by ICE.”

People are stopping “King Trump's Private Army” ICE, across the United States, with rapid response, community defense, solidarity and care.

@shaneburley.bsky.social reports.

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Promotional graphic for an In These Times article titled “Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them,” by Jared Abbott, over a photo of several adults gathered around a table in a brick-walled bar or restaurant. A man at right leans in to speak with the group, while framed posters hang on the wall behind them.

"The issue isn’t that workers don’t trust unions — 70% of Americans approve of them, the highest approval rating in over 50 years. It’s that they don’t trust politicians."

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A young girl and an older woman stand at a protest holding handmade signs. The woman, wearing a blue outfit and baseball cap, holds a large sign reading “Funds Not Feds.” The girl, wearing a blue shirt and denim vest, holds a sign that reads “Melt ICE & Water Chi.” Behind them, a crowd of demonstrators fills the steps, with several people raising fists and holding additional protest signs.

"Many of these tax-the-rich measures are championed by labor-community coalitions also preparing for mass actions on May Day as they make the case that austerity and authoritarianism are two sides of the same coin."

@rebeccaburns.bsky.social reports

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Must read, comrades.