Jesse Jackson smiles while seated indoors in a dark blazer and striped shirt, hands clasped near his face, with framed photos blurred in the background.
Jesse Jackson died this week—but his voice is still resonating.
In this 2014 interview, the legend talks Obama, Ferguson, the black vote, and why “change comes bottom up, not top down.”
inthesetimes.com/article/jess...
Rest in power to the civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who was an inspiration for his great city of Chicago, this nation, and the whole world.
And for my party. Because if Jesse Jackson had not run for president, there would be no @workingfamilies.org.
This fall, ham-handed attempts at voter suppression are likely to increase anti-Trump turnout, not dampen it.
BUT important to keep in mind this November is a dry run for November 2028, and the seating of possible House and Senate D majorities in January will be a dry run for January 6th, 2029.
we still don't know the names of the ice agents who stopped and killed silverio villegas gonzáles
My dad was a Korean immigrant who was the grievance officer, newsletter editor and vice president of his local union for years. He died in 2000, but cast his last vote for president in the 1988 Michigan primary for Jesse Jackson. As he told me later, there wasn't another candidate he believed in.
thank you for reminding me to walk the dog
we have somehow already arrived at "Platner derangement syndrome" and it is still four months until he stands in any election at all, anyone (including me) replying to this desperately needs to touch grass
NEW: Upticks in immigration enforcement are associated with increased minimum wage violations and more dangerous workplaces for ALL workers.
Being pro-worker means being anti-ICE. @sarahlazare.bsky.social in @commondreams.org:
Now Warner Bros. is censoring wrestling to appease Trump.
Welcome Brody King fans to the fight against media consolidation!
(Hope those F-ICE chants get louder and louder!)
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So reporters: may be useful to contextualize today’s announcement to tomorrow’s vote on DHS funding.
Feels important to make that point.
It can be done but it starts with a realistic view of what's happening!
When I hear people say that Trump hasn't accomplished much (an argument that comes from both the center and the left) it is mind-boggling. In one year they have destroyed the foundation of climate regulation, crippled the public health system, and brought immigration to a standstill.
We're highlighting reporting from @inthesetimes.com on the recent abduction of worker organizer and NewsGuild-CWA member, Eustaquio Orozco Verdusco.
We ask that you please sign the petition demanding his release:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
I usually avoid sharing what feels like "inside baseball" political analysis here, but this merits an exception because of the stakes + scale involved.
Zohran isn't "wrong" to endorse Hochul; he has no choice. But for primary voters to back Hochul would definitely be unwise. Let me explain why. 🧵
if you haven't listened to this yet, please do
People keep talking about how decentralized the resistance is in MN, and yes there is no singular figure, committee, or group coordinating all things. That's very different than there being no structures (plural), groups (plural), or leaders (plural) keeping things going and building things further.
"Silver gave In These Times a tour of more than 60 buttons documenting key moments in Minneapolis' radical history."
"Part of having something in the realm of possibility is knowing that it has happened there before."
#Minnesota #USA #Protest #Labour #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
That's "noice" come on man didn't you get the memo
The alt text here is poetry
“...we’re trying to build the scaffold for resisting ICE,” Sheigh Freeberg, of Local 17 says. “... it is awesome that the union gets to be the reason that [residents] get to stay safe.”
@sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social on a key way of organizing against ICE.
“NUREMBERG IS COMING.” This represents not the radical, but the median view of the regular folks in Minneapolis towards our current federal government. This is the average view of the normal middle-aged guy in the office. This helps to explain a lot of things. January 23, for example. When the temperature creeps down towards -20, as it did yesterday, being outside becomes difficult. Glasses fog over into an opaque film. Ice crystals form on men’s beards and the downy, transparent hairs on women’s faces. Warm breath condenses on the scarf covering your mouth and then freezes into an ice sheet that loses its utility. Toes begin freezing the second you step outside and take hours to defrost. Even in thick gloves, hands begin freezing as soon as you withdraw them from your pockets, so that even the act of holding a sign at all requires great commitment. Thighs freeze, knees freeze, eyelids freeze, the tiny spot on your forehead that your hat can’t reach freezes. You yearn to be covered in a full-body suit made of hand warmers. I had 11 hand warmers on me yesterday, stuffed in various pockets and socks, and it was not nearly enough.
Appreciate @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social description here of how cold it was in Minneapolis. You can't really understand how huge of a moral victory January 23 was until you realize how painful it was to be outside.
He's lucky the other guy tackled him, Ilhan was gonna get his ass
To understand the deep roots of the heroic resistance unfolding in Minnesota today, read this: georgetown.app.box.com/s/kxsmj8lkmp...
It is a shame and a scandal that Cook County States Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is not on this list.
Call her office at 312-603-1880 to ask why, and why she is not fighting to prosecute the murderers of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez.
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One down, 40,000 to go
