A LeftOutMag from 2021, but very relevant today
Biden's inauguration speech argued for "unity," a tried & true Dem Party response to the extremes of the far right. LOM editor Alyx Goodwin examines the inherent hypocrisy & racism of this "unity" as it fails to address the inequality of capitalism.
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We know this and the gov stays doing NOTHING
❌EVICTIONS. ARE. ANTI. BLACK.❌
"Since the beginning of the year, they're filing to evict residents at rates 4 times as high in majority-Black counties"
Read⏬ npr.org/2021/06/03/100140441…
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Good! And if that's possible, this should be organized for public library staff and other folks who work directly with the public.
Here in western Mass., the Holyoke Health Center administered 600 vaccines to the Holyoke Public School staff. westernmassnews.com/news/600…
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Asian American resistance
For those like me who are gutted by the murders in #Atlanta, please remember that #AAPIFightBack
A thread of Asian American resistance
photo: Corky Lee
#StopAAPIHate
How the U.S. Tax Code Privileges White Families - The Atlantic My latest @TheAtlantic how tax policy gives tax cuts to married white couples-but not black married couples. For decades black couples paid HIGHER taxes when they married. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
if they were interested in anything and anyone beyond capital-
The Democrats should ask for a $24 minimum wage. Provoke a conversation on what the wage should be if it had kept pace with inflation.
When conservatives object, invite them to join calls to overrule the parliamentarian and vote yes on $15.
Who is surprised? I'll wait...
Foxconn promised the world to Wisconsin in exchange for an enormous package of tax credits. Four years later, the manufacturer has provided a tenth the jobs it promised, and built little other than empty or unfinished buildings. @WPR trib.al/aNXNe33
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Sign & Share this note to BPL & tell them to shelve their plan to centralize book ordering for the neighborhoods! @BPLPSA actionnetwork.org/letters/su…
Please donate or share this fundraiser to help some kind community activists and friends who lost their home in a fire. ✊🏾❤✊🏾❤
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Can you all stop making excuses to not provide public transit? It's not that hard- hire people to drive, clean, and maintain our buses and trains. Stop making the T pay the Big Dig debt.
The fear about MBTA service cuts is that they will push people to invest in permanent alternatives (cars), which seems to already be happening boston.com/news/local-news/2…
Hell to the NO. He is no friend to labor in Boston (ask a teacher, a librarian, any Black person in the city), would rather spend money on police than on any public good, and has gentrified the hell out of our working class POC communities. This is backwards.
New: AFT head Randi Weingarten backs Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in the swirling race for labor secretary, as labor officials say AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka is seeking union leaders' support for a Walsh endorsement that could happen as soon as this week bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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When we fight, we can win!
Bridgeport Council Agrees to Shift Police Funding Following Mass Protests democracynow.org/2020/6/23/h…