in case it wasn't clear, the railroad companies have the fucking money

Most deliberately misleading tweet of the election season. Lula's election year conviction, which was overturned due to prosecutorial misconduct, was for 'indeterminate acts of corruption'. WAPO invents 'money laundering' as a smear and omits Lula's innocence.

The power of Mike Davis’s “Prisoners of the American Dream” is that it shows how the US ruling class bought off parts of the working class with nationalism and racism thwarting the formation of a mass working class party. The failure of the book is that it is not read enough. RIP

Mike Davis on building solidarity:

“Unlike the broad-chested heroes of proletarian novels or Eisenstein films, rousing their workmates to rebellion with a single fiery speech, the classical rank-and-file organizer was more like a patient gardener…

This shouldn’t be controversial. Essential infrastructure should be publicly owned, not used for profit.

A sobering finding I discovered while working on the Jacobin Labor Notes piece on the UAW election: real hourly earnings in the auto industry declined by over 20% from 1990 to 2018, while private sector overall increased by over 17% (source: BLS-Labor Statistics ) 1/

The time has finally come—Teachers & Researchers United (TRU) dropped cards this morning!

If you’re a PhD student at JHU, check your email and sign up to join the union and to call for an election.

Together we can make JHU a better place for ourselves and our fellow university workers!

Andy Ngo is telling his supporters to show up at my book launch event tomorrow, accusing us of somehow being connected to violence. This kind of behavior from Ngo could result in his supporters trying instigate real world violence.

NYC Roastery Strike continues tomorrow at 9am. Starbucks Workers United

Workers have been dealing with mold for months & now bed bugs.

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

NOW: LA City Council President is moving forward with today’s meeting over the shouting of protesters chanting “no resignations, no meeting.” Public comment begins but we can’t hear. Calls Jason Reedy to give comment but Reedy chants “shut it down” and doesn’t come to podium.

Doing a deep dive on Mike Davis was one of the most intellectually rewarding experiences of my life. And his ironclad, lifelong dedication to socialism was a model all of us should emulate. RIP to one of the greatest thinkers the US has ever produced. thenation.com/article/cultur…

'Don't Tread on Me, Tread on Them' - Republicans

Interesting that the ⁦The New York Times⁩ home page says “injecting race” rather than “racism.”

Big words from an old man that got millions from the taxpayers of Alabama to quit.

The incomparable Mike Davis leaves us. RIP.
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Solidarity with Railroad Workers

Join Railroad Workers United ✊ for a discussion of one of the most important struggles in recent labor history, facilitated by Maximillian Alvarez.

Tuesday, November 1 at 8:00 pm ET

RSVP to attend:
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Any other tenured dicks/overpaid administrators wanna run their mouth today?