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A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17h
Pension funds quietly shape our economy, and their power could be used to secure climate justice and worker security.

@bradlander, @MullissaCalPERS, & #TeslaTakedown’s Evan Sutton join @leftiecowboy.bsky.social to discuss the pain and possibilities of pensions.
The Pain and Possibility of Pensions
A roundtable discussion with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, CalPERS board member and SEIU Local 521 President Mullissa Willette and Evan Sutton of #TeslaTakedown.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 19h
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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 1d
“…the LANDBACK movement is about changing the power structures that created the possibility of our genocide & oppression in the first place. We’re fighting to return public lands to Indigenous people and undo the structures that allowed them to be taken”
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This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, We Don’t Need Celebration. We Need Our Land Back.
We’re fighting to return public lands to Indigenous people and undo the structures that allowed them to be taken in the first place. Join us.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 21h
Since September 8th, ​“Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security claims ICE has detained 800 people, though organizers caution against taking these figures as fact, given the agency’s history of falsehoods.

But they do say agents are increasingly using extreme force.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 1d
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, the call from 2020 still stands. As Nick Tilsen and Krystal Two Bulls wrote, celebration means nothing without repair—and repair begins with #LANDBACK.

Unmet responsibility. Ongoing struggle. Future in our hands.

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A person wears a blue headband with cultural symbols and a face mask reading "descolonizar" with a star logo. The background is blurred, suggesting a public event or protest. The atmosphere feels serious and determined.
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Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social · 2d
In These Times’ labor coverage is really good. Didn’t realize Admin is refusing payroll deductions for union dues and cancelled union contracts for a range of agencies: inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy
The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.
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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 2d
“I’m a senior citizen. I’m tired.”

Truly a devastating story about people unable to recover from disasters, even using all their retirement savings. I fear this for so many of us.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d
As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

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Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line
Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.
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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 2d
"Paradoxically, even as nature delivers new blows, a troubling share of America’s retirement wealth remains locked in the same climate-exposed assets that are driving the instability."

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d
As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

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Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line
Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d
As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

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Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line
Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.
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Todd (they/them) #AbolishThePolice @toddbohannon.bsky.social · 4d
“In 2 Years of #GazaGenocide , Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest” #MediaBias
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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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Randy Fair @southerngayteacher.bsky.social · 3d
“The U. S. has directly armed, funded, provided military and diplomatic support for the killing — so residents have a stake in knowing what their support is leading to, and what voices are represented in influential political shows is of tremendous importance.”

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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 2d
While striking remains a risky proposition for most federal employees, there are still meaningful ways to engage in collective action and solidarity. This is evidenced by the @fedworkersunited.bsky.social, an alliance of unionists from across the government.

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The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy
The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 3d
"It’s not as if there aren’t plenty of media-ready Palestinian or Palestinian-American guests to choose from, chief among them Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who has not appeared on any of the major Sunday news shows since 2019."

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In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 3d
"I'm protesting the kidnapping of people,” said one person at the Broadview detention center protest. “I'm here to support humanity. I'm here to support the undocumented. I think ICE is a terrorist group. The police supporting ICE are terrorists.”
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
For these Christians, religion is no opiate—it’s a profound call to action.

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American civil rights leader and Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to a crowd of thousands in Washington, DC during the Prayer Pilgrimage on May 17, 1957.
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““I think talking about this as an occupation is useful because it is so outrageous and abnormal,” says @jacksonpctu.bsky.social , the vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union.”
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The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
“The labor movement’s survival — and any hope of a wider revival — depends on rediscovering the militancy that once fueled its most transformative victories.”

Conor Lynch writes about the collective action and solidarity needed in this perilous moment.
The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy
The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows from ABC, @cnn.com and @nbcnews.com have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
In 2 Years of Gaza Genocide, Sunday Shows on NBC, ABC and CNN Have Not Featured a Single Palestinian Guest
In a microcosm of the U.S. coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, since Oct. 7, 2023, influential Sunday news shows have not seen fit to book any Palestinians.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
The global activists of @palyouthmvmt.bsky.social applied sufficient pressure to Maersk to enact real, meaningful change: the company agreed to halt its work providing commercial shipping for enterprises that operate in illegal Israeli settlements.
Palestinian Youth Movement Vows to Make Genocide Support Too Costly for Maersk
Global activists aim to halt the Gaza genocide by interrupting the flow of arms to Israel.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
Writing about the new biography, "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler," @ainamarzia.bsky.social reflects on a literary mastermind whose oeuvre has become a centerpiece of Black liberation

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The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
In a new biography, Susana M. Morris reflects on the devolution of American empire through the lens of Butler’s life
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 4d
The 13th largest military in the world is occupying and waging war on the people of Chicago.

“I think talking about this as an occupation is useful because it is so outrageous and abnormal,” says Jackson Potter, vice president of @ctulocal1.bsky.social.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 5d
Trump’s Labor Department may reopen a loophole allowing retirement brokers to enrich themselves at workers’ expense, and now American retirees stand to lose billions.

@brycecovert.bsky.social on how retirement scammers are being unleashed.

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A pile of US dollar bills overlaid with a multi-colored stock market line graph trending downward, conveying a theme of financial decline and instability.
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Peter Aidan Byrne @peteraidanbyrne.bsky.social · 5d
Parable of the Sower was one of those glaring gaps in my reading that I finally fixed just a year or so ago, and beyond how good it is in its own right, it was EASILY the eeriest "this could have been written yesterday about tomorrow" experience I've EVER had.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 5d
Octavia E. Butler saw the future—and warned us.

Aina Marzia reviews Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris, a new biography tracing Butler’s journey to literary legend, showing how her vision transformed both sci-fi and Black liberation.

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Octavia Butler speaks passionately, set against a vibrant abstract background with bold geometric shapes and vivid colors, conveying energy and creativity.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 5d
Trump’s anti-worker government shutdown marks the most extreme assault on federal employees since Reagan’s PATCO bust. To fight back, labor needs solidarity—and militancy.

Read this new story by Conor Lynch on why unions must rediscover their power

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Trump’s anti-worker government shutdown marks the most extreme assault on federal employees since Reagan’s PATCO bust. To fight back, labor needs solidarity—and militancy.
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