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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 9d

These headlines are a few hours apart.

Abundance!

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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 10d

Academic workers from the AAUP and AFT won a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's actions against noncitizen students and faculty for pro-Palestine speech.

The case underscores the power of unions to resist authoritarianism and shows workers' rights = civil rights = immigrant rights 🧵

Adam Quinn @adamquinnphd.com · 11d

Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) ruled in favor of the AAUP/AFT and against Trump for punishing immigrant students for pro-Palestine speech.

His decision remarks that the government's campaign goes "beyond its closest analogues in the Red Scare."

Here's how he starts the decision off:

A photocopied letter reads "Trump has pardons and tanks.... what do you have?" The judge responds "Alone, i have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, we the people of the united states - you and me - have our magnificent constitution. Here's how that works out in a specific case.

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18d

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake

**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email [email protected] with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

docs.google.com

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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 22d

Housing justice is global. Senators report Israel is destroying Palestinian homes to force families out—ethnic cleansing by another name. Just like tenants everywhere, Palestinians deserve safe, stable homes.

truthout.org/articles/sen...

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DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · Aug 12

To clear up some confusion we've been hearing: Saikat Chakrabarti is not a DSA SF member, doesn't identify as a socialist, and is not endorsed by our chapter. He has even donated to corporate-backed candidates, including to help defeat our member @deanpreston.bsky.social 1/2
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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18d

California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @tenantstogether.bsky.social at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18d

If a landlord threatens eviction for ANY reason, *immediately* email [email protected] with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can help. Because of extremely unfair legal deadlines for (even illegal) evictions, it's crucial to react ASAP. Do NOT wait to use our clinic for evictions.

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18d

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake

**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email [email protected] with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

docs.google.com

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 27d

Join us September 21 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also discuss our proposed ballot measure to tax landlords to fund social housing, vote on whether to endorse Prop 50, and more!

We hope to see you September 21 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22d

Unable to pay your rent or having trouble with your landlord? Unionize!

Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize and collectively bargain with their landlord! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start organizing with BTU and form your official tenant union!

RENTER IN BERKELEY?
LANDLORD PROBLEMS?

UNIONIZE YOUR BUILDING
(AND HELP OTHERS UNIONIZE THEIRS)

FOR SUPPORT OR TO JOIN THE TASKFORCE
Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force Interest Form:
unionize.berkeleytenants.org

THE BERKELEY TENANT ORGANIZING TASK FORCE IS A PROJECT OF THE BERKELEY TENANTS UNION, EAST BAY DSA, AND THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER LUNAPARRA, DEDICATED TO ASSISTING TENANTS IN ORGANIZING TENANT UNIONS UNDER MEASURE BB.

[Logos of the Berkeley Tenants Union, the Office of Berkeley City Council Member Cecilia Lunaparra, and the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America]

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 27d

Join us September 21 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also discuss our proposed ballot measure to tax landlords to fund social housing, vote on whether to endorse Prop 50, and more!

We hope to see you September 21 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy start of classes!

Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start unionizing and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean!

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The Lever @levernews.com · Sep 9

America could simply repeal an old GOP law & build more housing right now.

But the Abundance Guys are instead selling a complex theory of zoning reforms - which have enriched developers but spectacularly failed to systematically transform housing markets where they've happened.

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy start of classes!

Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start unionizing and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean!

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day!

Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong!

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Aug 22

California tenants living outside Alameda and Contra Costa counties should call @tenantstogether.bsky.social at 888-495-8020 for counseling (both for responding to evictions and for general assistance).

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Aug 22

If a landlord threatens eviction for ANY reason, *immediately* email [email protected] with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can help. Because of extremely unfair legal deadlines for (even illegal) evictions, it's crucial to react ASAP. Do NOT wait to use our clinic for evictions.

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Aug 22

Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is THURSDAY, August 28 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, August 24 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).

Berkeley Tenants Union August 28, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake

**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email [email protected] with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...

docs.google.com

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Aug 12

BTU Chair @averyarbaugh.bsky.social speaks at @demsocialists.bsky.social Convention's tenant movement panel, with @latenantsunion.bsky.social, @triangletenantunion.org, Greater Austin Tenant Organizing (GATO), Puget Sound Tenants Union, and NYC DSA's (@socialists.nyc) Tenant Organizing Working Group

Six panelists sitting in chairs, with Avery currently speaking

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · Jul 30

The Tenants United movement in Bozeman, Montana has pushed policy to restrict second-home vacation rentals, do less policing of homelessness, and set up publicly funded eviction legal defense.

Last summer, the movement scored a significant win.

boltsmag.org/montana...

To Tackle Housing Crisis, These Organizers Want to First Change How City Hall Works

Advocates in Bozeman, Montana, are using a once-in-a-decade chance to reshape their local government structure to create more equitable representation and, eventually, more affordable housing policy.

boltsmag.org

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Housing Is A Human Right @housinghumanright.bsky.social · Jul 23

EXCLUSIVE: Tech executives and venture capitalists are funding California YIMBY's push to kill tenant protections.

Read all the eye-popping details!

Exclusive: Tech Execs and Venture Capitalists Spend Big to Help California YIMBY Kill Tenant Protections

Tech executives and venture capitalists shell out nearly $425,000 to help California YIMBY kill tenant protections in California.

www.housingisahumanright.org

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us Sunday to learn how to form a tenant union! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize & collectively bargain with their landlord!

We’ll also discuss last weekend’s canvass, how the city council defunded affordable housing (and how we’re fighting back), and more!

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · Jun 11

6 of our 11 supervisors were SF YIMBY endorsed or appointed by an SF YIMBY endorsed mayor. All of them will almost certainly back this NIMBY mass displacement plan. That’s as good an illustration as any of why I’m not a YIMBY.

Exclusive: Mayor Lurie unveils plan to eliminate RVs from San Francisco streets

Under the mayor’s proposal, oversize vehicles would be restricted from parking on any city street for more than two hours at a time. Can he win approval for it?

www.sfchronicle.com

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Berkeley Tenants Union - Yes on Prop 50 @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join us July 12 for a northwest Berkeley canvass to unionize tenants! You can RSVP at www.eastbaydsa.org/events/3679/...!

West Berkeley
Tenant Rights Canvass!

Help us spread the word about Measure BB changes to tenants rights, and the right to organize a tenants union!

JULY 12TH
10:00AM UNTIL NOON
CEDAR ROSE PARK, BERKELEY

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Oakland Tenants Union @oaktenantsunion.bsky.social · Jun 15

Problems with your landlord? OTU's community counselors can help you learn your rights! Join us on Zoom for a virtual tenant clinic next Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00pm. OTU clinics are free and open to all Oakland tenants!

Virtual Tenant Rights Clinic

A free clinic for all your tenants' rights questions.

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