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David R. Yale
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Writes award-winning novels about working folks organizing 4 their rights, resisting fascists, winning strikes. Pro-union, anti-racist, pro-feminist, progressive, working class outlook.
Website: DavidRYale.Com.
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Free eBook! I bet you’ll like my novel, "Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps" Illegal harassment doesn’t stop blue collar workers’ fight for their rights. So business owners attack with an unlawful militia. How will workers win their general strike? Free eBook: dl.bookfunnel.com/oiot0p46u3 🛠️ #1u
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Happy Holidays!
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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None of the people in the boats the US has illegally bombed are "in the fight" because the US is not at war, no matter how much the Trump regime insists
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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On this day, fascists attacked us, and were in the process of attacking Europe. A bunch of anti-fascists —our grandparents and great grandparents, and parents, in my case— went and beat them down.

Let us not forget who won that war…
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
He stroked my face gently, looked into my eyes. “I want the way we make love to help you feel like the proud, smart, powerful woman you are.”
“Joey, sex can make you feel that way?”
He patted my hand. “A lot to consider, huh?”
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December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Strikebreaking tactics used for decades, #3 & 4:
Bosses’ organization threatened to put companies out of business if they negotiated with strikers. Got court injunctions to prevent picketing.
From my novel, “No Free Soup for Millionaires”
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December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Minneapolis Teamsters had an actual hospital, and a kitchen to feed picketers at #strike headquarters in 1934.
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No Free Soup for Millionaires - David R. Yale
The Real Paul Makinen - a novel about how a blue-collar community's general strike triumphs over a right-wing conspiracy to suppress wages.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
'What do you want here?’ were the words he said.
A very simple question but it stuck tight in our heads.
We’d never heard of a question quite like this.
When we searched for answers, we found so much was amiss.
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The Real Paul Makinen - a novel about how a blue-collar community's general strike triumphs over a right-wing conspiracy to suppress wages.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New reader review of my novel, “Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps”
“I found the tone to be both determined and heartfelt, giving the reading experience a sense of urgency balanced with human connection.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I chose one of the 3 most common Finnish surnames, Mäkinen, to symbolize my novel's MC Paul as a representative and leader of "ordinary" people. Paul is of Finnish descent. Mäkinen means "little hill," and is understated like Paul is. And yes, the name is explained in the book.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"Good. You’re getting angry. Which you have every right to be. Nourish that anger. Direct it away from yourself. Let it motivate you. But don’t allow it to force out your great love and compassion. They’re related to anger; you need them all.”
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Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps - David R. Yale
The Real Paul Makinen - a novel about how a blue-collar community's general strike triumphs over a right-wing conspiracy to suppress wages.
davidryale.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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1860 Virginia: Teens Isaac & Joy are forced to go on the run through the backwoods of Virginia after Isaac is accused of murder. #homeschool #ya
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Readers' Favorite 2024 Gold Medal Winner.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Every day, a fresh, astounding obscenity from the trash that we elected to govern our nation and the filth that they've gathered around them to enjoy power. Every fucking day,.
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.

Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Every year Canada remembers the 14 women killed in a mass shooting at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, which happened in 1989. The women, all engineering students, were targeted by a misogynist with a gun.

Tonight Montreal's sky was lit up with beams of light in remembrance of each of them.
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Im a healthcare worker whos never stopped masking. Never had covid even though I worked thru it in a seniors home.
Havent had flu or cold in forever🤞

Mask up folks + vaccinate!
Vax and mask, folks. Don't be stupid.
Please, #VaccinesWork! 🙏

Children’s hospitals in Canada face flood of flu visits as doctors urge families to get vaccinated www.cbc.ca/news/health/... by @LaurenPelley

"...higher volumes are already putting strain on the hospital’s limited capacity ... worst is yet to come..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.

Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.

Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Organizing to watch: Gamers are pushing back against the Saudi/Kushner private equity take over of their favorite games. My latest on Working Class Storytelling. open.substack.com/pub/workingc...
Online/Offline
Gamers live their lives both on and offline, and are worried about corporate and political control in both.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Check out the new street paper of Asheville's 12 Baskets Cafe: a program of Asheville Poverty Initiative. Street papers are a way of claiming space for people who have been pushed out of the physical spaces of our communities.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM