Louise Elizabeth Parker
@louiseparker.bsky.social
Traveller, activist, policy wonk, lover of visual arts.
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Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem.
Our food system needs a public option.
Our food system needs a public option.
How Public Groceries Can Make Food Affordable Again
Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem. Our food system needs a public option.
jacobin.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem.
Our food system needs a public option.
Our food system needs a public option.
Progressive Senators form a “Fight Club.” “With views of the Democratic brand at record lows…the party must embrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests, fiercely oppose the Trump administration and defy their own party’s orthodoxy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Progressive Senators form a “Fight Club.” “With views of the Democratic brand at record lows…the party must embrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests, fiercely oppose the Trump administration and defy their own party’s orthodoxy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
REMINDER: 62% of Americans want universal healthcare. It’s far from a radical idea! Source: Gallup
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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#De-Ice
@seiu.org
“Our neighbors & coworkers are taken by masked ICE agents—targeted for…our skin color, language spoken, or where we live & work—with no respect for due process…This continues despite the fact that most people in ICE custody have no criminal history.”
act.seiu.org/a/de-ice-the...
@seiu.org
“Our neighbors & coworkers are taken by masked ICE agents—targeted for…our skin color, language spoken, or where we live & work—with no respect for due process…This continues despite the fact that most people in ICE custody have no criminal history.”
act.seiu.org/a/de-ice-the...
De-ICE these flights! Tell ICE Air contractors to halt inhumane ICE Air transports.
Our neighbors are being detained, shackled, then flown out of the country in inhumane conditions—subjected to abuse, sometimes with no emergency plans, no A/C, and broken toilets. De-ICE these flights...
act.seiu.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#De-Ice
@seiu.org
“Our neighbors & coworkers are taken by masked ICE agents—targeted for…our skin color, language spoken, or where we live & work—with no respect for due process…This continues despite the fact that most people in ICE custody have no criminal history.”
act.seiu.org/a/de-ice-the...
@seiu.org
“Our neighbors & coworkers are taken by masked ICE agents—targeted for…our skin color, language spoken, or where we live & work—with no respect for due process…This continues despite the fact that most people in ICE custody have no criminal history.”
act.seiu.org/a/de-ice-the...
It is being reported that conservative politicians names are being redacted from the Epstein files. My response:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnp...
Shocked that gambling is happening - Casablanca (1942)
YouTube video by Raindog's House of Oddities
m.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It is being reported that conservative politicians names are being redacted from the Epstein files. My response:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnp...
Support the Starbucks Strike Fund!
#StarbucksStrike
#StarbucksStrikeFund
#StarbucksBoycott
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
#StarbucksStrike
#StarbucksStrikeFund
#StarbucksBoycott
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
Strike Fund - Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks partners are winning this fight because we are united, and customers and allies are standing with us.
sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Support the Starbucks Strike Fund!
#StarbucksStrike
#StarbucksStrikeFund
#StarbucksBoycott
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
#StarbucksStrike
#StarbucksStrikeFund
#StarbucksBoycott
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
sbworkersunited.org/strike-fund/
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November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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We don‘t know if there is still hope, but please call your Senator immediately if they are on this list and demand they do not vote for the CR unless it includes an extension of the healthcare subsidies.
zeitgeistpulse.substack.com/p/the-surren...
zeitgeistpulse.substack.com/p/the-surren...
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We don‘t know if there is still hope, but please call your Senator immediately if they are on this list and demand they do not vote for the CR unless it includes an extension of the healthcare subsidies.
zeitgeistpulse.substack.com/p/the-surren...
zeitgeistpulse.substack.com/p/the-surren...
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Senate Dems fold without getting anything concrete for the American people. Remember this come primary time.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Senate Dems fold without getting anything concrete for the American people. Remember this come primary time.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
Call us left extremists but going to this much trouble to prevent feeding the hungry poor is utterly evil.
#SNAP
#LetThemEatCake
#SNAP
#LetThemEatCake
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Europeans recognize Mamdani‘s policies as normal, not radical.
#Mamdani
#DemocraticSocialism
#SocialDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Mamdani
#DemocraticSocialism
#SocialDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Europeans recognize Mamdani‘s policies as normal, not radical.
#Mamdani
#DemocraticSocialism
#SocialDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Mamdani
#DemocraticSocialism
#SocialDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A democratic socialist wasn’t supposed to be able to win a major office like New York City mayor over the objections of billionaires.
Yet Zohran Mamdani and the movement behind him built a campaign far stronger than the oligarchs and their unlimited money.
Yet Zohran Mamdani and the movement behind him built a campaign far stronger than the oligarchs and their unlimited money.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Medicaid will undergo its biggest transformation in more than a decade when a new work requirement is added to the program in 2027. Here’s what to expect.
How Medicaid’s New Work Requirement Will Work
Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Medicaid will undergo its biggest transformation in more than a decade when a new work requirement is added to the program in 2027. Here’s what to expect.
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In case you were wondering, with this regime the point is generally about cruelty and/or making the rich even richer. Often the two go together.
#SNAP
#Letthemeatcake
#SNAP
#Letthemeatcake
This is about as sick and cruel as it gets. This policy is in place to stop grocery stores from OVERCHARGING people using SNAP.
The Trump administration, while it illegally withholds SNAP benefits, is telling grocers they can't offer discounts to people on SNAP.
The Trump administration, while it illegally withholds SNAP benefits, is telling grocers they can't offer discounts to people on SNAP.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In case you were wondering, with this regime the point is generally about cruelty and/or making the rich even richer. Often the two go together.
#SNAP
#Letthemeatcake
#SNAP
#Letthemeatcake
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WE NEED A GENERAL STRIKE!
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
WE NEED A GENERAL STRIKE!
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
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Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
indivisible.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spotify is now running ICE recruitment ads. We asked them to stop. They ignored us. Let's show them what we showed Disney. No Kings, No Collaborators, No Capitulators. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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#IndivisibleLondon
#NoTyrants
#October182025
#18October2025
From our brilliant friends at @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social -- No Tyrants, October 18, 2025
#NoTyrants
#October182025
#18October2025
From our brilliant friends at @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social -- No Tyrants, October 18, 2025
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#IndivisibleLondon
#NoTyrants
#October182025
#18October2025
From our brilliant friends at @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social -- No Tyrants, October 18, 2025
#NoTyrants
#October182025
#18October2025
From our brilliant friends at @indivisiblelondon.bsky.social -- No Tyrants, October 18, 2025