@profpetercole.bsky.social
Historian of labor, race, and (dock)workers. Unionist. Vegan. None of us are free until all of us are free. Ubuntu
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Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their recent boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.
Dockerworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy
Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.
wagingnonviolence.org
The Genoese dockworkers inserted themselves into the globe’s most contentious political issue, Palestine, using the best tool in any worker’s toolbox: stopping work. Call it a boycott, call it direct action, call it a strike. When workers stop working, bosses & governments take notice. My latest! ✊
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This Day in Labor History: November 26, 1910.A factory in Newark, New Jersey caught on fire, killing 25 workers. This should have been led to workplace safety reform, but because wealthy people did not see the people making their clothing die, nothing happened. Triangle would be next year!!!
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 26, 1910.A factory in Newark, New Jersey caught on fire, killing 25 workers. This should have been led to workplace safety reform, but because wealthy people did not see the people making their clothing die, nothing happened. Triangle would be next year!!!
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Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here is my peace plan for Ukraine/Russia.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Putin goes on trial in the Hague.
3. Russia pays everyone for everything.
4. Trump gets impeached, convicted, and sent to jail.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has long been a defender of states’ rights. Not so much any more. With Trump in office, Abbott has embraced Trump’s push to expand presidential power.
By @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
By @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Long a Defender of States’ Rights, Embraces Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power
Defending Texas sovereignty has been central to Abbott’s political identity. Yet he has helped Trump erode states’ authority over elections, policing and deploying the National Guard.
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has long been a defender of states’ rights. Not so much any more. With Trump in office, Abbott has embraced Trump’s push to expand presidential power.
By @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
By @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
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USA: How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado www.timescall.com/2025/11/23/s...
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
www.timescall.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
USA: How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado www.timescall.com/2025/11/23/s...
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Across the Chicago area, you can find signs that read “ICE secuestró alguien aquí,” or “ICE kidnapped someone here,” which began appearing last month during the ongoing federal immigration crackdown.
Signs across Chicago mark locations of ICE arrests
chicago.suntimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Across the Chicago area, you can find signs that read “ICE secuestró alguien aquí,” or “ICE kidnapped someone here,” which began appearing last month during the ongoing federal immigration crackdown.
The @nytimes.com continues to need to be edited for accuracy. Here’s what actually happened: Israel continues to repeatedly violates the ceasefire and murders people, escalating its endless war and terrorizing innocent people in Lebanon
The Israeli military said it assassinated a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike near the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday, further escalating its attacks on the Iran-backed militant group despite a year-old cease-fire brokered by the U.S.
Israel Says It Assassinated Top Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon
Escalating its attacks on the armed group in Lebanon, Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff in an airstrike on an apartment building.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The @nytimes.com continues to need to be edited for accuracy. Here’s what actually happened: Israel continues to repeatedly violates the ceasefire and murders people, escalating its endless war and terrorizing innocent people in Lebanon
Heya Bluesky! Everyone should join me in shouting #nocontractnocoffee Please don’t scab on @sbworkersunited.org who are on strike because corporate billionaires refuse to pay their workers decent wages & keep breaking the law! www.nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Heya Bluesky! Everyone should join me in shouting #nocontractnocoffee Please don’t scab on @sbworkersunited.org who are on strike because corporate billionaires refuse to pay their workers decent wages & keep breaking the law! www.nocontractnocoffee.org
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This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Slowly but surely even the @nytimes.com is starting to almost be honest. Instead of "Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Truce, Officials Say," how about ISRAEL CONTINUES MURDERING PALESTINIANS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE IT PROMISED TO KEEP www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Truce, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Slowly but surely even the @nytimes.com is starting to almost be honest. Instead of "Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Truce, Officials Say," how about ISRAEL CONTINUES MURDERING PALESTINIANS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE IT PROMISED TO KEEP www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
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14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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USA: ‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in over 40 US cities www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in over 40 US cities
Starbucks union threatens to expand campaign as politicians like Zohran Mamdani back striking workers
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
USA: ‘No contract, no coffee’: what to know about the Starbucks workers’ strike in over 40 US cities www.theguardian.com/business/202...
trump is buddies with the Saudi prince who ordered the murder of a US citizen who was a journalist. trump soon will be selling super expensive, high tech US planes to Saudi Arabia. definitely Nobel peace prize material
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the White House Tuesday, his first since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. n.pr/4pkcGRn
Trump's White House hosts Saudi Crown Prince with big deals being inked
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the White House Tuesday, his first since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
trump is buddies with the Saudi prince who ordered the murder of a US citizen who was a journalist. trump soon will be selling super expensive, high tech US planes to Saudi Arabia. definitely Nobel peace prize material
I feel for the people of Charlotte, the latest innocent victims of the rapist in the white house seeking to deflect attention by leaning further into fascism. As a Chicagoan, let me give you one word of advice: RESIST!
Many communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, were reeling after federal Customs and Border Protection teams descended on the city at the weekend and arrested at least 81 people.
Charlotte, North Carolina reels as 81 people arrested in immigration raids
Thriving business districts in North Carolina city now at a ‘standstill’ after at least 81 were arrested over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I feel for the people of Charlotte, the latest innocent victims of the rapist in the white house seeking to deflect attention by leaning further into fascism. As a Chicagoan, let me give you one word of advice: RESIST!
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.