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“You can build all the dick rockets you want to go to Mars while you try to leave the rest of us on the burning Earth. We’re gonna take control. This is our world, and it’s our government, and it’s our money.”

— Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants president
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4i8...

I loved this speech by the Boss at a celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday. The entire speech is wonderful, but I always smile when Springsteen declares that "Pete, you outlasted the bastards, man!"

That is what we will need to do: outlast the bastards!
Bruce's Introduction At Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Concert
YouTube video by iamworkingonadream
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This conversation is about more than the subtitle alludes...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
Opinion | Two of the World’s Leading Thinkers on How the Left Went Astray
Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel debate the value of open borders and what we owe migrants.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su voices doubts that Trump will deliver to America’s workers.

“It’s one thing to say you’re pro-worker and it’s quite another thing to do it. You can’t be pro-billionaire & pro-working class. You can’t be pro-Elon Musk & pro-worker.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘You can’t be pro-billionaire and pro-working class’: Biden’s labor chief on return of Trump
Julie Su, acting labor secretary, fears many of Biden’s pro-worker policies will be undone by the new administration
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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“Workers of all stripes are determined to fight— during contract negotiations & day to day—for the right to negotiate more control over how AI is deployed within companies.”

Congrats to @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social on this important gathering! It was great to be there. #MakeTechWorkForWorkers
Corporations have long marketed AI to consumers and investors as a technology that will transform the world for the better. Unions are also using AI as a way to galvanize workers to organize their workplace. cal.news/3Cc59kE

📝 Khari Johnson
Fearing AI will take their jobs, California workers plan a long battle against tech
Workers and advocates gathered in Sacramento to prepare defenses against tech they say threatens their jobs and dignity.
cal.news
January 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM