Shelby Mack
@shelbymack.bsky.social
Working towards an economy that is equitable, democratic, and ecologically sound in Rhode Island.
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3 cheers for this proposal for an investment into employee ownership from @sabinamatos.bsky.social. "It’s time to chart a new path: one where the businesses that define Rhode Island stay open and remain in the hands of the communities who built them."
Rhode Island is losing its iconic businesses. Employee ownership could keep the doors open. - The Boston Globe
If we want to save more businesses from disappearing, we must act urgently, writes Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
3 cheers for this proposal for an investment into employee ownership from @sabinamatos.bsky.social. "It’s time to chart a new path: one where the businesses that define Rhode Island stay open and remain in the hands of the communities who built them."
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Over the last five years we built
Reclaim Rhode Island into a potent housing justice, tenant organizing, left political organization. We’re hiring:
- tenant organizers to be supervised by SEIU 1199 NE
- an executive director to build Reclaim up into a powerhouse cadre org. Details below!
Reclaim Rhode Island into a potent housing justice, tenant organizing, left political organization. We’re hiring:
- tenant organizers to be supervised by SEIU 1199 NE
- an executive director to build Reclaim up into a powerhouse cadre org. Details below!
August 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Over the last five years we built
Reclaim Rhode Island into a potent housing justice, tenant organizing, left political organization. We’re hiring:
- tenant organizers to be supervised by SEIU 1199 NE
- an executive director to build Reclaim up into a powerhouse cadre org. Details below!
Reclaim Rhode Island into a potent housing justice, tenant organizing, left political organization. We’re hiring:
- tenant organizers to be supervised by SEIU 1199 NE
- an executive director to build Reclaim up into a powerhouse cadre org. Details below!
A joy to facilitate visioning & priority-setting with the RI Worker Cooperative Alliance last night at Fuerza's beautiful space!
RIWCA Meeting/Potluck at Fuerza!
📈Worker-owned coops are the future.
COOP-CURIOUS? reach out to us!
RI Worker Cooperative Alliance (RIWCA), is an org building a fair/just economy, based on shared community ownership and democracy.
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RIWCA en Fuerza!
Las cooperativas de trabajadores son el futuro.
📈Worker-owned coops are the future.
COOP-CURIOUS? reach out to us!
RI Worker Cooperative Alliance (RIWCA), is an org building a fair/just economy, based on shared community ownership and democracy.
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RIWCA en Fuerza!
Las cooperativas de trabajadores son el futuro.
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A joy to facilitate visioning & priority-setting with the RI Worker Cooperative Alliance last night at Fuerza's beautiful space!
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The Economic Progress Institute celebrates 10 wins that promote progress & equity for Rhode Islanders
“I put myself into it to make sure people talked about taxing the rich, & we did. We did it in a big way this year, & we’re not giving up," said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies. "The year isn’t over yet.”
“I put myself into it to make sure people talked about taxing the rich, & we did. We did it in a big way this year, & we’re not giving up," said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies. "The year isn’t over yet.”
The Economic Progress Institute celebrates 10 wins that promote progress and equity for Rhode Islanders
“I put myself into it to make sure people talked about taxing the rich, and we did. We did it in a big way this year, and we’re not giving up," said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies. "The year isn’t over yet.”
steveahlquist.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Economic Progress Institute celebrates 10 wins that promote progress & equity for Rhode Islanders
“I put myself into it to make sure people talked about taxing the rich, & we did. We did it in a big way this year, & we’re not giving up," said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies. "The year isn’t over yet.”
“I put myself into it to make sure people talked about taxing the rich, & we did. We did it in a big way this year, & we’re not giving up," said Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies. "The year isn’t over yet.”
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turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...
Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country
Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.
prospect.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...
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Hindsight is 20/20 ofc but it seems slightly easier to imagine rallying people to climate politics in the U.S. around rent and mortgages becoming unaffordable vs. far-off, somewhat abstract goals like net-zero, or “beating” China by building more EV Hummers
June 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hindsight is 20/20 ofc but it seems slightly easier to imagine rallying people to climate politics in the U.S. around rent and mortgages becoming unaffordable vs. far-off, somewhat abstract goals like net-zero, or “beating” China by building more EV Hummers
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We’re making the (g)rounds this summer, visiting some of Rhode Island’s finest coffee shops! Come out to see us every Wednesday morning at 8-9 a.m. for a quick hello, to talk community investment, or just to support a local business. We’re starting this Wednesday at worker-owned White Electric.
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
We’re making the (g)rounds this summer, visiting some of Rhode Island’s finest coffee shops! Come out to see us every Wednesday morning at 8-9 a.m. for a quick hello, to talk community investment, or just to support a local business. We’re starting this Wednesday at worker-owned White Electric.
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Amer Rabee was a Palestinian American born in New Jersey. He was not a terrorist — he was just a child.
In the West Bank and in Gaza, atrocities like the killing of Amer are occurring daily.
We cannot stay silent. We cannot look away.
In the West Bank and in Gaza, atrocities like the killing of Amer are occurring daily.
We cannot stay silent. We cannot look away.
May 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Amer Rabee was a Palestinian American born in New Jersey. He was not a terrorist — he was just a child.
In the West Bank and in Gaza, atrocities like the killing of Amer are occurring daily.
We cannot stay silent. We cannot look away.
In the West Bank and in Gaza, atrocities like the killing of Amer are occurring daily.
We cannot stay silent. We cannot look away.
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"The Suffering Is Beyond Description": Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
“Beyond Description”: Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned Tuesday that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza over the next 48 hours if more aid does not enter the besieged territory. The warning comes as Israel expands...
www.democracynow.org
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The Suffering Is Beyond Description": Report from Gaza as U.N. Warns 14,000 Babies Could Soon Die
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I wrote about Republicans proposed cuts to childcare funding, and the broader right-wing effort to undo the Second Wave and push women out of the paid workforce. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Republicans are attacking childcare funding. Their goal? To push women out of the workforce | Moira Donegan
The right wants American women to bear more children and withdraw from full participation in society
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I wrote about Republicans proposed cuts to childcare funding, and the broader right-wing effort to undo the Second Wave and push women out of the paid workforce. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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#PVDlocal/#RIocal: Butler Hospital refuses to meet the need for safe staffing & fair wages, so the strike covered in this article is moving forward on Thursday 5/15. If there are opportunities for members of the public to support, I'll share them. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/butler-hos...
Butler Hospital Union Workforce announces open strike beginning May 15, 2025
“Our decision to move forward with the strike on May 15 is not one any of us takes lightly but we know it necessary,” said Dawn Williams, RN.
steveahlquist.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#PVDlocal/#RIocal: Butler Hospital refuses to meet the need for safe staffing & fair wages, so the strike covered in this article is moving forward on Thursday 5/15. If there are opportunities for members of the public to support, I'll share them. steveahlquist.substack.com/p/butler-hos...
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
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Pronatalists: Encourage white births, enforce regressive, hierarchal & stratified social roles, push women out of public sphere & limit women’s prospects for social, professional intellectual life to pregnancy, childcare & housework. @moiradonegan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is America’s pro-natalism movement really about? | Moira Donegan
Pro-natalists aren’t actually interested in making motherhood easier by offering things like affordable childcare. So what is their aim?
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pronatalists: Encourage white births, enforce regressive, hierarchal & stratified social roles, push women out of public sphere & limit women’s prospects for social, professional intellectual life to pregnancy, childcare & housework. @moiradonegan.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You already pay more than your fair share in taxes. It's time for the top 1% in #RI to pay theirs.
TONIGHT
Join our 20min "power calls"
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
For info on:
💸 RI's funding cliff
💸 why taxing the 1% matters
💸 what you can do to help
www.mobilize.us/riwfp/event/...
TONIGHT
Join our 20min "power calls"
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
For info on:
💸 RI's funding cliff
💸 why taxing the 1% matters
💸 what you can do to help
www.mobilize.us/riwfp/event/...
RI Tax the Rich – Wednesday evening power calls! · RI Working Families Party
Protect Rhode Island from Trump and Musk's hostile takeover!
Join Working Families Power every Wednesday at 6:30pm for focused, 20-minute organizing calls to raise taxes on the rich in RI and protect...
www.mobilize.us
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You already pay more than your fair share in taxes. It's time for the top 1% in #RI to pay theirs.
TONIGHT
Join our 20min "power calls"
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
For info on:
💸 RI's funding cliff
💸 why taxing the 1% matters
💸 what you can do to help
www.mobilize.us/riwfp/event/...
TONIGHT
Join our 20min "power calls"
Wednesdays at 6:30pm
For info on:
💸 RI's funding cliff
💸 why taxing the 1% matters
💸 what you can do to help
www.mobilize.us/riwfp/event/...
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"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal."
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Chicago Teachers Union ratifies groundbreaking contract cementing LGBTQ+ protections
Discrimination in education isn't welcome in the Windy City.
www.advocate.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal."
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
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Action is necessary, planning is essential. convergencemag.com/articles/pla...
Plan 2028: Bringing Labor and Social Movements Together
UAW called for unions to synchronize contract expirations on May 1, 2028. How can we harness this compression point to coordinate our movements?
convergencemag.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Action is necessary, planning is essential. convergencemag.com/articles/pla...
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Admit you made a mistake
When are the people who said nothing while student protestors were attacked for their free speech last year going to admit they made a catastrophic mistake? That would actually be useful. Weaken their rhetorical tools.
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
Admit you made a huge fucking mistake
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Admit you made a mistake
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Chilling. They are saying that simply taking action in opposition to US foreign policy is grounds for deportation.
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Chilling. They are saying that simply taking action in opposition to US foreign policy is grounds for deportation.
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Think of the proud lineage of protests against US-backed wars, coups, torture...
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
So proud of Rhode Island for showing up this weekend. I saw neighbors, coworkers from former jobs, lots of people I usually don't see at protests. Mass mobilization is critical right now - there is no mandate for the corporate coup. Let's do it again soon! #HandsOff #PopularFront
Thousands take to the streets of Providence to protest the Trump/Musk Administration
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
Thousands take to the streets of Providence to protest the Trump/Musk Administration
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So proud of Rhode Island for showing up this weekend. I saw neighbors, coworkers from former jobs, lots of people I usually don't see at protests. Mass mobilization is critical right now - there is no mandate for the corporate coup. Let's do it again soon! #HandsOff #PopularFront
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Thousands take to the streets of Providence to protest the Trump/Musk Administration
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
Thousands take to the streets of Providence to protest the Trump/Musk Administration
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Thousands take to the streets of Providence to protest the Trump/Musk Administration
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
"Thousands mobilized today because we stand united against Rhode Island being bought, sold, and gutted just so billionaires can get a few more tax breaks."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/thousands-...
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TOMORROW! AFT members are joining thousands of people in a nationwide day of action to say: Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our public schools. Hands off our Medicare. Hands off our jobs.
It's not too late to find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff #HandsOff #ProtectOurKids
It's not too late to find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff #HandsOff #ProtectOurKids
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TOMORROW! AFT members are joining thousands of people in a nationwide day of action to say: Hands off our Social Security. Hands off our public schools. Hands off our Medicare. Hands off our jobs.
It's not too late to find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff #HandsOff #ProtectOurKids
It's not too late to find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff #HandsOff #ProtectOurKids
Really looking forward to this series. Been trying to follow some wise advice: "Know Your History."
Today we’re launching a new series on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social: PROJECT 1933.
For this ep of @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social, @moiradonegan.bsky.social and I did something kind of bananas: we started to go through the year 1933 in Germany (mas o menos) day by day. This first ep covers January 1 to March 15. Future eps will cover a month each. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
April 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Really looking forward to this series. Been trying to follow some wise advice: "Know Your History."
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On this Trans Day of Visibility, we celebrate and recommit to protecting our transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming siblings! 🏳️⚧️💜
Trans rights are labor rights! ✊
#TDOV #TransDayofVisibility
Trans rights are labor rights! ✊
#TDOV #TransDayofVisibility
March 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On this Trans Day of Visibility, we celebrate and recommit to protecting our transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming siblings! 🏳️⚧️💜
Trans rights are labor rights! ✊
#TDOV #TransDayofVisibility
Trans rights are labor rights! ✊
#TDOV #TransDayofVisibility
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Stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government is the very definition of union busting — and a blatant attempt to silence us.
We will fight this outrageous attack on our members with every fiber of our collective being.
We will fight this outrageous attack on our members with every fiber of our collective being.
March 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Stripping collective bargaining and union rights from workers across the federal government is the very definition of union busting — and a blatant attempt to silence us.
We will fight this outrageous attack on our members with every fiber of our collective being.
We will fight this outrageous attack on our members with every fiber of our collective being.