Sören Brandes
@union-brandes.bsky.social
Your local German union organizer, organizing Europe's biggest land port in Duisburg | formerly a historian
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Für US-Konzerne gilt endgültig keine globale Mindestbesteuerung. Dabei zielte die Maßnahme von 147 Ländern vor allem auf diese Konzerne ab.
Die USA entkommen der globalen Mindeststeuer
Für US-Konzerne gilt endgültig keine globale Mindestbesteuerung. Dabei zielte die Maßnahme von 147 Ländern vor allem auf diese Konzerne ab.
www.surplusmagazin.de
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Für US-Konzerne gilt endgültig keine globale Mindestbesteuerung. Dabei zielte die Maßnahme von 147 Ländern vor allem auf diese Konzerne ab.
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Die Spitze des BSW beschwert sich darüber, dass Abgeordnete aus der Partei austreten und trotzdem ihre Mandate behalten. Lustiger wird's heute nicht mehr.
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Die Spitze des BSW beschwert sich darüber, dass Abgeordnete aus der Partei austreten und trotzdem ihre Mandate behalten. Lustiger wird's heute nicht mehr.
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Great news: ✨Tascha Van Auken✨ will head the new "Office of Mass Engagement," which will oversee the Mayor's—
• Public Engagement Unit
• NYC Civic Engagement Commission
• Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships
Our NYC experiment in co-governance will have an excellent leader on the inside.
• Public Engagement Unit
• NYC Civic Engagement Commission
• Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships
Our NYC experiment in co-governance will have an excellent leader on the inside.
We congratulate SMC member Tascha Van Auken on her appointment!
Democracy does not end at the ballot box. With Tascha at the helm, we know that Zohran's administration will work tirelessly to give working people the voice they have been denied.
Democracy does not end at the ballot box. With Tascha at the helm, we know that Zohran's administration will work tirelessly to give working people the voice they have been denied.
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Great news: ✨Tascha Van Auken✨ will head the new "Office of Mass Engagement," which will oversee the Mayor's—
• Public Engagement Unit
• NYC Civic Engagement Commission
• Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships
Our NYC experiment in co-governance will have an excellent leader on the inside.
• Public Engagement Unit
• NYC Civic Engagement Commission
• Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships
Our NYC experiment in co-governance will have an excellent leader on the inside.
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Those of us in NYC's electorally organized Left have known and learned from Tascha for to close a decade; Z's justly famous field operation introduced her work to a much wider world.
Check out this @thedigradio.bsky.social interview for a great primer on her approach.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Check out this @thedigradio.bsky.social interview for a great primer on her approach.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
New Dig: guest host @micahuetricht.bsky.social talks w @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social field director Tascha Van Auken. Tascha, architect of @socialists.nyc field program and entire electoral strategy, lays out 100k volunteers on 3 million doors in fascinating detail. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
Three Million Doors w/ Tascha Van Auken
Featuring Tascha Van Auken on how Zohran’s campaign mobilized an army of 100,000 volunteers to knock three million doors. Van Auken has been an architect of NYC-DSA’s field operation and its general e...
www.thedigradio.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Those of us in NYC's electorally organized Left have known and learned from Tascha for to close a decade; Z's justly famous field operation introduced her work to a much wider world.
Check out this @thedigradio.bsky.social interview for a great primer on her approach.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Check out this @thedigradio.bsky.social interview for a great primer on her approach.
bsky.app/profile/dani...
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New Dig ep is honest, in-depth conversation on how Mamdani administration will do governance as @socialists.nyc and allied movements build power on the ground: opportunities, constraints, contradictions that’ll have big implications for entire socialist project. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/nyc-...
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New Dig ep is honest, in-depth conversation on how Mamdani administration will do governance as @socialists.nyc and allied movements build power on the ground: opportunities, constraints, contradictions that’ll have big implications for entire socialist project. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/nyc-...
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For example, a shock to food generates inflation 126% higher for the poorest than the richest decile; for petroleum and coal products, inflation is 54% higher for the poorest, revealing sectors where price increases have systemic distributional effects. 8/16
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For example, a shock to food generates inflation 126% higher for the poorest than the richest decile; for petroleum and coal products, inflation is 54% higher for the poorest, revealing sectors where price increases have systemic distributional effects. 8/16
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The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
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Etwas Duisburg Content
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Etwas Duisburg Content
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New Past Lives: Sosias, Silver Mining, and the Wealth of Classical Athens. One of the hidden drivers of Athenian wealth during the city's golden age was silver mining, and Sosias, one of the most expensive slaves sold in the city, oversaw 1,000 enslaved miners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Sosias, Silver Mining, and the Wealth of Classical Athens
Podcast Episode · Past Lives · 12/10/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New Past Lives: Sosias, Silver Mining, and the Wealth of Classical Athens. One of the hidden drivers of Athenian wealth during the city's golden age was silver mining, and Sosias, one of the most expensive slaves sold in the city, oversaw 1,000 enslaved miners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
By “sovreignty” he means “states should be weak enough so that billionaires like me should be able to treat them as feudal vassals” bsky.app/profile/lora...
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Tascha didn’t just build a volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, she built a community across our city.
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
Three Million Doors w/ Tascha Van Auken
Featuring Tascha Van Auken on how Zohran’s campaign mobilized an army of 100,000 volunteers to knock three million doors. Van Auken has been an architect of NYC-DSA’s field operation and its general e...
thedigradio.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tascha didn’t just build a volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, she built a community across our city.
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
And there’s no one better suited to tell you how she did it than her.
thedigradio.com/podcast/thre...
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We made this legal when we made triple striking yemeni weddings legal. It's the same, I don't understand why people think it isn't
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We made this legal when we made triple striking yemeni weddings legal. It's the same, I don't understand why people think it isn't
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⚡️ BREAKING: Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
⚡️ BREAKING: Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
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“Merchant’s incisive writing traces the roots of globalization's decay beyond the common post-Cold War failures, arguing instead that the great political & economic shifts of the last decade are the natural outworking of the long-term decay of the market-based economic order.”
Varn Vlog: Jamie Merchant on the Many, Many Current Crises
YouTube video by C. Derick Varn
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Merchant’s incisive writing traces the roots of globalization's decay beyond the common post-Cold War failures, arguing instead that the great political & economic shifts of the last decade are the natural outworking of the long-term decay of the market-based economic order.”
"Schon 2017 fanden Forscher an der Universität Oxford heraus, dass der regelmäßige Besuch in der Nachbarschaftskneipe Menschen glücklicher macht. Deshalb lasst euch in der Kneipe um die Ecke blicken, wenn ihr noch eine habt. Prost, Genossen!
jacobin.de/artikel/knei...
jacobin.de/artikel/knei...
Warum die Linke sich um sterbende Kneipen kümmern sollte
Explodierende Kosten und stagnierende Reallöhne zwingen immer mehr Kneipen in die Knie. Die Linke sollte sich dieses Problems annehmen. Denn eine vereinzelte Gesellschaft macht nicht nur keinen Spaß, ...
jacobin.de
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Schon 2017 fanden Forscher an der Universität Oxford heraus, dass der regelmäßige Besuch in der Nachbarschaftskneipe Menschen glücklicher macht. Deshalb lasst euch in der Kneipe um die Ecke blicken, wenn ihr noch eine habt. Prost, Genossen!
jacobin.de/artikel/knei...
jacobin.de/artikel/knei...
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BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
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Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.
And they were nothing like "primitive"
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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KI klingt nach Zukunft – aber sie lebt von menschlicher, unsichtbarer Arbeit. Ich habe für @freitag.de mit @geoplace.bsky.social über sein Buch „Feeding the Machine“ gesprochen – und darüber, was KI wirklich kostet. Leseempfehlung für alle, die hinter die Kulissen der "KI-Unternehmen" schauen wollen
„Die Arbeitsbedingungen sind brutal“: Über die geheimen Malocher hinter ChatGPT
Hinter jedem KI-Bild steckt Handarbeit: Menschen in Kenia, Indien oder auf den Philippinen schuften stundenlang für Hungerlöhne, um Maschinen klüger zu machen. Im Gespräch enthüllt Mark Graham die uns...
www.freitag.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
KI klingt nach Zukunft – aber sie lebt von menschlicher, unsichtbarer Arbeit. Ich habe für @freitag.de mit @geoplace.bsky.social über sein Buch „Feeding the Machine“ gesprochen – und darüber, was KI wirklich kostet. Leseempfehlung für alle, die hinter die Kulissen der "KI-Unternehmen" schauen wollen
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Power from the Past: Back in '78 organizers and legal advocates in Los Angeles blocked the deportation of over 100 workers rounded up to undermine unionization at a shoe factory. The strategy spread across activists networks to Chicago and other cities--an echo of the fight-back we're seeing today
In 1978, immigrant workers and unions stopped an immigration raid at the Sbicca shoe factory in East Los Angeles, setting a major legal precedent and showing how labor solidarity can defend against deportations.
Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations
In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.
inthesetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Power from the Past: Back in '78 organizers and legal advocates in Los Angeles blocked the deportation of over 100 workers rounded up to undermine unionization at a shoe factory. The strategy spread across activists networks to Chicago and other cities--an echo of the fight-back we're seeing today
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Union stewards are expected to wear many hats. But instead of doing all the work yourself, find ways to spread the work around. That builds union strength—and will pay off in the long run. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Union stewards are expected to wear many hats. But instead of doing all the work yourself, find ways to spread the work around. That builds union strength—and will pay off in the long run. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...
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Had tons of fun talking to @patrickwyman.bsky.social about the past few hundred million years or so for his great Tides of History podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Tides of History
History Podcast · Updated Weekly · Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we s...
podcasts.apple.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Had tons of fun talking to @patrickwyman.bsky.social about the past few hundred million years or so for his great Tides of History podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...