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Erik Loomis
ErikLoomis
I very strongly endorse what @SeanMcElwee has to say here. This is a smart take on where left electoral politics needs to go if it wants to win.https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/04/16/sean-mcelwee-interview-aoc-sanders-191702?fbclid=IwAR1f8
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This Day in Labor History: April 21, 1545. Juan de Villarroel filed the first mining claim at Potosí, in what is now Bolivia. The silver mine in the mountain known
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This Day in Labor History: April 14, 1975. The Bunker Hill Mining Company in Idaho announces it will require women working dangerous jobs to be sterilized as a condition of
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This Day in Labor History: April 9, 1865. General Lee surrenders and Treason in Defense of Slavery is crushed. Let's talk about the slave general strike that made it happen!
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This Day in Labor History: April 7, 1947. Telephone operators for the major phone companies walked off the job in a strike that led to the formation of the Communication
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Oh, I don't know, perhaps actually try to reach out to those voters and organize them instead of assuming that you could win with 30% of the vote because you
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This Day in Labor History: April 5, 1938. The Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company that companies can hire permanent strikebreakers. Let's talk about how
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This Day in Labor History: April 4, 1936. The Strutwear strike in Minneapolis was won by the workers, a significant victory not just for the workers of Minnesota, but specifically
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This Day in Labor History: April 2, 1937. Workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania sat down on the job. Right after Flint, it seemed like the sit-down
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This Day in Labor History: November 28, 1901. A strike of Cuban cigar workers in Tampa collapsed after workers inspired by the Cuban revolutionary Jose Martí sought to create a
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This Day in Labor History: November 13, 1970. Jeon Tae-Il, a Korean sweatshop worker, burned himself to death in protest over the sweatshop conditions of he and his fellow workers.
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