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Workers pay taxes on wages. Billionaires can borrow against untaxed wealth.

Nancy Folbre makes the case for taxing the rich to fund public services, confront inequality, and help protect a livable planet.

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Mohammed Altaj’s second chance at life came through an Indian family’s organ donation—and a mother who never left his side.

His story moves from Palestinian imprisonment and illness to fatherhood, writing, and a commitment to human dignity.

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[Basic Income UK @basicincome_uk]

AI's future is a question of power, not just technology. Strong unions, shorter hours and public services are essential. But dismissing UBI as a billionaire's fix misses its potential to give workers the security to say no. UBI + UBS + unions. 🧵

[BIUK Trade Unions @BIUKTradeUnions]

The answer to AI isn't UBI instead of unions, or unions instead of UBI. Workers need both: collective power to shape technology and individual income security to resist exploitation. Add universal services and shorter hours. Share the gains, not just the risks.

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Protest can win concessions.

Revolution requires more: lasting organization, broader demands, and a vision of what comes next.

Michael Albert asks whether today’s global uprisings can go beyond resistance to transform society.

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“Self-defense” for Israel. “Terrorism” for Palestinians.

The words aren’t neutral when they’re applied by a double standard.

Norman Solomon decodes the rhetoric used to discredit Israel’s critics and obscure Palestinian rights.

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Who benefits from the AI boom—and who pays?

Ashley Smith interviews tech workers on profit, job insecurity, surveillance, and AI warfare—and why workers need power over how this technology is used.

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Who gets to claim democracy’s legacy?

Dimitris Eleas challenges Rubio’s use of ancient Greece to legitimize U.S. power. Democracy wasn’t handed down by elites—it was won through popular struggle.

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[Noam Chomsky Quotes (Year 534) @chomsky_quotes]

Long, terrifying piece from Arundhati Roy.

"Perhaps our unused brains will atrophy, our heads will shrink and our fingers will turn into undulating prompt tentacles."

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Z’s future is not guaranteed.

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What if the AI debate is asking the wrong question?

Arundhati Roy asks who profits when capitalism turns human knowledge, labor, and nature into private assets—and who pays the price.

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What if gender violence helps enforce the gender roles capitalism depends on?

Dana Cloud connects unpaid labor, male entitlement, and elite impunity—and asks what it takes to dismantle the system reproducing them.
Originally on @tempest_mag

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Z hit 900 followers on Bluesky! Help us break 1,000 by following and sharing.

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The No Kings Coalition says 2,000+ Vote Early events are planned nationwide.

Voter education means knowing your ballot, your state’s rules, and your options—not waiting until Election Day to find out.
@No_Kings @50501Mmovement

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Jeremy Brecher argues the Green New Deal must evolve for an era of climate devastation, inequality, war, and global disorder—linking clean energy to social justice and international cooperation.

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Are schools meant to educate people—or produce workers for the market?

Lois Weiner links France’s test-score debate to privatization, school funding, and who gets to decide what education is for.

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The Left can mobilize crowds—but can it build lasting organizations?

Eric Blanc draws organizing lessons from evangelical megachurches on belonging, recruitment, and turning newcomers into committed members.

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The West Bank olive harvest begins amid escalating settler violence and military restrictions that keep Palestinians from their farmland.

Crisis Action examines the threat to livelihoods, land access and humanitarian aid.

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Sweden’s labor laws restrict strikes, but unions still have tools to fight back.

Rasmus Hästbacka explains how workplace pressure, solidarity action and legal strategy can support worker organizing.

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