The labor union movement has led the fight for equal rights and economic and social justice. Today, May Day, we reflect on those struggles, and pledge our support to protecting workers’ rights and building an economy based on human needs, not corporate greed.
I get it now. Ted and Heidi Cruz wanted their children to be safe, to have basic sanitary services like heat and running water, to leave behind a third-world apocalyptic nightmare for a safer place. Like so many parents before them, they decided to cross the Mexican border.
tomorrow join @idrisgoodwin & I at the @PoetryFound 7pm. we gonna b reading from our new books & running thru various top 5s & being (hopefully) endearing (& v smart) idiots
Crew Highlight: Ilko Davidov - Editor
BulletproofFilm @CIMMfest founder. Producer/Editor QueerCore: How to Punk A Revolution (2017); Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, The Road Is All (2015) @TheRoadIsAll; William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) https://t.co/eez1OHkoVm
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PROUD to announce: A People's History of Chicago, a doc based on poetry by @kevincoval, produced w/Olivia Pearson, @milkmedia, Ilko Davidov, & @FreeSpiritChi has received a 2018 artist's grant. Thank you @ChicagoDCASE! We will make you proud of your investment #chipplhistory