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A publication committed to informing and advancing movements for social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Founded in 1976.
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“Jane devoted her life to collective action, but she never forgot that collectives are composed of people, and every person is a world unto themselves.” Remembering Jane McAlevey: inthesetimes.com/article/jane...
Rules to Live Byinthesetimes.com Remembering labor’s fierce organizer, strategist and writer, Jane McAlevey.
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“For many library workers, the material consequences of unchecked capitalism are the stuff of everyday life.” Emily Drabinski on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism: inthesetimes.com/article/publ...
The Library Is a Commonsinthesetimes.com A socialist former president of the American Library Association on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism.
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“Vance has the soothing mannerisms of a mid-market TV anchor, lacing his fingers in front of him and softly punctuating his sentences, smiling and making mildly funny jokes. This is just the sort of sweetness that can help you swallow poison.” inthesetimes.com/article/nati...
Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War!inthesetimes.com At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise.
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“Goodbye Julia acts as a mirror, inviting audiences to reflect on how the choices of everyday people are echoes and refractions of those made by society as a whole.” inthesetimes.com/article/good...
Goodbye Julia Brings Sudan Front and Centerinthesetimes.com Director Mohamed Kordofani discusses how the film became a powerful exploration of injustice and reconciliation.
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“While the State Department condemns such killings [...] in practice, the United States has almost never had to take accountability for the local killings of activists by the governments it supports.” inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defendersinthesetimes.com Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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U.S. climate activist Brandon Lee narrowly survived an assassination attempt in 2019. In this urgent new investigation, reporter Alessandra Bergamin uncovered U.S. ties to the Philippines military battalion implicated in Brandon’s shooting. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defendersinthesetimes.com Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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“When workers come together collectively to do something and they win, it builds extraordinary solidarity, whether it’s to vote against a shitty president or take control from their boss.” inthesetimes.com/article/jane...
Jane McAlevey: We Desperately Need a Mass Strike Against the Billionaire Classinthesetimes.com An interview about politics and power.
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Investigative reporter Alessandra Bergamin identified 573 extrajudicial killings of climate activists in 10 hotspot countries between 2014 and 2024. About half involved the state—and each country had received substantial training and weaponry from the U.S. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defendersinthesetimes.com Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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In 2019, US activist Brandon Lee narrowly survived an assassination attempt widely attributed to the Philippine military. In this yearlong, blockbuster investigation @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social finds Lee's case is far from an anomaly inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defendersinthesetimes.com Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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🔗 EPISODE 161! 🔗 In today’s episode, we discuss "The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning" by Adam Federman in @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social, which highlights how higher education institutions have changed policies on student demonstrations.
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U.S. climate activist Brandon Lee narrowly survived an assassination attempt in the Philippines. He’s not alone. Around the world, government forces attack climate activists with impunity—and U.S. support. An urgent new investigation: inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defendersinthesetimes.com Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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“While the average retirement account has increased, these gains have largely gone to those who are already wealthy and are the highest earners. Nearly half of American families have no retirement account savings at all.” inthesetimes.com/article/cong...
Congress Is Leaving More than 1 Million Nonprofit Workers Out of Retirement Benefitsinthesetimes.com When investing in Americans’ future, Congress should not exclude nonprofit workers.
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“I have never seen a more transformational experience than when a worker actually sees their employer fighting them tooth and nail on basic demands.” Jane McAlevey on the long-game of building union power through contract negotiations: inthesetimes.com/article/jane...
Winning Is Only the Start: Jane McAlevey on Building Worker Powerinthesetimes.com Veteran organizer Jane McAlevey on the long-game of building union power through contract negotiations.
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“Starmer’s election does mean change for British politics after 14 years of Tory rule, but Starmer has mostly achieved this by not doing too much while his main opponents in the Conservative Party crashed and burned.” inthesetimes.com/article/brit...
Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quointhesetimes.com The UK's new Prime Minister, elected on July 4, won't touch the structures that helped him ascend to power—and that hold most working people in Britain down.
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In 2020, Mindy Isser interviewed Jane McAlevey on how a militant labor movement can tip the balance of political power back into the hands of the working class. “I don’t think there’s any way out of the mess we’re in without a return to mass strikes.” inthesetimes.com/article/jane...
Jane McAlevey: We Desperately Need a Mass Strike Against the Billionaire Classinthesetimes.com An interview about politics and power.
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Keir Starmer, we're told, is a Very Serious Politician setting out to confront Very Serious Issues™ The problem, explains Sarah Jaffe, is that Starmerism has nothing to offer when it comes to actually fixing them. inthesetimes.com/article/brit...
Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quointhesetimes.com The UK's new Prime Minister, elected on July 4, won't touch the structures that helped him ascend to power—and that hold most working people in Britain down.
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In 2018, Jane McAlevey wrote on strikes as a tool capable of transforming our political horizons. “The sooner we establish union democracy, the sooner workers will get to pull the lever for politicians committed to pro-working-class policies.” inthesetimes.com/article/elec...
How To Elect Democrats Who Actually Answer To Workersinthesetimes.com Why strikes and workplace power build electoral power.
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