DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a>: “What About the Capitalists?”: Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs</p><p>Story April 08, 2025</p><p>"As workers brace for uncertainty and fallout from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, we hear from two <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autoworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoworkers</span></a>, one in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> and one in the United States. Israel Cervantes, founder of the National Independent Union for Workers in the Automotive Industry in Mexico, calls for unions across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a> to unite against the tariffs, which have already led to layoffs from auto manufacturers. In the U.S., autoworker and UAW member Sean Crawford joins Democracy Now! on his work break to respond to the rhetoric and impact of the tariffs. 'They are always harping on foreigners, foreigners, foreigners. But what about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalists</span></a>? says Crawford, who urges international solidarity against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a>’ attempts to sow division among <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploited</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>. “This nationalistic viewpoint has not been working for us and has resulted in a lot of these layoffs,' he says. 'I want to see us grow together as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a>.'"</p><p>Listen / watch / read transcript:<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_tariffs_autoworkers_union#transcript" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_</span><span class="invisible">tariffs_autoworkers_union#transcript</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JaguarLandRover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaguarLandRover</span></a>, based in Britain, said it would temporarily stop exporting its luxury cars to the US. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stellantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellantis</span></a> idled factories in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> that make Chrysler & Jeep vehicles & laid off 900 US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> who supplied those factories w/engines & other parts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Audi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audi</span></a>, the luxury division of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a>, also paused exports of cars to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, telling dealers to sell whatever they still had on their lots.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a></p>
a̸m̵n̵e̴s̴i̶a̸c̷7̷<p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/artific</span><span class="invisible">ial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08/</span></a></p><p>Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/xai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xai</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spying</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/surveilance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveilance</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/gov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gov</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/usgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usgov</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/trumpflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpflation</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/junta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>junta</span></a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>This is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climaterealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climaterealism</span></a>. It is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatedelusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatedelusion</span></a>.</p><p>The new “ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centrist</span></a> consensus” on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> is emerging & its highly nationalistic, flirting with more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> involvement, & expecting at least 3°C of warming, thereby justifying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoengineering</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/climate-change-realism-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/04/07/climate-c</span><span class="invisible">hange-realism-security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenSocialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSocialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcoSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoSocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DualPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electoral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discussion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a></p>
☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭<p>People's Union USA, with founder John Schwarz, is initiating a nationwide boycott against Walmart that starts today.</p><p>"Schwarz has cited federal income tax opposition, equality issues, high prices, and a bid to help smaller local businesses as factors behind the blackout."</p><p>Are you going to participate? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/walmart-boycott-customer-protest-2056133#:~:text=What%20To%20Know,as%20factors%20behind%20the%20blackout" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/walmart-boycott-c</span><span class="invisible">ustomer-protest-2056133#:~:text=What%20To%20Know,as%20factors%20behind%20the%20blackout</span></a>.</p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>It's not a coincidence that every concession <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> gained in the 20th-century has been taken away by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalists</span></a> since the end of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a>. Why? Because they no longer fear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a>. As long as that fear of revolution was there, they were forced to make concessions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Even the Nazis Didn’t Murder Red Cross Workers & Bomb Hospitals, Schools & Ambulances - Israel’s Execution of 15 Red Crescent & Aid Workers Marks a New Low”</p><p>The latest *essentisl reading* blogpost by veteran UK Anti-Zionist campaigner, Tony <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Greenstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenstein</span></a></p><p>“On 24 April 1945 when Berlin was Liberated the Jewish Hospital Was Functioning, its 800 Jewish Patients Still Alive”</p><p><a href="https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2025/04/even-nazis-didnt-murder-red-cross.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">azvsas.blogspot.com/2025/04/ev</span><span class="invisible">en-nazis-didnt-murder-red-cross.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massacre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hospital</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RedCross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedCross</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BloodLust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BloodLust</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>French lunch money row: Should restaurant coupons become supermarket ones? <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2001150/french-lunch-money-row-should-restaurant-coupons-become-supermarket-ones/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2001150/f</span><span class="invisible">rench-lunch-money-row-should-restaurant-coupons-become-supermarket-ones/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/coupon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coupon</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/francais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>francais</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchLunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchLunch</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/lunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lunch</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/meal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meal</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/restaurant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restaurant</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a></p>
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Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>If the Labour Govt. was serious about helping disabled people get work (rather than a bad faith rationalisation for disabled benefits cuts), what they should be doing is helping ensure that hybrid working (and extensive working from home) is protected & indeed, promoted (and not just for the disabled).</p><p>The Work Foundation has found hybrid working plays a major role in allowing people with a range of health conditions to manage them.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/publications/beyond-the-office" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio</span><span class="invisible">n/publications/beyond-the-office</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> And they exploit everything and everone in their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/africas-data-workers-are-being-exploited-by-foreign-tech-firms-4-ways-to-protect-them-252957" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/africas-da</span><span class="invisible">ta-workers-are-being-exploited-by-foreign-tech-firms-4-ways-to-protect-them-252957</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a></p>
Notte Stellata 🌙<p>Video emerges of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> being fired in on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> - contradicting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> account of deadly attack . The bodies of 15 aid workers were found in a "mass grave" after the incident <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/video-emerges-of-aid-workers-being-fired-on-in-gaza-contradicting-israeli-account-of-deadly-attack-13342194?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR73zC2e6ZYiDBt4sEz246YUgJBiAPVPky_tmEu0mJFoDUfiYZQVrYRxJ6MALA_aem_opkCq3bWYESuYRWHs05mgg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/video-emerg</span><span class="invisible">es-of-aid-workers-being-fired-on-in-gaza-contradicting-israeli-account-of-deadly-attack-13342194?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR73zC2e6ZYiDBt4sEz246YUgJBiAPVPky_tmEu0mJFoDUfiYZQVrYRxJ6MALA_aem_opkCq3bWYESuYRWHs05mgg</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>ON SUNDAY, dozens of <a href="https://c.im/tags/migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrant</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Taipei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taipei</span></a> gathered at the city’s central train station <br>to protest gender violence against migrant women <br>as well as raise awareness about the plight of Palestinian women and children through a flash mob performance. <br>This was in celebration of <br>“One Billion Rising”, <br>an annual campaign against rape and <a href="https://c.im/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> held in 60 countries worldwide. <br>The name comes from a statistic that within their lifetime, <br>at least one in three women across the world will have encountered gender violence, which totals to around one billion people.<br><a href="https://newbloommag.net/2025/04/02/one-billion-rising-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newbloommag.net/2025/04/02/one</span><span class="invisible">-billion-rising-2025/</span></a></p>
Jess F<p>Are you attending <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/ALAAC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALAAC2025</span></a> in Philly? Join comrades before the conference on Thursday, June 26 and learn to <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organize</span></a> Your <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a>! Supported by the Library Freedom Project and rank-and-file workers like you.</p><p>More info/register: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmx1MFDJRK-ayodySuEartNkyQ7lBpQxgUPQ4ZrT7XJIpAxQ/viewform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI</span><span class="invisible">pQLScmx1MFDJRK-ayodySuEartNkyQ7lBpQxgUPQ4ZrT7XJIpAxQ/viewform</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“The story of automation in the US is that it has mostly impacted on manual workers in manufacturing. For example, factory employees — such as carmakers — performing routine tasks have lost their jobs to robots — or lower-cost Asian competitors.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndustrialAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialAutomation</span></a> has tended to affect lower-skilled, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueCollar</span></a> jobs in the “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rustbelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustbelt</span></a>” heartlands and small-town, less-educated communities in the south and midwest. </p><p>But a recent study from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BrookingsInstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrookingsInstitution</span></a> suggests that the communities most exposed to AI-driven job dislocation will be <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> information workers. The researchers studied the usage of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> tools across more than 1,000 occupations and mapped this against where those jobs were most commonly located. </p><p>Their analysis suggests that many <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coders</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FinancialAnalysts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialAnalysts</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/bureaucrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucrats</span></a> in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Durham, New York and Washington DC might want to rethink their futures. But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NonOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonOffice</span></a>-bound <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> in places such as Las Vegas, Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana may be less exposed to AI disruption.”</p><p>My observation since 2022 when <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> an influential shareholder decided to *speak out* about “reducing its head count and paying (hi-tech) workers less”. [1]</p><p>This is the decade where extreme (cost) pressure will be forced on White collar workers by the introduction of AI. </p><p><<a href="https://archive.md/YqF03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/YqF03</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-493c-b8c6-edfbd4057199" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-4</span><span class="invisible">93c-b8c6-edfbd4057199</span></a>> (paywall)</p><p>[1] <<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>></p>
Nonilex<p>Bet the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAW</span></a> isn’t so happy with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> now…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stellantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stellantis</span></a> says it will temporarily lay off 900 US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> following tariff announcement</p><p>What did they expect?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/stellantis-says-will-temporarily-lay-off-900-us-workers-following-tariff-2025-04-03/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/autos-tra</span><span class="invisible">nsportation/stellantis-says-will-temporarily-lay-off-900-us-workers-following-tariff-2025-04-03/</span></a></p>
Dr Alexandrina Vanke<p>Delighted to see a new book review on ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ by Dr Mitja Stefancic just out in the 50th Anniversary issue of Network, the magazine of the British Sociological Association. Link to the full issue 👉🏽<a href="https://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/network/network-current-issue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">britsoc.co.uk/publications/net</span><span class="invisible">work/network-current-issue/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/anthropology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anthropology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>class</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a></p>
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"According to a report from Rachel Maddow on Tuesday evening (which I cannot independently verify), the HHS cuts will close all HHS programs that provide care and support for Alzheimer’s victims and their families."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers #Alzheimers #elderly
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-have-every-reason-to-be-hopeful
Today's Edition Newsletter · We have every reason to be hopeful, but no reason to be complacentBy Robert B. Hubbell
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“We’ve had a lot of devastating days, but this really is unfathomable. It’s astounding, it will affect patients with all kinds of different kinds of infections, and Americans will suffer, and people will die, and that’s a horrible thing to see coming.”
~ Wendy Armstrong, director of infectious diseases at the University of Colorado
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers
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The Bulwark · ‘People Will Die’—RFK Jr. Guts America’s Health BureaucracyBy Jonathan Cohn
Infectious disease doctor Jade Pagkas-Bather of University of Chicago responds to the Trump administration's mass firing of workers in the CDC and HHS:
“We’re going to have patients die. Unnecessary, preventable death.”
#Musk #Trump #DOGE #RFKJr #HHS #CDC #healthcare #medicine #research #science #firings #workers
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WIRED · The CDC Has Been GuttedBy Leah Feiger
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