It's really, really important to follow workers' leads during union campaigns. And Starbucks workers are asking you to stop buying from Starbucks.
So stop buying Starbucks.
Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis today.
Age verification, or any other system that makes you identify yourself to use the Internet, should be treated with extreme skepticism. And as a tool of surveillance.
We're treating a complex problem like a simple one, and potentially doing great harm in the process. Kat is 100% right.
Twin Cities friends: when possible, go out with someone you trust while legal observing! (And follow Council Member Chavez for timely updates.)
Solidarity from Milwaukee. And abolish ICE.🌹
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It’s June 11th. Salah Sarsour has been detained by ICE since March 30th, not having been found guilty of a crime since he was a child, and is being treated horribly. He’s lost 30 pounds in detention. He is not receiving vital medical and religious accommodations. (1/2)
Retailers 100% understand the tradeoff when they replace workers with "self-checkout" systems. It's ridiculous for them to pretend otherwise.
This is a big reason why we should very skeptical of magical-sounding "automation" technology, especially AI. Even when it works, it's at workers' expense.
Flock cameras are rife for abuse, easy to hack — and ultimately do nothing to address the underlying causes of crime.
They also create *another* vector for federal mass surveillance, especially when cops are cooperating with ICE through 287(g) agreements. bsky.app/profile/jaso... (1/2)
The last of Joy Byrne Powers’ series on socialism in Milwaukee is live. It’s a well-produced look at our socialist history (and present), and I was honored to be included in it. Thank you to Lake Effect and @wuwmradio.bsky.social for this context-heavy exploration! www.wuwm.com/milwaukee-so...
We must free Salah Sarsour. And abolish ICE, with justice for everyone harmed by their authoritarian actions.
Link to article here: www.wpr.org/news/milwauk... (2/2)
We introduced legislation last session to confront the abuse of Flock cameras — along with other known, systemic problems with law enforcement in Wisconsin.
You can read more about it here: wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/democ... (2/2)
Representative Ryan Clancy
Chad Loder
One easy change you can make to fight back against corporate greed:
STOP BUYING STARBUCKS.
Here's why:
