A college history professor once told me, ' Palestine is an invented identity. You're really Jordanian. There's no such thing as Palestine.'

Wish I could send him this, with my book on the 4th shelf. #ProudToBePalestinian #Palestine

Wild that this isn't bigger news.

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on a rampage, killing seven Palestinians and burning cars, homes and farms.

This was the largest settler attack since Oct. 7. Overall, 2023 was the most violent year on record for settler attacks in the West Bank.

What a world.

The Killers and SZA will headline a new music festival coming to Pittsburgh this September. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/new…

The Israeli military bombed a playground in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza, killing at least 11 Palestinian children.

11 children on a playground.

When President Biden & Congress send and fund weapons to Israel, this is what they are enabling.

✨ MAY 11 @OpenStreetsPGH ROUTE ANNOUNCED! ✨

Take a car-free adventure from Market Square, through the Armstrong Tunnel, across the 10th St Bridge, to lively E. Carson St.

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The view today from outside City Hall. Read more here from Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio :
documentedny.com/2024/04/16/bla…

Joe Biden came into office in 2021 vowing to undo Donald Trump’s policies on the US-Mexico border.
Now, he's talking about restricting asylum, and the plan to focus on development has gone out the window.

Eric Martin Patricia Laya and me on how we got here. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

It's been 2 weeks since Biden's supposed 'turning point' on conditioning military aid to Israel, after the IDF assassinated 7 aid workers. Today they killed 11 children at a playground in Rafah and opened fire on Gazans attempting to return north, and STILL no policy change.

Brazil press is finally catching up that 'anti-corruption' operation Lava Jato was actually a US-led *corruption operation*.

This was obvious by 2017, which did not stop Greenwald presenting its far-right prosecutors with an award, as Lula faced jail.

⚪brasilwire.com/category/lava-…

Spotted in Chattanooga

No one wants to see a picket line on @SesameStreet. What would that even look like? Can Elmo hold a picket sign in his furry little hands? What would Oscar the Grouch shout into a bullhorn?

Please RT to tell Sesame Workshop to

PAY
YOUR
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Welcome to our UE grad family ⚡️Princeton GSU-UE VOTE YES⚡️!

nice Pablo Manríquez scoop for The New Republic: Smithsonian Institution Cracks Down on Drag Shows newrepublic.com/article/180752… Follow The New Republic

.⁦UAW⁩ has sought to distance itself from its political work in the closing days of UAW campaign at VW paydayreport.com

WGA members at Sesame Workshop are prepared to strike. 🪧

The unit voted UNANIMOUSLY - with 100% participation - to authorize a strike if management does not reach a fair new contract before their current agreement expires this Friday, April 19.

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UAW Organizing in Chattanooga, TN!

Bob Buzzanco discusses the upcoming vote with labor reporter Mike Elk w/ Payday Report.

Plus politics in Brazil and fake, and now renounced, progressive Sen. John Fetterman.

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In previous UAW campaigns at Volkswagen that I covered, Black workers were largely not featured.

This UAW campaign at Volkswagen is featuring them.

Great video from More Perfect Union, The Holler Ohio Valley, & Katie Nixdorf.

Sesame Street writers authorize strike, picketing could begin next Wednesday