Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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Pluralistic: A link-clump demands a linkdump (05 Nov 2023)

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A link-clump demands a linkdump: Fit the ninth.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss (20 Oct 2023)

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Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss: Amazon immediately spotted an undercover reporter but missed that the bestselling 'Release Energy' was its drivers' urine.
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Pluralistic: Biden should support the UAW (18 Sept 2023)

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Biden should support the UAW: Get the Democratic Party's mind right.
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Pluralistic: How unions won a 30% raise for every fast food worker in California (14 Sept 2023)

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How unions won a 30% raise for every fast food worker in California: Hot labor summer was just for openers.
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Pluralistic: NLRB rules that any union busting triggers automatic union recognition (06 Sept 2023)

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NLRB rules that any union busting means automatic union recognition: Biden's photocopier-kickers will give American workers the unions they desperately desire.
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Pluralistic: When parties fail, movements step up (17 August 2023)

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When parties fail, movements step up: Thomas Frank on why we need to occupy the Democrats.
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Pluralistic: When the app tries to make you robo-scab (30 July 2023)

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When the app turns you into a robo-scab: The implacable, inarguable tactics of disciplinary technology.
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Pluralistic: Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange (20 May 2023)

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Dumping links like Galileo dumped the orange: Creatively destroying your weekend like Joseph Dumpeter.
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Pluralistic: Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America; On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1) (06 May 2023)

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Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America: Unions don't just improve wages, they create stable careers.
On the Media on the enshittification (pt 1): The power of a great interlocutor.
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