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Screenshot of Spotify page for Working People episode "'ICE got me': The urgent fight to free Ludovic Mbock" 38-year-old regional video gaming champion Ludovic Mbock, who came to the US legally from Cameroon, was snatched by ICE while applying for his yearly work permit—as he’s done for 20 years. He has since been detained for three weeks and moved to facilities in Louisiana and Georgia, and his freedom depends on a critical bond hearing this week. In this urgent episode of Working People, we speak with Diane Sohna, Ludovic’s sister, and Nikhil Delahaye, a close friend of Ludovic’s and a fellow gamer.

Screenshot of Spotify page for Working People episode "Sean O’Brien sold workers and unions out to Trump—these Teamsters are running to oust him" As general president of the union, Sean O’Brien has operated with a “Teamsters vs. Everybody” mentality, especially when it comes to dealing with President Trump and embracing the MAGA right. But now, 14 months into the second Trump administration, the labor movement and the entire working class—Teamsters members included—is under attack. In this episode of Working People, we speak with veteran Teamsters Richard Hooker Jr. and John Palmer, who are running to oust O’Brien from leadership in the upcoming union election.

Screenshot of Spotify page for Working People episode "Tech workers protest Microsoft’s ties to ICE terror and Israel's war crimes" In just six months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) more than tripled the amount of data stored on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform,The Guardian reports, “at the same time that its arsenal of surveillance technology ballooned.” This week, tech workers with the No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) campaign staged a protest and informational picket at Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, WA, demanding that Microsoft cancel all contracts that provide technological support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and ICE’s campaign of terror in the US. We speak with Ibtihal, a former software engineer at Microsoft and an organizer with the NOAA campaign.

Screenshot of Spotify page for Working People episode "America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, OH, today" Feb. 3, 2026 marked the three-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine, OH—one of the worst industrial disasters in US history. Over the last three years, residents have been exploited and abandoned by Norfolk Southern, the government, opportunistic politicians, sensationalist media outlets, and self-serving attorneys, but we have not forgotten them. On the three-year anniversary of the day that changed their small-town lives forever, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez was on the ground in East Palestine speaking with residents about their lives and needs today. Here is what they said...

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I analyzed the Proud Boys donor list. The most common occupation was real estate (realtor, mortgage broker) — the same parasitic class that was over-represented among Jan 6th rioters.

I wrote about the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo, speaking with a worker at the airport about the weapons moving through it

Urgent petition to sign. Dont skip.

🚨 “The government has kidnapped one of my friends.”

I spoke to loved ones of 38-year-old regional video gaming champion Ludovic Mbock, who came to the US legally from Cameroon & was snatched by ICE in Baltimore while applying for his yearly work permit—as he’s done for 20 years.
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Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor Workers at JBS USA to strike Monday in what will be the first labor strike in the meatpacking industry in decades

Meatpacking plant workers in Colorado are set to strike on Monday in what would be the first and largest labor action to hit the industry in decades
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brown's AAUP chapter, along with Brown Rise Up and Brown Stand Strong, calls on the Brown University administration to protect campus trust, safety, and academic freedom. www.brownchapteraaup.org/statements

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.

Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ep 299 - Stop The War, Stop ICE Terror!
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Iran, LabCorp, Mercedes, JBS, Home Depot, DHL Express, Patagonia, Crumbs & Whiskers, The Holy Donut, Sacramento Teachers, "AI" exploitation, FL union busting, ICE resistance continues

Remember when the IDF had a squad dress up as medical personnel to enter a hospital and execute an injured man in his hospital bed

scoop -> Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots went far beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance, the first significant disagreement between the allies since the war began, according to a U.S. official, Israeli official and a source with knowledge. Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel

This should for all intents and purposes be treated as a straight up lie and misinformation on the part of the US until proven otherwise

Letter from UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova to JBS USA informing the company they are giving notice to cancel the contract extension agreement

3,800 meatpacking workers, represented by UFCW Local 7, could go on strike as early as March 16

The union canceled their contract extension agreement. 99% of workers voted to authorize a strike

It would be the first strike at the plant, the largest to hit the industry in decades

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

“The media will credit her fall to some shady no-bid contract she was behind, her use of a private jet, or administration rivals like Stephen Miller and whatever boring DC drama. But the real reason is obvious: public activism.”

If Iran killed 140+ girls in a school bombing in a million years does anyone think this wouldn’t be a front page story in NYT? Does anyone think this would be an A11 story? Does anyone think they would be so faux anal retentive about attributing responsibility for five days? Obviously not.

You dont need a team of analysts to say the countries carpet bombing Iran are responsible for the bombing. This is not a standard used for Russia or Iran, it’s a standard invented on Oct 17 2023 after the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital bombing and the ADL’s crybully campaign, it’s reserved only for Israel/US

Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.

Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979

Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran

Bari Weiss is pushing the “50 year war” narrative at both the Free Press and CBS. The erases both American culpability for the current war (since Iran started in 1979!) and the reasons why a theocratic anti-American regime took power in the first place.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...

kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

Sean O’Brien sold workers and unions out to Trump—these Teamsters are running to oust him. “As a labor leader, [O’Brien] should be disqualified…. Donald Trump has done nothing to help the working class, only the people in the Epstein class.”

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Sean O'Brien sold workers & unions out to Trump—these Teamsters are running to oust him

I speak w/ Richard Hooker Jr. & John Palmer, who are running against the O'Brien administration in this year’s Teamsters elections
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The existence of the billionaire class is predicated on paying their workers so little that they can't survive

MoCo bill would prohibit ICE building permits The Montgomery County Council announced its latest step Monday to counter the federal campaign to deport immigrants, which has disrupted the lives of hundreds of county residents.

Montgomery County wants to ban permits for ICE facilities after seeing warehouses turned into detention centers in other parts of the state. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Breaking the glass ceiling of slaughtering schoolgirls

ICE is still terrorizing Minnesota

Ep 298 - No War On Iran!
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Anti-war intro, Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Texas IBEW, Twin Rivers USD, St John's University, Burger King, Panipat Refinery in India, Mexico, NYU, incarcerated workers in Alabama

Providence continues protesting U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in national day of action “This fight is bigger than one president," said Sterk Zaza. "It is about ending a system that profits from death and destruction. It is about creating a new world where we have dignity."

Providence continues protesting U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in national day of action

“This fight is bigger than one president," said Sterk Zaza. "It is about ending a system that profits from death and destruction. It is about creating a new world where we have dignity."

I assume this is exact same rationale Ted Cruz, more commonly known as the Zodiac Killer, used when he murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969.