Commented - Leftism

It's Girl Scout Cookie season, so it's a great time to remind you that the Girl Scouts welcome trans and nonbinary children. Here is a list of trans Girl Scouts to order cookies from. ( www.erininthemorning.com )

Also, The Girl Scouts explicitly rejected a large donation from an anti-trans organization: https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2015/06/donor-says-girl-scouts-can-t-use-100k-gift-for-transgender-girls...

Junior Bake Off final was "coronation" themed. Ilhām, 10, was asked her opinion of the monarchy, I can't believe they aired her answer, but she gives me hope. ( i.imgur.com )

What an icon ✊

Bernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill with no loss in pay for workers ( thehill.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13099372

Why Jordan Peterson Is Always Wrong ( jacobin.com )

‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him | Bernie Sanders ( www.theguardian.com )

Push for Washington state Democrats to vote ‘uncommitted’ instead of for Biden in March 12 primary picks up steam ( www.columbian.com )

Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) organization endorses push for ‘uncommitted’ votes in multiple Democratic primaries ahead of Super Tuesday ( thehill.com )

There's a communist multimillionaire fomenting revolution in Atlanta. Suburban Democrats are pissed. ( www.motherjones.com )

If you are a leftist/communist who doesn't believe in tech saviourism ; you should join our community of leftist hackers, scientists, programmers, engineers- even if you want to learn, we can help you ( lemmy.world )

There are a lot of leftist communities, there are a lot of science communities, but not many leftist hacker/scientist/engineering communities because those types of communities are often libertarian and believe in tech saviourism bullshit...

AIPAC Targets Progressives With $100 Million in Its Coffers ( www.rollingstone.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12821802...

Elizabeth Warren says she believes Israel’s war in Gaza will legally be considered a genocide - POLITICO ( www.politico.com )

600 Activision QA workers unionize, Microsoft voluntarily recognizes ( www.polygon.com )

For those that don't know, I helped organize this union! The feeling is indescribable, and easily the proudest moment of my life. We won!

Remember: the real reason Elon Musk bought Twitter was to influence the 2024 election & stop any kind of leftist organizing on the site ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )

This comment hit the nail on the head. I feel like I played right into his hands. But what is a person to do?...

Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? ( jacobin.com )

Washington state’s largest labor union endorses ‘uncommitted’ over Biden, suggested it is concerned about Joe Biden’s ability to defeat Donald Trump ( www.nbcnews.com )

We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant ( jacobin.com )

The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake ( www.yahoo.com )

I don't think this is actually about needing to pay wages, I believe that the real target is the fast food worker council that was created to make these changes. I think they're going for a tried and true method to gain conservative sympathy, but Republicans are self-segregating away from California and their political influence...

US Anheuser-Busch workers threaten strike ( www.theguardian.com )

Bernie Sanders Proposes Reducing Americans’ Workweek to 32 Hours ( www.nytimes.com )

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12505048...

Freedom Foundation Used ‘Trickery’ To Try To Get Teachers To Drop Union Membership ( www.huffpost.com )

Tl;dr: the right wing, anti-union group Freedom Foundation attempted to commit mail fraud to get teachers to drop their union membership.

The Union Busting Playbook: how to inoculate coworkers against union busting ( unionbustingplaybook.com )

Have you been wanting to unionize at work? Are you concerned about union busting disrupting your organizing efforts? Well then this website will be invaluable to you. CWA is a bottom-up, worker led union. Ever since the PATCO strike made unions afraid of striking, CWA alone has basically kept the idea of striking alive in the...

Stephen Colbert Launches Progressive Charity Site Named After Tucker Carlson's Streaming Service ( www.thewrap.com )

“The only thing I don’t really get about this new platform is the name: Tucker Carlson Network. It kind of feels incomplete like, doesn’t it feel like he should have called it the Tucker Carlson network. And he really should have gotten the website ‘theTuckerCarlsonnetwork.com.’ And he didn’t. But I did,” He...

'Criticism of Israel Is Not Inherently Anti-Semitic': An Open Letter From Jewish Writers ( m.thewire.in )

We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognise that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic—and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience.”

Donald Trump 'endorses' 'Late Night With Stephen Colbert' on Times Square billboard ( www.yahoo.com )

It's a theory, like gravity. Nick Fuentes says there should be no such thing as an "age of consent" ( twitter.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2594046...