"'A Human-Centered Arts Education': MCAD Faculty Rally for AI Protections and Economic Stability" - important reporting by Isabela Escalona.

The Palestinian labor movement has endorsed the call from dockworkers in six countries for strikes and protests on October 30. Palestinian unionists are calling for other unions around the world to join in.

From the archives: So many construction workers are misclassified, have their wages stolen, aren't given the benefits they've earned, even when they're grievously injured on the job. Read Isabela Escalona on the abuse rampant in this sector.

In Minnesota right now, there is a sweeping push to close public schools in Minneapolis, enforce "budget cuts" on the University of Minnesota, and consolidate hospitals, leading to reduced services. It's daunting, but workers are fighting back.

"Shehadeh is one of several Palestinian rights advocates who have been detained and had their personal devices searched by CBP while returning to the U.S. from international travel since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023."

The Minneapolis Public Schools district is proposing to close more than a dozen schools. Educators are blasting the plan as devastating to students and teachers, and completely perplexing. "It is an affront to each one of us." @amiestager reports on an MFE Local 59 rally in the rain.

Important and troubling story.

"This year, several worker groups hosted democratic assemblies in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. New documents show how they were surveilled for Operation Puppet Master." by Amie Stager

"Two documents, both submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota as exhibits in the case, are transcripts of recordings between two special agents and two unnamed undercover agents surveilling the worker assembly."

On Feb 15, federal agents attended a worker assembly in Minneapolis. They talked about attendees in disparaging ways, and reported back what they observed. Amie Stager got ahold of documents proving the surveillance, and spoke with one of the people who was monitored without his consent.

Reminder: Dockworkers in France, Greece, Basque Country, Turkey, Morocco, and Italy are calling for strikes on October 30 “against war and militarization” and to protest “the genocide of the Palestinian people.”

"This is a bad moment we are living in, but it’s going to be better because of the people that live here. I’m thankful to all those who prayed for me to come back, to join my family again."

Now, Common Ground Collective and pro-school privatization interest groups are preparing to spend millions in the race for Chicago's first fully elected school board. If you live in a district where one of their 18 endorsed candidates are running, you're almost certainly being barraged by ads rn.

Sacks is also a major AIPAC donor, and Common Ground went on the warpath against progressives who helped pass a Jan. 2024 resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Then, last year, Sacks helped tank a tax on Chicago's largest corporations that could have brought in ~$82 million.