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Oakland, CA
Joined January 2011
🦋 We're on Bluesky! We'll be over there talking good jobs, housing solutions, climate action, public goods & more. And we've got a starter pack ready for you! Connect with us & the organizers, strategists, and grassroots groups powering our movement 👉 https://t.co/UuVq1nOyjz
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This new ordinance is a powerful display of how we can put people, not profit, at the center of our housing system — in Chicago, and across the country! ✊🌱🏘���
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For now, the next step is to get the green social housing developer up and running, and ensure that its implementation aligns with vision and principles of social housing. We've written about what that looks like w/ @policylink & @localprogress here:
powerswitchaction.org
How Local Governments are Building Social Housing Solutions for Public Good
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When it comes to addressing the roots of our housing crisis, community control is key. In Chicago, new social housing developments will have tenant governance committees where residents can raise concerns, make recommendations, and request reviews of their property managers.
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This is such an important win right now as the Trump regime cuts federal funding to affordable housing programs and landlords continue to jack up our rents. We need community-driven solutions like this, especially ones that help people take more control of their housing future.
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⚡️BIG NEWS: Green Social Housing just passed in Chicago! This is a *huge* win that residents and organizers w/ @il_gnd and @GrassrootsChi have been working towards for years: housing that's permanently affordable, environmentally sustainable, mixed-income, AND tenant governed!
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💥BREAKING💥 We’re #MayDay strong! Hundreds of low-wage #MOworkers with @standup_kc are rallying with @mojwj, community allies, and #PropA #MOleg champs to celebrate International Workers’ Day and defend our new earned #PaidSickDays!
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💥BREAKING💥 After a huge rally in KC, hundreds of St. Louis @amazon warehouse workers, @mojwj and community allies, and #PropA #MOleg champs are raising our voices out here to keep the #MayDay celebration going and protect our #PaidSickDays! #MOworkers
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📰 ICYMI: Hundreds of low-wage #MOworkers from Kansas City to St. Louis joined community allies and #PropA #MOleg champions yesterday to celebrate #MayDay2025 and defend our new earned #PaidSickDays!
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🗞️ NEW from @KMOV featuring @amazon worker and #STL8 organizing committee member Wendy Taylor at our rally to celebrate #MayDay2025 and defend our new earned #PaidSickDays:
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Read more about Ricardo Prada Vásquez, his history and family, and what it looks and feels like have to your loved one completely disappeared. https://t.co/swiTmEMpRy
nytimes.com
The Venezuelan man did not appear on a list of people sent to a prison in El Salvador, and his family and friends had no idea of his whereabouts.
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Read about what happened:
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It’s one of several cases that has immigration rights experts concerned people are being deported without due process.
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🚨 Today, as @Uber execs celebrate profits, drivers and advocates from across the US and around the world are joining together to release this statement criticizing the corporation for its inaction in the wake of the deportation of UberEats driver Ricardo Prada Vásquez:
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✊We are the many - they are the few! Somos más! We’re fighting the billionaire takeover! On International Workers’ Day, we are demanding a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.
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Phoenix!! Workers and unions asked community to turn out in solidarity this May Day and y’all TURNED OUT! Thousands of people at the Capitol from all walks of life, on a weekday and in the heat, no less. This is what solidarity looks like😎 #MayDay2025
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NYC #MayDayStrong march with @alignny @athenaforall @united4respect. Monopoly man Bezos can't run fast enough to escape this crew!
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This May Day, we celebrate Houston’s workers ! The heart of our city. From healthcare to hospitality, construction to classrooms, your dedication drives our community forward. Today, we honor your labor, uplift your voices, and stand united for fair wages, and safe conditions!
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Our march has arrived to Union Park where thousands are gathered and the energy is electric! From the classrooms to the streets, CTU leads the way! #MayDay2025
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