Ambrose Wolfinger @AmbroseWolfinger@social.coop
A W.C. Fields reference that came to life to post about class war. Secretly funded by Soros.
The May issue of New Internationalist features in-depth reporting on movements around the world to restore #PublicServices to #PublicOwnership:
https://newint.org/issues/2018/05/01/public-ownership
In particular, "The efficiency myth" by Nick Dowson provides an informative overview of the mounting body of empirical research showing that the idea of "market efficiency" does not withstand scrutiny for many public services:
https://newint.org/features/2018/05/01/the-private-sector-efficiency-myth
A smart, principled statement of solidarity on #Syria from the Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists
Solidarity with Afrin, al-Ghouta, Idlib Against All Military Attacks | Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists
https://www.allianceofmesocialists.org/solidarity-afrin-al-ghouta-idlib-military-attacks/
@paulfree14 Not covering the full war, but some aspects of it:
https://thisishell.com/interviews/894-leila-al-shami-robin-yassin-kassab
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/11/a-nation-addicted-to-war-syria-trump/
recommend following @/LeilaShami on 
and reading the book they co-authored: 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War'
also, these podcast have several episodes on syria:
"As new local and transnational political currents become more powerful, the nation state’s rigid monopoly on political life is becoming increasingly unviable. Nations must be nested in a stack of other stable, democratic structures – some smaller, some larger than they – so that turmoil at the national level does not lead to total breakdown."
The Demise of the Nation-State | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/05/demise-of-the-nation-state-rana-dasgupta
Fascinating to read about 'the Preston model'. Preston is a town about 30 minutes from where I grew up in the north-west of England. (Narrowly) voted for Brexit. In the middle of an attempted transition to localism and cooperativism inspired by Cleveland in the US and Mondragon.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/31/preston-hit-rock-bottom-took-back-control
Great conversation on the future of the labor movement in the U.S. w/ Sarah Jaffe and Jane McAlevey
In the Age of Trump and "Janus v. AFSCME," Labor Must Rethink Its Organizing Strategies | Truthout
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43981-in-the-age-of-trump-and-janus-v-afscme-labor-must-rethink-its-organizing-strategies
Sarah Jaffe
http://sarahljaffe.com/
Jane McAlevey
https://janemcalevey.com/
Burgerville Union gives corporate 48 hours to recognize their union or they file for an NLRB election.
If corporate agrees this will be the first fast food union ever recognized.
If they're forced to run elections and win, they'll be the first fast food union recognized by govt
https://itsgoingdown.org/burgerville-workers-give-corporate-48-hours-torecognize-the-union/
"Q: What is your I.Q.?
"I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers."
Stephen Hawking, interviewed by the NYT, 2004 https://mobile.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/magazine/the-science-of-secondguessing.html
Where the White House Gets its Racist Immigration Policies | Political Research Associates
https://www.politicalresearch.org/2018/03/01/where-the-white-house-gets-its-racist-immigration-policies/
🎨 : Pete Railand
https://justseeds.org/artist/peterailand/
Wrote an article on cooperative banking to a news website that is planning to turn into a cooperative.
Could have not done this without brilliant stuff from @mattcropp and
@stefanieschulte .
TL:DR
Cooperative banks are more likely to survive and less likely to contribute to financial crisis, lend more to SMEs and pay taxes more.
Hmm, weird - the article was mysteriously taken down from SPLC’s website without explanation. Apparently some people it mentioned were not pleased(?)
Not sure what’s going on there but a lot of the same material was recently covered by longtime researcher of the far right (and anarchist) Matthew Lyons:
Major report on red-brown alliances from new anarchist website | Threewayfight
https://threewayfight.blogspot.com/2018/02/major-report-on-red-brown-alliances.html
Here's the original post it reviews on libcom.
https://libcom.org/library/investigation-red-brown-alliances-third-positionism-russia-ukraine-syria-western-left
Great new SPLC report on troubling international red-brown alliances. From Alexander Reid Ross, author of Against the Fascist Creep.
The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment | Southern Poverty Law Center
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/09/multipolar-spin-how-fascists-operationalize-left-wing-resentment
How the West got rich and modern capitalism was born | PBS News Hour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/west-got-rich-modern-capitalism-born
Professor of American history and author of "Empire of Cotton: A Global History", Sven Beckert, explains how slavery is at the heart of modern, global capitalism.
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375713965
Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public-Sector Unions | In These Times
The Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME is poised to decimate public-sector unions—and it’s been made possible by a network of right-wing billionaires, think tanks and corporations.
http://inthesetimes.com/features/janus_supreme_court_unions_investigation.html
A new video just dropped about #UnionCoops – the story of how #unions and #coops are working together to build democracy in the workplace http://bit.ly/2EDTTxI #coops #unioncoops
Here's Howard Zinn's blurb about the book (for credibility's sake):
"We desperately need to put aside false information about immigrants, to see them as we see ourselves with honesty and compassion. This book gives powerful meaning to the slogan ‘No Human Being is Illegal.’ I hope it will be widely read."
—Howard Zinn, author, A People’s History of the United States
The latest nonsense about immigration—a quick guide | Monthly Review Online
https://mronline.org/2018/02/07/the-latest-nonsense-about-immigration-a-quick-guide/
Authors David Wilson and Jane Guskin also co-authored a book, "The Politics of Immigration", and run a blog of the same name.
https://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.org/
Really nice article by @ntnsndr on the possibilities of coops in the digital space (and what they’re already achieving).
https://ioo.coop/2018/02/01/next-the-internet-building-a-cooperative-digital-space/
Quality rather than unnecessary growth; data privacy; federation rather than centralization; harnessing ideas like blockchain for trust; and funding new ventures through cooperative means. Exciting times. (h/t @Matt_Noyes)
Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan | Black Agenda Report #CooperationJackson #JacksonRising
https://www.blackagendareport.com/jackson-rising-last-real-strategic-plan
https://social.coop/media/dF3Rtvw81jOSUuKgoUU