#Labor

Koba ☭

RedPrecariat

A lot of people don't really understand what China means by "developing the productive forces", so here's an analogy. In 1800, the US was a bourgeois/capitalist republic, but its politics

A New Institute for Social Research

totalcritique

This makes capital for Horkheimer “a subject only in an improper sense,” or for Adorno “a global subject devoid of subjectivity,” which is often lost in contemporary capital-as-subject talk, though

Shaun Branden

parsect

ALP- a path to government- a thread Yep, ALP lost and they are hurting. They didn't lose by much but they lost to Morrison and that has got to sting.Morrison

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

Why do states issue currency? Some thoughts.1/ States all over the world, for thousands of years, have issued currency at great cost. They have to mint or print it, account

John Locke

jlocke613

https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1276871295146360834 For those who don't know, this is the Arch of Titus, which stands in Rome today. It celebrates the ransacking and destruction of our Temple and the killing and

Kirstin Munro

kmunroutrgv

I sincerely appreciate the critical engagement with my tweets on SRT, as they have helped me better understand both SRT and my critiques of SRT. Two thoughts: (1) SRT has

Industrial Worker

IndustrialWrkr

The point of "sex work is work" isn't to abolish the industry. It is "the oldest profession" because as long as humans have existed we have wanted companionship. Sex work

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Here we are, astonishingly, at the first #JobsDay of 2021. As we are all taking stock of where things stand in our democracy, it’s a moment to also take stock

Dr. Dave Kamper 🌹

dskamper

The @AlphabetWorkers have formed what is called a "minority union." Quick thread on what that means:A cornerstone of US labor law is the principle of "exclusive representation" - if you

Sam Shorey

SamShorey

Waste workers—like cleaners and recycling sorters—are mostly absent in U.S. news media narratives about automated technologies in sanitation and disposal fields.1/10 #Discard2020 in collaboration with @perhaxis for @DiscardStudies. For

Keri Blakinger

keribla

Just jumping in to say that we still use prisoners as slave labor here in Texas. They work in fields, are not paid, and face punishment if they don't go

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

“These caveats do not mean faster data should be ignored, but that we need to know its weaknesses while marvelling at its speed.” @ChrisGiles_ yes and yeshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/366653da-fc7b-4f3d-bf2f-ef95dfc180

Jonathan Korman

miniver

There is a gendered norm about working on shared tasks which reinforces this bad pattern.Guys, come correct by jumping on this earlier than feels natural. You should feel like you’re

Yadurshini Raveendran, MScGH

YadurshiniR

When talking about #DecolonizingGlobalHealth, we often talk about institutional reform and dismantling of systems but we forget to recognize the smaller but powerful actions that are just as important. A

Sam Levey

SamHLevey

New Years is a great time for gratitude, so here is a thread with some reflection on "free shit."Basically: if you're an adult human then you've received an ASTRONOMICAL amount

SFECI ⚡🏗️🏙️🌆🌃🚃🚎

ECI415

The Legislative session is over but California's need for #SkilledAndTrained construction workers doesn't stop. Joint Labor-Management apprenticeships lead the way in both turning out journey-level workers and providing opportunitie

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