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labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴 my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com my reporting: @inthesetimes.com + more my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency

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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.

"She frequently reported on stories critical of ICE for Nashville Noticias, the Spanish-language outlet."

www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...

06.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 635 πŸ” 370 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 30
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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

05.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 582 πŸ” 416 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12
"The working classes have always been the 
caring classes β€” not just because they do 
almost all of the caring labor, but also because, 
perhaps partly as a result, they actually are 
more empathetic than the rich. Psychological 
studies show this, by the way. The richer you 
are, the less competent you are at even 
understanding other people’s feelings. 
So trying to reimagine work β€” not as a value 
or end in itself, but as the material extension 
of caring β€” is a good start."
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  - David Graeber

"The working classes have always been the caring classes β€” not just because they do almost all of the caring labor, but also because, perhaps partly as a result, they actually are more empathetic than the rich. Psychological studies show this, by the way. The richer you are, the less competent you are at even understanding other people’s feelings. So trying to reimagine work β€” not as a value or end in itself, but as the material extension of caring β€” is a good start." . - David Graeber

05.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

the great reformer strikes again

05.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

how long until we get to see Teamsters president Sean O’Brien publicly congratulate his nasty little buddy here on ascending to gestapo boss

05.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

how long until we get to see Teamsters president Sean O’Brien publicly congratulate his nasty little buddy here on ascending to gestapo boss

05.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are more of us??

05.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

gimme some tenure bro I swear I’ll be good

05.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

gave a guest lecture at Princeton today and ended up using the very scientific phrase β€œbelt to ass” while discussing the recent NYC nurses’ strike

05.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 290 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Unite & Win: Bonus Discussion: Climate Justice and the Labor Movement with Yana Kalmyka, Oren Kadosh, and Levi Kreisa

Unite & Win: Bonus Discussion: Climate Justice and the Labor Movement with Yana Kalmyka, Oren Kadosh, and Levi Kreisa

Our FINAL β€œUnite & Win” with @haymarketbooks.org episode features @kimkelly.bsky.social, Yana Kalmyka, Oren Kadosh, and Levi Kreisa discussing climate justice and how the labor movement can make real progress towards a more sustainable future. πŸ”—πŸ‘‡

04.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did you read the article? They’re explicitly asking customers not to boycott the ranch.

04.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, a time to support and uplift sex workers everywhereβ€”and a particularly good day to throw some money to the United Brothel Workers in Nevada who were illegally terminated after their historic union drive with CWA went public! β˜‚οΈ

03.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 425 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

a man tried to condescend to me today and it simply did not compute. it was like an alien was trying to talk to me

03.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Somethin in the water!

03.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look let’s not think too hard about these things

03.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check em out! Nice boys too

03.03.2026 01:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love these kinds of crowds, the best kind of Boomers

03.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
An assortment of t-shirts, some are black with red stars, one is red with CHINGA LA MIGRA in yellow

An assortment of t-shirts, some are black with red stars, one is red with CHINGA LA MIGRA in yellow

workin a show for an Irish American folk/rock family band tonight and their merch goes way harder than you’d expect

03.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 361 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

no war no borders no cops no prisons no to all of this shit

28.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 2863 πŸ” 763 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

28.02.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 3364 πŸ” 1109 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 0

This is such a good idea, I’m also curious about how much it made sense to charge for subscriptions for a limited jawn

27.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup, family’s from around Brasov

27.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohhhhh truuuue

27.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh? How did it go? What was the response like from readers/subscribers?

27.02.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m traveling to Romania for the first time this spring to bop around and visit my great-grandma’s village, I really want to write about the experience and it seems like such a newsletter-y thing but only for like, a handful of issues

27.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

pop-up newsletters!! yes!!!

27.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone tried a doing limited series-style newsletter before, in which a writer (and, ideally, subscribers) commit to a set number of months/X issues on a specific topic/theme/story? This must exist already, right?

27.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s merch in the works!

26.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Read Kim's excellent new article, but more importantly, you should give to this GFM. With the amount of $$$ that these women have brought to the state of Nevada, with the sheer amount of traffic they've worked through, they've only raised a little more than a third of their goal in 8 days. Misogyny!

26.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would they do that

26.02.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0