Jan 29, 2025, 6:06 PMI don't think there's any newsletter I'm happier to receive than @pluralistic 's Plura List. He pulls no punches.
In the aftermath of #Trump shutting down the National Labor Relations Board, Docotorow writes:
«When unions are outlawed, only outlaws will have unions. Unions don't owe their existence to labor laws that protect organizing activities. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded – and got – labor law.»
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«Trump is playing Grinch here – he's descended upon Whoville to take all the Christmas decorations, in the belief that these are the source of Christmas. But the Grinch was wrong (and so is Trump): Christmas was in the heart of the Whos, and the tinsel and baubles were the expression of that Christmas spirit. Likewise, labor rights come from labor organizing, not the other way around.»
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out