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Inside: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/03/whe…
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Inside: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/06/03/whe…
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Today (3/6) at 1:30PM, I'm in #Edinburgh for @CymeraF on a panel with Nina Allen and @iannmcdonald:
cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-event…
Mon 5/6 at 7:15PM, I'm at the #BritishLibrary with my book *Red Team Blues* for an event hosted by @Marthalanefox:
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Mon 5/6 at 7:15PM, I'm at the #BritishLibrary with my book *Red Team Blues* for an event hosted by @Marthalanefox:
bl.uk/events/an-even…
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Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things: We just need to tax the rich.
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#Sopranos fans know the #BustOut as a mob tactic in which a business is taken over, loaded up with debt, and driven into the ground, wrecking the business's workers, customers and suppliers. When the mob does it, it's a bust out; when Wall Street does it, it's #PrivateEquity.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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It used to be that we rarely heard about private equity, but then, as national chains and iconic companies started to vanish, this mysterious financial arrangement popped up with increasing frequency.
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This Black Friday, ask #VornadoRealty+others to pay Toys R Us employees the severance they were promised.
#ToysRUs workers in NY-14 &across the country worked for decades w/ that promise.
Once private equity took over, they fired 38,000 workers w/ no pay. We can fight back.
#ToysRUs workers in NY-14 &across the country worked for decades w/ that promise.
Once private equity took over, they fired 38,000 workers w/ no pay. We can fight back.
Thank you to the incredible organizers at @riseupretail and the courageous Bronx residents who came together to tell the world what’s happening to retail workers across the United States.
This fight has already started to gain momentum, from $0 in severance to a $20 million concession.
But that’s nowhere near what these 30,000+ Toys R Us workers are due.
People are skipping medicines and losing housing stability. They are owed an additional $55 million.
But that’s nowhere near what these 30,000+ Toys R Us workers are due.
People are skipping medicines and losing housing stability. They are owed an additional $55 million.
Tonight at dinner I told my kids (ages 3, 6, 8) the news about #ToysRUs closing stores. They were apoplectic, and began coming up with ideas on how to save the toy chain. Here they are:
2/ Remove all the aisles and aisles, and create a fun play zone — “like Legoland Discovery Center, but better toys!”
3/ Create a track around outside of store where you can ride bicycles, scooters and battery-operated cars
