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My Experience
Out of fear I took the advice of my lawyer and signed a plea of second-degree murder. Webster’s Dictionary describes murder as “the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of a person.” That is not me. ...
What the virus said
“I’ve come to shut down the machine whose emergency brake you couldn’t find.” [from lundimatin, March 27, 2020, https://lundi.am/What-the-virus-said] You’d do well, dear humans, to stop your ridiculous calls for war. Lower the vengeful looks you’re aiming ...
“You’re Not Gonna Use This as a Way to Fuck Us Over”: A Discussion with Luis Brennan from Burgerville Workers Union
HC: Tell us what you do for work. I’m a fast food worker. I work mostly the grill at a fast food place at the Portland Airport–a company called Burgerville. I also do a shit ton ...
Coronavirus and Conspiracy
It was day three of my self-imposed Rona virus (shout out to Black Twitter) quarantine and it was clear that sitting in my underwear scrolling through Facebook was quickly becoming my life. Between the apocalyptic posts ...
Coronavirus and the Crisis Laid Bare
Jarrod: Two weeks ago I stood on the corner of Stony Island Ave and 71st Street on Chicago’s South Side, a major intersection and level crossing for the Metra commuter train. A shrill warning siren, blinking ...
“Amazon is Knowingly Putting Their Customers at Risk”: A Florida Amazon worker speaks out
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I work for Amazon out here in Miami. Working conditions are less than optimal. We are constantly breathing in a bunch of dust all day, in the back of trailers for hours on end with no ...
“Right Now Everything is a Mess!”: Conversations with an MTA Train Conductor
The MTA in New York City and the surrounding suburbs employs 74,000 workers. It has disclosed that there are 23 people who have tested positive for the Covid-19. Leo is one of 7,000 workers in his ...
caring: a labor of stolen time
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Pages from a CNA’s Notebook [1] JOMO wrote this about her job and her organizing at a nursing home in Washington State in 2010. Given the COVID19 crisis, we are reposting the piece with an intro ...
Regina and the Racist
“When my son was murdered, I read Job,” Regina said. Regina was my ride-share driver, fifty-something, and a seat-full of voluptuous curves. She was chatty and she talked with her hands vociferously, which was only a ...
The Everyday Abolitionism of 13 Reasons Why
It’s an all-too-familiar scene. An alienated young man named named Tyler Down approaches a school clad in black, strapped with guns and ammunition, and bent on cold-blooded mass murder. But unlike the tragedies making headlines across ...