Chris Viola

Chris Viola

@chrisviola.bsky.social

Auto worker, unionist, UAW

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Just read a Marvel comic where the Avengers, to defeat the big super villain and his fascist regime, travel back in time to 1947 Detroit and enlist the help of the @uaw.org and its members to…well I don’t want to spoil the BIG surprise. Ultimates #20 if you want to check it out.

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The labor movement isn’t just weak, it’s approaching an event horizon: the point at which unions become so small they lose the political, cultural, and institutional mass to successfully reverse their own decline. 🧵 jacobin.com/2026/02/unio...

jacobin.comUnions Are Going to Die Unless Something Big Changes SoonThe labor movement isn’t just the weakest it’s been in a century. Without a radical and aggressive shift in organizing, US unions could effectively cease to matter in the very near future.

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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

wired.comHow to Film ICEFilming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.

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Minneapolis has developed an effective new tactic to disrupt ICE and break companies away: Make a ton of late-night noise outside the hotels ICE agents are staying at Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay explains why this tactic has been so powerful — and how people nationwide can do the same 🧵

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Today, grassroots organizers have called for a national strike in the US, asking businesses to close, and people to stay home from school or work. Breweries are using the event to speak out, with surprising force and transparency.

beervanablog.comNo One’s Apolitical Now — BeervanaToday, grassroots organizers have called for a national strike in the US, asking businesses to close, and people to stay home from school or work. Breweries are using the event to speak out, with surp...

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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.

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just saw a video about how harmful it is to put shoes on babies because their feet are still developing and wearing shoes regularly can make them grow wrong. and i thought damn. have i been reading too much into that hemingway story

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the president wont see your cheap dunks against jeffery epstein . But your friends who have ties to state sponsored pedophilia will