It Could Happen Here Weekly 253

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:

• The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement
• How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies
• How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon 
• Attacking Palestinian Health
• Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations

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Sources/Links:

The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement

• https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
• https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control
• https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs
• https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm

How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies

• BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
• Bob Dunning's Newsletter:  https://www.thewaryone.com/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency
• https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
• https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
• https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
• https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
• https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
• https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
• https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
• https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/

How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon 

• https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
• https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/ 
• https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page 
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
• https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/ 
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
• https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
• https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf 
• https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/ 
• https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees 
• https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7 
• https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/ 
• https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill

Attacking Palestinian Health

• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/
• https://www.hudassalon.movie/

Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations

• https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person 
• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf
• https://acampada26s.net/
• https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/
• https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20 
• https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20 
• https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf 
• https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/ 
• https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini 
• https://www.camp-oshad.org/
• https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent 
• https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://apnews.com/article/dennis-hastert-dead-obituary-4a04ca4b4c0741a38f4b4a7e0f2bc78c
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-wins-big-without-his-name-ballot-2026-10-06/
• https://archive.is/6j85h
• https://archive.is/DqaJi
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/world/video/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-of-unknown-infection

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