Derek Seidman
@derekseidman80
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writer + researcher • labor, corporate power, militarism, climate • contributor: @truthout + @twittlesis • buffalo ny partisan 🦬
Buffalo, NY
Joined January 2017
I interviewed organizers and scholars from India, Algeria and the US on the state of nuclear tensions in the world and what a global left movement for nuclear abolition should be doing right now. For @truthout. https://t.co/dSNPSYvlgT
truthout.org
Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.
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Moog's new quarterly earnings report shows record sales driven by its military business. Buffalo/WNY's top war profiteer. https://t.co/VC28hbOUju
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James Carville a few months ago: "Roll over and play dead." James Carville now: "The Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform since the Great Depression." Genius! If only someone had thought of this before! https://t.co/LEREURvdLQ
nytimes.com
Democrats also have to shed the last vestiges of woke.
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Big Tech is socializing the costs for the data center boom -- gobbling up land and water and jacking up electric prices -- while being subsidized by the public and privately reaping all the benefits. https://t.co/rlwdDQZuPj
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Buffalo! Don't miss this tomorrow, Fri. Nov 21! It's an amazing doc about the rise of Starbucks Workers United + you get to watch it at the UNIONIZED SPoT Coffee on Elmwood a few blocks from the first unionized SBUX. Also, solidarity with striking @SBWorkersUnited baristas!
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17 major polluters increased lobbying by 52% since 2021 to block energy affordability policies in NY. From National Fuel to ConEd, the fossil fuel industry is doubling down while climate deadlines slip. Read the full report: https://t.co/bZGdYxDFcS
@NYRenews @strongforall
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NEW REPORT: Why has Kathy Hochul refused to release the regulations for the cap-and-invest program she once touted? We looked at the multi-million lobbying campaign from NY's major polluters and revolving door lobbying firms.
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Private equity giants like BlackRock and Apollo are gobbling up and bundling local roofing companies and cutting wages, and of course it's bad for everyone except private equity. https://t.co/oAvVLJj6bk
nytimes.com
Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol raked in over $95 million last year. https://t.co/iHxbzh924k
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @SBWorkersUnited members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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Millions are already facing skyrocketing electric bills -- and now private equity giants are coming after our utilities. “Private equity ownership threatens to make all these existing problems even worse” -- @sandeepvaheesan. Full story at @truthout. https://t.co/OtZMbsGWHg
truthout.org
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
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"The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet." ✍️ @derekseidman80 for @truthout
https://t.co/URnBOsvytL
truthout.org
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
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Asset management and private equity giants like BlackRock and Blackstone buying up our utilities to - among other things - cash in on the data center boom. What could go wrong? My latest, for @truthout. https://t.co/OtZMbsGWHg
truthout.org
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
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ICE profiteers, genocide enablers, Wall Street oligarchs: the bankrollers of Trump's White House ballroom. My latest for @truthout. https://t.co/apnOJoAzDR
truthout.org
The ballroom donor list also includes Wall Street and cryptocurrency firms that benefit from the president’s agenda.
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Always bad karma to cross a picket line. Yesterday the Kansas City Chiefs crossed the Buffalo Hyatt Workers United picket line. Tonight the Chiefs lost to the Buffalo Bills.
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“Federal agents are terrorizing immigrants and citizens, and racially profiling us Latinos for kidnapping and detention. If ever there was a time to stand up to a boss and declare that an injury to one is an injury to all, it’s now,” writes @Lfelizleon
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"The labor movement could conceivably do things like this today around Israeli apartheid." Jeff Schuhrke compares US labor's response to South African apartheid versus Israeli apartheid. Full @truthout interview: https://t.co/ykGlpvzbju Check out his new @haymarketbooks book.
truthout.org
Palestine has always been a labor issue — but until recently, many top US union leaders have been on the wrong side.
'No Neutrals There' is out TODAY. I hope it's useful for understanding how US unions have been deeply involved in Palestine for the past 100+ years & why today's unionists have a special responsibility to aid the cause of Palestinian freedom. https://t.co/SUcIrrP2yU
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In an over 2-mile walk, hundreds of students made their way from Little Village Lawndale High School to the Little Village Arch, denouncing recent ICE action and supporting immigrant communities. https://t.co/SUofZco06r
chicagotribune.com
Little Village high school students walked the streets calling for an end to ICE and deportations in Chicago.
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'No Neutrals There' is out TODAY. I hope it's useful for understanding how US unions have been deeply involved in Palestine for the past 100+ years & why today's unionists have a special responsibility to aid the cause of Palestinian freedom. https://t.co/SUcIrrP2yU
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I interviewed @JeffSchuhrke about his fantastic new book - out today from @haymarketbooks - on the US labor movement, Zionism, and the struggle for Palestine. It's really a must-read for anyone who cares about labor organizing and Palestine solidarity. https://t.co/ykGlpvzbju
truthout.org
Palestine has always been a labor issue — but until recently, many top US union leaders have been on the wrong side.
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Billionaire Marc Rowan, who led the donor revolt at Penn and is behind Trump's "compact" with universities, recently gave big to Tim Walberg, whose overseeing "antisemitism" hearings to attack unions, higher ed and Palestine solidarity. For @truthout: https://t.co/KkJJIJfUzZ
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