Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
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Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social.
Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com
Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich
Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Robert Bernard Reich is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board. In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century; in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him sixth on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers. .. more
What can our children do to correct our mistakes?
These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.
You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
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Cashing in on cruelty.
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-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
The President is deploying his own personal armed thugs into the streets of America.
In all my years, I've never seen anything like it. (ft. W. Kamau Bell)
ICE’s deadly reign of terror in Minneapolis.
MAGA’s despicable lies.
Join us to make sense of it all on this week’s Coffee Klatch, with special guest W. Kamau Bell. @wkamaubell.bsky.social
https://youtu.be/4UClT7ODMHU
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Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and inviting them to the White House to discuss how they will divvy up control of the country's oil.
Oligarchy in action.
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But instead of fighting over these subsidies every few years, we should enact Medicare for All. Here's what you should know.
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Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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I try to answer these questions, and more, in this video. Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYqrVsBvwI
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Strong unions serve as a countervailing force to runaway corporate power and ensure workers share in the profits their labor creates.
Otherwise, the rich eat up a larger and larger share of the pie — like this:
I've been around long enough to know that once the giant roars, it will not rest until justice is served. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg
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That is cause for deep concern by us all — right and left, Democrat and Republican. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-cold-blooded-murder
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It's an utter disgrace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
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The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
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Under Trump, this violence is rewarded with fat bonuses and student loan forgiveness — while nurses, teachers, and everyone else struggles to get by.
We must never become numb to his cruelty.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Billions for ICE, refurbishing Trump's Qatar jet, and tax cuts for the rich...
"That's just how it is."