Derek Seidman
@derekseidman.bsky.social
writer + researcher • labor, corporate power, militarism, climate • contributor: truthout + littlesis • buffalo ny partisan
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As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
truthout.org
"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt... We’re reaching a crisis point."
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
My latest for @truthout.org mapping out the Trump-tied megabillionaire consortium that will own and operate the new US TikTok.
A new U.S. TikTok spinoff is set to be owned and overseen by a tight-knit consortium of megabillionaires, many of whom have had direct business relationships with Trump and his administration. The deal puts Trump-aligned tech barons in control of nearly all major U.S. social media platforms.
New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires
Trump-aligned billionaires are now set to control nearly all major US social media platforms.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
My latest for @truthout.org mapping out the Trump-tied megabillionaire consortium that will own and operate the new US TikTok.
Reposted by Derek Seidman
NEW: “If we really want to change things… this means confronting the power structure that controls and benefits most from the current system.”
Check out our deep-dive interview with Mike Locker, a key figure in the rise of movement power research since the 1960s.
Check out our deep-dive interview with Mike Locker, a key figure in the rise of movement power research since the 1960s.
Lessons from a Life of Power Research: An Interview with Mike Locker - Little Sis
A deep-dive interview with the longtime power structure researcher Mike Locker.
littlesis.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
NEW: “If we really want to change things… this means confronting the power structure that controls and benefits most from the current system.”
Check out our deep-dive interview with Mike Locker, a key figure in the rise of movement power research since the 1960s.
Check out our deep-dive interview with Mike Locker, a key figure in the rise of movement power research since the 1960s.
I did some deep mapping of the megabillionaire consortium that will own and manage the new US TikTok spinoff. It's as bad as you might think. MAGA-aligned tech oligarchs now own all major US social media. For @truthout.org.
New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires
Trump-aligned tech barons are now set to control nearly all major US social media platforms.
truthout.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I did some deep mapping of the megabillionaire consortium that will own and manage the new US TikTok spinoff. It's as bad as you might think. MAGA-aligned tech oligarchs now own all major US social media. For @truthout.org.
Reposted by Derek Seidman
Not just Larry Ellison—pro-Trump billionaire Jeff Yass is set to profit from the new U.S. TikTok on two sides. Also in the new ownership consortium: Emirati state-owned firm MGX, and Jared Kushner's circle. By @derekseidman.bsky.social:
New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires
Trump-aligned tech barons are now set to control nearly all major US social media platforms.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Not just Larry Ellison—pro-Trump billionaire Jeff Yass is set to profit from the new U.S. TikTok on two sides. Also in the new ownership consortium: Emirati state-owned firm MGX, and Jared Kushner's circle. By @derekseidman.bsky.social:
New message up on Kenmore Ave in Buffalo.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
New message up on Kenmore Ave in Buffalo.
Read every word of this amazing interview on the organizing and resistance in Minneapolis.
"We had one hotel publicly refuse to house ICE, which became a big national news story when DHS went after them. That’s a hotel we were targeting, and it was mostly because of our pressure. We had two more hotels temporarily shut down to avoid housing ICE..."
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/how-minnea...
How to Block ICE In Your City
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay on effective tactics to disrupt ICE—and the need to target corporate collaborators
www.laborpolitics.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read every word of this amazing interview on the organizing and resistance in Minneapolis.
Now's the time to read this @mapthepower.bsky.social guide on how to research the corporate enablers of ICE.
Six Steps for Researching the Corporate Enablers of ICE - Little Sis
Learn about how to research corporations collaborating with ICE in this new guide.
littlesis.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Now's the time to read this @mapthepower.bsky.social guide on how to research the corporate enablers of ICE.
Reposted by Derek Seidman
Want to know how to research the corporations collaborating with ICE?
My recent piece with @truthout.org walks you through six steps to understand where to push to weaken ICE's corporate power:
My recent piece with @truthout.org walks you through six steps to understand where to push to weaken ICE's corporate power:
In response to the terrifying intensification of ICE over the past year, communities are mobilizing to protect each other, publicly denounce ICE, and form campaigns to peel away corporate support of ICE to weaken the various sources of ICE’s financial, political, and reputational power.
Here’s How to Find Out Which Corporations Are Collaborating With ICE
Here are six areas that you can dig into to understand possible points of leverage against a corporate enabler of ICE.
truthout.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Want to know how to research the corporations collaborating with ICE?
My recent piece with @truthout.org walks you through six steps to understand where to push to weaken ICE's corporate power:
My recent piece with @truthout.org walks you through six steps to understand where to push to weaken ICE's corporate power:
Reposted by Derek Seidman
Check out our latest post: Six Steps for Researching the Corporate Enablers of ICE
We briefly highlight a few campaigns that are targeting ICE’s corporate collaborators and provide a guide on how you can research these corporations.
littlesis.org/news/six-ste...
We briefly highlight a few campaigns that are targeting ICE’s corporate collaborators and provide a guide on how you can research these corporations.
littlesis.org/news/six-ste...
![Six Steps for Researching the Corporate Enablers of ICE, By Lauren Parker. Communities are forming campaigns to peel away corporate support of ICE and weaken the various sources of ICE’s financial, political, and reputational power. White text on a black background. The background fades into an image of protesters standing behind a long banner that they are holding up at the front of a conference room. The banner reads, “Stop Avelo, Abolish ICE,” and shows the image of a woman with a baby and a blue collar worker with his fist up, a monarch butterfly is pictured on either side of these two characters. The bottom left side of the graphic reads, Read the full story at: littlesis.org/research/news/ [the link is in all lower case letters]. The bottom right side of the graphic shows the LittleSis logo in white.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eymmxnashedpt6yjtnqj6bju/bafkreifmyx4gevd75coaw4q6pwpbvfgu7wfpynrdmum4ym6dbtt3ldiybm@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Check out our latest post: Six Steps for Researching the Corporate Enablers of ICE
We briefly highlight a few campaigns that are targeting ICE’s corporate collaborators and provide a guide on how you can research these corporations.
littlesis.org/news/six-ste...
We briefly highlight a few campaigns that are targeting ICE’s corporate collaborators and provide a guide on how you can research these corporations.
littlesis.org/news/six-ste...
"Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that’s not happening."
New @truthout.org roundtable with immigrant rights and farmworker organizers from AZ, FL + VT who I interviewed in late 2024 after Trump's reelection — taking stock of past year: horrors, heartbreak, resistance, resolve.
New @truthout.org roundtable with immigrant rights and farmworker organizers from AZ, FL + VT who I interviewed in late 2024 after Trump's reelection — taking stock of past year: horrors, heartbreak, resistance, resolve.
Immigrant Rights Advocates Say Trump’s First Year Was “Much Worse” Than Expected
“Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that’s not happening,” says organizer Rossy Alfaro.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that’s not happening."
New @truthout.org roundtable with immigrant rights and farmworker organizers from AZ, FL + VT who I interviewed in late 2024 after Trump's reelection — taking stock of past year: horrors, heartbreak, resistance, resolve.
New @truthout.org roundtable with immigrant rights and farmworker organizers from AZ, FL + VT who I interviewed in late 2024 after Trump's reelection — taking stock of past year: horrors, heartbreak, resistance, resolve.
Reposted by Derek Seidman
Avelo Airlines’ decision to drop its ICE contract shows that immigration enforcement isn’t inevitable; when communities organize, target corporate complicity, and refuse to normalize deportations, even powerful agencies can be forced to back down.
Here’s How We Pressured an Airline to End Its Contract With ICE
ICE is not invulnerable. The Avelo Airlines win proves what happens when we refuse inevitability and fight together.
buff.ly
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Avelo Airlines’ decision to drop its ICE contract shows that immigration enforcement isn’t inevitable; when communities organize, target corporate complicity, and refuse to normalize deportations, even powerful agencies can be forced to back down.
"The Trump administration’s barefaced imperial grab for Venezuela’s oil... is looking to corporate allies like Chevron, which could stand to benefit handsomely from his administration’s action — though this is far from guaranteed."
For @truthout.org.
For @truthout.org.
Oil Companies Are Key Partners in Trump’s Imperial Plans for Latin America
Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela.
truthout.org
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"The Trump administration’s barefaced imperial grab for Venezuela’s oil... is looking to corporate allies like Chevron, which could stand to benefit handsomely from his administration’s action — though this is far from guaranteed."
For @truthout.org.
For @truthout.org.
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Big Oil companies are governed by boards of directors from major corporations.
We mapped out some of the current and recent past corporate ties of board directors at Chevron.
We mapped out some of the current and recent past corporate ties of board directors at Chevron.
January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Big Oil companies are governed by boards of directors from major corporations.
We mapped out some of the current and recent past corporate ties of board directors at Chevron.
We mapped out some of the current and recent past corporate ties of board directors at Chevron.
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"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt. This is a chance to show people that socialism can work."
Love to wake up and read @leemzee.bsky.social in @truthout.org with @derekseidman.bsky.social
Love to wake up and read @leemzee.bsky.social in @truthout.org with @derekseidman.bsky.social
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
truthout.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt. This is a chance to show people that socialism can work."
Love to wake up and read @leemzee.bsky.social in @truthout.org with @derekseidman.bsky.social
Love to wake up and read @leemzee.bsky.social in @truthout.org with @derekseidman.bsky.social
Fracking companies are salivating over the data center boom.
"The demand for power and for AI is like nothing I’ve ever seen.” --Halliburton CEO.
I wrote about it for @truthout.org.
"The demand for power and for AI is like nothing I’ve ever seen.” --Halliburton CEO.
I wrote about it for @truthout.org.
Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom
Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
truthout.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Fracking companies are salivating over the data center boom.
"The demand for power and for AI is like nothing I’ve ever seen.” --Halliburton CEO.
I wrote about it for @truthout.org.
"The demand for power and for AI is like nothing I’ve ever seen.” --Halliburton CEO.
I wrote about it for @truthout.org.
Reposted by Derek Seidman
Thank you @truthout.org for including us in this roundtable conversation about the need for Public Power!
truthout.org/articles/as-...
truthout.org/articles/as-...
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
truthout.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Thank you @truthout.org for including us in this roundtable conversation about the need for Public Power!
truthout.org/articles/as-...
truthout.org/articles/as-...
"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt... We’re reaching a crisis point."
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
truthout.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt... We’re reaching a crisis point."
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.
I went on FAIR's Counterspin show (one of my favs!) to talk about powermapping Starbucks execs and board directors -- including the close ties between SBUX and Walmart -- amid the ongoing @sbworkersunited.org strike.
Listen here: fair.org/home/derek-s...
Listen here: fair.org/home/derek-s...
Derek Seidman on Starbucks Strike, Mitch Jones on AI vs. Environment
Even Forbes has to acknowledge that even as the Starbucks strike “drags” into a second month, “global support grows.”
fair.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I went on FAIR's Counterspin show (one of my favs!) to talk about powermapping Starbucks execs and board directors -- including the close ties between SBUX and Walmart -- amid the ongoing @sbworkersunited.org strike.
Listen here: fair.org/home/derek-s...
Listen here: fair.org/home/derek-s...
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Do you know who your local billionaires are?
We made this research guide to help you get started.
littlesis.org/reports/ever...
We made this research guide to help you get started.
littlesis.org/reports/ever...
![The front cover of the everybody vs. billionaires guide is pictured in the center of the graphic. A bubble of text reads, “Find resources to help you… identify the billionaires in your backyard, map billionaire influence and networks.” Below that there is a link: bit.ly/EverybodyvsBillionaires [capital e and b]. The LittleSis logo is pictured on the lower right corner in white. The background is mustard yellow, and there is a picture of black and white money stacks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eymmxnashedpt6yjtnqj6bju/bafkreibvjsypcpjf3iwe75vocfm4cj724humrf2fdx63i6fl2q4sl4pi6a@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Do you know who your local billionaires are?
We made this research guide to help you get started.
littlesis.org/reports/ever...
We made this research guide to help you get started.
littlesis.org/reports/ever...
Here's a map I made of the corporate (and some other) ties and interlocks on Starbucks' board of directors.
I wrote about it all here: truthout.org/articles/why...
I wrote about it all here: truthout.org/articles/why...
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's a map I made of the corporate (and some other) ties and interlocks on Starbucks' board of directors.
I wrote about it all here: truthout.org/articles/why...
I wrote about it all here: truthout.org/articles/why...
Reposted by Derek Seidman
"Starbucks’s leadership has a close alliance with another anti-union retail powerhouse: Walmart."
truthout.org/articles/why...
truthout.org/articles/why...
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.
truthout.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Starbucks’s leadership has a close alliance with another anti-union retail powerhouse: Walmart."
truthout.org/articles/why...
truthout.org/articles/why...
Starbucks fashions itself as progressive on climate. But a longtime board director of Chevron recently joined Starbucks' board. She owns over $2M of stock in the Big Oil giant.
Climate activists + striking @sbworkersunited.org baristas have common opponents.
Read more: truthout.org/articles/why...
Climate activists + striking @sbworkersunited.org baristas have common opponents.
Read more: truthout.org/articles/why...
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Starbucks fashions itself as progressive on climate. But a longtime board director of Chevron recently joined Starbucks' board. She owns over $2M of stock in the Big Oil giant.
Climate activists + striking @sbworkersunited.org baristas have common opponents.
Read more: truthout.org/articles/why...
Climate activists + striking @sbworkersunited.org baristas have common opponents.
Read more: truthout.org/articles/why...
NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is also a board director of Walmart.
Another SBUX board member is also a Walmart director.
+ other close ties btwn the two anti-union behemoths.
Wrote about this + more for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/why...
(Map made w @mapthepower.bsky.social oligrapher)
Another SBUX board member is also a Walmart director.
+ other close ties btwn the two anti-union behemoths.
Wrote about this + more for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/why...
(Map made w @mapthepower.bsky.social oligrapher)
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is also a board director of Walmart.
Another SBUX board member is also a Walmart director.
+ other close ties btwn the two anti-union behemoths.
Wrote about this + more for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/why...
(Map made w @mapthepower.bsky.social oligrapher)
Another SBUX board member is also a Walmart director.
+ other close ties btwn the two anti-union behemoths.
Wrote about this + more for @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/why...
(Map made w @mapthepower.bsky.social oligrapher)