Eric Dirnbach
@ericdirnbach.bsky.social
Labor Movement Researcher, Activist, Campaigner, Organizer, Educator, Writer & Socialist, Philly born, NYC now.
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Eric Dirnbach
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· Feb 20
State of the U.S. Unions 2025
This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing? What should it do…
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This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing? What should it do in this new political era? #UnionYes #UnionStrong
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CALLED IT haha
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
CALLED IT haha
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Checking in on the house majority like
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Checking in on the house majority like
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Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
The Queens Daily Eagle wants to talk about Queens.
"Both said they were united over a mutual love of New York City. They did not mention Queens."
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"Both said they were united over a mutual love of New York City. They did not mention Queens."
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Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle wants to talk about Queens.
"Both said they were united over a mutual love of New York City. They did not mention Queens."
queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/...
"Both said they were united over a mutual love of New York City. They did not mention Queens."
queenseagle.com/all/2025/11/...
This is fantastic, and I want to hear what New Jersey's state smell will be.
New Mexico is the only state to have a “state smell”
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
A bunch of grade school kids said that roasting green chile should be our state smell so their teacher had them write our state Congress and in a shocking display they all came together, wrote the bill, and passed it in a matter of weeks
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is fantastic, and I want to hear what New Jersey's state smell will be.
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THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
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America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
The now open NYC Velazquez district lines up really well with the Commie Corridor! Comrades rise up!
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The now open NYC Velazquez district lines up really well with the Commie Corridor! Comrades rise up!
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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NEW from me —
NJ GOP congressman's former staffer indicted in staged MAGA attack
Natalie Greene worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew and had body modifications to make it appear she'd been assaulted.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
NEW from me —
Poli Sci has some stuff to sort out.
"For political scientists, the puzzle of why some of the most powerful organizations in the United States have decided to concede so much ground to the president should force a rethinking of state-society relations."
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"For political scientists, the puzzle of why some of the most powerful organizations in the United States have decided to concede so much ground to the president should force a rethinking of state-society relations."
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
What Donald Trump Has Taught Us about American Political Institutions
Abstract. Generations of political scientists have viewed the American constitutional system and its surrounding pluralist civil society as stable touchsto
academic.oup.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Poli Sci has some stuff to sort out.
"For political scientists, the puzzle of why some of the most powerful organizations in the United States have decided to concede so much ground to the president should force a rethinking of state-society relations."
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
"For political scientists, the puzzle of why some of the most powerful organizations in the United States have decided to concede so much ground to the president should force a rethinking of state-society relations."
academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
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Starbucks workers are on strike, please join me in donating to their strike fund!
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Donate to The Labor Force
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Starbucks workers are on strike, please join me in donating to their strike fund!
secure.actblue.com/donate/tlf-s...
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Someone should try to calculate what % of MAGA political success is because lots of people became their targets and have been intimidated by their death threats.
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Someone should try to calculate what % of MAGA political success is because lots of people became their targets and have been intimidated by their death threats.
The old joke that the left loves "the people" but dislikes actual people.
currently seeking friends to help make the world better for all people while also hating absolutely everyone
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The old joke that the left loves "the people" but dislikes actual people.
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The House has reached 218 signers on the discharge petition to force a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would restore collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal workers
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The House has reached 218 signers on the discharge petition to force a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would restore collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal workers
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The 2026 Labor Research & Action Network Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA, May 14 (exclusively) & 15 in conjunction with the Jobs with Justice Conference (May 14–16). The WEB DuBois Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy at Clark Atlanta University will co-host the conference. @jwj.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The 2026 Labor Research & Action Network Conference will be held in Atlanta, GA, May 14 (exclusively) & 15 in conjunction with the Jobs with Justice Conference (May 14–16). The WEB DuBois Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy at Clark Atlanta University will co-host the conference. @jwj.org
Great thread and article on the lessons of the Milwaukee "Sewer Socialists"
Wisconsin's sewer socialists provide a great template for Zohran & democratic socialism today—here are the top 10 things they achieved by running Milwaukee for almost 50 years🧵
Milwaukee built America's 1st public housing coop & pioneered city planning via comprehensive zoning
Milwaukee built America's 1st public housing coop & pioneered city planning via comprehensive zoning
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Great thread and article on the lessons of the Milwaukee "Sewer Socialists"
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If Trump claims he wants Republicans to vote to release the files now because he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release the files today? Why did he order his AG many months ago not to release them? Why did he threaten Rs who signed the petition?
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If Trump claims he wants Republicans to vote to release the files now because he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release the files today? Why did he order his AG many months ago not to release them? Why did he threaten Rs who signed the petition?
A political establishment may be overthrown when it can offer less change over time and eventually no real change at all.
"There are structural reasons why the centrist candidates are so awful, reasons that were also much on display in last year’s presidential campaign."
jacobin.com/2025/11/mamd...
"There are structural reasons why the centrist candidates are so awful, reasons that were also much on display in last year’s presidential campaign."
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How Zohran Mamdani Triumphed Over a Decrepit Establishment
Zohran Mamdani ran an excellent campaign. But his victory was made possible by a decade of serious electoral work by New York City’s democratic socialists and the structural dysfunction of the politic...
jacobin.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A political establishment may be overthrown when it can offer less change over time and eventually no real change at all.
"There are structural reasons why the centrist candidates are so awful, reasons that were also much on display in last year’s presidential campaign."
jacobin.com/2025/11/mamd...
"There are structural reasons why the centrist candidates are so awful, reasons that were also much on display in last year’s presidential campaign."
jacobin.com/2025/11/mamd...
Wealth tax is win win. If the wealthy leave, that's great, the door is right over there, Florida or Texas won't really make you happy, but go ahead. If they stay, they will enjoy the hospitality of the People's Reeducation Camps, which how have a Sweetgreen.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wealth tax is win win. If the wealthy leave, that's great, the door is right over there, Florida or Texas won't really make you happy, but go ahead. If they stay, they will enjoy the hospitality of the People's Reeducation Camps, which how have a Sweetgreen.