Damon Silvers
@damonsilvers.bsky.social
Senior Advisor to the AFL-CIO and the AFT. Senior Council to Jubilee USA. Visiting Professor of Practice, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. Posts are solely my personal opinions and not that of any organization.
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Damon Silvers on X: "Standing tall for our brother Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and the US Constitution! #FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia Bravo @nabtu @AFLCIO !" / X
Standing tall for our brother Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and the US Constitution! #FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia Bravo @nabtu @AFLCIO !
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Check this out —Sean McGarvey, President of the Building Trades-leader of 2 million Union construction workers— demands Trump bring home and free our brother SMART Union apprentice Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia—illegally kidnapped by Trump and imprisoned in El Salvador x.com/damonsilvers...
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This is a vote to restore union rights to a million federal workers after Trump committed the single biggest act of unionbusting in US history. Call your member of Congress and tell them: Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
HUGE NEWS: the Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in the House THIS WEEK!
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
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Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a vote to restore union rights to a million federal workers after Trump committed the single biggest act of unionbusting in US history. Call your member of Congress and tell them: Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
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Tonight’s repeal of Utah’s ban of teacher collective bargaining is a historic step in the right direction to return respect and dignity to the workers of Utah. Here's my full statement.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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AFT Utah and the AFT on the Repeal of Utah’s Public Sector Collective Bargaining Ban
SALT LAKE CITY—AFT Utah President Brad Asay and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the state legislature repealed a law, HB 267, that banned public employee unions fro...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tonight’s repeal of Utah’s ban of teacher collective bargaining is a historic step in the right direction to return respect and dignity to the workers of Utah. Here's my full statement.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Glad Australia has taken a big step to ban social media for kids under 16. Parents & educators are fed up with tech giants “technological exceptionalism “ and their constant dodging rules & responsibility. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
Australia is first nation to ban social media for kids. Is the US next?
Starting Dec. 10, Australia will be the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Here's why, and if it could ever happen in the U.S.
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Glad Australia has taken a big step to ban social media for kids under 16. Parents & educators are fed up with tech giants “technological exceptionalism “ and their constant dodging rules & responsibility. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
The #SupremeCourt is about to consider whether the President can fire govt agency heads despite Congress having said the President cannot. Critics of the President and the Court are saying the Court wants the President to be all powerful. And some hope to seize those reins in 2029. Not so fast.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The #SupremeCourt is about to consider whether the President can fire govt agency heads despite Congress having said the President cannot. Critics of the President and the Court are saying the Court wants the President to be all powerful. And some hope to seize those reins in 2029. Not so fast.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
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Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
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Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
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Find out what the govt shutdown is all about. Check and #postyourpremium. @aflcio.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Find out what the govt shutdown is all about. Check and #postyourpremium. @aflcio.org
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💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
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💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join us this winter as we rethink capitalism with some extraordinary scholars and an equally extraordinary group of students. See below. @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
💭 How can we rethink capitalism?
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
Join IIPP's groundbreaking Rethinking Capitalism module, led by Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @damonsilvers.bsky.social, to critically examine how economic systems shape, and are shaped by, grand challenges.
🔗 Learn more and apply here: buff.ly/oyUW2AB
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join us this winter as we rethink capitalism with some extraordinary scholars and an equally extraordinary group of students. See below. @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
Pope Leo to #Chicago labor leaders- “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees. . .I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” @chicagolabor.bsky.social www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Greeting of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Labor Leaders from Chicago (9 October 2025)
GREETING OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO LABOR LEADERS FROM CHICAGO Thursday, 9 October 2025 [ Multimedia ] ____________________________________
www.vatican.va
October 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pope Leo to #Chicago labor leaders- “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees. . .I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” @chicagolabor.bsky.social www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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It is easy to see why financiers - and Silicon Valley tech billionaires - would want to remove the full employment mandate. Robots and Ai are expected to displace human labour and increase profits. open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve, Full Employment & Civil Rights. CBs Pt 3
The Real Reason for Trumpist Attacks on a Black Fed Governor
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It is easy to see why financiers - and Silicon Valley tech billionaires - would want to remove the full employment mandate. Robots and Ai are expected to displace human labour and increase profits. open.substack.com/pub/annpetti...
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“.. Judge William Young concluded, in a scathing, 161-page opinion that he described as the most crucial he’s delivered in his 30 years on the bench.”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“.. Judge William Young concluded, in a scathing, 161-page opinion that he described as the most crucial he’s delivered in his 30 years on the bench.”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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🎤What Does Efficiency Really Mean?
Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel with Josh Entsminger in conversation with @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Yamini Aiyar, @choprausa.bsky.social, @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, & @damonsilvers.bsky.social.
📷 Watch the recording: buff.ly/nquVdRH
Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel with Josh Entsminger in conversation with @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Yamini Aiyar, @choprausa.bsky.social, @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, & @damonsilvers.bsky.social.
📷 Watch the recording: buff.ly/nquVdRH
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎤What Does Efficiency Really Mean?
Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel with Josh Entsminger in conversation with @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Yamini Aiyar, @choprausa.bsky.social, @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, & @damonsilvers.bsky.social.
📷 Watch the recording: buff.ly/nquVdRH
Catch up on our recent IIPP #RethinkingTheState Forum panel with Josh Entsminger in conversation with @mazzucatom.bsky.social, Yamini Aiyar, @choprausa.bsky.social, @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, & @damonsilvers.bsky.social.
📷 Watch the recording: buff.ly/nquVdRH
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#BoycottDisneyABC is really happening! Join in.
Take Action Against Disney-ABC
Boycott
Cancel subscriptions (if you have)
Leave comments on ABC (dot) com
Leave comments for Sinclair
Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Boycott
Cancel subscriptions (if you have)
Leave comments on ABC (dot) com
Leave comments for Sinclair
Show up to an ABC HQ or affiliate to picket!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC for BENDING TO THE ADMIN
DISNEY-ABC: STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
#BoycottDisneyABC is really happening! Join in.
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Here’s all the ways you can take action against Disney, ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar for silencing Jimmy Kimmel and attacking free speech.
Share WIDELY.
#BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
Share WIDELY.
#BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO THE ADMIN
DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE On September 17th, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC Chair Bre...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Here’s all the ways you can take action against Disney, ABC, Sinclair, and Nexstar for silencing Jimmy Kimmel and attacking free speech.
Share WIDELY.
#BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
Share WIDELY.
#BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
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“FCC Chair Carr just kicked the Trump Administration’s campaign against American liberty into overdrive."
Read Barry Lynn's full response to Disney ABC pulling #Kimmel: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Read Barry Lynn's full response to Disney ABC pulling #Kimmel: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Responds to Disney ABC’s Decision to Pull Kimmel — Open Markets Institute
Barry Lynn responded to news that Disney's ABC is indefinitely pulling down “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
www.openmarketsinstitute.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“FCC Chair Carr just kicked the Trump Administration’s campaign against American liberty into overdrive."
Read Barry Lynn's full response to Disney ABC pulling #Kimmel: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Read Barry Lynn's full response to Disney ABC pulling #Kimmel: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Take action against ABC/Disney @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/0...
TAKE ACTION AGAINST DISNEY-ABC for BENDING TO THE ADMIN
DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE A few hours ago, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC threatened ...
docs.google.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Take action against ABC/Disney @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Hard to know who is more contemptible—ABC or those who sought to intimidate them. And it’s a hell of a way to memorialize someone we keep being told believed in free speech. @jimmykimmel.com
@abc7.bsky.social ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
@abc7.bsky.social ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hard to know who is more contemptible—ABC or those who sought to intimidate them. And it’s a hell of a way to memorialize someone we keep being told believed in free speech. @jimmykimmel.com
@abc7.bsky.social ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
@abc7.bsky.social ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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The U.S spends more money for worse healthcare via @damonsilvers.bsky.social prospect.org/health/2025-...
September 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The U.S spends more money for worse healthcare via @damonsilvers.bsky.social prospect.org/health/2025-...
My article published today in the @prospect.org about the coming health care crisis, the one we already have and the extent to which we are getting poor health at insane prices. prospect.org/health/2025-... @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
The Coming Crisis in Health Care and the Crisis We Already Have
Why we can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again
prospect.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My article published today in the @prospect.org about the coming health care crisis, the one we already have and the extent to which we are getting poor health at insane prices. prospect.org/health/2025-... @iipp-ucl.bsky.social
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Here is the letter I just sent Chairman Walberg. You can disagree with me, Chairman, but you shouldn't lie about me. www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here is the letter I just sent Chairman Walberg. You can disagree with me, Chairman, but you shouldn't lie about me. www.aft.org/sites/defaul...
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This is only a fraction of the work that I have done at the AFT to combat antisemitism. It doesn't include my personal work. I can find dozens of examples. If all of this evidence doesn’t convince you, have you tried asking Grok, Congressman? Because even Grok knows that I combat antisemitism.
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is only a fraction of the work that I have done at the AFT to combat antisemitism. It doesn't include my personal work. I can find dozens of examples. If all of this evidence doesn’t convince you, have you tried asking Grok, Congressman? Because even Grok knows that I combat antisemitism.
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Really @repwalberg? You think I - a Jewish American who has faced antisemitism and is married to a Rabbi - has never spoken out against antisemitism? The truth is, I consistently speak out against antisemitism. Here are just a few examples.
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Really @repwalberg? You think I - a Jewish American who has faced antisemitism and is married to a Rabbi - has never spoken out against antisemitism? The truth is, I consistently speak out against antisemitism. Here are just a few examples.