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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 2d

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.org.

As Nuclear Tensions Reach New Heights, How Can We Win Global Disarmament?

Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 4d

Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.

As Nuclear Tensions Reach New Heights, How Can We Win Global Disarmament?

Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Corporate interests tied to crypto, fossil fuels + private prisons are pushing for banking deregulation under the guise of taking on "discriminatory debanking."

They've showered big money on politicians advancing anti-"debanking" legislation.

Story: littlesis.org/news/crypto-...

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 8d

More info coming out on the ICE raid in Cato NY that I reported on last week for @truthout.org.

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 8d

The last few paragraphs of this FT profile of Mike Huckabee are wild.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 12d

Masked federal agents raided a snack bar factory in the small town of Cato, New York. “They were there to humiliate people,” said a coordinator. “They’re terrorizing kids,” said another advocate. “What is the goal of taking all of these families and ripping them apart other than cruelty?”

Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared”

After the ICE raid in Cato, New York, kids don’t know when they’ll see their parents again.

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 12d

"I believe one goal of this operation was to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable."

On the horrible recent raid in Cato NY, its impacts locally and on families, and how the community is responding. For @truthout.org.

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Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared”

After the ICE raid in Cato, New York, kids don’t know when they’ll see their parents again.

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Jewish Voice for Peace - Buffalo @jvpbuffalo.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 BREAKING! 🚨

AIPAC is *rushing* to the defense of "Out-of-Touch Tim" Kennedy (@reptimkennedy.bsky.social) because Tim's constituents are outraged over his AIPAC-paid junket to Israel and his refusal to cosponsor HR 3565, the "Block the Bombs" Act 🧵

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21d

As tenants get organized, they’re increasingly using a wider range of tools to stay in their homes.

Renters are demanding change by holding rent strikes and pressuring lawmakers — and they’re winning.

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Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 14d

Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are worth a combined $1.343 trillion.

We are truly living under an oligarchy dominated by billionaire power.

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 21d

“This is a bottom-up, multiracial, working-class movement that’s directly countering the catastrophe of the U.S. housing system and the power of landlords with the collective power of tenants.”

My latest roundtable for @truthout.org with four tenant union organizers.

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Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 24d

“This is a bottom-up, multiracial, working-class movement that’s directly countering the catastrophe of the U.S. housing system and the power of landlords with the collective power of tenants.”

We need an abundance of tenant unions, rent control, and social housing.

Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 23d

New roundtable for @truthout.org with three affiliates of the Tenant Union Federation (Bozeman MT, Minneapolis MN, Louisville KY) about about the importance of collective tenant organizing, challenges that tenant unions face, advice they have to share + more.

Truthout @truthout.org · 24d

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 24d

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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Jewish Voice for Peace - Buffalo @jvpbuffalo.bsky.social · 26d

The Buffalo News published our letter criticizing @reptimkennedy.bsky.social's recent AIPAC trip to Israel, his disappointing stance toward the genocide in Gaza, and reiterating our demand that he join the now 46 other House Dems cosponsoring HR3565, the Block The Bombs Act.

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Jewish Voice for Peace - Buffalo @jvpbuffalo.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: Former UN official @craigmokhiber.bsky.social questioned Out-of-Touch Tim @reptimkennedy.bsky.social at a recent Niagara Falls town hall about the genocide in Gaza and Kennedy's recent AIPAC trip to Israel.

(Out-of-Touch Tim's non-response filled with AIPAC talking points in the quote tweet).

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Jewish Voice for Peace - Buffalo @jvpbuffalo.bsky.social · Sep 4

On August 19, @reptimkennedy.bsky.social was at a town hall in Niagara Falls NY.

Former UN official @craigmokhiber.bsky.social questioned him about the genocide in Gaza and Kennedy's recent AIPAC-backed trip to Israel.

We did some fact- and tone-checking of Kennedy's response.

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wrote this piece for @mapthepower.bsky.social mapping out some of the major billionaire oligarchs and consumer-facing corporations profiting from and enabling ICE's deportation machine.

LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW: Billionaire oligarchs and corporations are profiting from and enabling ICE's deportation machine.

From Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, from GEO Group to Avelo Airlines, from Bank of America to AT&T.

Read the primer here: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW: Billionaire oligarchs and corporations are profiting from and enabling ICE's deportation machine.

From Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, from GEO Group to Avelo Airlines, from Bank of America to AT&T.

Read the primer here: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · Aug 27

"Big banks across the world are substantially increasing their financing of the fossil fuel industry, including for the industry’s expansion during a time of intensifying climate crisis, all while pulling back from previously stated climate commitments."

For @truthout.org.

Truthout @truthout.org · Aug 25

A new report found that the 65 biggest banks globally committed a whopping $869 billion to companies conducting business in fossil fuels in 2024, representing a huge $162 billion increase from 2023, all while pulling back from previously stated climate commitments.

Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.

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Truthout @truthout.org · Aug 25

A new report found that the 65 biggest banks globally committed a whopping $869 billion to companies conducting business in fossil fuels in 2024, representing a huge $162 billion increase from 2023, all while pulling back from previously stated climate commitments.

Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · Aug 19

"If tax and spending bills are political and ethical documents, then this mega-bill is clear in its values: it is an acceleration of the corporate elite’s long class war against poor and working-class people that contains new levels of cruelty." ✍️ @derekseidman.bsky.social

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Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · Jul 29

From California to New England, medical residents are unionizing for better pay, safer conditions, and justice for patients. Check out @derekseidman.bsky.social's piece for @truthout.org, now featured on @poweratwork.bsky.social: poweratwork.us/medical-resi...

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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · Jul 29

Unpaid ad l. Very useful @derekseidman.bsky.social piece with specifics of who, how billionaires won big in Trump's omnibus give away to the ruling class, at our expense: littlesis.org/news/a-big-b...

A Big Beautiful Win for These Five Billionaire Blocs - Little Sis

Private equity and fossil fuel billionaires, and other billionaire blocs, benefit big from the new budget mega-bill.

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