Richard Dien Winfield
@rdienw.bsky.social
Husband, father of three, author, UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy, union member, former candidate for U.S. House and Senate advocating a Federal Job Guarantee Social Rights Agenda
Bad Bunny brings truth and compassion to the Grammies, calling for ICE out and recognition of the humanity of our immigrants. Why are so many other music stars cowardly silent?
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Bad Bunny brings truth and compassion to the Grammies, calling for ICE out and recognition of the humanity of our immigrants. Why are so many other music stars cowardly silent?
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The director of Melania movie
Name a single Republican in Congress or running for Congress who is not a fascist, peddling a pseudo-Christian white nationalism, or a cowardly appeaser of fascism. And what are you if you are willing to vote for them?
January 28, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Name a single Republican in Congress or running for Congress who is not a fascist, peddling a pseudo-Christian white nationalism, or a cowardly appeaser of fascism. And what are you if you are willing to vote for them?
Athens Georgia patriots today protest the lawless rampages of ICE. Give us just immigration processing, not brutal ethnic cleansing.
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Athens Georgia patriots today protest the lawless rampages of ICE. Give us just immigration processing, not brutal ethnic cleansing.
Live Updates: Trump Officials Tout Gaza Plan at ‘Board of Peace’ Ceremony in Davos www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... Trump’s “Board of Peace” is nothing but a naked ploy for world domination by Trump’s pseudo-Christian white nationalist kleptocrat rogue regime.
Live Updates: Trump Officials Tout Gaza Plan at ‘Board of Peace’ Ceremony in Davos
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January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Live Updates: Trump Officials Tout Gaza Plan at ‘Board of Peace’ Ceremony in Davos www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01... Trump’s “Board of Peace” is nothing but a naked ploy for world domination by Trump’s pseudo-Christian white nationalist kleptocrat rogue regime.
Today University of Georgia students walked out of classes to protest the ICE assault on immigrant and citizen rights alike. Not all Bulldawgs can stand by in cowardly silence.
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Today University of Georgia students walked out of classes to protest the ICE assault on immigrant and citizen rights alike. Not all Bulldawgs can stand by in cowardly silence.
At today’s Athens Georgia MLK parade, the United Campus Workers of Georgia CWA union contingent chanted: Money for jobs and education, not for war and deportation!
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
At today’s Athens Georgia MLK parade, the United Campus Workers of Georgia CWA union contingent chanted: Money for jobs and education, not for war and deportation!
Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u... Our national housing shortage is as much as 5 million homes. Our construction “industry is short 300,000 workers, according to the National Association of Homebuilders”. We need more immigrants, not less.
Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go?
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January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Where Did All the American-Born Roofers Go? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u... Our national housing shortage is as much as 5 million homes. Our construction “industry is short 300,000 workers, according to the National Association of Homebuilders”. We need more immigrants, not less.
Lula: This Hemisphere Belongs to All of Us www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o... Lula refutes Trump’s “doctrine” of imperial thievery and bullying of the Americas. If only our courts had the courage to hold Trump to account like Brazil’s courts have done to Bolsonaro.
Opinion | Lula: This Hemisphere Belongs to All of Us
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January 19, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Lula: This Hemisphere Belongs to All of Us www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o... Lula refutes Trump’s “doctrine” of imperial thievery and bullying of the Americas. If only our courts had the courage to hold Trump to account like Brazil’s courts have done to Bolsonaro.
Athens Georgia patriots tell ICE to get out for good!
January 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Athens Georgia patriots tell ICE to get out for good!
More Agents Head to Minnesota as U.S. Takes Over Shooting Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u... Under Trump’s control, the DOJ and FBI cannot be trusted to uphold justice. ICE agents should be unmasked & disarmed and the Minneapolis police should arrest and charge the ICE killer of Good.
More Agents Head to Minnesota as U.S. Takes Over Shooting Investigation
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January 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
More Agents Head to Minnesota as U.S. Takes Over Shooting Investigation www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u... Under Trump’s control, the DOJ and FBI cannot be trusted to uphold justice. ICE agents should be unmasked & disarmed and the Minneapolis police should arrest and charge the ICE killer of Good.
Today was the deadline for all University of Georgia educators to post publicly their CV and course syllabi. The sole purpose of this edict is to undermine academic freedom and set the stage for purging the university of faculty who discuss issues that challenge the MAGA agenda.
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Today was the deadline for all University of Georgia educators to post publicly their CV and course syllabi. The sole purpose of this edict is to undermine academic freedom and set the stage for purging the university of faculty who discuss issues that challenge the MAGA agenda.
After having bombed Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro & his wife, why is Trump side-stepping the democratic opposition & making deals with Maduro’s VP? Is it because she is just as autocratic & corrupt as Trump and will more readily enrich Trump & his US oil and crypto appeasers? More Trump extortion.
January 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
After having bombed Venezuela and kidnapped Maduro & his wife, why is Trump side-stepping the democratic opposition & making deals with Maduro’s VP? Is it because she is just as autocratic & corrupt as Trump and will more readily enrich Trump & his US oil and crypto appeasers? More Trump extortion.
Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w... What security guarantee can protect Ukraine from Russian aggression short of NATO membership?
Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks
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December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Zelensky Offers Compromise for New Round of Ukraine Peace Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w... What security guarantee can protect Ukraine from Russian aggression short of NATO membership?
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w... The Trump regime has now clearly proclaimed itself as a bulwark of global fascism, committed to preserving the ancestral purity and pseudo-Christian faith of “European” nations. This is a day of infamy.
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
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December 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w... The Trump regime has now clearly proclaimed itself as a bulwark of global fascism, committed to preserving the ancestral purity and pseudo-Christian faith of “European” nations. This is a day of infamy.
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t... Now more than ever the world needs a global ban on Crypto. Why? Crypto undermines public control of monetary policy, wastes energy on crypto ‘mining’, and serves terrorists, tyrants, and criminals.
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
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November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t... Now more than ever the world needs a global ban on Crypto. Why? Crypto undermines public control of monetary policy, wastes energy on crypto ‘mining’, and serves terrorists, tyrants, and criminals.
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o... Trump, the pseudo-Christian violator of every right, is a scourge of non-denominational impoverishment, sickness, and death.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
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November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o... Trump, the pseudo-Christian violator of every right, is a scourge of non-denominational impoverishment, sickness, and death.
At 5:30 PM next Tuesday, 11/4, in room 302 of the UGA Journalism building, I will be speaking at the Teach-in on unionization arguing for automatic elections to select union representatives, equal employee representation on corporate boards, and a federal job guarantee wiping out unemployment.
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
At 5:30 PM next Tuesday, 11/4, in room 302 of the UGA Journalism building, I will be speaking at the Teach-in on unionization arguing for automatic elections to select union representatives, equal employee representation on corporate boards, and a federal job guarantee wiping out unemployment.
Just finished reading Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone (Jeder stirbt fur sich allein). Perhaps, as Geoff Wilkes suggests, a testament to “the banality of good”, but an unforgettabe saga of the cruel challenges to be faced resisting fascist tyranny. Too timely.
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just finished reading Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone (Jeder stirbt fur sich allein). Perhaps, as Geoff Wilkes suggests, a testament to “the banality of good”, but an unforgettabe saga of the cruel challenges to be faced resisting fascist tyranny. Too timely.
To refute fascism one must enlist the conceptual arsenal pioneered by Hegel. I will present the philosophical refutation of political fascism in Puebla, Mexico, at 10 AM on November 13th, at the IV German-Latinamerican Hegel Congress. Be there at the Auditorio Elena Garro.
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
To refute fascism one must enlist the conceptual arsenal pioneered by Hegel. I will present the philosophical refutation of political fascism in Puebla, Mexico, at 10 AM on November 13th, at the IV German-Latinamerican Hegel Congress. Be there at the Auditorio Elena Garro.
Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o... Trump’s World Liberty CryptoCurrency is an open sewer of bribery & influence peddling, with the hidden paths that make crypto the tool of terrorists, gangs, and tyrants. Ban crypto.
Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o... Trump’s World Liberty CryptoCurrency is an open sewer of bribery & influence peddling, with the hidden paths that make crypto the tool of terrorists, gangs, and tyrants. Ban crypto.
The scene at one of three peaceful No Kings Antifascist demonstrations today in Athens, GA. Thousands here showed that not all DAWGS are appeasers of Trump’s unconstitutional kleptocracy.
October 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The scene at one of three peaceful No Kings Antifascist demonstrations today in Athens, GA. Thousands here showed that not all DAWGS are appeasers of Trump’s unconstitutional kleptocracy.
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c... Science ignoramus Trump and his servile Cabinet are decimating public support of scientific research as never before in our lifetimes. Their war on science is a crime against humanity.
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c... Science ignoramus Trump and his servile Cabinet are decimating public support of scientific research as never before in our lifetimes. Their war on science is a crime against humanity.
Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs www.nytimes.com/interactive/... No fentanyl comes from Venezuela & very little cocaine. Both drugs enter the U.S. primarily by land & across the Pacific, on which borders their primary sources. Trump’s lies kill.
Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs
President Trump says striking drug traffickers from Venezuela will prevent deadly drugs from reaching the United States. But the major smuggling routes are elsewhere.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs www.nytimes.com/interactive/... No fentanyl comes from Venezuela & very little cocaine. Both drugs enter the U.S. primarily by land & across the Pacific, on which borders their primary sources. Trump’s lies kill.
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Boost Employment, Study Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w... “The Gvt. Accountability Office reported that Georgia’s work requirements program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs, more than double what it spent on health care.” More war on the poor.
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Boost Employment, Study Shows
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October 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Boost Employment, Study Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w... “The Gvt. Accountability Office reported that Georgia’s work requirements program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs, more than double what it spent on health care.” More war on the poor.