Derek Seidman

It's very alarming and very bad that Trump is resuming US nuclear weapons testing.

A few weeks ago I did this @truthout.org roundtable with anti-nuclear arms activists across the world who all highlighted dangers like these, but who also discussed how to move forward.

truthout.org/articles/as-...

"The labor movement could conceivably do things like this today around Israeli apartheid."

Jeff Schuhrke compares US labor's response to South African apartheid versus Israeli apartheid.

Full @truthout.org interview: truthout.org/articles/the...

Check out his new book from @haymarketbooks.org.

Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity Little Village high school students walked the streets calling for an end to ICE and deportations in Chicago.

In an over 2-mile walk, hundreds of students made their way from Little Village Lawndale High School to the Little Village Arch, denouncing recent ICE action and supporting immigrant communities.

No Neutrals There

Here's where you can order the book.

The Future of Palestine Solidarity in US Labor Will Come From the Rank and File Palestine has always been a labor issue — but until recently, many top US union leaders have been on the wrong side.

I interviewed @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social about his fantastic new book - out today from @haymarketbooks.org - on the US labor movement, Zionism, and the struggle for Palestine. It's really a must-read for anyone who cares about labor organizing and Palestine solidarity.

For @truthout.org.

Billionaire Marc Rowan, who led the anti-Palestine donor revolt at Penn and is behind Trump's "compact" with universities, recently gave big to Tim Walberg, whose overseeing "antisemitism" hearings to attack unions, higher ed and Palestine solidarity.

For @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/ant...

Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.

Tim Walberg is the Michigan GOP rep who said Gaza "should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima.” He's now weaponizing antisemitism charges to investigate labor unions and higher ed. I mapped out some of his major donors whose agendas are benefiting from these show trials. For @truthout.org.

Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.

Billionaire backers tied to anti-union and pro-Israel causes are funding Rep. Tim Walberg’s “show trials,” which use antisemitism allegations to attack unions and public education while advancing corporate and ideological agendas.

Legacy of John Brown’s Abolitionist Raid Lives On, 165 Years Later Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.

Today's the 166th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

On this date last year I published this @truthout.org interview with the great historian @profmsinha.bsky.social on the history, lessons and legacies surrounding Brown and the mid-19th century abolitionist movement.

Larry Ellison, the megabillionaire tech oligarch taking over CBS and TikTok, owns $2 billion in properties, including an entire island in Hawai'i, and a megayacht with another boat trailing to catch basketballs that bounce into the water.

From my @truthout.org profile: truthout.org/articles/fro...

From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…

In this piece, I tried to pull together the forces and agendas flowing through megabillionaire Larry Ellison, who is quickly becoming the newest face of US oligarchy in the Trump era. It's all deeply alarming.

For @truthout.org.

From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”…

One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.”

As Nuclear Tensions Reach New Heights, How Can We Win Global Disarmament? Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.

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.

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

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-...

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

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

ft.pressreader.com/v99e/2025092...

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.

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.

"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.

truthout.org/articles/swe...

🚨 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 🧵

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.

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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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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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.

“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.

truthout.org/articles/ris...

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.