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Todd Wolfson

@proftwolf.bsky.social

Professor, Union Leader, Dad, Against Fascism

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UVA workers and students march for higher pay and collective bargaining They marched in the cold, calling on the Board of Visitors to slow down a presidential search and on the state to restore collective bargaining rights.

www.29news.com/2025/12/05/u...

06.12.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...

Here is a write up of our win around Trump's demand letter to UCLA: www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...

05.12.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
UVA community fights Billionaire Takeover of Higher Ed in Virginia
YouTube video by TheAAUP UVA community fights Billionaire Takeover of Higher Ed in Virginia

Here is AAUP TV Live at UVA Board of Visitors Meeting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rB...

05.12.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Board of Regents Meeting - December 5, 2025

Here is the University of Nebraska_Lincoln Board meeting live stream. It is giving me life: nebraska.edu/news-and-eve...

05.12.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right now: I'm watching a stream of University of Nebraska Board, as AAUP/AFT members & community fight austerity cuts. And, I'm watching thousands congregate at UVA to stop a billionaire takeover. And in a meeting to discuss our court win @ UCLA. Higher Ed resistance is leading! @aaup.org @aft.org

05.12.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We stand with AAUP University of Nebraska-Lincoln!!

05.12.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hivemind: Did others get the email about the class action lawsuit against Anthropic for stealing our manuscripts for their AI machine? I would love to hear how others are approaching this...

05.12.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This one is federal and can’t get involved in NJ politics but I’m down to work with Rutgers unions to figure out a plan for NJ CD 4!!!!!!

02.12.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carney’s deal with Danielle Smith is the sellout of the century: scrapping climate legislation for a pipeline that will never be built.

We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.

28.11.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.

That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech, shared governance and the right to assembly & protest on campus! JOIN US!
@aaup.org

news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

26.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Professors launch a PAC. That’s right and we are gonna fight for free public higher ed, and end to student debt, an end to contingent and a new compact that prioritizes academic freedom, freedom of speech and the right to assembly on campus! JOIN US!

www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa...

26.11.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.

I love this quote about Marc Rowan:

β€œI kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, β€œfor the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting FabergΓ© eggs and prized ponies.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

24.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Three people in a video call screenshot. From left to right: Chenjerai Kumanyika (AAUP National Council Member), Todd Wolfson (President of AAUP/VP AFT), and Veena Dubal (General Counsel, AAUP). All are seated in front of bookshelves.

Three people in a video call screenshot. From left to right: Chenjerai Kumanyika (AAUP National Council Member), Todd Wolfson (President of AAUP/VP AFT), and Veena Dubal (General Counsel, AAUP). All are seated in front of bookshelves.

β€œStudents, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social

20.11.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neighbor shares video of Border Patrol detaining two people outside their home in Charlotte. πŸŽ₯ Submitted πŸ”— Visit our website for more coverage. TikTok video by The Charlotte Observer

What word describes this behavior by the Federal Government and their quasi secret police force?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8U1QPvS/

19.11.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump dismantles Education Department, here's what happens to student loans Six newly signed agreements represent the most sweeping transfer of the department’s responsibilities in its 45-year history.

More evidence that they HATE us and they hate working families. It’s a grift
www.newsweek.com/trump-disman...

19.11.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SUFS Supports Aftyn Behn for TN-07 β€” STAND UP FOR SCIENCE The Stand Up For Science movement is growing because of you. Let's get more momentum going!

IF YOU LIVE IN TN-07, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO VOTE???

Early voting is open NOW through Nov 26th.

Election day is Dec 2nd.

The numbers to a Behn victory are there...but only if we Get Out The Vote!

#AftynFTW

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Get in the fight: www.standupforscience.net/tennesseans-...

19.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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AAUP TV β€” WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!

Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!

@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social

Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!

19.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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16.11.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave

NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

14.11.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 369    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 15

That is right @psuaaup.bsky.social

14.11.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight at 7p et @chenjerai.bsky.social and I are doing @aaup.org TV to discuss building a broad and militant coalition fighting for the future of higher education. Join us!

12.11.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Everyone should be out in the streets until this is resolved

08.11.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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❀️❀️πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

07.11.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It forgets that our strength came from standing with the oppressed, never punching down.
Honoring our history means rejecting Islamophobiaβ€”and standing firmly with those targeted for their identity, just as others stood with us. 4/4

05.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To smear Mamdani by weaponizing his religionβ€”by insinuating that his faith determines his politics in some sinister wayβ€”is not only bigoted. It’s a rejection of our lineage. It denies the legacy of Jewish workers who fought side by side with others against fascism, exploitation, and hate. 3/4

05.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jewish communities came to the US carrying a tradition of solidarity, labor struggle, & socialist organizing forged in oppression in Europe. In the tenements and factories of NYC, Jewish workers became a cornerstone of the labor, civil-rights, and democratic movements of the 20th century. 2/4

05.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s so painful about the attacks from the Jewish community on Zohran Mamdani in NYCβ€”beyond the naked Islamophobiaβ€”is how they betray our own history. 1/4

05.11.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and the grassroots movement of supporters for an inspiring, historic campaign. Working people in NYC rejected Cuomo/Trump/Musk to support someone they know will make this city we call home a safer, more affordable place for all families to thrive.

05.11.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Best political news in a very, very long time.

05.11.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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