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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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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💭 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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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.
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1 in 5 workers in America is an immigrant. The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is targeting working families nationwide and is wreaking havoc on our communities and economy.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
Immigration
One in five workers in America wasn’t born here. Immigrants are America’s workers, vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
1 in 5 workers in America is an immigrant. The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is targeting working families nationwide and is wreaking havoc on our communities and economy.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.
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@yamiche.bsky.social is a fantastic reporter.
She did her job.
He should not have insulted or demeaned her
She did her job.
He should not have insulted or demeaned her
Trump tells a reporter who asks him about going to war with American cities to “be quiet” and “listen”
September 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@yamiche.bsky.social is a fantastic reporter.
She did her job.
He should not have insulted or demeaned her
She did her job.
He should not have insulted or demeaned her
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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Glad to see so many people in DC protesting Trump's take over and occupation of the city. bsky.app/profile/phil...
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Glad to see so many people in DC protesting Trump's take over and occupation of the city. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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We urge shareholders to reject Musk’s money grab, take away the Tesla board’s rubber stamp, and restore basic corporate governance standards
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Tesla's 'Super Ambitious' $1 trillion deal for Musk could still pass shareholder muster
Tesla's $1 trillion, 10-year pay package to retain CEO Elon Musk is likely to be approved by shareholders at the company's annual meeting in November even though the amount is staggering.
www.reuters.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We urge shareholders to reject Musk’s money grab, take away the Tesla board’s rubber stamp, and restore basic corporate governance standards
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...