Richard Dien Winfield
rdienw.bsky.social
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

Richard Dien Winfield is an American philosopher and distinguished research professor of philosophy at the University of Georgia. He has been president of the Society for Systematic Philosophy, the Hegel Society of America, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Winfield was a candidate for U.S. representative from Georgia's 10th congressional district in 2018 and for U.S. Senate during the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia. .. more

Political science 25%
Philosophy 22%

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!

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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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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