Derek Seidman

NEW: Unionizing hotel workers at the Buffalo Hyatt, pitted against one of the city's most powerful developers, say they've faced egregious union busting. Buffalo prides itself as a "union town," but this doesn't stretch into hotels - yet. For @truthout. truthout.org/articles/buffa…

To understand how @ZohranKMamdani won the mayoral primary by a full 12 points last month, it helps to understand how tenants like Ferdousi Begum and Parveg Hasan decided to go on the offensive against real estate. My first for @nybooks, learned so much! nybooks.com/online/2025/07…

"As Private Equity Comes for the Utility Sector, Minnesota Is a Test Case" My latest for @truthout.org. truthout.org/articles/as-pr…

NEW: Private equity 💰 Fossil fuels ⛽️ Weapons companies ✈️ And more. Read about five of the billionaire blocs - and some notable billionaires within them - that won big from the "Big Beautiful" budget bill. littlesis.org/news/a-big-bea…

Check out CIR Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Mahima Iyengar featured in this interview! As unionization continues to grow, especially among housestaff, more and more see it as a powerful way to not only improve working conditions, but to get organized to fight against harmful policies.

"Unionization has been the way for residents to fight back against this exploitation and ensure a fair and just workplace. That’s why residents across the nation, without any geographical bias, are unionizing."

Underpaid and overworked medical residents, essential to hospital operations, are pushing to unionize. Advocates say unions will improve working conditions and lead to better, safer care for patients amid growing pressure on the healthcare system. truthout.org/articles/under…

Medical residents have been unionizing en masse over the past few years. I did this roundtable interview with union residents from @cirseiu in LA and @UAPD in Buffalo so readers could learn more about why they've been organizing. For @truthout. truthout.org/articles/under…

"I’ve been working on this field of famine... for more than 40 years, and there is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today." democracynow.org/2025/7/21/fore…

1/ Private equity firms are coming after electric utilities, seeking to profit off of rising demand for electricity from data centers. Given private equity's track record, this threatens ratepayers with higher electricty costs and eroded services. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/bus…

Big update: after extensive public hearings, a Minnesota judge recommended that regulators DENY the private equity (BlackRock/GIP) takeover of Allete, northern MN's electric utility. duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/reg… A win for organizers. Read my @truthout story below for background.

BlackRock, through its subsidiary GIP, is trying to acquire and take private a Minnesota utility. My @truthout story on how this fits into BlackRock's private infra turn + why many in the community are opposing a private equity takeover of their utility. truthout.org/articles/why-i…

Two superhopeful things: 1) A mass movement campaign with tens of thousands of volunteers can defeat billionaire donors and a slandering corporate media. 2) Antisemitism-baiting is losing its effectiveness. Standing against occupation and genocide is winning politics.

CP2 LNG just got re-approved, yet another massive gas export terminal forced into a frontline community in Louisiana. Polluters profit. @Chubb, DON’T insure this! truthout.org/articles/gulf-… Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuels | Truthout

Here is the full recording of our recent in-person event in Buffalo NY, "Human Rights and The Israel Exception," featuring @CraigMokhiber and @AnnelleSheline. Video here: youtube.com/watch?v=D2P0_X…

Across the U.S., grad workers are rising up — organizing, striking, and building power to fight against attacks on education and labor. Read all about it in @derekseidman80's article for @truthout, now featured on @PowerAtWorkBlog. Visit poweratwork.us/militant-grad-…!

"Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuel Facilities" My latest for @truthout. truthout.org/articles/gulf-…

Local organizers and climate groups have been fighting Trump’s expansion of “methane export facilities” across the Gulf Coast which they say will intensify climate chaos and environmental racism. truthout.org/articles/gulf-…

"The conditions that grad workers face today necessitate militancy and power. Our universities are getting so neoliberalized, and this has put grad workers in increasingly precarious conditions." New @truthout roundtable on the grad worker labor movement. truthout.org/articles/milit…

Militant grad workers are organizing to defend education and labor rights, using union power to push back against austerity and exploitation—and to imagine a more just future for higher education buff.ly/M3dGgTV

How should we understand this moment in the graduate worker labor movement? How should grad workers respond to current challenges? I spoke to grad workers from UCSC @uaw_4811, UMichigan @geo3550 and Johns Hopkins @TRUhopkins for this @truthout roundtable. truthout.org/articles/milit…