Eric Dirnbach

NEW ANALYSIS: This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing in the Trump 2.0 era? ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...

Trump’s presidency is a wealth transfer from the bottom to the top

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

STUNNING! Disaster narrowly averted!

"Weber has spent years sounding the alarm that cost-of-living shocks often fuel the rise of the far right — and that governments must intervene to rescue people’s livelihoods and protect democracy." inthesetimes.com/article/anti...

Waiting for the Onion headline, "Trump's New Press Secretary Pre-Fired After -1 Day on the Job"

It’s easy to do the right thing when it doesn’t cost you anything. It’s harder to do the right thing in cases like this, where it will cost Sally Rooney quite a lot. A really uncommon display of principle. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

It's not completely useless to analyze trump, but it is depressing how we've essentially lost a decade to this guy's cruelty, corruption and incompetence. We have to dump the MAGA movement and make sure they never have power again.

"These public displays of violence have been an essential part of Hegseth’s political vision and President Donald Trump’s effort to change the country." www.huffpost.com/entry/nidal-...

"New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51." www.science.org/content/arti...

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

"Polarization is therefore less the disease than democracy’s immune response to an unpopular, antidemocratic movement. Suppressing that response in the name of civility would only strengthen the movement and imperil pluralistic self-government." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

This may explain the current political conjuncture.

If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. trib.al/R0rSJ30

Now I realize I crave a soft mint experience.

Join me in donating to the NYC DSA Gaza 5k fundraiser! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/team/846201

Conservatives complained that people would flee NYC after it became "Mamdanistan," and actually, folks, it's crowded everywhere all the time. The vibe is great actually.

7,000 YEARS OLD! www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

"Are electoral politics a dead end for socialists? Is it possible for an elected socialist to balance the needs of governance with the aims of the broader social movements that put them in power?" convergencemag.com/articles/whe...

mistakes were made

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC - @organizeworkers.bsky.social) has done great work helping thousands of workers organize unions. I've been volunteering there for years. Join me in being a sustaining monthly donor to support this important work! secure.actblue.com/donate/ewocs...

Saw NAZA today, and wow. Interviews with 24 IDF intelligence officers who describe how they do the genocide. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

THIS BETTER BE TRUE

Mushrooms are neat because some are like "I'm delicious in a salad", some are like "I will kill you", and others are like "I will show you the face of god, immerse you in childlike wonder, and also you like The Grateful Dead now"

Saw NAZA today, and wow. Interviews with 24 IDF intelligence officers who describe how they do the genocide. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC - @organizeworkers.bsky.social) has done great work helping thousands of workers organize unions. I've been volunteering there for years. Join me in being a sustaining monthly donor to support this important work! secure.actblue.com/donate/ewocs...

Can't wait until this comes out, 2+ years in the making! I have a chapter with an in-depth analysis of the organizing on the show "Superstore," and yeah, I'm annoying in my critique. sunypress.edu/Books/S/So-L...!

Is that the world burning in the background?

The ideological clowns are very much there.

Visit LaborLab.us for resources on your right to organize and how to fight union-busting.

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC - @organizeworkers.bsky.social) has done great work helping thousands of workers organize unions. I've been volunteering there for years. Join me in being a sustaining monthly donor to support this important work! secure.actblue.com/donate/ewocs...

*breathing into a paper bag*

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC - @organizeworkers.bsky.social) has done great work helping thousands of workers organize unions. I've been volunteering there for years. Join me in being a sustaining monthly donor to support this important work! secure.actblue.com/donate/ewocs...

PHILS! #RedOctober #Philly www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/phi...

Hey NY Post, thanks for advertising the Radical Assembly conference, maybe I'll go! nypost.com/2026/09/15/u...

True! "The NYC chapter of the DSA...offers daily opportunities for face-to-face socializing: a Sing in Solidarity choir, soccer & softball leagues, picnics & potlucks, Coffee with Comrades, a running club, dance parties, singles mixers, game nights & birding outings" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

Love this statue there!

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your f@#$%&* ears!"

Um, likely not true, but even if it was, how is this fraud? How would you make money doing this? Maybe it's MAGA Math.

Sleeper agent Comrade Melania has been activated.

Maybe karma is real! www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Amazing win! ✊️