Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

Building for the working class. Director of Housing Policy, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. Teaching @SUNYEmpireLabor. Many past lives. Views here my own. Bronx, NY Joined May 2012

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

3 months ago

Five years after I put this article together for @DissentMag, we’re still living in the Municipalist Moment. The question of how to leverage local power into systemic change is more important than ever before. LFG. cc @municipalists @DemSocialists @nycDSA dissentmagazine.org/article/the-mu…

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Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren

6 months ago

Until we pass FDR's economic bill of rights the 1% will continue to live in extraordinary abundance while the working class struggles to survive. Medicare for All, a living wage, a free education, rent control & Social Security expansion - it ain't complicated & it ain't radical.

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

6 months ago

Yep. This is what millions of people who participated in anti-globalization protests from the 1994 Zapatista rebellion to the 1999 Seattle anti-WTO protests onward were saying. Liberalism is some wild historical amnesia…

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Marianne Williamson @marwilliamson

6 months ago

“If anyone is being detained or removed based on the administration’s assertion that it can do so without judicial review or due process,” said Columbia law professor Jamal Greene, “the president is asserting dictatorial power and ‘constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the…

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Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

7 months ago

While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent. SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

7 months ago

FYI- “The Doge… acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy.” In case anyone was wondering exactly what is going on here. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge_of_V…

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AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO

8 months ago

DOGE is hurting working people, plain and simple. Federal workers are members of our communities who work hard for this country, but right now they are in fear for their jobs. It’s not right. These are some of their stories.

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Liz Shuler @LizShuler

8 months ago

Elon Musk thinks he can rewrite the rules of government to serve himself. The @DeptOfWorkers is here to make sure working people’s voices are heard.

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AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO

8 months ago

Working people deserve a Department of Labor that works for them. We will stand up to anyone trying to harm working people. That starts with @DOGE.

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

8 months ago

Class war

Sam Stein @samstein

8 months ago

Class war

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Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders

8 months ago

The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country. It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

8 months ago

Oh hell yeah. Old enough to remember an @iww campaign that tried about 15 years ago. Better moment (also worse moment) now. Seize the time!

Kim Kelly @GrimKim

8 months ago

Oh hell yeah. Old enough to remember an @iww campaign that tried about 15 years ago. Better moment (also worse moment) now. Seize the time!

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Kim Kelly @GrimKim

8 months ago

If you’re in despair and looking for a place to direct your energy, UNIONIZE YOUR WORKPLACE. Yes, you. Yes, now. If your industry or job is shut out of traditional unions, there are other ways to organize. Don’t let the bastards win. There are more of us than there are of them.

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

9 months ago

Let’s build more things money can’t buy

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Erik Forman, PhD @_erikforman

9 months ago

Powerful example to follow. It might be the human condition to fear the other and splinter into factions, but it's also the human condition to come together in solidarity. Let's build the unity we need.