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.https://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mvlrpj2sxs2qThis is a critical letter about the risk of an AI driven financial crisis. I have lived through multiple financial crises and they are worth trying to avoid before they become happen. @rweingarten.bsky.social letter to Treasury Secretary @scottbessen.bsky.social lays out what needs to be done. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlrpj2sxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mqrkt6wql22b“Our members will forgive us if we fight and lose but they will never forgive us if we fail to fight.” @rweingarten.bsky.social @aft.org16 Jul 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrkt6wql22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mqrkpkhj3k2bListening to @rweingarten.bsky.social keynote speech at the @aft.org national convention. “The authoritarians and the billionaires have enormous power-but this is what they don’t have—the power of the people!” Here in the faces of the 3,000 delegates—you can see why #fascistsfearteachers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrkpkhj3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3moo25dwhb22yDemocrats could learn from Andy Burnham. He governed like Mamdani in Manchester & he campaigned on ending neoliberalism. He was neck & neck with the far right in polls. On Election Day—3000 Labour volunteers. Altogether the right wing parties got 19k votes. Andy got 25k. youtu.be/x43kXRjfuEA https://youtu.be/x43kXRjfuEA19 Jun 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo25dwhb22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mmczkmkf5k2iBarney Frank was a great American. I had the honor of knowing him & working with him on the legislation that bears his name, the Dodd-Frank Act. Nothing made me prep like having a meeting with #BarneyFrank. He despised flattery & respected people who stood up to him on substance.20 May 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmczkmkf5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mlm2mv5uec2c“Anyone who cares about a fair economy should demand that their elected leaders have a clear, specific plan for court reform. No policymaker can credibly promise working-class Americans economic relief without a plan to prevent courts from blocking its delivery." https://newrepublic.com/article/210066/supreme-court-rightward-economic-shift11 May 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm2mv5uec2chttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mkzcbwvdvk26This piece is about Robert Reich’s real childhood friend Mickey Schwerner. And how he and so many others gave their lives in the South for their fellow Americans’ right to vote. If you don’t know this story you must read this piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sam-alito-and-my-friend-mickey?r=ewod2&utm_medium=ios04 May 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzcbwvdvk26https://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mjknk2qvrs2k“Ain’t no stopping us now!” US Renewable Power Generation Beats Natural Gas for the First Time, Defying Trump - Gizmodo. Past time to finish the job of building out renewable power generation with union labor. @aflcio.org15 Apr 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjknk2qvrs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3mjh7kgkqas2jA Hungarian friend of mine sent me this. If you’re feeling discouraged, it’s a good thing to watch. And it’s a reminder of what Woody Guthrie said. “All you fascists bound to lose.”https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXDrzFgCOsW/?igsh=MWR6eWpxeGNwazhyZg==14 Apr 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh7kgkqas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/damonsilvers.bsky.social/post/3miw2ptmjm22kThe post below is by one of America’s premier legal scholars. All I can add is this 1) the threat of genocide, which is explicit in the post, is itself a war crime. 2) I would not expect the so-called opinion in Trump v USA to protect him in any court that might hear the case, including a US one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:jzeagbbdj37iwlilxaolcapc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw2ptmjm22k