Derek Seidman Profile picture
class struggle researcher // writer + historian // @truthout + @twittlesis
Sep 16, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
I'm seeing a lot here about General Motors CEO Mary Barra after her disastrous CNN interview.

Barra raked in $29 million last year as GM CEO.

But I want to lift up a few more things about Barra, and how she represents the billionaire class more than people might even realize 🧵 Image In addition to being GM’s CEO, Barra also chairs the Business Roundtable.

The Business Roundtable is the lobbying group of top corporate CEOs.

Its board includes CEOs from Walmart, Apple, Ely Lilly, Kaiser Permanente and more.

And GM’s Barra *CHAIRS* the Business Roundtable. Image
Mar 14, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
The Koch donor network - made up of billionaires + pro-corporate zealots - is going hard after Minneapolis eductors + teachers who are striking just so that their students + schools can get the resources they need + educators can live decently. The Center of the American Experiment (see previous tweet) is an affiliate of the State Policy Network, a national federation of rightwing think-tanks that pushes tax cuts for oligarchs + and is funded by the Koch-donor network.

spn.org/directory/#MN

latimes.com/business/story…
Jun 23, 2019 7 tweets 7 min read
THREAD: Trying to think of the top 5 conflicts/issues/scandals around the #Weymouth compressor station.

Not sure if 5 slots is enough. This thing is a real mess.

But here’s a go at it.

@FRRACS_MA @MothersOutFront @nathanpboston 5/ MA Gov. Charlie Baker has accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from entities tied to and/or pushing Weymouth - lobbyists, corporations, banks, etc.

Link: littlesis.org/maps/3949-web-…
May 14, 2019 15 tweets 8 min read
1/ The Massachusetts DEP is holding a hearing tomorrow on a permit for the Weymouth compressor station - which has faced intense opposition from groups like @MothersOutFront & @FRRACS_MA.

Their efforts to stop the compressor station are gaining momentum.
bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/05/… 2/ MA Gov Charlie Baker can stop the compressor station. And residents have made clear the health concerns around it - not to mention that the larger fracked gas export infrastructure it's part of will lock in new CO2 emissions for decades to come.
wbur.org/earthwhile/201…