Trump Attacks Science-Based Regs, Higher Education & US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers

Trump Attacks Science-Based Regulation, Higher Education and US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers, Students, and Public; Protest at Sam Altman’s Open AI HQ over Jobs and Repression

By Capitalism, Race & Democracy
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July 28, 2025

CRD’s Thomas O’Rourke spoke once again to the University of Michigan’s Dr. Adam Finkel, an expert in the fields of occupational and environmental health and safety, about the Trump administration’s assault on science-based regulation, higher education, and American workers.   Dr. Finkel recently helped organize a conference of solutions focused experts.  Their website is unpolitics.global.
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At a recent “LaborTech” conference in San Francisco, Oakland teacher Andy Lisbon talked about the use of artificial intelligence to train teachers. He said that the American Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten had initiated a partnership with AI companies like Anthropic and Open AI, which threatens all teachers, students and the public.
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here is growing fear and anger over the massive introduction of AI into the government and the workplace. Open AI run by Sam Altman was the target of a protest on July 25, 2025, where workers and philosophers spoke out about why they oppose this technology. Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer interviewed the participants.
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Music:
Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall”
Thomas Dolby, “She Blinded Me with Science”