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Here are some Georgia grassroots groups to send money to for the Senate races, and, what is key, beyond. That is, we need to build lasting base level power in Georgia. Read More
Here are some Georgia grassroots groups to send money to for the Senate races, and, what is key, beyond. That is, we need to build lasting base level power in Georgia. Read More
Unions need to expand their base if Democrats are to stand any real chance in the future; simultaneously, they need to provide deep political education, especially when the right wing and the Trump forces continue to mobilize. Read More
DISSENT magazine gathered their favorite thinkers on labor and unions for a live recording of their 212th episode. With the help of Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Rebecca Dixon, they look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers. Read More
Meagan and Micah talk to labor strategist and writer Jane McAlevey about Tuesday's presidential election and what unions and the Left should do to prevent an undemocratic right-wing power grab. Read More
It would be amazing if national trade unions here were prepared to take the same actions in November 2020 that Chile’s national unions took in November 2019—but there’s absolutely no indication that people in positions of power in significant sectors of the US economy are ready to act as boldly as Chilean leaders did. Read More
Anyone who thinks civil unrest isn’t coming on November 3 isn’t paying attention. The most important lessons from Florida in 2000 and Germany in 2019 have a common thread: ordinary people need to be willing to defy Democratic Party leadership, and even some trade union leadership, to save the country from an even worse misery. Read More
It’s so important to teach the difference between organizing and mobilizing, and to focus on teaching the skills required to move the hardest-to-move people in order to bring about the kind of solidarity and unity required for a successful strike. Read More
“Weekends” features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and left political strategy, featuring interviews with prominent individuals on the left. Read More
For decades, intractable social and economic problems have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States. There is a single, obvious weapon whose effectiveness has been proven repeatedly throughout US history: unions. Read More
"McAlevey’s work taps into something that many of us have felt and known to be true: the unshakeable force of solidarity, and the fears we must face in order to claim this power." Read More
Professors, police advocates, and organizers on the best books to learn about the future of work. Jane McAlevey's "A Collective Bargain" is included. Read More
Rather than rely on presidential candidates as our saviors or endlessly revise utopian policy proposals, it is crucial that we examine which strategies, led by whom, are winning and why. Read More
Jane McAlevey says, "For a long view on the evils of the corporate leadership of the meatpacking industry, Oxford just made my chapter on the successful worker organizing campaign at the nation's largest pork processing plant available to read for free online." Read More
"Jane McAlevey has organized hundreds of thousands of workers on the frontlines of America’s labor movement... This conversation ran long, but it ran long because it was damn good." Read More