The Labor Intellectuals
The new militancy coursing through the labor movement has revealed the growth of a more expansive and democratic union culture.
Fall 2024
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Ultra Violence
Rachel Maddow’s podcast tells the story of American Nazis in the 1940s. But the era’s real and lasting authoritarian danger came from the spectacular growth of a national security state.
A Landmark Wage Increase at the University of California
Graduate students won a major raise after five weeks on strike. The victory is a product of the militancy that has pushed the union to the vanguard of organized labor in higher ed.
The Largest Strike in the History of American Higher Ed
What happens at the University of California will set the standard for a sector that today employs more people than the federal government.
Is This a Strike Wave?
We sorely need one, but that first requires the unionization of millions of new workers.
The Next Amazon Union Drive
Lessons from the Bessemer defeat.
To Keep Meat on the Table, Workers Need a Voice
Essential workers need genuine, collective empowerment, not just a monetary reward or a rhetorical pat on the back.
Making History at Amazon
If they can disrupt the supply chain, Amazon workers could transform an industry that constitutes one of the commanding heights of the twenty-first-century economy.
What’s at Stake in the General Motors Strike
Only a strong movement can put the management of capitalism on the political agenda.
How to Win
Without unions to institutionalize them, waves of activism dissipate. As the nation and the labor movement shift to the left, progressives need to push forward policies and politics that strengthen those working-class organizations.
L.A. Teachers Prepare to Strike
Here’s what’s at stake.
How Missouri Beat “Right to Work”
With last week’s referendum, the “Show-Me” state showed that the right’s assault on organized labor does not stand the test of democracy.
Why Obamacare Repeal Won’t Die
The zombie-like resilience of GOP efforts to repeal-and-replace Obamacare would be the stuff of a Hollywood epic—were it not so devastating to millions of Americans.
Judith Stein, 1940–2017
Judith Stein was a tough and determined inspiration to multiple generations of scholars and activists.
How the Ivy League Collaborates with Donald Trump
Top university officials at Columbia and Yale have found in Trump an ally in their longstanding efforts to resist graduate employees’ efforts to unionize.
