Gene Bruskin: A Life in the Labor Movement
Aliyah VanPelt and Cliff Connolly sit down with longtime organizer Gene Bruskin to get his advice and hear stories from his time in the movement, …
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Labor Republicanism and the Freedom Question in 19th Century North America
Luke and Donald join Alexander Gourevitch, author of From Slavery to Cooperative Commonwealth: Labor and Republican Liberty in the 19th Century, for a wide-ranging discussion …
The Part-Time Fight for $25 at UPS and the Betrayal of TDU
With UPS and the Teamsters at the negotiating table, Edgar Esquivel takes issue with those in the US Left who have tailed the leadership of …
Letter: On the MUG Labor Strategy
It is a very good thing that a more avowedly radical Marxist group in the DSA is turning its attention seriously towards labor work. However, …
For a Blue-Collar, Proletarian Socialist Movement
Ben Solidaridad argues for the centrality of the manufacturing proletariat to the modern socialist project, claiming that this section of the population carries not only …
Letter: Marxist Unity Group Labor Strategy Position Paper
Organizing in the Inevitable Era “Just as British capitalism, which was also once powerful…is now on the decline, so will American capitalism, however strong it …
The Twilight of the Sweatshop Age: Labor, Monopsony and Supply Chains with Ashok Kumar
Rudy joins Ashok Kumar author of Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age for a discussion on global sweatshops, labor …
Probabilistic Approaches to Political Economy and Labor with Machover, Farjoun & Zachariah
Rudy joins Emmanuel Farjoun, Moshé Machover and David Zachariah for a discussion on their two books Laws of Chaos: A Probabilistic Approach to Political Economy …
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 2: The Size and Economic Impact of Labor Aristocracies
In part two of a three-part series, Amal Samaha continues her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. Read Part …
United Auto Workers at the Crossroads
In light of a historic leadership election, Peter Ross and Steve Zeltzer of the United Front Committee for a Labor Party report on the fight …
Setting the Record Straight: On the Trotskyist-led 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, the Teamsters Bureaucracy & its Aftermath
Trotskyist Teamsters took a leading role in a historic labor upsurge and clashed with a corrupt leadership under Dan Tobin. Twenty-four-year Teamster Edgar Esquivel tells …
Cesar Chavez at 95: Debunking the Myth
Edgar Esquivel gives a counter-history to the mythology surrounding United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez. Eight years ago (2014) President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31st …
Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union’s endorsement of Sean O’Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. With the lowest …
Untold Stories of the United Electrical Workers with Chris Townsend
Annie joins Chris Townsend, longtime organizer with both the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) and the Amalgamated Transit Union for an oral history on UE from the …