“Jane McAlevey is ready to fight because she sure as hell is not ready to lose.” “As McAlevey puts it, democracy is messy and to do it well requires really conscious, hard work. And that’s from everyone involved, whether you belong to a political party, to a union, or to any other entity which is trying to protect and to rebuild progressive values as they come under attack.” Read More
On Monday, November 21st, host Brian Lehrer asked for my thoughts about the election, and, what has to happen next. Read More
“McAlevey’s work—like that of her dissertation advisor, Frances Fox Piven—looks to reinsert the role of ordinary people back into our understanding of power and politics, refocusing away from both the horse race of presidential elections and top-down mobilizing strategies that draw in only those already committed to left and liberal causes. Read More
On Monday, November 21st, I sat down with Brian Lehrer in the studio of WNYC. Listen here: Read More
Jane McAlevey author of No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, explains the distinction between organizing and mobilizing. Why organizing is reflective and face to face. Mobilizing after self-discovery. Why the Left needs to get back to back to basics organizing. The American South and organizing factory workers today. Read More