Daniel Denvir sat down with Jane for a whopping 2-hour conversation. The results were heavily blogged, including Naomi Klein tweeting that “everyone should listen to this interview!” Read More
According to longtime environmental and labor organizer Jane McAlevey, this recent wave of teacher strikes is also the perfect example of how change happens. It begins by developing a deep understanding of power, which then evolves into building small campaigns within a larger struggle to achieve measurable goals — all the while engaging in deep listening across differences, instead of self-selecting into single-minded silos. Read More
New interview, in German, in one of Germany’s national daily newspapers, called Taz. The smart interviewer began the interview by asking me is the kind of “organizing” Obama did the same kind of organizing that I discuss! Heck no. And we went from there, discussing a wide range of topics. Read More
To kick off 2019, we made a little video explaining how ordinary folks can support workers who are on strike. This short video explains! Read More
In the context of the exciting discussions of a Green New Deal, DSA produced a special climate issue featuring many good articles and interviews. Ben Fong reaches deep into my early years in the movement when I was a full-time environmental organizer. We discuss how things have and have not changed in the strained relations between unions and environmentalists. Read More