The Nation: This is How We Win
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
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Socialist Forum: Meeting the Standard: An Interview with Jane McAlevey
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
Interview in “German Jacobin”
“German Jacobin” interviewed me while I was working in Germany, and interview that they aired in it’s English-language format with some explanation in the beginning in German (explanation of what I was doing in Germany, and ???). Read More
“There Are So Many Things That We Can Learn From This Strike”
Listen to or read a full one-hour discussion with myself and LA Teachers Union President, Alex Caputo-Pearl, analyzing the incredible LA teachers’ victory. We discuss what they won, and, how they won. Originally a radio show recorded less than 24 hours after the picket the lines came down, HERE, and subsequently transcribed in-full by Jacobin, HERE. Read More
The Real News Network: Union Organizers Can Put The Fight Back In The Democrats: Marc Steiner of the Real News Network sat down with me to discuss some of the ideas in my recent NYTS opinion piece.
One of the lessons is how do we think about not just winning campaigns for the Democratic Party, but building governing power so that the Democrats actually enact a progressive agenda? That’s organizing. Read More