“Weekends” features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and left political strategy, featuring interviews with prominent individuals on the left. Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcasted live from the Jacobin Magazine’s YouTube channel with Jane McAlevey as their guest. Jane’s interview begins around 52 minutes into the show. Read More
McAlevey’s work taps into something that many of us have felt and known to be true: the unshakeable force of solidarity, and the fears we must face in order to claim this power. Read More
“The bulk of the book is a kind of primer, with extensive examples about how unions work, how to run a successful organizing campaign, and how to win a strike by building unity within the workplace and support in the surrounding community.” Read More
…This illustrates an essential point in McAlevey’s analysis: unions not only redistribute wealth, they redistribute power. We know this, she writes, because corporate executives have fought so hard to destroy them. Read More
“…here in the United States, the date is barely known beyond those immigrants whose home countries honor it, or among the most committed labor activists. Yet May Day commemorates the lives of four labor organizers in the United States who were hanged in Chicago after being falsely convicted of throwing a bomb into a group of police.” Read More