Writing
Organizers with substantial, direct experience in the field have an entirely different focus than authors who have not been involved in campaigns: we focus on how the work gets done (methods), and how to win.

Yes on 1 Nurses sign

Why we support Question 1: Barbara Madeloni, former head of the MA teachers union, and I wrote an opinion piece on why MA voters should vote yes to a ballot initiative on nurse safe staffing.

“On Question 1, women who do the hands-on work in hospitals have amassed a formidable body of real-world experience, of longitudinal studies, of extensively researched data on the benefits of safe patient limits. The opinions of the organization representing 70 percent of all registered nurses in this state are strong, but the evidence that backs them is stronger still. Read More

strikers marching

How to Defeat the Forces Behind Trump: In the New York Times

Because the very tactics long used against workers in workplace elections have now been exported to the broader electoral arena, it’s important to understand three lessons about how to win by those of us who continue to achieve victory even when faced with a ruthless, break-all-the-rules, determined opposition. Read the piece in the New York Times » Read More

Jane McAlevey during the recount in Florida in 2000

Key Steps in the Rightwing Effort to Rule by the Minority: 2000’s Stolen Election, My Insider Account of the Coup

So much bad has happened as a result of the only coup I’ve experienced, the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, it fills books. For one of the only insider accounts ever published of the Florida Recount, read my book chapter about the insanity that was the Florida Recount. Verso has graciously allowed me to make it free and available here. Read More