Alex Riccio argues against a popular idea among the labor left
Workplace struggles are political
Marianne Garneau challenges a predominant view among labor radicals that “politics” takes place in a sphere separate from the struggle over the control of work.
Class power can remake society: remembering Australia’s “green ban” movement
Ben Purtill recounts when building laborers in Australia stopped work, first over wages and working conditions, and then to protect the environment, among other “social” causes.
The spectacle of boycotts
Carmen Molinari argues that viral boycott calls like the recent one against Amazon “point us away from the hard work of building real power.”
The Green New Deal and the “rank-and-file strategy”
Gregory Butler argues that the DSA and Jacobin’s “rank-and-file strategy” in the construction industry consists mostly in pushing policy from above, leaving out worker concerns and worker organizing.
Beyond red baiting: reading between the lines of the history of United Electrical Workers
Nick Driedger argues that red-baiting is overemphasized in the standard histories of the United Electrical Workers’ decline.
Salt: the flavor, not the meal
MK Lees reflects on the tactic of “salting” into a workplace in order to organize it
Better luck next time
Marianne Garneau reviews Angry Workers’ Class Power on Zero Hours
The leftwing deadbeat
MK Lees and Marianne Garneau look at leftists’ poor track record in workplace organizing campaigns