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Unions turned out for Harris, but Democrats can no longer expect them to deliver working-class voters.
Lessons from the new alliances between labor and climate activism.
Following the agave trade exposes the roots of solidarity across empires.
New local labor laws aim to end worker exploitation. Can bureaucrats serve that vision?
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The movement has made important progress, but focusing on rights and representation leaves too many behind.
The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture.
Pitchfork is dead, but good reviewing doesn’t have to die with it.
The post-work movement reckons with reproductive labor.
Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.
In Rules to Win By, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor reject backroom dealmaking. Rank-and-file workers are going even further.
Basic income proposals threaten the market order—which is why they keep being beaten back, even though some capitalists support them.
Workers will benefit from technology when they control how it’s used.
Both regulators and employers have embraced new technologies for on-the-job monitoring, turning a blind eye to unjust working conditions.
Protests in China are shining a light not only on the country’s draconian population management but restrictions on workers everywhere.
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley.
A posthumous collection tracks Noel Ignatiev’s commitment to class struggle, abolishing whiteness, and finding a vision of freedom in the minds and actions of working people.
The late author of Nickel and Dimed played a major role in women’s liberation and U.S. socialism.
Dependence is a fact of all our lives; freedom lies in our capacity to care for others.
And what today’s organizers can learn from them.
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