Laborwave spoke with Eli Meyerhoff (author of Beyond Education: Radical Studying for Another World) and Zach Schwartz-Weinstein about abolitionist university studies as a necessary intervention within and against the academy.
top of page
LABORWAVE RADIO
Anti-Capitalist Labor Organizing
Home: Blog2
Search
Updated: Jun 16, 2020
We spoke with Bill Fletcher, Jr on the need for "social justice unionism" in a post-Janus United States.
Bill Fletcher Jr is a long-time labor leader and author of multiple books, including Solidarity Divided: The Crisis In Organized Labor And A New Path Toward Social Justice (co-author Dr. Fernando Gapasin) and a new mystery thriller The Man Who Fell From The Sky.
In our interview, Fletcher Jr discusses the need for "social justice unionism" in a post-Janus United States. Workers are becoming increasingly atomized in the US, and the state continues to rollback any investments into the reproductive labor that stitches society together. The moment, as Fletcher Jr states, that organized labor can seize for victory is almost over. We might not get another moment.
What role do teachers strikes, worker-owned businesses, and housing cooperatives play in seizing this current moment? How do the rank and file push labor leadership to understand that we cannot continue doing "business as usual" despite not being knocked out by Janus right away?
More Info: Bill Fletcher Jr billfletcherjr.com/
A Conversation With Bill Fletcher Jr laborcenter.berkeley.edu/conversation…ll-fletcher/
Women Are Leading The Wave of Strikes in America. Here's Why. ~Tithi Bhattacharya www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…strikes-america
Updated: Jul 25, 2021
We spoke with Marianne Garneau, editor of Organizing Work, on why for strikes to be effective they must have specific targets tied to specific demands within a larger strategic plan, and how all of these features are absent from the International Women's Strike, so far.
bottom of page