Belabored Episode #171: Orchestra on Strike! with Robert Kassinger
Musicians take to the picket lines in Chicago, New York nurses prepare to strike, and a deep look into how automation affects women workers.
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What’s (Still) the Matter with Iowa?
Unemployment “reforms” in Iowa and other states controlled by the GOP fit neatly with a larger agenda: not to protect workers from low wages, unsafe working conditions, and unbridled employer power, but to compel them to accept whatever they can get.
Belabored Podcast #170: An Amazon Autopsy, with Camille Rivera
An interview with RWDSU’s Camille Rivera, on the labor and community organizing behind the defeat of the Amazon HQ2 deal in Queens.
Belabored Podcast #169: Shutting it Down, with Sara Nelson
We’re joined by AFA President Sara Nelson, whose leadership of flight attendants and calls for a general strike helped end the government shutdown.
State of the Unions
The latest numbers on union membership in the public and private sectors are not pretty.
[EVENT | February 16] Dead Right? Conservatism After Trump
American conservatives have entered a crisis decades in the making, and they’re taking the rest of us down with them. What’s happening to the right? Timothy Shenk, Corey Robin, and Julia Ott will discuss, this Saturday in New York.
Belabored Podcast #168: Victory in L.A., with Arlene Inouye
What did the L.A. teachers win? UTLA bargaining committee chair Arlene Inouye joins us to talk about the contract.
The Strike is Over but the Fight Continues
Los Angeles teachers showed bargaining for the common good could win. Their next challenge: changing California’s regressive tax policies.
Remembering Erik Olin Wright
Wright will be remembered as an iconic thinker who embodied the socialist vision that he worked so hard to bring forth.
Belabored Podcast #167: L.A. Teachers Shut It Down, with Alex Caputo-Pearl
A report from the picket line.
L.A. Teachers Prepare to Strike
Here’s what’s at stake.
France’s Yellow Vests: A Test for the Populist Left
With the threat of the far-right looming, transforming the “gilets jaunes” into a viable political force that can defeat Macron, let alone neoliberalism, will be no simple task.
Joy Amid the Ruins in 2018
A look back on the year at Dissent.
Healthy Signs
The Affordable Care Act is deeply flawed, but it has nonetheless made healthcare cheaper and more accessible for millions.
Belabored Podcast #166: Raises for Uber and Lyft Drivers, with Bhairavi Desai
Last week, New York established an important new pay floor for app-based drivers. Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance joins us to talk about the victory.
