Belabored Podcast #143: Planning for a Post-Trump Future, with Rachel Cohen
If the Democrats reclaim power in 2020, what should labor do?
Winter 2025
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Before Standing Rock, There Was Alcatraz
In 1969, a group of Native activists occupied Alcatraz island. Their actions set off a wave of direct action that continues to the present day.
The Mind of Paul Booth, 1943–2018
First in SDS, then in the labor movement, Paul Booth embodied that remarkable, and rare, combination of ideals and strategy. A left that hopes to win has much to learn from his example.
Reply: Fault Lines
Words gain political traction when they resonate with immediate experience. “Neoliberalism” does not.
Jargon or Clickbait?
Once an academic conceit, the term “neoliberalism” has long since gone viral, helping to faciliate a generational shift in popular discourse.
A White Story
In the standard narrative of neoliberalism’s rise, the demise of the white social contract gets cast as universal.
How Ideology Works
Any successful political project binds together ideas, actors, and power. “Neoliberalism” helps us understand how these fit together.
Words Can’t Do the Work for Us
“Neoliberalism” names a multifaceted configuration of power against which a diverse, democratic left could and should unite. We should welcome its ubiquity—not reject it.
The Community of the Forgotten
Isolated and abandoned, families in the rural Puerto Rican community of Río Abajo improvised their way out of Maria’s destruction. Four months after the storm, they still have few resources to rely on but themselves.
Destroying to Save
Recent victories against ISIS in Iraq and Syria have come at tremendous human cost. Such casualties are not inevitable—and those responsible must be taken to task.
Belabored Podcast #142: Smartphone Sweatshops in Asia, with Joe DiGangi
Do you know where your smartphone was made? A new in-depth report reveals dangerous conditions in Samsung factories in Vietnam.
Does Putin’s Russia Have a Death Drive? A Q&A with Masha Gessen
“There’s been so much damage done to Russian society, both from seventy years of totalitarianism and now by Putinism, that there’s no roadmap for recovery.”
So Long, 2017
Dissent’s best from a year of outrage.
Colin Kaepernick: Athlete of the Year
“I am not looking for approval,” Kaepernick has told the media. “If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right.”
Belabored Podcast #141: Union for the Holidays
Holiday travel can be stressful, and doubly so for the workers who make that travel possible. We hear about the flight attendants and baggage handlers organizing this holiday season.
