Labor - Dissent Magazine

Belabored Podcast #145: Rights and Rebellions, with Shaun Richman

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 23, 2018

Facing a legislative onslaught, the labor movement must rediscover its fighting spirit—and find ways to turn the GOP attack to its own advantage.

Fully Automated Luxury Socialism: The Case for a New Public Sector

Andrew Elrod ▪ Winter 2018

With ever more job-killing robots on the horizon, it’s time to demand a new public sphere: one that guarantees not just jobs but leisure too.

Belabored Podcast #144: Thinking Outside the Box

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 9, 2018

Two labor groups are waging creative challenges against corporate America—and for the rights of immigrant workers.

Belabored Podcast #143: Planning for a Post-Trump Future, with Rachel Cohen

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 26, 2018

If the Democrats reclaim power in 2020, what should labor do?

The Mind of Paul Booth, 1943–2018

Todd Gitlin ▪ January 23, 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.

Belabored Podcast #142: Smartphone Sweatshops in Asia, with Joe DiGangi

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 12, 2018

Do you know where your smartphone was made? A new in-depth report reveals dangerous conditions in Samsung factories in Vietnam.

Belabored Podcast #141: Union for the Holidays

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 15, 2017

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.

Zombie Neoliberalism

Sarah Jaffe ▪ Fall 2017

How “There Is No Alternative” gave us Donald Trump.

Booked: The Ideology of Cheap Stuff

Sarah Jaffe ▪ December 5, 2017

What do Black Friday, chicken nuggets, and Christopher Columbus tell us about the history of capitalism? We ask Raj Patel and Jason W. Moore, authors of the new book A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things.

Belabored Podcast #140: Resisting the Taxpocalypse

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ December 1, 2017

Protests have been going on around the country over the Republican tax bill. We’re joined by some of the organizers.

A Day Out and a Union: Lebanon’s Domestic Workers Organize

Kirsten O'Regan ▪ Fall 2017

In a country of 6 million, there are now 250,000 migrant domestic workers laboring under the oppressive kafala system. Can a new union help transform conditions not just in Lebanon, but across the Middle East?