Author: Jacob Sloan
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The state of the unions in the U.S.
The reformist Left tends to equate union membership with union militancy, as if the first automatically leads to the second. However, to bring about real and meaningful change, we need not only bodies in the streets but also militant workers in all kinds of workplaces, Jacob Sloan explains.
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Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us
In this interview, conducted before Trump’s direct control of the M.P.D. expired, D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization.
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Faculty unionization and the legacy of Blackburn:
Howard University faculty members Sean Pears and Jacob Sloan describe how student militancy fueled struggle on the part of non-tenure-track faculty.