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February 20, 2024
Oligarchy and the Fight for Paid Family Leave
Dania Rajendra
Vicki Shabo from Better Life Lab at New America discusses the long-term fight for paid family and medical leave, covering progress at state and federal...
Political Organizing
February 13, 2024
Craft of Campaigns Season 2
The Forge Staff
The Craft of Campaigns podcast featured stories and lessons from issue-based action campaigns. In Season 2, we’ll hear from campaigners who took on the ruling class in D.C. to win protections for janitors, challenged...
February 13, 2024
How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever
Keith Kelleher
40 years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement.
Labor Organizing
February 6, 2024
Strategy Is a Craft
Mark EnglerPaul Engler
A conversation with Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce about their new book, Practical Radicals, and the need for the left to embrace a rigorous, multi-pronged strategy for change.
Political Organizing
January 30, 2024
The Undergrads are Unionizing
United Smith Student Workers
United Smith Student Workers is one of the first undergrad student unions in the country and part of a larger movement that began in the early 2000s. Find out how...
Labor Organizing
January 12, 2024
How Freedom Summer Can Inspire Us in 2024
Eddie Wong
Freedom Summer transformed the country by transforming the South. To fight white supremacy and defeat fascists block by block and at the ballot box, we have to reflect on the work of the SNCC-fueled coalition and the innovations...
Political Organizing
December 21, 2023
There Is Power in a (Tenant) Union
Deepak Pateriya
Kansas City Tenants is one of the most successful Tenant Unions in the country. This interview with their Director, Tara Raghuveer, will give you a glimpse at the analysis and strategy that has powered their growth to over 9,000...
Community Organizing , What's Your Power Analysis
December 18, 2023
We Were Transformed, but Was the World? Reflecting on a Decade of Black-Led Movement
Asha Ransby-Sporn
The Black Lives Matter era re-shaped a generation’s understanding of Black identity and politics, but it was also deeply disappointing. Now, a new chapter of...
Black Lives Matter
Asha Ransby-Sporn
Asha Ransby-Sporn is a Chicago-based community organizer and writer who has led on both winning issue-based and political campaigns, built movement organizations, and is deeply committed to Black, left social movements.
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