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Learning From the UAW’s National Organizing Push

Chris Brooks Jacobin
If the labor movement hopes to survive, it must find ways to organize in the private sector at scale. The UAW’s national push to organize higher ed, and its recent union drives at Volkswagen and Mercedes, offer potential guidance on the way forward.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 25-Mar 3, 2026

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Unveiling of De Dokwerker statue in Amsterdam
Bravely Standing Up to Nazis for What’s Right (1941), Attack on Wage Slavery Gets Rid of Tainted Meat (1906), First Step Toward a Massive Victory (1976), Expressing Unpopular Views Is Not Criminal (1961), ‘Serfdom Is a Keg of Gunpowder’ (1861)

Whitening American History

Naomi Bethune The American Prospect
Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.

NYU’s Full-Time Contingent Faculty Are Poised To Strike

Interview with Brendan Hogan Elisabeth Fay Fanny Shum by Sara Wexler Jacobin
After trying to bargain a first contract for over a year, the union for 1,000 full-time contingent faculty at New York University is voting on authorizing a strike. Contract faculty say NYU is refusing to budge on pay raises and job security protecti

Philanthropy for Radicals

Claire Dunning Dissent Magazine
The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.

The Fallout Series Hits Close to Home

Devin Thomas O’Shea Jacobin
While streaming on Amazon is a little on the nose, the Fallout television series admirably embraces the anti-capitalist critique of the original video game franchise. Its apocalyptic alternate America feels less far-fetched every day.