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September 18, 2017

The Importance of the Fight for the South -- and Why It Can and Must be Won

Bob Wing and Stephen C. McClure Organizing Upgrade

The far right, racism, militarism, inequality, and poverty are all centered in the South. The majority of African Americans, the main protagonist of progressive politics in this country, live in the South. And the South has more electoral votes, battleground state votes, population, and congresspersons than any other region. The South is changing rapidly, giving rise to more progressive demographic groups - especially Black and Latino migrations...

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August 20, 2017

Teachers Union Caucuses Gather to Swap Strategies

Gillian Russom and Samantha Winslow Labor Notes

With teachers facing similar attacks in school districts across the country, it makes sense to share strategies for fighting back. That’s the goal of the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators (UCORE), a growing network of locals and caucuses within the teachers unions.

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August 6, 2017

'Nissan, You Made Us Mad': Union Promises to Fight Mississippi Defeat

Mike Elk The Guardian

United Automobile Workers fails in bid to organize in southern car plant. New charges with National Labor Relations Board could prompt new vote.

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July 3, 2017

In Defense of the Campus: Why the Left Must Not Write Off Universities

Ari Paul In These Times

While student activism can’t be a lone focal point of a broader social justice movement, defending higher education and organizing on campus is still of tantamount importance for the Left.

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June 25, 2017

D.C. Charter Schools Get First Union

Kate McGee WAMU American University Radio

Teachers at Cesar Chavez Prep will be the first teachers at a charter school in the District to unionize.

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April 3, 2017

Interview: Organizing to Learn, Learning to Organize

Chris Brooks Labor Notes

Chris Brooks of Labor Notes interviews Susan Williams, an educator who has worked at the Highlander Center for 28 years about popular education, organizing and movement history. Popular education is "based on the belief that people can do more than they think they can."

April 2, 2017

Texas is the Future

Andrew Cockburn Harper's Magazine

Can Democrats reconquer the Lone Star State?

January 22, 2017

What Does Environmental Justice Organizing Look Like in the Time of Trump?

Laurie Mazur Grist

What our communities need so intensely right now are real examples of a vision for a new culture and society, right in their own neighborhoods. They need to be able to touch and feel and experience them and also experience building them as participants in our democracy.

January 12, 2017

Tidbits - January 12, 2017 - Reader Comments: Protests Should Also be Used for Organizing;Trump Nominees; Leonard Peltier; Hidden Figures; Black Women and Civil Rights; Resources; Announcements; and more...

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Reader Comments: Protests Should Also be Used for Organizing; Another Extreme Trump Nominee to Run National Intelligence; Top Prosecutor in Leonard Peltier Case Urges Clemency; Hidden Figures; Black Women and Civil Rights; It's Time to #TeachResistance: A Toolkit for Educators; Announcements and more....

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January 1, 2017

A Ph.D. in Organizing

Dawn Tefft and Jeff Schuhrke Labor Notes

Newly armed with the right to collective bargaining, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and research assistants at private universities are organizing to join the ranks of the unionized.

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