Makani Themba

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Contributions from Makani Themba

Stylized cover of Saket Soni's "The Great Escape"

Labor Organizing

Immigrant Organizing

Book Review: Saket Soni’s ‘The Great Escape’

By: George Goehl

MFT 59 on strike March 2022. African American man with bullhorn, multi-racial crowd, signs.

Labor Organizing

Public Education

A Year After Its Big Strike, MFT 59 Stays ‘Steady and Ready’

By: Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody ,; Marcia Howard ,; Nat Anderson-Lippert ,; and Stephanie Luce

Electoral Strategy

Fight the Right

Building the Front, Strengthening Our Movements

A person stands behind a sign they hold that says "JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS"

Broad Alliance Ousts Racist Memphis D.A.

By: Jeffrey Lichtenstein; and Josh Adams

Vigil at the Louisville jail on Jan. 10, 2023 after the thirteenth death in the jail in just over a year. Three people hold signs that say "stop the deaths" "norman scheckles" and "no more deaths end cash bail"

Election Wins Fuel Long Push to End Cash Bail

By: Marcy Rein

teachers strike, holding signs and fists and musical instruments

Labor Organizing

UTLA/Reclaim Strike

UTLA/Reclaim Strike Showed What Labor + Community Can Do

By: Alex Caputo-Pearl

two people play tug of war, one person yells on in encouragement

Danger from the Right

Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced

By: Max Elbaum

Three men dressed in overalls and work pants each carrying shovels filled with hot coals at work.

Labor Organizing

Danger from the Right

Hard Truths and Good Signs for Labor’s Role in Defending Democracy

By: Bob Master

Black Work Talk by Convergence

Bill Fletcher: Keep Fighting Till the Lights Go Out

By: Steven Pitts

Students and parents protesting at school board meeting.

Local Power Building

Public Education

Can Oakland’s New Leaders Save Its Schools and Port?

By: Ken Epstein; and Kitty Kelly Epstein

A black and white image of Paul Volcker edited over an orange and yellow swiftly increasing line graph.

Federal Reserve

People-Side Economics: Who’s Afraid of the Federal Reserve?

By: Samir Sonti; and Stephanie Luce

MAGA Protestors in DC

Electoral Strategy

Danger from the Right

The MAGA Threat Is Greater Today Than in 2020

By: Max Elbaum