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Labor Organizing

Black Feminist Theory

Danielle Phillips-Cunningham: Black Women’s History of All-Sided Labor Resistance

by: Sheri Davis; and Steven Pitts
Article published:: May 20, 2022

Movements today draw strength from the rich history of all-sided organizing by Black women.

Labor Organizing

Black Feminist Theory

In the foreground, a big red banner with white lettering that reads “Democratic Socialists of America.” People in heavy coats, scarves and hats stand behind it. Most are white. The thick crowd extends back down the city street. Lots of people are holding other signs, white with red letters, saying “Working women of the world unite.”

Organizing Practice

Democratic Socialists of America

Democracy, Strategy, Modes of Struggle: The High-Stakes Strife in DSA

By: Max Elbaum

A group of people smiling triumphantly, holding pieces of paper. Most are women; many wear scrubs and puffy shower-cap type covers on their heads.

Labor Organizing

Book Review: ‘On the Line,’ By Daisy Pitkin

By: Eric Dirnbach

People are lying on their backs on a brick plaza, knees up, feet on the ground. In the center of the photo stands a young Black boy in a white shirt. A Black man in a neat grey suit leans over, wrapping an arm around him as if to comfort him.

Community Organizing

Criminal Justice Reform

Swords to Ploughshares: People of Faith Reinvent Public Safety (Part 2)

By: Judith Barish and Sandra Hinson

People sitting in a large hall raising their hands. It's a casually dressed, mixed-race crowd.

Community Organizing

Criminal Justice Reform

Swords to Ploughshares: People of Faith Reinvent Public Safety (Part 1)

By: Judith Barish and Sandra Hinson

2020 Election Strategy

Democracy defense

‘Power Concedes Nothing’ Preview: Michigan

By: Convergence Magazine

Women in 1930s style coats and hats gather around a table that has a sign on the side reading "Learn to Vote" in Englisn and Yiddish. A campaign poster for FDR hangs on the wall.

Anti-fascist organizing

Organizing, Politics, Mood: Reflections on the 1930s

By: Glenn Perušek

Men in camo fatigues load cases of water from a storage space into a truck.

Labor Organizing

Military unionization

How Border Deployment Led to Union Organizing In Texas

By: Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

Crowd standing in the street, a thicket of signs saying "We're fired up," with a central banner reading "ACT UP Shreveport, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power"

HIV/AIDS activism

CDC, Can’t You See? Going to Work Is Killing Me

By: Sean Estelle

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