Sarah Jaffe
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Labor OrganizingJanuary 23, 2019
‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’
How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsJanuary 19, 2019
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Sarah Jaffe
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Public SchoolsJanuary 15, 2019
‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’
Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.
Sarah Jaffe
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March 14, 2018
The Women of Wages for Housework
A new book edited by Silvia Federici and Arlen Austin helps capture the excitement and ideas of a movement that had modest origins but spread around the world within several years.
Sarah Jaffe
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EconomyApril 20, 2017
Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own
Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.
Sarah Jaffe
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Labor OrganizingNovember 4, 2016
In GOP Country, a Small Labor Organization Offers a Model for Fighting Trumpism
The Workers’ Project in Indiana has been uniting undocumented immigrants with white union workers since long before Trump hit the campaign trail.
Sarah Jaffe
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CongressOctober 25, 2016
Zephyr Teachout Is Battling Big Money and Cynicism in One of This Year’s Tightest Congressional Races
Can Teachout’s radical optimism prevail in the Hudson Valley?
Sarah Jaffe
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Financial CrisisSeptember 23, 2016
The Fight Against Austerity Started Here
In 2011, the people of Wisconsin challenged the right’s austerity agenda. Their uprising was even more revolutionary than you think.
Sarah Jaffe
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Housing and HomelessnessJuly 5, 2016
This Group Pioneered the Fight for $15. Can They Transform the Fight for Affordable Housing Too?
New York Communities for Change wants to remake New York in a more equal image.
Sarah Jaffe
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ActivismAugust 31, 2015
What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy
On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activists.
Sarah Jaffe