Going on Offense During Challenging Times
How collective bargaining becomes a revolutionary act.
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racism
The Marikana Massacre: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in South Africa
The Lonmin-owned platinum mine, 62 miles northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa had been at the center of a violent pay
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Rethinking the Problem of Alliance: Organized Labor and Black Political Life
What would it take to find common ground?
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White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics
In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?
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A Response to Richard Alba’s “The Likely Persistence of a White Majority”
That politics undergirds censuses is a truism. At least since Benedict Anderson wrote Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and
Read MoreHow Racial Disparity Does Not Help Make Sense of Patterns of Police Violence
Article originally published at nonsite.org. Some readers will know that I’ve contended that, despite its proponents’ assertions, antiracism is not a
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The Black-Labor-Left Alliance in the Neoliberal Age
The report, A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor, brings together the perspectives and voices of significant black
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Black Lives Matter: Toward a Modern Practice of Mass Struggle
Born as a Twitter hashtag, Black Lives Matter has evolved into a potent alternative to the political paralysis and isolation that racial justice proponents have faced since the election of Obama. In just over two years, the young movement has reinvigorated confrontation politics, giving voice to a popular and righteous rage, establishing a new touchstone of grassroots resistance…
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Queer Precarity and the Myth of Gay Affluence
The LGBT movement’s laser-focus on marriage equality propagates the myth of gay and lesbian affluence as political strategy, leaving aside any analysis of class or economic inequality or poverty—much less an analysis of capitalism. LGBT people are typically depicted as affluent consumers with high disposable incomes, yet this is hardly the norm. The majority of LGBT/Q people are poor or working class, female, and people of color, who struggle to get a job or hold onto one, to pay their rent and care for themselves and the people they love.
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