How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union

Jon Melrod was part of a wave of student radicals who took jobs in factories in the 1970s. He spoke to Jacobin about life in working-class Wisconsin, becoming a workplace leader, and how to merge shop-floor fights with a broader left politics.

07.04.2022

Vivek Chibber

You Can’t Have Socialism Without the Working Class

The task of socialists in 2022 is the same as it’s always been, says sociologist Vivek Chibber: to build working-class organization. That requires clarity about the central political role of the working class.