Stephanie Luce is a professor of labor studies at the City University of New York's Murphy Institute and the author of Labor Movements: Global Perspectives.
Longtime social movement scholar Frances Fox Piven reflects on her involvement in Columbia’s 1968 occupation, the need for protest movements to imitate each other, and why campus protests make sense for students demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza.
Workers resist exploitation, even in the worst circumstances. Historian Annelise Orleck spoke with 140 of them, from garment workers in Cambodia to Walmart workers in the US.
For the Left, winning local office is one thing — actually governing is another.
The success of minimum-wage ballot initiatives shows the first steps for building a left platform under Trump.
Minimum-wage victories must be part of a broader strategy to win worker power.
The fight to control the working day remains one of our most important labor struggles.
Its critics may disagree, but Occupy Wall Street’s legacy has been an enduring one.