Weren’t able to make the events? You can watch Anand’s interview with CWD Director McQuarrie and his live panel now on our Youtube channel.
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We are so fortunate to have been able to host award-winning journalist and author Anand Gopal on campus this past week to discuss his new book, "Days of Love and Rage." Thank you, Anand!
Building upon data from our 2022 report, it further cements that voters consistently support policies that equalize rights, resources, and decision-making power in society.
Read “Majority Rules 2025” here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BSrb...
It’s been one year since the release of our report, “Majority Rules 2025: Trends in State-Level Ballot Initiative Voting,” and it remains as relevant as ever.
In person event ✅
Join us on Zoom now to watch the interview with Jeremy Freeman!
The excitement continues tomorrow, as Jeremy Freeman joins us for his talk, “Lessons from a Transformational Mayoralty!” Be sure to swing by 135 West Hall or tune in via Zoom.
Join us in West Hall 135, the in-person event starts now!
The webinar will start in about 15 minutes!
Be sure to join us tonight in Armstrong Hall for Jason Stanley’s “Is it Fascism Yet?," the 27th Annual John P. Frank Memorial Lecture.
Happening tomorrow!! Register now to attend.
“In the flurry of activity to rework their last-mile options for both home and job site delivery, however, Home Depot may also have created a toehold for workers that want collective bargaining.”
Fong is back w/ “Labor and Logistics” in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social .
Jeremy Freeman, an organizer from the successful grassroots campaign of Zohran Mamdani, is heading to ASU for a two-part talk on April 15. Join us to hear his ideas for how to bring approaches pioneered on the Mamdani campaign to broader organizing efforts on the left.
Register to attend the in-person event: bit.ly/JFreemanWest
Register to attend via Zoom: bit.ly/JFreemanZoom
The lineup of talented guest speakers continues! Join us in welcoming organizer Jeremy Freeman to campus on April 15th for his two-part talk, “Lessons from a Transformational Mayoralty,” surrounding his work on the Mamdani campaign in NYC.
Amazon has long exploited subcontracting to avoid taking responsibility for its delivery drivers.
A bill introduced by socialist New York City Councilor Tiffany Cabán would force the e-commerce giant to directly employ its drivers.
CWD Senior Research Fellow Teresa Ghilarducci is featured on “Democracy at Work” ! Tune in as she discusses “the Great U.S. Pension Crisis” with host, Richard Wolff.
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Did you enjoy our recent report? Do you want to learn more about plans and programs to train union members to run for office?
Check out this webinar from the CWD, the CWCP, and
@thenation.com tomorrow at 3:00pm MST.
One week until Anand Gopal’s talk surrounding “Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution” !
Learn more about the two-part event and register to attend here: bit.ly/GopalEvent
or here: bit.ly/GopalZoom
“Is it Fascism Yet?” is happening soon! You won’t want to miss this year’s Frank Lecture on April 13 at 6:30pm.
A really interesting explainer on CA’s proposed “Billionaire Tax” from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social !
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Ben Fong and Paul Prescod have just released a new collection of writing from Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, with commentaries from contemporary writers on the left.
Buy your copy of “Rustin’s Challenge” here. shop.damagemag.com/products/Rus...
Must read from Ben Fong from @cwd-asu.bsky.social
on why labor must go all in to organize Amazon. @jacobinmag.bsky.social
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Amazon laid off 10% of its corporate workforce with the hope that people could be replaced with AI. Fong argues they were too hasty with the new tech and predicts that they’ll have to rehire.
Check out the latest from On the Seams: ontheseams.substack.com/p/amazons-ai...
In “Days of Love and Rage” (Simon & Schuster), Gopal shows how the particulars of one conflict can offer universal truths about what propels ordinary citizens to stand against oppression, even as the walls seem to close in on them.
Grab your copy here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Days-o...
Chris Brooks is back in @jacobinmag.bsky.social with reflections on the current wildcat strike being undertaken by TSA employees after working for weeks without pay, an action that he refers to as a "brown-bag strike.
Read more: jacobin.com/2026/03/tsa-...
BREAKING: 3,800 workers at Colorado’s JBS USA, the world’s largest meatpacker, are on strike.
This is the largest meatpacking strike in 40 years.
“The question is not what workers deserve (because every agreement falls short of that goal), but how to structure first agreements so they expand the power needed to win more over time.” -Chris Brooks
Learn more about “Unions and Electoral Politics” here: bsky.app/profile/jaco...
Want the highlights? Check out the report’s key findings.
The Center for Working-Class Politics, the Center for Work and Democracy, and @jacobinmag.bsky.social are proud to present a new report: “Unions and Electoral Politics.”
Read it here: images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/u...