Economy & Work, Workers & Unions
The (In)conceivability of Real Workers’ Control – Saeed Rahnema part 1/2
The workers' council movement took shape in several forms across Europe, Russia, Tito's Yugoslavia, Algeria, and Iran. Political scientist Dr. Saeed Rahnema discusses the failure of workers' councils in these different historical contexts and traces out the tensions between workers' control and workers' participation under capitalism. Is real workers' control feasible under capitalism, and do struggles for increased workers' participation and higher wages necessarily lead to workers' control?
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Organizing in West Virginia
"West Virginia Can't Wait" is a movement to win a government where the people who work the hardest and bear the most are also the ones who write the laws. Katey Lauer joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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25,000 Gather for Moral March on Washington
On Juneteenth weekend, activists converged on Washington in support of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly. Grossly underreported by corporate media, the demonstration was led by the co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, Reverend Dr. William J. Barber ll and Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis.
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The Power of the Strike – Jane McAlevey pt 8/8
A strike can force recognition of a union; a supermajority strike is powerful when bargaining; a strike with mass support can be a political weapon to change society. Jane McAlevey on the final segment of this episode of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay.
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To Win We Need Strong Militant Unions – Jane McAlevey pt 6/8
“We're not going to win anything in the broader society if we don't start with the foundation of strong worksite unions and organizing workers who may not agree with us. Under a capitalist system, the single most powerful thing workers can do is walk off the job and stop production.” Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Mobilizing is Not Organizing – Jane McAlevey pt 5/8
Advocacy and mobilizing are directed at people who support your cause. Organizing is a strategic plan to win over workers who don’t agree. Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news
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Economy & Work, U.S. Politics, Workers & Unions
Is the U$A a Democracy? with Tom Ferguson
Tom Ferguson, a leading expert on money and politics, weighs in on how much democracy is there with so much wealth and power in so few hands. Tom joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Health & Education, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions
Hard Bargaining in Las Vegas Hospitals – Jane McAlevey pt 4/8
The story of big open bargaining and revitalizing the nurses union in Las Vegas. Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself.
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China, Climate Change, Military-Industrial Complex, U.S. Politics, Workers & Unions
ICEBERG AHEAD
Andrew van Wagner interviews Paul Jay on nuclear weapons, the media, and climate crisis.
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Climate Change, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions
Organizing for Power – Jane McAlevey pt 3/8
Workers must face up to race to unite the class. Fighting for a just transition, the workers' movement is critical to any chance of having an effective climate policy. Organizer Jane McAlevey joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Climate Change, Environment, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions
Respecting the Genius of Ordinary People – Jane McAlevey pt 2/8
From Nicaragua to Tennessee, learning how to organize to win the right to dignity. The organizers' organizer, Jane McAlevey on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay.
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Environment, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions
Get Organized to Win! – Jane McAlevey pt 1/8
One of the world's leading "organizers' organizer" Jane McAlevey has trained thousands of activists in building more militant unions and winning electoral organizing; she sees the fight for effective unions as critical to winning transformative climate policy. Jane tells her story to Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself.
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Stop Subsidizing Wall St., Start Subsidizing Workers for High Energy Costs – Bob Pollin
High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workers’ modest wage increases or government debt. Bob Pollin joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news
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Climate Change, COP26, Economy & Work
Biden Heads to COP 26 Throttled by Manchin and Trumpists – with Bob Pollin
It looks like there’s not much left of Biden’s climate legislation as he heads to Glasgow planning to lecture China and the world. What should he be doing about the climate crisis? Bob Pollin joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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Running to be Detroit’s Mayor – Against Democratic Party Machine
Anthony Adams is running for mayor of Detroit on a progressive platform. He's being marginalized by local media and opposed by the Democratic Party, including President Biden. Anthony Adams joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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A Conversation With Paul Jay – Pt 4
Sections of the elites remain in climate denial, or believe technology will save the day, or dream about living in futuristic cities where most humans are expendable. Are there members of the elites who see the real danger and are willing to take effective action? Paul Jay is interviewed by Andrew Van Wagner.
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Michael Hudson: Biden Between BlackRock and a Hard Place
The Biden Administration is intertwined with Wall Street but must deliver some election promises to workers. Michael Hudson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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A Conversation With Paul Jay – Pt 3
Paul is interviewed by Andrew Van Wagner about the urgency of the climate crisis and the lack of an effective plan coming from most governments. Paul says a just transition for fossil fuel workers could change the politics of the issue in the U.S., but it’s not part of the Biden plan.
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The Whole Country is the Reichstag
Adolph Reed says, "The right-wing political alliance anchored by the Republican party and Trumpism coheres around a single concrete objective— taking absolute power in the U.S. as soon and as definitively as possible." Reed joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
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A Conversation With Paul Jay – Pt 2
Paul is interviewed by Andrew Van Wagner where they continue their discussion about nuclear weapons, the media, and climate crisis.
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China, Middle East, Military-Industrial Complex, U.S. Politics
Pt 2/2 – Paul Jay & Abby Martin on Afghanistan, 9/11 & Climate Change
In an episode of the Empire Files Podcast, Abby interviews Paul about his investigation into the 9/11 attacks, his experiences in Afghanistan, and his interviews with climate scientists.
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Mark Blyth – An Inflated Fear of Inflation?
Political economist Mark Blyth explains why inflation in the U.S., Canada, and the E.U. is highly unlikely. There is a great deal of room for more government spending and higher wages before much inflation is possible. Mark joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news
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Economy & Work, U.S. Politics, Workers & Unions
Workers and Communities vs Amazon
A Detroit community demands a new Amazon warehouse meet job and environmental guarantees; Amazon workers in Alabama fighting to unionize. Community activists and union organizers Tonya Myers and Frank Hammer on theAnalysis.news
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Trump Says Socialism is His Enemy – He’s Right
Meagan Day, a journalist for Jacobin Magazine and member of the DSA, joins Paul Jay to discuss the challenges in building a broad democratic front that focuses on the climate crisis and defeating rising fascism; and organizing a socialist movement for a more radical transformation of the society.
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Trump Must be Defeated, but Unions Shouldn’t be Democratic Party Cheerleaders
If Trump wins, he will be convinced that he has a mandate for authoritarianism and further irrationalism; trade unions must become organizations of the class, not just cheerleaders of the Democratic Party. Bill Fletcher joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.
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Transform Unions and Organize the Unemployed – Sam Gindin
How to build unions into a transformative force is the critical question of our times; workers still have the power to shut down production but unions must have a class consciousness, including organizing the unemployed . Sam Gindin and Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.
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Working Class Solidarity is Growing – Frank Hammer
Marches in Michigan's mostly white suburbs and small towns in support of the protests against police brutality could have a large impact on the struggle of autoworkers, says veteran union leader and activist Frank Hammer on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
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Covid-19, USA, Workers & Unions
Will Unions Respond to the Pandemic Moment?
Trade unions have the potential to play a pivotal role in developing a more significant mass movement - but will they? Clare Hammonds and Cedric Johnson join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast
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Police unions are one of the biggest obstacles to transforming policing
Protesters in front of Boston Police Headquarters during a United Against Racist Police Terror Rally on June 7, 2020.
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The Promise and Limits of Black Lives Matter – Cedric Johnson
Does the "Black Lives Matter" framing of the protests undermine the potential for much broader alliances? It’s not just black people who are being over-policed, it’s all working-class people and in particular, the most dispossessed. Cedric Johnson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.
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Economy & Work, Environment, U.S. Politics, Workers & Unions
theAnalysis.news in 2022 – Paul Jay
Paul Jay on 'theatre of the absurd democracy', and organizing for a vibrant peoples' movement as the focus for theAnalysis.news in the coming year.
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