SOLVED! SAMPLE! #37 - Solidarity Forever: Boycotts, Strikes, & the Labor Movement We Need

SOLVED! SAMPLE! #37 - Solidarity Forever: Boycotts, Strikes, & the Labor Movement We Need

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics April 10, 2026 Duration: 23:31

Air Date: 4-1-26

Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:

 

  • Ch. 1 - How to boycott better
  • Ch. 2 - Why REI workers have voted to boycott the upcoming May sale and how you can help
  • Ch. 3 - Why meatpacking workers are striking in Colorado
  • Ch. 4 - Comparing the US labor movement with the Canadian labor movement
  • Ch. 5 - Strengthening, and expanding the vision for, today's labor movement
  • SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm (Members Only!): How politics killed the once transformational National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

 

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REFERENCES

Your Individual Boycotts Aren't Helping - Jacobin

REI Workers Threaten Boycott Ahead Of Retailer's Most Crucial Sale Of The Year - Huffington Post

Thousands of Colorado Meatpacking Workers Are on Strike - Jacobin

From Class to Special Interest - Jacobin (from 2016)

Today's Labor Movement Needs a Bigger Vision - Labor Notes

 

BACKSTAGE

EXTRAS:

Best of the Left #1780 - Cynicism Is a Scab: Hope, Solidarity, and the Labor Fight That Never Stopped

MayDayStrong.org - May 1st - No Work. No School. No Shopping.

SOLVED! #36 - Bribery Jazz: Corruption is the Water We Swim In

'No Flock, No ICE': Student protest demands removal of Flock surveillance at UW

Anti-ICE protests Friday at Berkeley schools and a Hilton hotel in the Southside neighborhood

 

SUPPORT REI WORKERS:

@REIUnion (Instagram)

REI Co-Op Members: Vote to Boycott

 

SUPPORT MEATPACKING WORKERS:

Greeley Meatpacking Workers (UFCW Local 7R) Strike Fund

UFCW Local 7R (Greeley Meatpacking Workers) Union Facebook page with updates

 

TAKE ACTION:

MayDayStrong.org - May 1st - No Work. No School. No Shopping.

Stop Trump's Wars

No Kings - What's Next?

 


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