As the masked goons of the MAGA nanny-state continue to disappear students for holding views upsetting to hysterical Zionists and their sweaty, senile leader continues to rule by deranged imperial decree executive order, we sit down with Erica Thomas, a union organizer, professor and artist, to talk about what’s going on in our increasingly unhinged southern neighbour, the USA. We talk about the Portland police force’s weird attempt to join the Oregon labour movement, the enshittification of higher education and everything else, and the state of Palestine organizing on campuses today. We also talk about union art, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the possibility, at long last, of the emergence of a true third party in US politics.

Show Notes

Erica’s website

Erica’s IG

Portland’s police union is trying to use the labor movement to avoid budget cuts

Five Things I Did This Week by Laurie Wimmer

The Palestine Exception by Jan Haaken and Jennifer Ruth

Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee for new unionization support and general how-to-union basic education

Jane McAlevy

Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns

General Strike 2028

Join DSA

Bread & Roses - the Marxist caucus of DSA

The Bread & Roses reading list

The Bread & Roses blog

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

Free Pre-K in Oregon

Councilor Mitch Green, District 4, Portland

Portland city councilor threatens PSU project funding over response to pro-Palestinian library takeover

Federal investigation into 5 universities for “antisemitism” which targeted Portland State and 4 others

IHRA definition of antisemism

Links

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Merch

fuckingcancelled.com

clementinemorrigan.com

jaylesoleil.com

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