The Commonweal Podcast

Ep. 118 - Why Conservatives Should Be Pro-Labor


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American workers have fared poorly in recent decades, suffering the loss not just of purchasing power, but of political power, too. 


On this episode, Commonweal senior editor Matt Boudway speaks with journalist Sohrab Ahmari, a conservative political commentator and editor whose new book Tyranny, Inc critiques corporate power in a way that will resonate with left wing progressives. 


It’s time for a new left-right consensus on labor, Ahmari argues, and enhancing the collective bargaining power of workers is crucial to the project of restoring American democracy. But can the Republican Party really help do that? 


For further reading: 

  • Our review of Ahmari’s Tyranny, Inc.
  • Regina Munch on corporate consumerism
  • Joseph McCartin on the scourge of wage suppression
  • ...more
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