In Episode #192, labor journalist Hamilton Nolan sits down with Osi to dive into his book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor. They discus the American labor movement’s vital role in society and why organized labor is key to addressing inequality. They also discuss the nation’s most anti-union states, examine the tactics used to undermine union influence, and much more.

Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist who writes regularly for In These Times magazine and The Guardian. He has written about labor, politics, and class war for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Gawker, Splinter, and other publications. He was the longest-serving writer in Gawker’s history, and was a leader in unionizing Gawker Media in 2015. Hamilton is a proud member of the Writers Guild of America, East. He lives in Brooklyn.