Micah and Meagan speak with sociologist Barry Eidlin, author of Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada, and Jacobin contributing editor Chris Maisano on why the US doesn't have a labor party and why that matters.

Barry's book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/labor-and-the-class-idea-in-the-united-states-and-canada/356399CB43939B0B259AE018615D5587

Barry's article "The Phantom Limb": https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/labor-third-party-us-canada-ccf-ndp-democrats-unions/

Chris's review of Barry's book: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/labor-party-in-the-usa-workers-party-history