
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Today we've got Rutgers labor historian Eric Blanc back on to discuss his recent article on the sewer socialists of Milwaukee. Back in the early 20th century, Wisconsin was the epicenter of the most successful socialist movement in American history, with socialists running Milwaukee for nearly 50 years starting in 1910. How did they win, how did they build power, and what did they do with it? With Zohran Mamdani poised to take charge of New York, this is some highly relevant history.
Check out the second half of the episode here!
By Ryan Cooper & Alexi the Greek4.8
155155 ratings
Today we've got Rutgers labor historian Eric Blanc back on to discuss his recent article on the sewer socialists of Milwaukee. Back in the early 20th century, Wisconsin was the epicenter of the most successful socialist movement in American history, with socialists running Milwaukee for nearly 50 years starting in 1910. How did they win, how did they build power, and what did they do with it? With Zohran Mamdani poised to take charge of New York, this is some highly relevant history.
Check out the second half of the episode here!

515 Listeners

1,460 Listeners

433 Listeners

1,584 Listeners

8,844 Listeners

3,906 Listeners

939 Listeners

2,053 Listeners

3,533 Listeners

573 Listeners

215 Listeners

1,064 Listeners

609 Listeners

562 Listeners

503 Listeners