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History shows us that when authoritarianism rears its head, whether it takes root depends on the labor movement’s response. That’s why unions…
Alex Caputo-Pearl
Alex Caputo-Pearl is UTLA NEA Vice President. He was UTLA President from 2014 – 2020. He is on the steering committee of the NEA Strategic Campaign Institute for Community Schools and is a former member of the AFT Executive Council.
This article is the third in a series published by Convergence and Jacobin on the initial years, 2014–2020, of the transformation of United Teachers Los Angeles…
Some in the labor movement make the case for a labor-left economic populism within the Democratic Party that can defeat “MAGA neo-fascists,”…
Former United Teachers Los Angeles president Alex Caputo-Pearl lays out a “block and build” strategy for labor to defeat the rising right-wing…
From the 1990s to the mid-2010s, the dominant forces within the Democratic Party helped create, shape, and drive bipartisan neoliberalism in public…
The fourth anniversary of United Teacher Los Angeles’ (UTLA) and Reclaim Our Schools LA’s January 2019 strike brought moving reflections from all quarters. The…