In response to COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Depression, workers have developed unique strategies and forms of organization to protect their lives and livelihoods

Jeremy Brecher
The grassroots movements of workers and the unemployed formed a crucial part of the process that led instead to the emergence of the New Deal and the development of new and expanded forms of working-class organization
Self-help strategies like rent strikes and mutual aid may develop in response simply as a means of survival. But that doesn’t mean they can’t also be the starting point for collective action for something more
Whether their needs are addressed in the Coronavirus Depression is likely to depend largely on whether the unemployed organize themselves to demand it
The grassroots movements of workers and the unemployed formed a crucial part of the process that led instead to the emergence of the New Deal and the development of new and expanded forms of working-class organization
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There have been at least 45 walkouts for coronavirus protection already and there is growing talk of a nationwide strike to force the government to act
There have been at least 45 walkouts for coronavirus protection already and there is growing talk of a nationwide strike to force the government to act