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Sam Gindin
Sam Gindin spent most of his working life (1974-2000) as the research director of and then Assistant to the President of the Canadian Auto Workers. He then led a seminar on Social Justice and Political activism at York (which was also open to community activists). He is currently writing a book with Leo Panitch on the making of global capitalism and active in community-labour education and organizing through the Socialist Project (a group desperately trying to keep socialist ideas alive).
In the face of these divisions and frustrations, what if anything might be done to revive and continue Syriza’s struggle against neoliberalism?
The tasks this sets for the Left is the longer term one of winning people over to rejecting capitalism even when it is, on its own terms, functioning “well”
“Enlightened” elites won’t take kindly to undermining capitalism’s institutions, so currying their favor is foolhardy
Jane McAlevey challenges the Left to stop lamenting its disappointments in the working class and address our own failures
A Response to Andrew Kliman
For a number of reasons, U.S. unions are on the defensive
At the end of the 1970s, just before the era of concessions began, the U.S. section of the United Auto Workers included…
This is a lightly edited transcript of my interview with Sam Gindin, first broadcast on June 14, 2012. The audio is here. Thanks…
Andony Melathopoulos (AM): Clearly these are not very good times for public sector unions, not only in Canada but worldwide. What characterizes…