<description>&lt;div class="sc-ff361691-0 kRBAiG"&gt; &lt;div id=":rj:"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div class="sc-dlVxhl dJseNf"&gt; &lt;div class="sc-b402a08b-1"&gt; &lt;div class="sc-b402a08b-0 hjYDQr sc-3fd4ce03-0 deYtlt"&gt; &lt;div class="sc-b20d4e5f-0 jOibYJ"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Peter Olney is a labor organizer of over half a century, long-time organizing director at the ILWU, and researcher on labor strategy. John Womack is a Harvard historian of the labor movement and the Mexican Revolution. In this episode they sit down with Ira and Rudy to discuss Peter and John’s 2023 book &lt;a href= "https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1298"&gt;Labor, Power, and Strategy&lt;/a&gt;. They discuss the controversial approach of organizing workers in the choke points of production, what it will take to rebuild the labor movement, and new opportunities for working class internationalism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Cosmopod

Cosmonaut Magazine

Where is the working class' power? An interview with Peter Olney and John Womack

OCT 28, 202489 MIN
Cosmopod

Where is the working class' power? An interview with Peter Olney and John Womack

OCT 28, 202489 MIN

Description

Peter Olney is a labor organizer of over half a century, long-time organizing director at the ILWU, and researcher on labor strategy. John Womack is a Harvard historian of the labor movement and the Mexican Revolution. In this episode they sit down with Ira and Rudy to discuss Peter and John’s 2023 book Labor, Power, and Strategy. They discuss the controversial approach of organizing workers in the choke points of production, what it will take to rebuild the labor movement, and new opportunities for working class internationalism.