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This blog contains my writings on union organizing and political theory. The writings draw on my seven years (and counting) of union organizing as a rank-and-file worker and elaborate the political concepts and histories I find helpful in building a radical, grassroots labor movement. While I am responsible for the words on this blog, most of the ideas have emerged collaboratively from the community of unionists who I organize closely with.

If you want to explore the blog, some of my most-viewed posts can be useful starting points:

• An Introduction to 1-on-1 Organizing Conversations
• A Critical Survey of Left Unionisms: McAlevey, Burns, Moody, Syndicalism, Permeationism, and Relationship-Based Organizing
• Anarchist Unionism: A Forgotten but Glorious History

If you want to go deeper, I’ve curated the contents by topic:

• My series on 1-on-1 organizing conversations is about the nuts-and-bolts skills of grassroots union organizing.
• My series on relationship-based organizing develops a theory that the true power of our union actions and solidarity stems from the strength of the relationships we have with our coworkers.
• My series on union organizational structures discusses things like union officer and staff positions, contract clauses, and meeting agendas.
• My series on anarchism explores the history, strategy, and philosophy of anti-authoritarian social movements.
• My book commentaries contain my engagements with other writers and organizers.