by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 09 May 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/mass-action-for-social-self-defense/   Listen to the audio version >>  In the first hundred days of the Trump presidency, opposition in the streets grew from hundreds to millions. The previous Strike! Commentary, “Social Self-Defense Has Begun,” traces the early stages… Read More »

originally published 23 December 2024 on Fire with Fire, accessible here: https://firewithfire.blog/2024/12/23/mini-review-jeremy-brechers-strike/ Of all the sweeping US labor histories out there, Jeremy Brecher’s Strike! is the best one I’ve read. It balances dramatic story-telling with political analysis in exactly the right proportion. It carries you through all of the major periods of mass strikes, including the late… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 19 April 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/social-self-defense-has-begun/ Listen to the audio version >> In the first hundred days of the Trump regime, actions against his juggernaut have swelled from small local demonstrations to nationwide days of action with millions of participants, initiating a movement… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 3 April 2025 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Strike! Commentaries, accessible here: www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/strategic-guidelines-for-social-self-defense/   Listen to the audio version >>  In a previous Strike! Commentary I proposed a strategic perspective for defending society against MAGA tyranny. It outlined a “Social Self-Defense” based on combining civil resistance in social institutions and… Read More »