Book
Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Verso, April 2019).
Selected Articles and Interviews
Red for Ed: The Movement Strengthens and Continues Rethinking Schools, 3/28/20
How a Rank-and-File Revolt in Las Vegas Dealt Bernie a Winning Hand The Nation, 2/24/20
Mike Bloomberg’s Education ‘Reforms’ Would Be a Disaster for Public Schools The Guardian, 2/17/20
A Dire Warning for Unions Considering Biden Rising with Krystal Ball, 12/17/19
Bernie’s Revolution Needs the Labor Movement to Win Jacobin, 12/17/19
Elizabeth Warren’s Public Education Problem Jacobin, 9/25/19
Video on the Teachers’ Strikes for Bernie Sanders 6/21/19
Want to Beat Trump? Learn from Workers in Republican States The Guardian, 6/11/19
Interview Behind The News, 5/16/19
Billionaires Can’t Teach Our Kids Rethinking Schools, Spring 2019
Why Oakland’s Striking Teachers Won Jacobin, 3/04/19
Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike The Nation, 2/12/19
Cory Booker Hates Public Schools Jacobin, 2/4/19
Interview The Zero Hour with R.J. Eskow, 2/2/2019
West Virginia Teachers Look to Strike Again Jacobin, 1/29/19
Never Trust a Billionaire’s Antiracism Jacobin, 1/25/19
What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It The Nation, 1/24/19
Interview Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman, 1/22/19
Interview Democracy Now! 1/15/19
Billionaires vs. LA Schools Jacobin, 1/15/19
LA’s Teachers Can Teach the Working Class about the Power of Labor Strikes The Guardian, 1/14/19
LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet The Nation, 1/14/19
Blue-state Revolt Jacobin, 12/19/18
Return of the Strike Historical Materialism Journal, 12/06/18
Educators Versus Exxon Jacobin, 10/26/28
Betting on the Working Class Jacobin, 5/29/18
Interview The Dig, 5/09/18
Interview The Majority Report, 5/05/18
The Outcome in Arizona Jacobin, 5/03/18
Arizona Versus the Privatizers Jacobin, 4/30/18
Arizona Prepares to Strike Jacobin, 4/26/18
A Strategy to Win (with Jane McAlevey), Jacobin, 4/18/18
Interview Chapo Trap House, 4/15/18
Red Oklahoma Jacobin, 4/13/18
Interview Beneath the Surface w/ Suzi Weismann, 4/13/18
The Oklahoma Strike Is At a Crossroads Jacobin, 4/11/18
Interview The Zero Hour w/ RJ Eskow, 4/08/18
It’s Oklahoma’s Turn to Strike Jacobin, 3/30/18
The Lessons of West Virginia Jacobin, 3/09/18
Selected Presentations
“Red State Revolt” Plenary Presentation to the AFT-Indiana Leadership Conference, 9/28/19
“Learning from the National Teachers’ Upsurge” Plenary Presentation to the Massachusetts Teachers Association Summer Conference, UMass Amherst, 8/4/19
“How To Build Labor-Community Power” California Teachers Association Summer Institute, Community Engagement Strand, 7/28/19
“A New Deal for Public Schools” Plenary Presentation to the United Teachers Los Angeles Leadership Conference, 7/26/19
“Strike Wave Panel, with Sara Nelson” Metro DC DSA, 6/19/19
“The U.S. Teachers’ Strikes and Their Significance” Plenary presentation Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) — Ontario conference 5/27/19
“Strike Wave: Lessons of the Educators’ Revolt” Boston Labor Conference, UMass Boston Labor Resource Center 4/6/18
“Strike Bans and Labor Revitalization in the Red State Revolt” United Association for Labor Education, New Generation Award Panel 4/3/19
“The LA Teachers’ Strike: How They Won and What Comes Next” Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, UCLA 2/21/19
“The Teacher Strikes: Takeaways for the Progressive Movement and Consequences for the Future of Public Sector Employment” Plenary Presentation to the Economic Policy Institute’s 2018 EARN Conference, 10/4/18
“Lessons of the Teachers’ Strikes” Plenary presentation to the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) Leadership Conference, 9/22/18
