LSER Experts In the News

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a majority of the 275 prosecutors in the city District Attorney’s office want to join a union, quoting Francis Ryan.

Capital & Main asks Adrienne Eaton if Kaiser Permanente’s Labor-Management Partnership is faltering after tense contract negotiations and recent strikes.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc, arguing that the Left is focused on “radical sloganeering” instead of mass action to oppose the war in Iran.

HuffPost asks Douglas Kruse of the Program for Disability Research about President Trump’s comments. He says they might reflect “ableism” and “ageism.”

Bloomberg Law talks to Rebecca Kolins Givan about the 46,000 nurses and other healthcare workers who are on strike in New York, California, and Hawaii.

WNYC Radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show airs a segment on the general strike protesting ICE. Eric Blanc adds historical perspective and discusses the power of general strikes.

The Latin Times reports the Department of Homeland Security has deleted a controversial social media post. Christopher Hayes is quoted.

Jacobin publishes an interview by Eric Blanc. He spoke to an organizer in Minneapolis, where federal agents have killed two protestors amid an immigration crackdown.

KQED Radio interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the strike by thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses, physical therapists, midwives, and other healthcare professionals.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc arguing that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a “political radical” who “came up inside a web of socialist organizers.”