Roundtable
Planetizing the Labor Movement
An exchange on the essay Workers of the World Unite (At Last)
Helen Beazley
The forces within labor that support a green economy must prevail over the old guard that still stands in the way.
Peter Evans
Building the transnational labor movement, and countering resurgent nationalism, will take elevating the voices of women and people of color within unions.
Bill Fletcher Jr.
The new international should be rooted in a post-capitalist vision and strategy that includes willing unions—but transcends them.
Andrew Herod
Effective twenty-first century union strategy will take into account the ways globalization reworks the geography of space, time, and scale.
Stephanie Luce
A suite of “non-reformist reforms” can both address near-term needs and nurture a post-capitalist labor movement.
Immanuel Ness
Working-class solidarity requires socialist political organization propelled by militant anti-imperialist movements in the Global South.
Ariel Salleh
We need an ecocentric understanding of the labor process that recognizes the centrality of reproductive labor if we are to create a true alternative.
Kim Scipes
We can build on myriad ongoing efforts to advance international labor solidarity.
Guy Standing
Unions need to abandon the laborist “full employment” paradigm and embrace a more radical liberatory politics.
Ronaldo Munck
Ronaldo Munck responds to the discussion on his essay "Workers of the World Unite (At Last)."
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The emergence of an organic planetary civilization has become both possible and necessary. What would it look like? How do we get there?
The classic essay on our planetary moment, global scenarios, and pathways to a just, fulfilling, and sustainable future.
