Karen Young
Working class hero could replace Joe Manchin.
Welcome to Message Monday! West Virginia’s beautiful land, and many of its people, have been sacrificed for coal mining since the...
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Karen Young
Apr 172 min
Organizing gets results at EPA
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! After successful organizing and agitation by many, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a...
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Karen Young
Apr 76 min
3 more ways progressives can split the right
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Since we are so weak on exploiting the right’s internal differences, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to throw out more...
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Karen Young
Apr 31 min
Florida Rising: abortion AND marijuana will be on the ballot
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The national Democratic Party may have written Florida off, but the Sunshine State didn’t get the memo. ...
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Karen Young
Mar 315 min
Fomenting discord on the right about climate: winning strategy for progressives
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Today we’re going to respond to leading strategist Ilyse Hogue’s recent comment (certainly accurate) that “we are...
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Karen Young
Mar 281 min
Starbucks union workers get a slew of new benefits
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! As you know, Starbucks Workers United recently won a huge victory when the company agreed to sit down and...
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Karen Young
Mar 256 min
7 keys to a better American political system with more choices
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I attended a meeting last week about building the left over the short- and long-term. I heard a lot of...
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Karen Young
Mar 188 min
Populism is a winning strategy to bring urban/rural together
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Wait, what? you say. You may be thinking that “populism” is the racist and xenophobic philosophy behind Donald...
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Karen Young
Mar 142 min
Progressive policies going to the voters in 2024
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Ballot initiatives and Constitutional amendments are ways to get good laws on the books, even if...
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Karen Young
Mar 133 min
20+ progressive groups join forces to Reject AIPAC
Welcome to Team Tuesday! I’m always excited when I see progressive groups working together, because that’s one of the most critical...
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Karen Young
Mar 62 min
Dartmouth hoops union: a step toward ending slavery in college sports
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I go crazy whenever the subject of college athletes comes up. To me, the system wherein college athletes...
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Karen Young
Mar 52 min
Progressive Unionism 2.0: Vermont AFL-CIO United
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Today we have the story from Jacobin of how an intrepid band of union reformers transformed the Vermont State...
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Karen Young
Feb 292 min
Grassroots organizing pushes governor to accept food aid
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I assume you’ve heard about the victory for Starbucks workers. Super great! Congratulations to everyone...
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Karen Young
Feb 213 min
Michigan shows how it's done
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! In the Midwest, after the 2010 elections, people suffered a sudden, vicious, and overwhelming attack on the...
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Karen Young
Feb 215 min
UAW has a strategy to win battle of the century
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Last fall, the United Auto Workers (UAW), under new leader Shawn Fain, launched a wildly audacious attempt to...
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Karen Young
Feb 132 min
Florida for All strategy to engage public in state budget fight
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! I’m really impressed by a lot of things about the People’s Budget Florida campaign: - The breadth...
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Karen Young
Feb 72 min
Debt Jubilee: It was impossible, and now it seems inevitable
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Talk about the Overton window! This is how it gets moved. The group Debt Collective, the nation’s first...
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Karen Young
Feb 62 min
Strategy for progressive education: Workplace Readiness Week
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Watch out for exploding heads from the book-banning crowd. “Workplace Readiness Week” at schools is an...
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Karen Young
Jan 302 min
7 progressive environmental groups hold Nashville hearing on TVA
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Public hearings are an important way to show support for progressive policy ideas and hold government...
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Karen Young
Jan 235 min
Unions Flex For Gaza; Lessons for Progressives vs Dems
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Organized labor support for Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza is strong, often militant, and growing....
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