Category: Interview
Building Union and Community Power During COVID-19
Rhiannon Maton interviews Jennifer Johnson, asking how the Chicago Teachers Union led the fight to put the health and safety of the entire community first against the backdrop of COVID-19.
Competing with Nature: COVID-19 as a Capitalist Virus
Rob Wallace speaks about the global capitalist roots of the current pandemic, the likelihood of future pandemics, and the types of organized resistance necessary to prevent them.
Beyond Borders
Is postcolonial nationalism a liberatory force because it’s postcolonial, or a reactionary force because it’s nationalism? Nandita Sharma speaks to Spectre editor Zachary Levenson about this question in relation to her new book, Home Rule.
Fighting for Black Lives at School
Ashley Smith interviewed Black Lives Matter activist and educator Jesse Hagopian about the struggle for Black Lives at school, the uprising for racial justice, the role of unions in that struggle, and the looming workers’ fight against austerity in cities and states across the country.
Striking for Racial Justice
Dave Zirin talks about what led to the NBA players’ strike, where it can go from here, and its implications for the Black Lives Matter and labor movements.
Standing Together Against Sexual Violence at Dartmouth
Nancy Welch interviews four of the plaintiffs in the recent #ScienceToo sexual harassment and assault class action suit against three professors at Dartmouth
Smash the Banks in Order to Nationalize Them
In the wake of economic crisis, Lebanon’s Marxist forces have regrouped around a key demand: nationalize the banks! Bidayat Magazine interviews Marxist organizers from the campaign.
Fearless and Fired Up: Lessons from the 1930s
An interview with Mark Naison, author of “Communists in Harlem During the Depression,” on how the Communist Party organized beyond the workplace in the 1930s and its applicability to the current moment.
The Death of Hong Kong’s Autonomy: Beyond the Crackdown
Spectre’s Ashley Smith interviews leading Hong Kong activist Au Loong Yu in the aftermath of China’s latest crackdown. What does it all mean against the backdrop of the pandemic, global recession, and Cold War redux?
On Class Suicide
A younger comrade interviews Paul McLennan on the continuing relevance of his experience industrializing in the 1970s