Class struggle is slowly back on the agenda around the world. In the US, wildcat teachers strikes, worker resistance to the government shutdown, strike threats, and everyday forms of resistance are widely reported but little explored. With unions in a tailspin and social movements harnessed to advocacy and electoral politics, class struggle is coming back into focus. These speakers will use workers’ inquiries in the US and S. Africa to explore how workers are deploying their strategic leverage and its outcomes.

Sponsored by Notes from Below.