Reinventing Solidarity is a podcast produced by New Labor Forum (NLF), a national labor journal of the Murphy Institute at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. The podcast features scholars, activists, and artists on the front lines of movements for social and economic justice, and asks essential questions about race, class, gender, and the role of organized labor and social justice organizations in creating a radically different world—one with solidarity, equality, and sustainability at its heart. Reinventing Solidary is hosted by NLF Editor-at-Large Micah Uetricht with co-hosts Kafui Attoh, Ruth Milkman, Samir Sonti, and Sean Sweeney.
Contact
Nadhia Rahman
Producer and Editor
nadhia.rahman@slu.cuny.edu
646-313-8511
Latest Episode
Episode 66 – An Abundance Agenda for Workers?
Can we have an “abundance agenda” that works for workers? The renowned Harvard University economist Dani Rodrik argues that we can – so long as we accept that manufacturing is no longer the path to good jobs, embrace new technologies to boost productivity in the service sector, and adopt a more pragmatic and experimental approach to policy making. Rodrik joins Chris Maisano on the latest episode of the SLU podcast Reinventing Solidarity to talk about his new book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World (Princeton University Press, 2025), and his ideas for dealing with the challenges of climate change, global poverty, and creating good jobs for working people.
Previous Episodes
- Ep. 65 – Making Sense of the Radical Right
- Ep. 64 – “The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It”
- Ep. 63 – Lessons from 100 Years of Black Labor Activism
- Ep. 62 – Introducing New Labor Forum Editor Chris Maisano
- Ep. 61 – Labor Against Authoritarianism
- Ep. 60 – Intersectional Organizing: Building Solidarity in the Labor and LGBTQIA+ Movements
- Ep. 59 – Jaz Brisack on Union Organizing Today
- Ep. 58 – Interrogating the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic
- Ep. 57 – Can Federal Workers Beat DOGE?
- Ep. 56 – Class Dealignment and the Two-Party System
- Ep. 55 – New Directions in Labor Politics
- Ep. 54 – An Interview with the UAW’s Jonah Furman
- Ep. 53 – Labor, Big Tech, and A.I.: The Big Picture
- Ep. 52 – Free Trade, Repressed Workers
- Ep. 51 – The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee
- Ep. 50 – Queer Working-Class Politics and the U.S. Labor Movement
- Ep. 49 – Worker-to-Worker Organizing Goes Viral
- Ep. 48 – The Child Care Facilitated Enrollment Project for Working Families
- Ep. 47 – “The 2023 UAW Strike: A Turning Point in Labor History?”
- Ep. 46 – “Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World”
- Ep. 45 – “Logistics Workers Rise: UPS, Amazon, and Long-Haul Trucking”
- Ep. 44 – “The New Terrain of Veterans Affairs”
- Ep. 43 – “The Strike: Labor’s Most Powerful Weapon”
- Ep. 42 – “Independent Unions: The Allure of a Failing Strategy”
- Ep. 41 – “Labor Power and Strategy”
- Ep. 40 – “The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives”
- Ep. 39 – “Still Broke: Walmart’s Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism”
- Ep. 38 – “Making Hope and History Rhyme”
- Ep. 37 – “Why We Need Debtors’ Unions”
- Ep. 36 – “The Worker-Led Upsurge: Amazon and Starbucks”
- Ep. 35 – “Who Pays for Inflation?”
- Ep. 34 – “Organized Labor and the Global Climate Crisis”
- Ep. 33 – “Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing”
- Ep. 32 – “The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century”
- Ep. 31 – “100 Percent Democracy”
- Ep. 30 – Fueling Financialization: Organized Labor, Pension Funds, & Worker Power
- Ep. 29 – Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
- Ep. 28 – Reimagining Elder Care: Workers & the ‘Care Grid’ in an Aging Nation
- Ep. 27 – “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”
- Ep. 26 – NYC Labor & The New Mayor: Prospects for Workers in a Post-Pandemic City
- Ep. 25 – Winter After the Strike
- Ep. 24 – Porn Work: Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism
- Ep. 23 – Bridging the Divide: Working-Class Culture in a Middle-Class Society
- Ep. 22 – Challenging Monopoly: Antitrust Reform, Worker Rights, and Economic Democracy
- Ep. 21 – What are unions fighting for at COP26?
- Ep. 20 – Labor in the Age of Finance
- Ep. 19 – Occupy Wall Street: Ten Years Later
- Ep. 18 – State of the Unions
- Ep. 17 – Reckoning with Race and Class on the Road to Social Democracy
- Ep. 16 – A Public Energy Response to the Climate Emergency
- Ep. 15 – “The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry & the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America”
- Ep. 14 – “Immigrant Labor & the New Precariat”
- Ep. 13 – “Work Won’t Love You Back”
- Ep. 12 – Lessons from the Frontlines of Fights for Democracy and Black Lives
- Ep. 11 – Black-Led Antiracist Unionism: The Legacy of Ben Fletcher & I.W.W.
- Ep. 10 – Seismic Shifts: Organized Labor & Covid’s Impact on the Economy
- Ep. 9 – The First 100 Days: Policy Priorities for Labor & Social Justice Movements
- Ep. 8 – The Poetry of Border Crossing: A Conversation with Javier Zamora
- Ep. 7 – Public Health, Private Equity, & the Pandemic: Distressed Assets in Rural America
- Ep. 6 – A Global Public Goods Approach to Combatting Climate Change
- Ep. 5 – Economic, Racial, and Immigrant Justice: A Progressive Congressional Agenda In 2021
- Ep. 4 – Confronting COVID: Workers on the Frontline
- Ep. 3 – Making it Real: Resilience Work and the Green New Deal
- Ep. 2 – “COVID Capitalism: The Political Economy of the COVID Pandemic”
- Ep. 1 – “Which Side Are You On: The Labor Movement and #BlackLivesMatter”
The Hosts and Production Team
Reinventing Solidarity podcast is hosted by NLF Editor Chris Maisano with co-hosts Kafui Attoh, Ruth Milkman, Samir Sonti, and Sean Sweeney and produced by Nadhia Rahman.