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The Vast Majority: Looking for a Spark — with Alex Han

Dec 07, 202044 min
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Longtime labor organizer Alex Han talks with Micah about the 2008 Republic Windows and Doors factory occupation in Chicago. That occupation helped catalyze labor militancy and eventually a left political pole in the city, but it didn't lead to a broader working-class upsurge across the United States. Could things be different in 2020 if a similar spark can catch fire among workers fed up with austerity and dangerous working conditions under a pandemic? Please subscribe to Jacobin! https://jacobinmag.com/<wbr />subscribe
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