Ricky Baldwin - Dollars & Sense

Mamdani’s Municipal Socialist Inheritance

Buried in the historical record are the vibrant currents of municipal socialism that reshaped our urban worlds more than we acknowledge or even realize.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

The D&S Debrief

Interview: Municipal Socialism

An interview with Shel Stromquist on municipal socialism in the United States.

Shelton Stromquist Sep 28, 2025

Left Hook Economics

Stablecoins: Crypto Kryptonite

Despite being called a currency, crypto lacks one of the most important characteristics that a currency (money) should have—a stable value.

Gerald Epstein Sep 26, 2025

Ricky Baldwin is a father of twins, labor activist and writer, whose articles have appeared in Extra!, Z Magazine, Labor Notes and elsewhere. He recently moved to Urbana, Ill.

2 articles

Issue 255

Free Markets and Death Squads

The U.S.-backed regime in Haiti is violently cracking down on worker organizing.

Ricky Baldwin Sep 1, 2004

Issue 249

Tyson Workers Holding the Line… and the Pepperoni

Less than 500 pepperoni workers on strike against Tyson Foods in the tiny Wisconsin town of Jefferson are staring down

Ricky Baldwin Sep 1, 2003