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.
May/June 2025
Issue 378—Annual Labor Issue
features
Short Staffing
Deliberately hiring too few people—always one of employers’
favorite methods of work intensification—is reaching new extremes.
BY MIKE PROKOSCH
Why is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?
A privatization law threatens farmworker cooperatives.
BY DAVID BACON
Salting the Public Sector at UC Berkeley
Lessons about what works to effectively organize a public-sector workplace.
BY ROBERT OVETZ
Worker Power Comes from Workers
What we can learn from Asian garment-worker uprisings.
BY AMANDA PAGE-HOONGRAJOK
the regulars
the short run
up against the Wall Street Journal | Super-Rich Households Gain $1 Trillion
making sense | Organizing in Higher Education
economy in narrative | Class Solidarity Stories for Children
economy in numbers | Keeping Track of the Assault on Working People