Eric Blanc

5 days ago | znetwork.org | Eric Blanc

Factory jobs are not inherently good jobs. Even if Donald Trump’s trade policies bring factories back to the United States, workers need unions to make those jobs well-paying and safe — and Trump has been the most anti-union president in years. President Donald Trump and his defenders claim that his recent tariffs will usher in “a new Golden Age of American industrialization and prosperity.” As the president put it, “Tariffs are not just about protecting American jobs.

1 week ago | jacobin.com | Eric Blanc

President Donald Trump and his defenders claim that his recent tariffs will usher in “a new Golden Age of American industrialization and prosperity.” As the president put it, “Tariffs are not just about protecting American jobs. They’re about protecting the soul of our country.” But there are two major flaws in this vision of a prosperous, reindustrialized America. First, US factory jobs only became synonymous with middle-class prosperity because of mass unionization.

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Eric Blanc

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4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Eric Blanc

Thank goodness Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have ignored the advice of Democratic operatives to “roll over and play dead”. Their anti-oligarchy mass rallies have brought out record-breaking numbers, testifying to a widespread popular desire to fight back against Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Filling the void left by Chuck Schumer and his ilk, AOC and Bernie are becoming leaders not just of leftist activists, but of the Democratic party’s mainstream liberal base.

1 month ago | znetwork.org | Eric Blanc

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have ignored the advice of Democratic thought leaders to “roll over and play dead.” Thank God. Their anti-oligarchy mass rallies have brought out record-breaking numbers, testifying to a widespread popular desire to resist Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Filling the void left by Chuck Schumer and his cowardly ilk, Bernie and AOC are becoming leaders not just of leftist activists, but also of the Democratic Party’s mainstream liberal base.