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Karen Young
Apr 30, 20243 min read
Working class hero could replace Joe Manchin.
Welcome to Message Monday! West Virginia’s beautiful land, and many of its people, have been sacrificed for coal mining since the...
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Karen Young
Apr 17, 20242 min read
Organizing gets results at EPA
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! After successful organizing and agitation by many, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a...
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Karen Young
Apr 7, 20246 min read
3 more ways progressives can split the right
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Since we are so weak on exploiting the right’s internal differences, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to throw out more...
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Karen Young
Apr 3, 20241 min read
Florida Rising: abortion AND marijuana will be on the ballot
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! The national Democratic Party may have written Florida off, but the Sunshine State didn’t get the memo. ...
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Karen Young
Mar 31, 20245 min read
Fomenting discord on the right about climate: winning strategy for progressives
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Today we’re going to respond to leading strategist Ilyse Hogue’s recent comment (certainly accurate) that “we are...
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Karen Young
Mar 28, 20241 min read
Starbucks union workers get a slew of new benefits
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! As you know, Starbucks Workers United recently won a huge victory when the company agreed to sit down and...
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Karen Young
Mar 25, 20246 min read
7 keys to a better American political system with more choices
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! I attended a meeting last week about building the left over the short- and long-term. I heard a lot of...
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Karen Young
Mar 18, 20248 min read
Populism is a winning strategy to bring urban/rural together
Welcome to SWOT Sunday! Wait, what? you say. You may be thinking that “populism” is the racist and xenophobic philosophy behind Donald...
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Karen Young
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Progressive policies going to the voters in 2024
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Ballot initiatives and Constitutional amendments are ways to get good laws on the books, even if...
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Karen Young
Mar 13, 20243 min read
20+ progressive groups join forces to Reject AIPAC
Welcome to Team Tuesday! I’m always excited when I see progressive groups working together, because that’s one of the most critical...
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Karen Young
Mar 6, 20242 min read
Dartmouth hoops union: a step toward ending slavery in college sports
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I go crazy whenever the subject of college athletes comes up. To me, the system wherein college athletes...
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Karen Young
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Progressive Unionism 2.0: Vermont AFL-CIO United
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Today we have the story from Jacobin of how an intrepid band of union reformers transformed the Vermont State...
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Karen Young
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Grassroots organizing pushes governor to accept food aid
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I assume you’ve heard about the victory for Starbucks workers. Super great! Congratulations to everyone...
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Karen Young
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Michigan shows how it's done
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! In the Midwest, after the 2010 elections, people suffered a sudden, vicious, and overwhelming attack on the...
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Karen Young
Feb 21, 20245 min read
UAW has a strategy to win battle of the century
Welcome to Team Tuesday! Last fall, the United Auto Workers (UAW), under new leader Shawn Fain, launched a wildly audacious attempt to...
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Karen Young
Feb 13, 20242 min read
Florida for All strategy to engage public in state budget fight
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! I’m really impressed by a lot of things about the People’s Budget Florida campaign: - The breadth...
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Karen Young
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Debt Jubilee: It was impossible, and now it seems inevitable
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! Talk about the Overton window! This is how it gets moved. The group Debt Collective, the nation’s first...
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Karen Young
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Strategy for progressive education: Workplace Readiness Week
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Watch out for exploding heads from the book-banning crowd. “Workplace Readiness Week” at schools is an...
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Karen Young
Jan 30, 20242 min read
7 progressive environmental groups hold Nashville hearing on TVA
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Public hearings are an important way to show support for progressive policy ideas and hold government...
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Karen Young
Jan 23, 20245 min read
Unions Flex For Gaza; Lessons for Progressives vs Dems
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! Organized labor support for Palestinians and a ceasefire in Gaza is strong, often militant, and growing....
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