Jeremy Brecher is a co-founder and senior strategic advisor for the Labor Network for Sustainability. He is the author of more than fifteen books on labor and social movements, including Strike! Common Preservation in a Time of Mutual Destruction, and The Green New Deal from Below.
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Social Strikes: Confronting ICE and Resisting Authoritarianism
Drawing on historical examples of people power uprisings and on his recent work examining how general strikes and broader “social strikes” are built, in this conversation Brecher reflects on where the U.S. is now, what conditions make such actions possible, and what strategic groundwork is required to turn diffuse outrage into sustained, democratic power.
January 19, 2026
Unions Making a Green New Deal From Below–Part 2
Workers and unions are among those who have the most to gain by climate protection that produces good jobs and greater equality.
June 13, 2022
Unions Making a Green New Deal from Below–Part 1
While Washington struggles over job and climate programs, unions around the country are making their own climate-protecting, justice-promoting jobs programs.
June 10, 2022
Time for a Climate Insurgency
One way to overcome our thrust to mutual destruction could be to transform the global climate movement into a global climate insurgency.
August 23, 2021
The Green New Deal: A Strategy for a More Equal United States
The Green New Deal resolution outlines a vision of what we need to do to address the dual crises of climate change and runaway inequality. What policies and programs could help us realize that vision?
March 19, 2019
The Green New Deal Can Work – Here’s How
Like the original New Deal, the GND is trying to do something that has never been done before; we will have to learn from experience and experiment and correct the mistakes we will inevitably make along the way. But with these strategies we can make a start in the right direction.
February 26, 2019
