Won’t Back Down
With an authorization vote of 96 percent, the Chicago Teachers Union has signaled unequivocally that it’s ready to strike again.
91 Article(s) by: Micah Uetricht
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Micah Uetricht is the editor of Jacobin. He is the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity and coauthor of Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism.
What the CTU Can Do
With a strike authorization vote this week, the Chicago Teachers Union has the chance to show the power of militant action and democratic organizing.
A Matter of Survival
The Hand That Feeds shows the potential and challenges of low-wage worker organizing.
Four More Years
Rahm Emanuel’s win in the Chicago mayoral election doesn’t spell the defeat of the city’s grassroots movements.
Jacobin Radio Chicago, Ep. 2
Will Karen Lewis run against Rahm Emanuel?
Run, Karen, Run
Karen Lewis should be the next mayor of Chicago.
Reviving Labor From Below
The American labor movement won’t be able to revive itself without organizing at its grassroots.
Uncommon CORE
The 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike would have never come to be without the patient building of a radical formation within the union, the Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators.
Strike for America: The CTU and the Democrats
How Chicago teachers took on neoliberal education reform.
