By Michael Beyea Reagan This post was originally published by the Gotham Center for New York City History The 1975 New York City fiscal crisis gets lots of historical and political attention, and rightly so. It was a turning point not just in city history, but in the history of US political economy; the crisis…
This article originally appeared in Labor Online, the blog of the Labor and Working Class History Association on March 5, 2020 by Michael Reagan, David Spataro, Grace Reinke, Laura Martin The dual enrollment programs offered to cash-strapped students and parents imposes a specific labor burden on sometimes low-paid faculty. We need a solution that doesn’t…
Originally published by the Institute for Anarchist Studies, I’m reposting my thoughts about the complex legacy of the CHOP.
I was lucky to be invited onto the podcast “Revolutions per Minute” to talk about the 1960 jazz album, “We Insist: Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite.” I was very excited to talk about such a revolutionary album in this moment of the movement for black lives. Give a listen and let me know what you…
In the summer of 1968 when the Beatles released their single “Hey Jude / Revolution” the world seemed to be moving in a radically new, and frightening direction. In that year the Tet offensive of the Vietnamese resistance successfully repelled the U.S. imperial army enough to threaten their entire military project. Soon after, partly because…
Twelve charts that show how policy could reduce inequality—but is making it worse instead December 20, 2018 With the unemployment rate at 4 percent or below for eight consecutive months, 2018 appears to be the year when the economy finally became healthy again. But while low unemployment is good news, it doesn’t tell the whole…