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Join the search for The American Worker. Kevin Van Meter: author, labor educator, union organizer, PhD. Books at @akpress.org. Inquiry via workersinquiry.work. Writing at readingstruggles.info.
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In ‘Class Composition in the Cafe Sector’ we hope that by presenting workers’ narratives alongside our analysis of the sector, we can develop a framework for how workplaces in the sector are structured and what tensions exist within them that can aid organising for class struggle.
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Blue Bottle has yet to reinstate Abbey, and now our union is preparing to strike over this unfair labor practice.
To support our strike, please donate at tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike, and pledge to boycott Blue Bottle until Blue Bottle negotiated a contract with our union in good faith.
To support our strike, please donate at tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike, and pledge to boycott Blue Bottle until Blue Bottle negotiated a contract with our union in good faith.
Help BBIU get strike ready!
As we approach 1 year of negotiating a contract, Blue Bottle has made it clear that their side will continue to use union-busting tactics in attempt to break morale and our organizing. In spite of th...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Blue Bottle has yet to reinstate Abbey, and now our union is preparing to strike over this unfair labor practice.
To support our strike, please donate at tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike, and pledge to boycott Blue Bottle until Blue Bottle negotiated a contract with our union in good faith.
To support our strike, please donate at tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike, and pledge to boycott Blue Bottle until Blue Bottle negotiated a contract with our union in good faith.
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"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"By excavating the urban struggles of 1970s Italy with a spatialized understanding of Operaismo’s signature theoretical contribution––class composition––the book provides both an important contribution to radical urban history and a window into how current urban struggles might be theorized." ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥 ❤️🔥
Joined Clark McAllister for a talk about the history of workers' inquiry at the Belfast Radical Bookfair yesterday. Appreciate the organizers having us, all the participants, and the IWW Ireland for their support. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Joined Clark McAllister for a talk about the history of workers' inquiry at the Belfast Radical Bookfair yesterday. Appreciate the organizers having us, all the participants, and the IWW Ireland for their support. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
I stand with @sbworkersunited.org and you should too!
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I stand with @sbworkersunited.org and you should too!
Joined Jack Edmunds-Bergin, Emma Rebekka Petersen, and Clark McAllister for a talk on workers' inquiry in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US in Dublin on Wednesday. Appreciate @catuireland.bsky.social and @notesfrombelow.bsky.social for putting out the word, Peader Browns pub for hosting!
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Joined Jack Edmunds-Bergin, Emma Rebekka Petersen, and Clark McAllister for a talk on workers' inquiry in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US in Dublin on Wednesday. Appreciate @catuireland.bsky.social and @notesfrombelow.bsky.social for putting out the word, Peader Browns pub for hosting!
In Belfast this Saturday for the Radical Bookfair? Join Clark McAllister from @notesfrombelow.bsky.social and Kevin Van Meter at @americanwork47.bsky.social about the history and practice of workers' inquiry from 11:30-12:30. #bookfair #belfast #workersinquiry
Workers are on the move—refusing work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives and struggles. Join Clark McAllister (@notesfrombelow.bsky.social) & Kevin Van Meter (@americanwork47.bsky.social) in Belfast for a talk on #workersinquiry
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Belfast this Saturday for the Radical Bookfair? Join Clark McAllister from @notesfrombelow.bsky.social and Kevin Van Meter at @americanwork47.bsky.social about the history and practice of workers' inquiry from 11:30-12:30. #bookfair #belfast #workersinquiry
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Issue 4 is out this month!
Long-Haul is a subscription-based print magazine publishing quarterly. Subscriber copies ship first, with new subscribers receiving both issues 3+4. Don’t miss! 📚
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Long-Haul is a subscription-based print magazine publishing quarterly. Subscriber copies ship first, with new subscribers receiving both issues 3+4. Don’t miss! 📚
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November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Issue 4 is out this month!
Long-Haul is a subscription-based print magazine publishing quarterly. Subscriber copies ship first, with new subscribers receiving both issues 3+4. Don’t miss! 📚
longhaulmag.com
Long-Haul is a subscription-based print magazine publishing quarterly. Subscriber copies ship first, with new subscribers receiving both issues 3+4. Don’t miss! 📚
longhaulmag.com
In Dublin this Wednesday? Join comrades from @notesfrombelow.bsky.social, @catuireland.bsky.social, @workinquirywork, and others for a discussion on workers’ inquiry!
Immigrant workers, agricultural, cafe and grocery, digital platform, arts and culture, and education workers in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US have been sharing their lives and struggles through workers’ inquiries. Join us in Dublin as we examine these recent inquires!
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
In Dublin this Wednesday? Join comrades from @notesfrombelow.bsky.social, @catuireland.bsky.social, @workinquirywork, and others for a discussion on workers’ inquiry!
Wonderful crowd last night in Edinburgh for a workshop on first-person narratives of work and workers' inquiry. Met fantastic trade unionists and new comrades. Thank you to the TUIC Hub for hosting and @jimslaven.bsky.social of the #JamesConnollySociety for their support organizing the event.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wonderful crowd last night in Edinburgh for a workshop on first-person narratives of work and workers' inquiry. Met fantastic trade unionists and new comrades. Thank you to the TUIC Hub for hosting and @jimslaven.bsky.social of the #JamesConnollySociety for their support organizing the event.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
“What workers' inquiry seeks to accomplish is to understand production & the experience of work from workers' own perspective. What are workers thinking you're doing in the course of the workday? What kind of struggles are they engaged in?” #EconomicUpdate podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Resurgent Labor Organizing
Podcast Episode · Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff · 11/11/2025 · 32m
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November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“What workers' inquiry seeks to accomplish is to understand production & the experience of work from workers' own perspective. What are workers thinking you're doing in the course of the workday? What kind of struggles are they engaged in?” #EconomicUpdate podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
In Edinburgh tomorrow evening? Join me at the TUIC Hub for a workshop on workers' inquiry. Participants will hear a short lecture on the history and practice of inquiry then will engage in writing and interview exercises. After wonderful events in London excited to hop on the train north!
Workers are on the move—fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives, and demanding workplace and real democracy. One of the tools to understand and amply these struggles is workers’ inquiry. Join me in Edinburgh in Nov
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In Edinburgh tomorrow evening? Join me at the TUIC Hub for a workshop on workers' inquiry. Participants will hear a short lecture on the history and practice of inquiry then will engage in writing and interview exercises. After wonderful events in London excited to hop on the train north!
In London this evening? Don’t miss @jamie_woodcock talk about game worker organizing to be held at @maydayrooms.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In London this evening? Don’t miss @jamie_woodcock talk about game worker organizing to be held at @maydayrooms.
"Beginning with the 1947 publication of The American Worker pamphlet a new form of “proletarian literature”emerged from the automotive factories and corners of Marxian movements in the US." Apprecaite @maydayrooms hosting my talk last night and the support of those who attended!
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Beginning with the 1947 publication of The American Worker pamphlet a new form of “proletarian literature”emerged from the automotive factories and corners of Marxian movements in the US." Apprecaite @maydayrooms hosting my talk last night and the support of those who attended!
Four hours to showtime. Check out @OvetzRobert and @americanwork47.bsky.social on #EconomicUpate chatting about #WorkersInquiry and the labor movement in the US today.
Don't miss and all-new #EconomicUpdate with Robert Ovetz @americanwork47.bsky.social & @profwolff.bsky.social today at 4:30 PM EST on Resurgent #Labor Organizing & #WorkersInquiry Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-re...
Economic Update: Resurgent Labor Organizing
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November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Four hours to showtime. Check out @OvetzRobert and @americanwork47.bsky.social on #EconomicUpate chatting about #WorkersInquiry and the labor movement in the US today.
Ever so enjoyed our panel with Andrew Osborne, Alex Pyne from @bbiunion.bsky.social, @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and myself @americanwork47.bsky.social on workers’ inquiry in the US yesterday. The inquiry continues!
Workers’ Inquiry! From yesterday’s session @histmat.bsky.social with @americanwork47.bsky.social @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and others 😍
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ever so enjoyed our panel with Andrew Osborne, Alex Pyne from @bbiunion.bsky.social, @abolisheconomics.bsky.social and myself @americanwork47.bsky.social on workers’ inquiry in the US yesterday. The inquiry continues!
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Attending the Historical Materialism Conference in London?
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Attending the Historical Materialism Conference in London?
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
Join @americanwork47.bsky.social for a free, public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement!
MayDay Rooms | Monday, 10 November | 19:00
Register >> buff.ly/mCOoGBF
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Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Attending London’s Historical Materialism? Join Common Notions collaborator Kevin Van Meter for a free public talk on The American Worker pamphlet, workers’ inquiry, and the contemporary labor movement at MayDay Rooms in London on Monday 10 November at 19:00!
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
Picked up this tome at the @maydayrooms release event for Ed Emery's new book out now on @pressagit. Not only was it an incredible evening of talks from @sethnotes.bsky.social and the author but the passages read we're really joyful and beautiful during these dark times. #workersinquiry
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Picked up this tome at the @maydayrooms release event for Ed Emery's new book out now on @pressagit. Not only was it an incredible evening of talks from @sethnotes.bsky.social and the author but the passages read we're really joyful and beautiful during these dark times. #workersinquiry
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Happy pub day to NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY!
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
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"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy pub day to NOTES TOWARD A DIGITAL WORKERS' INQUIRY!
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
buff.ly/QVbuVFe
"An exemplary demonstration of how inquiry can function simultaneously as a mode of collective action and a form of critical theory." —Leopoldina Fortunati, THE ARCANA OF REPRODUCTION
buff.ly/QVbuVFe
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come chat and scheme with us at HM on saturday!
Getting excited for this years @histmat.bsky.social conference in London and participating in the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream on Workers and Capital. #workersinquiry
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
come chat and scheme with us at HM on saturday!
Check it out: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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“What is interesting is that [The American Worker] pamphlet was a ‘new form of proletarian literature' and predicts the emergence of an entire working-class culture talking about work, an entire zine culture talking about people's lives and experiences."
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“What is interesting is that [The American Worker] pamphlet was a ‘new form of proletarian literature' and predicts the emergence of an entire working-class culture talking about work, an entire zine culture talking about people's lives and experiences."
“Amplifying forms of informal and formal organizing the workplace, amplifying and circulating struggles and informal practices of time theft or insubordination, all those things can only be understood from the perspective of the workers themselves." On the @librarypunk.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Amplifying forms of informal and formal organizing the workplace, amplifying and circulating struggles and informal practices of time theft or insubordination, all those things can only be understood from the perspective of the workers themselves." On the @librarypunk.bsky.social
Join us at @maydayrooms in London on Monday 10 November for an event on a new form of proletarian literature that emerged from American automotive plants in 1947.
Please register here and tell all your friends: events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
Please register here and tell all your friends: events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us at @maydayrooms in London on Monday 10 November for an event on a new form of proletarian literature that emerged from American automotive plants in 1947.
Please register here and tell all your friends: events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...
Please register here and tell all your friends: events.maydayrooms.org/e/71/searchi...