At a live event at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY SLU Assistant Professor of Labor Studies Cameron Black moderated a lively panel discussion of Cedric de Leon’s new book, Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity (University of California Press, 2025). The panel also included author and activist Bill Fletcher Jr. and Tamara Lee, Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
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At a live event at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY SLU Assistant Professor of Labor Studies Cameron Black moderated a lively panel discussion of Cedric de Leon’s new book, Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity (University of California Press, 2025). The panel also included author and activist Bill Fletcher Jr. and Tamara Lee, Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
How free was the imposition of the free trade model in the late-twentieth century? Not very, suggests political scientist Adam Dean’s research. The neoliberal trade model that has come to dominate the globe was imposed through repressive measures against the trade unions that opposed it in country after country. Dean talks to New Labor Forum’s Micah Uetricht about this history and what it means for the future of trade policy across the globe.
Reinventing Solidarity
At a live event at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY SLU Assistant Professor of Labor Studies Cameron Black moderated a lively panel discussion of Cedric de Leon’s new book, Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity (University of California Press, 2025). The panel also included author and activist Bill Fletcher Jr. and Tamara Lee, Associate Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
