November 2021

Marian Kramer and Willie Baptist sat down to discuss how the National Welfare Rights Union understands “struggle as a school.” Kramer and

General Gordon Baker (1941-2014) was a leading organizer, intellectual, and revolutionary who was a comrade and mentor to many in the University

By Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko, Phil Wider, and J.E. Hubay

Introduction 

In the University of the Poor network we often say that the first step

Two books have been published that are must reads: “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign” edited by

The Fall 2021 issue of the University of the Poor Journal is about “making the struggle a school.” 

In the most basic sense,

The three co-directors of Union de Vecinos present an overview of some of the struggles and lessons learned from the organization’s 25

by Bruce E. Parry

We strive to “make the struggle a school.” That school must teach us to know both the enemy we

by Sarah Weintraub

I remember crying on the balcony of the Vermont statehouse as the votes were tallied and our universal healthcare legislation

A conversation between Karim Sariahmed and Ellen Schwartz, with an introduction by Karim

I first met Ellen Schwartz of the Vermont Workers’ Center