Why We Make The Struggle A School: Identifying, Developing, and Uniting Leaders November 4, 2021November 8, 2021 Journal by Sarah Weintraub I remember crying on the balcony of the Vermont statehouse as the votes were tallied and our universal healthcare legislation More
Claiming Our Right to Study: Building Working-Class Intellectualism in the Struggles for Health Care and Education November 4, 2021November 7, 2021 Journal A conversation between Karim Sariahmed and Ellen Schwartz, with an introduction by Karim I first met Ellen Schwartz of the Vermont Workers’ Center More
The Homeless Union and the Winter Offensive to Organize the Poor and Dispossessed November 4, 2021November 5, 2021 Journal In the 1980s and 1990s, the National Union of the Homeless organized a powerful force of the homeless and poor fighting for More
Poem About A Boat September 23, 2021October 27, 2021 Uncategorized By Tim W. Shenk Qué tipo de adjetivosSe deben usar para hacerEl poema de un barcoSin que se haga sentimentalFuera de la vanguardia More
The Constituent Convention of 2021 August 27, 2021November 22, 2021 Uncategorized By Luis Valenzuela, Ph.D. Translated from the original Spanish. Click here for Spanish language article. The elected President of the Chilean Constitutional Commission, Elisa More
A Remembrance: 23 Years After Watts August 12, 2021October 27, 2021 Uncategorized By Nelson Peery (A founding and leading member of the Communist Labor Party), written in 1988 Watts was the opening battle of a More
The “Imagine a New California” Campaign for Governor June 3, 2021June 4, 2021 Journal by Luis Rodriguez “To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter. But, for man, the root is man himself.”Karl Marx In More
Political Independence and the Movement to End Slavery June 3, 2021June 4, 2021 Journal The following is a transcribed conversation between members of the University of the Poor’s History & Political Strategy Team, who facilitate studies More
Fusion Organizing and Independent Politics: An Interview with Reverend Tonny Algood June 3, 2021June 4, 2021 Journal by Rev. Tonny Algood In presenting this issue of the University of the Poor Journal, we consider the possibilities and challenges for political More
Becoming a New and Unsettling Force: The Role of Leadership Development in Building Political Independence June 3, 2021June 4, 2021 Journal Tim W. Shenk, for the University of the Poor Journal: In this inaugural issue of the University of the Poor Journal, we’re More