It’s a common refrain that “we just don’t make things in the US anymore.†Implied in this refrain is the notion that practically all manufacturing jobs have been outsourced overseas as we’ve transitioned to a full-blown “service economy,†and that unions (and the industrial working class they grew out of) are a remnant of the 20th century. “To be sure, offshoring of jobs is a real phenomenon, and has been responsible for the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs,†as co-host of The Jacobin Show Paul Prescod notes. “But the losses in these jobs were partly offset by new job growth related to the reorganization of production, mainly in logistics. Logistics workers are the new core of the US industrial working class.†What do these changes mean for the economy and the labor movement? Can workers in the logistics industry leverage their critical position in the production supply chain to advance labor’s cause?
As part of a special collaboration with Jacobin magazine, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joined hosts of The Jacobin Show Jen Pan and Paul Prescod for an extended episode examining the past, present, and future of the American labor movement. In this segment from the show, Prescod examines the current state of the industrial working class in the US and the opportunities for rebuilding a battered labor movement. We are sharing this segment with our TRNN audience with permission from Jacobin.
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No production, no future.
What ever happened to Paul Jay?He used to be a great part of The Real News but don't seem to find him here anymore…
5 people were shot in Sharon hill Pennsylvania . 1 little girl died.
All bullets found and pulled out of innocent people were fired by the police. Even the bullet that murdered the girl after a football game. I questioned authorities and the police cand FBI wanted to make sure I'm OK. I told them how's the little girl feeling now. Is she ok. With that they left
The one thing Jacobin YT didn’t do was stand up for Force the Vote. All their mealy mouthed objections turned me off of them permanently. Consequently, I really don’t care what they have to say.
Max Millian, enjoying your work. Much Respect
Thank you.
I'm old now, I saw what was happening during Raygun Greedsoawn. I voted and tried to change things for the better.
Didn't work.
So I focused on a cheap piece of raw land and now my sons are carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, electronic repairs, landscapers.
They also bought raw land near mine, and they also are debt free.
Of course, I'm only just now going to have a real refrigerator🤗 after 25yr
using an icebox. Off grid solar with the new capacitor module solid-state "battery"😎
Paul's essay was well written and well said.
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Logistics is service not manufacturing. It cannot be exported for example your intentional conflation of production and industrial workers doesn’t allow you to think about the pivotal issues in the correct manner.
2nd industrial era thinking is not going to solve the issues of the digital autonomous era that we are now entering.
Maximillian, can you please research & advocate for full intellectual property (IP) abolition? This is the most important activist aim for the industrial working class people!! A just economy (& most leftist projects) has very little chance without first abolishing IP. IP is the most severe & oppressive tool of the rich & powerful.
Please see the work of Stephan Kinsella, Michele Boldrin, & David K. Levine. These are the best experts on intellectual property in the world. Everyone who cares about seriously improving things for humanity needs to know what IP abolition is about.