Feb 24 2025 65 mins 3
Co-hosts Andrew Kliman and Gabriel Donnelly discuss Gabriel’s upcoming article “American Unionism and
Trump: Where are the unions in the struggle against Trumpism?” set to be published soon in Marxist-Humanist
Initiative’s publication With Sober Senses. The co-hosts, and the article, consider the state of trade unionism
after Trump’s second election. In particular, they discuss the regulatory framework of federal labor law in
America. Trump has already begun meddling with existing labor-law precedent, and the response from trade
union leaders has been lacking.
An important aspect of their discussion is the quandary that American trade unions find themselves in. The
example of the Amazon Labor Union is used to show how difficult a “new beginning” can be. The ALU had
seemed like a new moment in the American labor struggle, but they stumbled and were eventually subsumed
into the Teamsters.
Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams and Trump’s
attempts to get Adams’s corruption charges dropped. They consider how Trumpism encourages corruption and
cronyism, to ensure loyalty to Trump, and they discuss how this may be combatted.
Trump: Where are the unions in the struggle against Trumpism?” set to be published soon in Marxist-Humanist
Initiative’s publication With Sober Senses. The co-hosts, and the article, consider the state of trade unionism
after Trump’s second election. In particular, they discuss the regulatory framework of federal labor law in
America. Trump has already begun meddling with existing labor-law precedent, and the response from trade
union leaders has been lacking.
An important aspect of their discussion is the quandary that American trade unions find themselves in. The
example of the Amazon Labor Union is used to show how difficult a “new beginning” can be. The ALU had
seemed like a new moment in the American labor struggle, but they stumbled and were eventually subsumed
into the Teamsters.
Plus current-events segment: the co-hosts discuss embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams and Trump’s
attempts to get Adams’s corruption charges dropped. They consider how Trumpism encourages corruption and
cronyism, to ensure loyalty to Trump, and they discuss how this may be combatted.
