Eric Blanc
@ericblanc.bsky.social
author We are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big
www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/
Red State Revolt,
laborpolitics.substack.com;
EWOC, AAUP-AFT, 🌹
Pinned
Remarkable that decades of historians somehow overlooked that Victor Berger — sewer socialism's founder — went from being a white supremacist to one of the country's most high profile white anti-racists. I tell this unknown story here.
www.laborpolitics.com/p/from-white...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/from-white...
Don't Cancel Sewer Socialism
The unknown story of how Victor Berger went from peddling race “science” to fighting lynching—and why this matters now.
www.laborpolitics.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Remarkable that decades of historians somehow overlooked that Victor Berger — sewer socialism's founder — went from being a white supremacist to one of the country's most high profile white anti-racists. I tell this unknown story here.
www.laborpolitics.com/p/from-white...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/from-white...
Reposted by Eric Blanc
Remarkable new essay from @ericblanc.bsky.social. Victor Berger and the sewer socialists began the 20c as typical progressive eugenicists. But their rise to power entailed a strong shift to anti-racist municipal politics, long campaigns with (today ignored) Black socialists, and a war on lynching.
Don't Cancel Sewer Socialism
The unknown story of how Victor Berger went from peddling race “science” to fighting lynching—and why this matters now.
www.laborpolitics.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Remarkable new essay from @ericblanc.bsky.social. Victor Berger and the sewer socialists began the 20c as typical progressive eugenicists. But their rise to power entailed a strong shift to anti-racist municipal politics, long campaigns with (today ignored) Black socialists, and a war on lynching.
What are the top 10 objections Americans have to socialism?
I'm starting to write an airport book (Socialism for Skeptics) rebutting the main myths about/arguments against socialism, and I want to make sure to tackle the main ones believed by conservatives and liberals
I'm starting to write an airport book (Socialism for Skeptics) rebutting the main myths about/arguments against socialism, and I want to make sure to tackle the main ones believed by conservatives and liberals
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What are the top 10 objections Americans have to socialism?
I'm starting to write an airport book (Socialism for Skeptics) rebutting the main myths about/arguments against socialism, and I want to make sure to tackle the main ones believed by conservatives and liberals
I'm starting to write an airport book (Socialism for Skeptics) rebutting the main myths about/arguments against socialism, and I want to make sure to tackle the main ones believed by conservatives and liberals
Reposted by Eric Blanc
Great conversation
The radicalization of liberals is one of the past year's most overlooked stories
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
Welcome to the Resistance w/ Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, Waleed Shahid
Featuring Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, and Waleed Shahid on the liberal resistance’s sharp left turn since Trump returned to the White House. Libs are voting Zohran at the ballot box, fighting ICE in t...
thedigradio.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Great conversation
Cops have been called on the striking @sbworkersunited.org workers blocking the company's distribution centers today in Pennsylvania and Nevada
Solidarity with these fighters against American oligarchy
Solidarity with these fighters against American oligarchy
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Cops have been called on the striking @sbworkersunited.org workers blocking the company's distribution centers today in Pennsylvania and Nevada
Solidarity with these fighters against American oligarchy
Solidarity with these fighters against American oligarchy
Cultural-social events are crucial for building a mass socialist left. One lost example of this: Milwaukee's sewer socialists in 1925 organized a children's orchestra competition on a Friday evening at Lake Park, attended by 5,000 parents and community members
December 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cultural-social events are crucial for building a mass socialist left. One lost example of this: Milwaukee's sewer socialists in 1925 organized a children's orchestra competition on a Friday evening at Lake Park, attended by 5,000 parents and community members
The radicalization of liberals is one of the past year's most overlooked stories
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
Welcome to the Resistance w/ Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, Waleed Shahid
Featuring Eric Blanc, Leah Greenberg, and Waleed Shahid on the liberal resistance’s sharp left turn since Trump returned to the White House. Libs are voting Zohran at the ballot box, fighting ICE in t...
thedigradio.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The radicalization of liberals is one of the past year's most overlooked stories
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
Talked about this—& what it means for defeating Trump—w/ @leahgreenberg.bsky.social, @waleedshahid.bsky.social, & @danieldenvir.bsky.social on the new @thedigradio.bsky.social episode
thedigradio.com/podcast/welc...
The way to help Zohran overcome establishment, billionaire, and NYPD opposition is mostly “organize bigger and deeper” rather than “criticize harder”
www.laborpolitics.com/p/should-the...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/should-the...
Should the Left Criticize Zohran?
Yes—but critique is easy. What’s our plan for power?
www.laborpolitics.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The way to help Zohran overcome establishment, billionaire, and NYPD opposition is mostly “organize bigger and deeper” rather than “criticize harder”
www.laborpolitics.com/p/should-the...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/should-the...
The proof of concept for @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social wasn't just that over 700 people joined the last organizing call, but that many were asking questions like "What's the DSA?"
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The proof of concept for @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social wasn't just that over 700 people joined the last organizing call, but that many were asking questions like "What's the DSA?"
Instead of asking for more donations, would love to see Zohran start asking supporters to join mass organizing fightbacks
Even the savviest governance and comms strategy can't get far without more people power on the ground
Even the savviest governance and comms strategy can't get far without more people power on the ground
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Instead of asking for more donations, would love to see Zohran start asking supporters to join mass organizing fightbacks
Even the savviest governance and comms strategy can't get far without more people power on the ground
Even the savviest governance and comms strategy can't get far without more people power on the ground
Critics of Zohran's decision to keep Tisch haven't yet provided compelling counters to the points made in this piece 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Critics of Zohran's decision to keep Tisch haven't yet provided compelling counters to the points made in this piece 🧵
Like Zohran, Bobby Seale campaigned in a suit when he ran for mayor in 1973. He ran to win — and did his best to counteract smears from the establishment that he and the Black Panthers were impractical radicals
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Like Zohran, Bobby Seale campaigned in a suit when he ran for mayor in 1973. He ran to win — and did his best to counteract smears from the establishment that he and the Black Panthers were impractical radicals
Love to see it: Lina Khan on tonight's @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social mass call with over 650 organizers to win Zohran's affordability agenda
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love to see it: Lina Khan on tonight's @ourtimefornyc.bsky.social mass call with over 650 organizers to win Zohran's affordability agenda
It's good to pressure Zohran (& all electeds), the question is over what & how
Is our main approach to speak truth to power? Or to organize around strategic mass-based fights?
Lots to learn from Jane McAlevey on this 🧵
Is our main approach to speak truth to power? Or to organize around strategic mass-based fights?
Lots to learn from Jane McAlevey on this 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's good to pressure Zohran (& all electeds), the question is over what & how
Is our main approach to speak truth to power? Or to organize around strategic mass-based fights?
Lots to learn from Jane McAlevey on this 🧵
Is our main approach to speak truth to power? Or to organize around strategic mass-based fights?
Lots to learn from Jane McAlevey on this 🧵
It's an honor to be on this list! Thank you @grahamformaine.bsky.social ♥️
This holiday season, I encourage everyone to shop at local independent bookstores. I’ve put together a list of my favorite books, and indie bookstores across Maine have agreed to carry these titles.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's an honor to be on this list! Thank you @grahamformaine.bsky.social ♥️
It IS crucial for Zohran to deliver his agenda, but delivering policy on its own rarely does as much as we'd hope in boosting support for a politician or party
Social science suggests that party-building and on-the-ground organization is just as crucial
Social science suggests that party-building and on-the-ground organization is just as crucial
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It IS crucial for Zohran to deliver his agenda, but delivering policy on its own rarely does as much as we'd hope in boosting support for a politician or party
Social science suggests that party-building and on-the-ground organization is just as crucial
Social science suggests that party-building and on-the-ground organization is just as crucial
Way too much leftist discourse is polarized into denunciations vs defenses of Zohran
A more useful & important debate is how to organize enough New Yorkers to win Zohran's agenda — and to counteract the inevitable pressures on him from capital and the political establishment
A more useful & important debate is how to organize enough New Yorkers to win Zohran's agenda — and to counteract the inevitable pressures on him from capital and the political establishment
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Way too much leftist discourse is polarized into denunciations vs defenses of Zohran
A more useful & important debate is how to organize enough New Yorkers to win Zohran's agenda — and to counteract the inevitable pressures on him from capital and the political establishment
A more useful & important debate is how to organize enough New Yorkers to win Zohran's agenda — and to counteract the inevitable pressures on him from capital and the political establishment
One key thing Zohran can learn from Milwaukee's sewer socialists is that to deliver transformative reforms you need to lean on mass movement pressure
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
One key thing Zohran can learn from Milwaukee's sewer socialists is that to deliver transformative reforms you need to lean on mass movement pressure
Reposted by Eric Blanc
Wonderful piece from @ericblanc.bsky.social on Milwaukee’s strong socialist history.
Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin
It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond
www.laborpolitics.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Wonderful piece from @ericblanc.bsky.social on Milwaukee’s strong socialist history.
"Young people motivated by climate concerns should take rank-and-file jobs in strategic sectors that can push industries towards transition & revamp recalcitrant unions into powerful agents of change. Youth climate activists should salt the climate transition" 👏👏👏
jacobin.com/2025/11/orga...
jacobin.com/2025/11/orga...
Salt the Earth
Young people looking to fight climate change should consider jobs in strategic industries to organize new unions or revitalize old ones and advocate for green, pro-labor policies. The fight for a liva...
jacobin.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Young people motivated by climate concerns should take rank-and-file jobs in strategic sectors that can push industries towards transition & revamp recalcitrant unions into powerful agents of change. Youth climate activists should salt the climate transition" 👏👏👏
jacobin.com/2025/11/orga...
jacobin.com/2025/11/orga...
Socialists in the US today have a lot more to learn from Victor Berger than Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, or Chairman Mao
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Socialists in the US today have a lot more to learn from Victor Berger than Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, or Chairman Mao
It's good that James Carville is now calling for economic populism — but our side also needs credible, authentic messengers for this stance
Nobody will buy it if Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom suddenly start talking like Bernie
Nobody will buy it if Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom suddenly start talking like Bernie
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's good that James Carville is now calling for economic populism — but our side also needs credible, authentic messengers for this stance
Nobody will buy it if Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom suddenly start talking like Bernie
Nobody will buy it if Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom suddenly start talking like Bernie
Yesterday's Trump meeting tanked Elise Stefanik's case vs Governor Hochul
That's great for NY because Stefanik is horrible, and also because—without a serious threat to her right—Hochul will now have a harder time rejecting Zohran's agenda in the name of electability
That's great for NY because Stefanik is horrible, and also because—without a serious threat to her right—Hochul will now have a harder time rejecting Zohran's agenda in the name of electability
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yesterday's Trump meeting tanked Elise Stefanik's case vs Governor Hochul
That's great for NY because Stefanik is horrible, and also because—without a serious threat to her right—Hochul will now have a harder time rejecting Zohran's agenda in the name of electability
That's great for NY because Stefanik is horrible, and also because—without a serious threat to her right—Hochul will now have a harder time rejecting Zohran's agenda in the name of electability
Unlike subsequent historians, the NAACP praised sewer socialist leader Victor Berger
Its condolence letter lauded "the very broad and sympathetic views Mr. Berger always had regarding us as a race, the unbiased attitude of his paper, & his interest in the welfare of all."
Its condolence letter lauded "the very broad and sympathetic views Mr. Berger always had regarding us as a race, the unbiased attitude of his paper, & his interest in the welfare of all."
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Unlike subsequent historians, the NAACP praised sewer socialist leader Victor Berger
Its condolence letter lauded "the very broad and sympathetic views Mr. Berger always had regarding us as a race, the unbiased attitude of his paper, & his interest in the welfare of all."
Its condolence letter lauded "the very broad and sympathetic views Mr. Berger always had regarding us as a race, the unbiased attitude of his paper, & his interest in the welfare of all."
30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
30,000 students striking in Charlotte against ICE
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs
Need this every time Trump sends in his thugs