Journal of Labor and Society

Abstract The political behavior of core demographic voting blocs in critical swing states can be elucidated by Marxist class analysis. Through 22 interviews, participatory observation, novel analysis of statistical data and a review of extant literature, we argue that it is possible to construct a tentative sketch of the class dynamics operating within the state’s electorate today. We find, whereas downwardly mobile white workers are the core demographic group who can connect with Donald Trump’s campaign message, it is upwardly mobile workers of all races who are the mass base of Kamala Harris’ campaign, while Muslim immigrant workers with their unique relationship to American imperialism are at the core of Judith Stein and the Green Party’s voting base. Beyond this basic analysis, we also assess the contradictions between different class-inflected demographic groups within the Harris coalition that had to be overcome for the Democratic Party to carry this November. We argue that political economists should watch and study the November 2024 election as a test of American worker acceptance of the neoliberal superstructure, as would be evidenced by a Harris victory.

Alex Witherspoon

Song Yushi

Battleground Michigan: The Divided Political Trajectory of the American Working Classes

密歇根战场：美国工人阶级分裂的政治轨迹

Jacob A. Zumoff

Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism, written by Lorenzo Costaguta

各色工人联合起来：洛伦佐·科斯塔古塔所著《种族与美国社会主义的起源》

Zeyad el Nabolsy

Western Marxism: How it Was Born, How it Died, and How it Can be Reborn, written by Domenico Losurdo

西方马克思主义：它的诞生、消亡与重生，多梅尼科·洛苏尔多著

Abstract Through a combination of the methods of theoretical review and historical-narrative analysis, this study seeks to unveil the main catalysts of the Turkish Revolution by addressing its structural and subjective dynamics in tandem. The literature lacks a theoretically-guided and systematic study of the Turkish Revolution, which marked its centenary in 2023—a significant gap that this paper seeks to fill. The article also contributes to the broader field of revolution studies by presenting an integrated framework that transcends the current fragmented state of prevailing theories. Based on a critical synthesis of revolution theories, the first part of our empirical analysis focuses on the structural dynamics underpinning the Turkish Revolution, with special emphasis on two chief factors: administrative and socio-economic breakdown. Demonstrating that the mere existence of class-structural strains and mass grievances does not automatically trigger revolutionary action, the second part reveals how the Revolution unfolded through a convergence of mediating factors associated with collective agency, namely leadership and ideational dynamics.

Efe Can Gürcan

Serdar Yurtçiçek

Suat Eren Özyiğit

Necati Demircan

Conceptualizing the Turkish Revolution in the Longue Durée

概念化土耳其革命的长时段

Abstract This paper examines the role of labor and community left populist organizing in the Tax Amazon campaign based in Seattle, WA, USA. As a case study within a larger project that examines manifestations of both right-wing and left-wing populism in urban spaces, the paper presents a lens through which urban populism may be examined in relation to new forms of labor organizing, with a specific focus on the dynamics of left populist resistance. The Tax Amazon campaign is situated within a longer trajectory of contemporary left populist organizing in Seattle. Emerging from a previous campaign that resulted in Seattle City Council instituting a $15 minimum wage, the Tax Amazon campaign brought together labor and community organizations to pressure Seattle City Council to introduce a corporate tax to generate funding for affordable housing initiatives. The campaign was met with resistance from the local business community, as well as some local trade unions. Being a leading corporate figure in this opposition, Amazon emerged as a key target of the left populist campaign. Through this study, we ask, what role did labor-community coalitions play in shaping the emergence of a broader left populist politics at the municipal scale in Seattle? Building from the experience of the Tax Amazon campaign, the paper reflects on the dynamics of resistance to corporate power through labor- and community-based left populist organizing. Reflecting a shift in U.S. politics at the municipal scale, Seattle offers a key case through which to assess whether and how urban populism may give rise to new forms of labor organizing. The paper also considers the ways in which the simultaneity of the Tax Amazon campaign and the Movement for Black Lives to ‘Defund the Police’ expanded the scope of political demands in the context of Seattle’s racialized urban precarity. In its conclusion, the paper draws from the analysis to reflect on both the broader prospects and limitations of left populist organising.

Mark P. Thomas

Rawan Abdelbaki

“Tax Amazon, Not Working People”: Left Populism and Labor Organizing in Seattle

“向亚马逊征税，而不是劳动者”：西雅图的左翼民粹主义与劳工组织

短名	Labor and Society
Journal Impact	1.58
国际分区	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR(Q2)

涉及主题	政治学法学经济社会学历史哲学政治计算机科学地理物理考古生物业务艺术
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基本数据	创刊年份: 2020，原创研究文献占比: 88.24%，自引率:0.00%， Gold OA占比: 17.54%

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Battleground Michigan: The Divided Political Trajectory of the American Working Classes

Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism, written by Lorenzo Costaguta

Western Marxism: How it Was Born, How it Died, and How it Can be Reborn, written by Domenico Losurdo

Western Marxism: How it Was Born, How it Died, and How it Can be Reborn, written by Domenico Losurdo

Conceptualizing the Turkish Revolution in the Longue Durée

Battleground Michigan: The Divided Political Trajectory of the American Working Classes

Western Marxism: How it Was Born, How it Died, and How it Can be Reborn, written by Domenico Losurdo

Western Marxism: How it Was Born, How it Died, and How it Can be Reborn, written by Domenico Losurdo

Conceptualizing the Turkish Revolution in the Longue Durée

“Tax Amazon, Not Working People”: Left Populism and Labor Organizing in Seattle

ISSN	2471-4607, 2667-3657
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