Organizing for Power

Our guest this week is none other than Ethan Earle, General Coordinator for Organizing for Power, a training program for organisers that Ethan co-founded in 2019 alongside legendary organiser Jane McAlevey (may she rest in power). O4P has trained more than 40,000 people from 1,800+ organisations in 115 countries over the 5 years of its existance on the core fundamentals of organising and how to win more and win better in the campaigns that matter most.

We recap the series and Ethan draws out vital lessons for organisers. We talk about what went wrong in the "shallow organising" campaigns of the 2000s and 2010s and what we've learned from them that has enabled recent victories like the United Auto Workers contract and the bright sparks of the Palestine solidarity movement. Ethan leaves us with a powerful call to action and an invitation to join the upcoming Organizing for Power Core Fundamentals training in February. Gather a group of 10 people, sign up, and let's start winning!

Show notes:

• Jane McAlevey, labour organiser and author of four books.
• Organizing for Power is an online training programme for organizers worldwide. The next session of the Core Fundamentals course runs weekly from February 13th until March 20th, 2025. The registration deadline is February 2nd, 2025, and you need a group of 10 to join. Sign up here!
• Follow Organizing for Power on Twitter at @o4p_global
• Mariame Kaba
• Vincent Bevins: "If We Burn"
• Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers
• Our conversation about how tech workers can resist AI will be published to this feed on November 21st.

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Produced by Hakuna Matata Produktion

Cover art by Anya K. Jordan@anyakjordan.bsky.social

Theme music by Ptzery