# Hopelessness Can Turn to Hope Pretty Quick with Eric Blanc

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Published: 2025-11-20T20:11:15+00:00
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## Resource

In Episode 88 we’re joined by Eric Blanc, author of We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. We talk about the importance of unions in confronting the many problems of this dystopian timeline and how the model of worker-to-worker unionism is necessary to scale up unionization and create an effective labour movement. We also discuss the recent uptick in labour organizing in North America, including high-profile union drives at Starbucks and Amazon, and what workers are doing to win these struggles. We finish off with a little discussion of Young Cardamom, AKA Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City. Show Notes Eric’s book We Are the Union Eric’s Substack, laborpolitics.com Eric’s Instagram The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Points the Way Forward, by Eric Blanc, in Jacobin More articles by Eric Blanc in Jacobin An update on the Amazon situation in Quebec Links Instagram Merch fuckingcancelled.com clementinemorrigan.com jaylesoleil.com Theme song Fucking Cancelled has no ads and is a supported by our listeners. To help us continue our work, consider subscribing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

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