Chris Maisano

published in Jacobin
Maisano reviews Göran Therborn’s new collection of essays, "Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy." Maisano focuses on the aspects of the "tertiary" or service sector, saying that working-class politics must change to account for the clear deindustrialization of the workforce.
965 days ago

published in Catalyst
Maisano reviews the current strengths and weaknesses of American organized labor in 2021. The early actions of the Biden Administration have shown the will to support labor unions, whose public approval "is at its highest level in fifty years." Although union density, otherwise known as union membership rate, has dropped in recent years, the change of administration and enormous government action that will be needed to pull us out of the coronavirus crisis could reinvigorate the labor movement across the United States.
1081 days ago

published in Jacobin
In his review of two new books, "Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union" by Richard Kreitner and "Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How To Restore Our Nation" by David French, Maisano contemplates opposing viewpoints on breaking up or keeping the union. The interesting twist is the argument for rupture comes from the Left, and the argument for union comes from the Right.
1155 days ago

published in Jacobin
In 2015, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was mostly irrelevant, if not simply unknown to Americans. The Bernie Sanders movement brought democratic socialism back into the national spotlight, and has pushed many liberals and progressives to see what true Leftists policies are, and how the population responds meaningful to them. The Left matters again and can be very influential coming out of the pandemic crisis and building a better America in the upcoming years.
1160 days ago