Andy Battle and I have a new piece in Jacobin called “The Velvet Glove and the Iron Fist,” in which we revisit the political history of New York City municipal unionism in light of the Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME. We wrote the piece to address a lack of historical context in our own union about what exactly was lost in Janus, and where it came from in the first place.
Satan Was So Over It
Here’s a video of a comic zine I collaborated on in 2013 with a talented friend named Nate McDonough. When the zine debuted I visited the Cyberpunk Apocalypse writers’ house in Pittsburgh and read the story, which is interspersed with Nate’s illustrations in the video.
On Voting “No” on the PSC-CUNY Contract
Here is a video I made explaining why I voted “no” on the last PSC-CUNY contract. Let’s hope this time around they give us one I can happily vote “yes” on! For more information on the ongoing contract fight, check out CUNYStruggle.org.
Jarrod Shanahan at CUNY
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