Labor

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zophia Edwards’ Book, “Fueling Development”
01 Apr 2026
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Zophia Edwards. Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins…
Ritaj Ibrahim
Immigrants as the Working Class: How States Import Labor to Delegitimize Revolt
25 Mar 2026
Gulf states like Qatar and the UAE have built a system where migrant workers perform the productive labor while being stripped of their legal and human rights.
Jason Koebler
'A.I. Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train A.I. Are Fighting Back
18 Mar 2026
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind A.I. training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
Hanna Eid
Hyperscale Data Centers and the Production of Waste
14 Jan 2026
The A.I. revolution has a hidden cost. Its massive data centers create huge amounts of waste and decimate labor and humanity.
Jon Jeter
Unable to Squeeze Another Dime From Black People, a Subprime Economy Runs Aground
26 Nov 2025
America's financial overlords are hooked on a subprime lending model that preys on the poor, and now this unsustainable system is crashing down.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
enemy within
08 Oct 2025
"enemy within" is the latest from BAR's Peat-in-Residence.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracie Canada’s Book, “Tackling the Everyday”
10 Sep 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Tracie Canada. Canada is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For a young labor leader leading by example
13 Aug 2025
"For a young labor leader leading by example" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Poverty and Declining Real Wages in America: Philadelphia Municipal Strike Highlights Worsening Plight of the Working Class
23 Jul 2025
An eight-day strike by municipal employees in Philadelphia disrupted the operations of one of the largest cities in the United States amid systematic attacks on the interests and status of working…
Hanna Eid
Mariategui and American Labor
02 Jul 2025
Capitalism’s accelerating crises demand a pan-American labor revolt against Trump’s plundering, bipartisan imperialism, and the neoliberal NAFTA. José Carlos Mariátegui’s century-old warnings are…