Bread & Roses Too

Todd Chretien on Aiming for Trump’s Achilles’ Heel: MAGA Before the ElectionsTrump’s approval ratings are dismal, and the MAGA base is showing some cracks, but we should not underestimate their capacity to hold on to power through brute force. Centrist Democrats’ nostalgia for neoliberal normalcy is not enough to stop Trump 3.0.And Ramy Khalil on How Working-Class Resistance Forced ICE Out of MinneapolisA new generation of activists is challenging Donald Trump, reviving labor militancy, and scoring victories. Next stop: May Day 2026.

"Bread and Roses Too," hosted by Green Mountain DSA members, Joseph Gainza and Traven, offers a workers viewpoint on economic inequality and buidlng working class power.This edition has two guests:Chuck Collins, author of "Burned by Billionaires" where he describes how the billionaire class affects our lives, our health, our democracy, where and how we live, our work, and the effect on the the climate. Chuck is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits http://inequality.org. He is also cofounder of http://divestinvest.org, a global movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in climate solutions; and trustee of the Post-Carbon Institute and http://resilience.org.Todd Chretien is an organizer, former co-chair of Maine Democratic Socialists of America, a high school Spanish teacher/translator, and a candidate for the Maine House of Representatives. We discuss building a broad movement to resist ICE and build working class power in Maine. He has contributed to several books, including Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics.

"Bread and Roses Too," hosted by Green Mountain DSA members, Joseph Gainza and Traven, offers a workers viewpoint on economic inequality and building working class power.This edition has two guests:Chuck Collins, author of "Burned by Billionaires" where he describes how the billionaire class affects our lives, our health, our democracy, where and how we live, our work, and the effect on the the climate. Chuck is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies where he co-edits http://inequality.org. He is also cofounder of http://divestinvest.org, a global movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in climate solutions; and trustee of the Post-Carbon Institute and http://resilience.org.Todd Chretien is an organizer, former co-chair of Maine Democratic Socialists of America, a high school Spanish teacher/translator, and a candidate for the Maine House of Representatives. We discuss building a broad movement to resist ICE and build working class power in Maine. He has contributed to several books, including Socialist Strategy and Electoral Politics.