The Dig: A Critical History of Community Organizing in America

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This episode of The Dig is brought to you by Haymarket Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles. One that you might like is Occupation Organizer, a critical history of community organizing in America. With reformers winning control of the United Auto Workers and hundreds of Starbucks stores going union, there's never been a more important time to keep up with the labor movement. Another podcast you may like is Balabird at Descent Magazine, hosted by Michelle Chen and Sarah Jaffe.

We have as many roads in the United States as we have streams and rivers. Produced by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach, with original music by Jackson Roach. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson. Subscribe to The Dig Presents, and support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Bibliography (in order of appearance): A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed - Chris Helzer Car Country: An Environmental History - Christopher W. Wells On Trails: An Exploration - Robert Moor Snell-Rood Lab Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet - Ben Goldfarb A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Who Belongs to the Land: An Essay on Camps, Blockades, and Indigenous Models of Remaking the World - Lou Cornum Further reading available here.