Meagan DayEast Bay DSA Should Hit the Ground Running on Bernie 2020Let’s make the most of this opportunity for mass political education and organizational growth5 min read·Nov 28, 2018--1--1
Meagan DayinTimelineThe First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without This WomanBehind the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a sisterhood7 min read·Jun 18, 2018----
Meagan DayinTimelineThe extraordinary courage of an ordinary woman: Lorena Weeks broke barriers for working womenShe’d been told that men are the breadwinners, so “women just don’t need this type of job”6 min read·Jun 1, 2018--2--2
Meagan DayinTimelineWhen the resistance confronted Democrats in 1968, the crackdown was viciousThe Chicago convention forever changed the party9 min read·May 22, 2018--16--16
Meagan DayinTimelineWelcome to Operation Dixie, the most ambitious unionization attempt in the U.S.Southern segregation, racism and a militarized police meant the plan was destined to fail8 min read·May 8, 2018--2--2
Meagan DayinTimelineWhite workers in New Orleans opposed segregation — out of self-interestWhen white union members saw the value of uniting with black workers, an alliance was born6 min read·May 1, 2018--5--5
Meagan DayinTimelineWhen this Ivy League school planned a segregated gymnasium, students held the dean hostageStudents and Harlem residents came together to say no to racism, gentrification, and the Vietnam war10 min read·Apr 25, 2018--3--3
Meagan DayinTimelineThe richest American family hired terrorists to shoot machine guns at sleeping women and childrenThe Rockefellers took on the striking miners of Ludlow, Colorado but didn’t expect them to fight back9 min read·Apr 3, 2018--35--35
Meagan DayinTimelineWhen these women were told they would have to work for starvation wages, they called BSDuring the ‘Bread and Roses’ strike, American immigrants from 40 nations came together to fight the man9 min read·Mar 26, 2018--6--6
Meagan DayinTimelineHow poor, mostly Jewish immigrants organized 20,000 and fought for workers’ rightsThese women came ready to fight6 min read·Mar 9, 2018--4--4