Eric Blanc

assistant professor of labor studies RU; @organizeworkers, @ruaaup; my Substack is

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

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[Bread & Roses DSA @breadrosesDSA]

At B&R’s 2026 convention, we voted to join the draft for and support an AOC presidential campaign. We believe her campaign has the potential to build the labor movement, the student movement, and DSA.

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

One of the annoying things about getting cancelled by the online far left, is that it lowers the quality of the hater replies, like they literally don't seem to even bother thinking through their criticisms, since anything thing against me will get likes from their friends lol. I long for more serious haters

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Actually, megachurches have a far deeper base in the broader working-class than the Left, which is one reason why we should try to learn from how they organize

[Jules 🇵🇸🦊 @CatholicClod]

Incredibly cynical on a number of levels, but I do find very funny Blanc's implication that the social base of DSA and your average megachurch is so similar (middle-class) that you can translate organizational methods without losing anything of substance

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

No matter how good our politics are, the US Left won't be able to fully seize this moment until we make our organizations more welcoming, and more oriented to helping newbies become leaders

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

You're just changing the topic; contrary to what you claimed, the base of evangelical megachurches isn't solidly middle class

re: your new argument, my article repeatedly stresses the obvious differences between churches and Left organizations. but logically it doesn't follow that there's nothing we can learn

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

NYC friends, please come to this rally tomorrow (Thursday 10/22) at noon at Hospital D&S Buildings to support nurse practitioner Dowd, who is facing vicious retaliation from management for her workplace activism

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

@hecubian_devil @escargotpro_ 100%; it's such a huge problem that most DSAers don't really know how/where to invite their friends or co-workers other than a canvass (which is a good first step, but there's like no consistent accessible next step after)

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

82% of megachurch attendees join by personal invite, vs 21% of DSA members, who mostly self-select online

We have a lot to learn on how to develop members into organizers

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Instead of relying on online self-selecting recruitment, the Left should learn from evangelicals how to develop attendees into organizers

https://t.co/986kfcDs0J

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Last night was a win for the forces of good in the universe. Congrats Brewers!

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Got this message from @JacobM_AL about my article, would love to hear from other folks on the left about your experiences in organized religion growing up or today, and what you think we should (and shouldn't) import

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Join me, @DanielDenvir and many lovely comrades next Thursday 10/22 in Queens to support one of America's most exciting developments: the socialist sweep of Providence, RI

https://t.co/6eNSxy29RF

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

It's obviously true that the organizing terrain is harder for leftists than evangelical churches, but it doesn't follow that we can't learn important lessons from the latter

[Old Man Perez @IolaElla]

I get this argument's sentiment, but Warren’s (a right wing preacher) organizing techniques' efficacy depends on the very capitalist political-economic terrain that makes organizing easier for conservatives & capitalists but harder for the left & working class

[Shawn Gude @shawngude]

“An essential story about one of America’s greatest champions for workers.” –@BernieSanders

"This book couldn’t be more timely.” –Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara)

"Masterful" -@GraceBlakeley

American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs is out today!!

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

The Left would be stronger if we learned from evangelical organizing

Here are 14 lessons for us from Rick Warren’s classic “The Purpose Driven Church” on belonging before belief, joy before jargon, and the lost art of bringing people in

https://t.co/9STLvn5Oxf

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Good statement from @nycDSA on Jessica Tisch and the NYPD's response to ICE's terrorizing of our neighbors

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

Looking like a decisive sweep for Shawn Fain and his slate in the UAW election 🙏

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.

[Eric Blanc @_ericblanc]

I translated Antonio Martins’ important assessment of Brazil’s electoral disaster, please read/share!

“An electoral turnaround is possible, however difficult. But the illusion that the left can govern without a long-term project, without confronting the powerful, and without popular mobilization must be left behind”

https://t.co/wy5QibWkAp