In our latest episode of Too Long for Twitter, Kristen interviews Jacobin writer and editor Alex Press about unionizing graduate students, the challenges facing university workers, and how we fight neoliberal attacks on universities.

Opening monologue: Mario Savio, one of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley, speaking at an on-campus protest in September, 1964.

Music: "Me Gustan los Estudiantes" originally by Chilean songwriter Violeta Parra to pay tribute to student revolts in the 1960s, performed by Mercedes Sosa

Links:The Mind of Clark Kerr by Hal Draper: https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1964/10/kerr.htmAlex Press on labor organizing/education:https://www.thenation.com/article/white-collar-unionization-is-good-for-everybody/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/10/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-women-unionhttps://www.thenation.com/article/silence-on-campus-contingent-work-and-free-speech/Additional articles on student workers' unions:https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/unions-campus-higher-education-organizing-college-studentshttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/09/nlrb-graduate-workers-unions-universities-administration