Understanding & Learning with the Working Class: Workers' Inquiry and Social Investigation
Cosmopod · Cosmonaut Magazine
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Show Notes
AJ, Annie, Ira and Rudy discuss the methods of workers' inquiry and social investigation and how they have applied it to their organizing. They talk about the history of workers inquiry and its uneven use across tendencies, the usefulness of the method and the varying objects and objectives of the investigation. They also reflect on the ways that have used the methods of inquiry in their organizing.
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