Pedagogy of the Southern Worker
The Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) is an organization of workers in the low-wage, high-turnover service industry of the U.S. South, with members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. From the beginning, the union has placed political education at the center of its strategic vision. USSW understands that to transform workplaces and…

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Southern politics
F*ck The Fourth: A Scalawag Reading List
As an abolitionist publication in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, queer, and all oppressed people of the world who have for generations suffered under the boot of US Empire we say, Fuck the Fourth of July.
Arts & Soul
From heartache to hope and back again, Jahnah Camille grows
Camille's rising star and continued growth is an example of what music people like myself deeply appreciate, especially right now. There's a great satisfaction in following someone's journey and witnessing an artist's craft organically blossom.
Race & Place
Postscript: Abram Colby Unearthed
Last year, Scalawag published a biography of Abram Colby (1820-1872), one of Georgia's first Black legislators, whose story had been erased in the community he once served. This April, that same community erected a permanent marker honoring him outside of the county courthouse.

