/541/ Wedging in a Lever ft. Benjamin Fong

/541/ Wedging in a Lever ft. Benjamin Fong

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March 24, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 556

About this episode

The episode discusses labor organization in corporate environments, focusing on Amazon and logistics with guest Benjamin Fong.

On Amazon, labour & logistics, and trains. Benjamin Fong, of ASU's Center for Work and Democracy, as well as an editor at Damage and co-author of the substack On The Seams, talks to Alex and George about organising workers in locations of corporate vulnerability. We also preview the forthcoming print issue of Damage, Trains, by discussing modernity and its avatars, and development and de-development in Brazil. Why target Amazon above all else? What are the "seams" and why are they important? Can labour still "go after the big targets"? Do these still exist given the dispersion of production and distribution? How much public appetite is there for blockages at pain points? Links: On the Seams, Substack The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon, Benjamin Y Fong, Jacobin Organizing Logistics Chokepoints: Hitting Them Where It Hurts, Benjamin Y Fong, New Labor Forum The Apotheosis of Point of Sale Data, Benjamin Y Fong, Phenomenal World

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, George

Guest: Benjamin Fong

Topics covered

  • labor organization
  • corporate vulnerability
  • logistics
  • Amazon
  • modernity
  • development
  • de-development

Keywords

  • labor
  • Amazon
  • logistics
  • corporate vulnerability
  • Brazil
  • modernity
  • organizing workers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASU's Center for Work and Democracy, Damage, On The Seams, Jacobin, New Labor Forum, Phenomenal World

Products: Amazon

Places: Brazil

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