Stephen Lerner

Stephen Lerner is a fellow at Georgetown Universities Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and architect of the Justice For Janitors campaign.

Fight for 15

5 Practical Principles to Guide Our Work Under Trump 5 Practical Principles to Guide Our Work Under Trump

We must know what we want, not just what we’re against.

Dec 9, 2016 / Stephen Lerner and Maurice Weeks

SEI Protest

25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors 25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors

The campaign succeeded because it went after the people who truly had power over the workers’ livelihood—not the powerless subcontractors.

Jun 16, 2015 / Stephen Lerner and Jono Shaffer

Horizontal Meets Vertical; Occupy Meets Establishment Horizontal Meets Vertical; Occupy Meets Establishment

To grow, the Occupy movement will need to connect with tens of millions of ordinary Americans.

Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Stephen Lerner

Organize and Occupy!

Organize and Occupy! Organize and Occupy!

Groups long committed to challenging inequality and the power of big banks are joining the Occupy movement, in a mutually reinforcing relationship.

Oct 19, 2011 / Stephen Lerner

Back at You, Glenn Beck

Back at You, Glenn Beck Back at You, Glenn Beck

Overnight, Glenn Beck transformed me into an all-powerful agent of “economic terrorism”—when all I did was call for Americans to reject bad financial deals.

Mar 30, 2011 / Stephen Lerner

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