Interviews & Talks

This is my keynote address to the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) in June 2026. I argued that intersectionality provides not only the best structural account of neoliberal capitalism and its breakdown, but also the strongest basis for mass resistance to fascism. Vimeo link below. https://vimeo.com/1209740411/3050b0b2d7

This is an interview I did with Tom Discenna and Shyrielle Simmons of Oakland University. Freedom Train was the Book of the Day at the New Books Network! You can find the link to the interview here.

In this interview, ASU professor and CWD Director Michael McQuarrie asks questions on the contribution of Freedom Train to our understanding of how the U.S. labor movement was desegregated. You can find the interview at this link .

Watch this CUNY TV broadcast of a panel at the School of Labor and Urban Studies on a century of Black labor activism. It features Bill Fletcher, Jr., Tami Lee, Cameron Black, and myself. You can watch it at this link . .

Listen to my January 2026 interview with Sasha Lilley on the Black labor movement at this link . .

This is a keynote panel called, "Solidarity is a Verb," at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago, the largest literary festival in the Midwest. It featured the work of Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Gloria Browne Marshall, and myself. You can find the link to the video recording here .

This is my October 30 interview with Jennie Traschen on Undercurrents Radio on FM 91.1 and Spotify. Jennie and I discuss my new book, Freedom Train, and the current political climate with respect to civil rights.

Founder of the popular Black Work Talk podcast, Steven Pitts, in conversation with Cedric de Leon about his new book, Freedom Train....

Listen to Cedric's interview on the Letter and Politics podcast at this link . .

Sociologist Cedric de Leon joins Chuck Mertz to discuss his new book, Freedom Train. You can listen to the interview here .

Listen to the interview at this link .