Socialist Magazine Fires Staff For Trying To Start A Worker Co-Op

[Franklin Pierce]

The boss of socialist magazine Current Affairs has fired the majority of his staff because he feared losing his grip on power as they attempted to form a socialist worker cooperative.

Distraught former staffers announced the shakeup in a lengthy statement on Wednesday, saying founder and editor Nathan J. Robinson 'has effectively fired us for organizing for better working conditions.'

'Yes, we were fired by the editor-in-chief of a socialist magazine for trying to start a worker co-op,' the plaintive 'Dear comrades' letter read.

Robinson, an outspoken socialist with an allegedly fake British accent and a taste for boutonnières and brightly colored suits, apologized in a public statement, saying: 'I screwed up badly and did not live up to my values.'

Staff at socialist magazine Current Affairs are fired after trying to start a worker co-op | Daily Mail Online

 

[AshG]

Is this another case of "socialist" meaning anything even slightly to the left of hunting fellow humans for sport?

 

[1SmokinVol]

THEE not me.

 

[utvolpj]

If the op isn't getting paid by the daily mail tabloid to spam their articles then he's missing out. Who does that for free?

 

[TNVOLNAVY]

Reminded me of this guy.

Socialist commentator Hasan Piker faces backlash for buying $2.7M home in Hollywood

 

[tnmarktx]

If the op isn't getting paid by the daily mail tabloid to spam their articles then he's missing out. Who does that for free?

Maybe he does it for your benefit.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

The boss of socialist magazine Current Affairs has fired the majority of his staff because he feared losing his grip on power as they attempted to form a socialist worker cooperative.

Distraught former staffers announced the shakeup in a lengthy statement on Wednesday, saying founder and editor Nathan J. Robinson 'has effectively fired us for organizing for better working conditions.'

'Yes, we were fired by the editor-in-chief of a socialist magazine for trying to start a worker co-op,' the plaintive 'Dear comrades' letter read.

Robinson, an outspoken socialist with an allegedly fake British accent and a taste for boutonnières and brightly colored suits, apologized in a public statement, saying: 'I screwed up badly and did not live up to my values.'

Staff at socialist magazine Current Affairs are fired after trying to start a worker co-op | Daily Mail Online

I know nothing of the man or mag, but the bolded is a refreshing change that I have seen out of very few people.

 

[utvolpj]

Maybe he does it for your benefit.

What benefit is that? It's tabloid trash

 

[Volaholic320]

Reminded me of this guy.

Socialist commentator Hasan Piker faces backlash for buying $2.7M home in Hollywood

Socialism is the epitome of greed.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Socialist Editor: I Didn’t Union-Bust, I Fought My All-White Staff For Refusing To Hire A Minority

Contributor says Current Affairs editor helped minority candidate Cheat on Hiring Exam.

Earlier this week, socialist magazine Current Affairs imploded as former staffers wrote that “editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson (author of Why You Should Be A Socialist) unilaterally fired most of the workforce to avoid an organizational restructuring that would limit his personal power. Yes, we were fired by the editor-in-chief of a socialist magazine for trying to start a worker co-op.”

But now, Robinson has offered another side of the story: His staffers were all white, and they objected to him hiring a woman of color. By asserting authority, rather than making decisions as a team, he could have remediated that.

Adrian Rennix, a Current Affairs editor who is gender nonbinary and previously went by Brianna Renix, wrote in their own letter that the issue is that Robinson had helped the minority candidate cheat by giving her advice on the editing test, causing its result to be unreliable.

Socialist Editor: I Didn’t Union-Bust, I Fought My All-White Staff For Refusing To Hire A Minority