Join Binghamton YDSA at our No Shortcuts reading group. No Shortcuts is a pivotal organizing book that teaches structure-based organizing and the importance of building mass, democratic, and worker-led power. We'll focus on how to apply McAlevey's lessons to our own YDSA organizing and labor organizing. The reading group will be every week on Sunday at 4 PM from June 14th to July 26th, and you should read each assigned chapter before the session.

Reading Schedule (one chapter each week):

• Session 1 (6/21): Introduction (pgs. 1–26)
• Session 2 (6/28): The Power to Win is in the Community, Not the Boardroom (pgs. 27–70)
• Session 3 (7/5): Nursing Home Unions: Class Snuggle vs. Class Struggle (pgs. 71–101)
• Session 4 (7/12): Chicago Teachers: Building a Resilient Union (pgs. 100–142)
• Session 5 (7/19): Smithfield Foods: A Huge Success You’ve Hardly Heard About (pgs. 143–178)
• Session 6 (7/26): Make the Road New York (pgs. 179–198)
• Session 7 (8/2): Conclusion: Pretend Power vs. Actual Power (pgs. 199–212)