Organizing the Opposition | Sara Nelson, Astra Taylor, Zephyr Teachout

For the third installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole, New York Review contributors Astra Taylor and Zephyr Teachout and AFA-CWA, AFL-CIO President Sara Nelson discuss what successful opposition looks like today.

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Sara Nelson

Sara Nelson has served as the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014.

Astra Taylor

Astra Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and political organizer. Most recently, she is the director of What Is Democracy? and the author of Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone. (November 2020)

Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Teachout is a Professor at Fordham Law School. She is the author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuffbox to Citizens United and Break ’Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom From Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money. (October 2024)

Fintan O’Toole

Fintan O’Toole is the Advising Editor at The New York Review and a columnist for The Irish Times. His book Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life was reissued last year. (June 2025)