Dustin Guastella
Director of Operations at Teamsters Local 623, monthly columnist at Damage Magazine, and board member at the Center for Working-Class Politics who researches and writes on working-class politics and populist strategy.
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Mar 30, 2026 • 1h 15min
Doomscroll 44: Dustin Guastella
Dustin "Dino" Guastella, Teamsters Local 623 operations director and working-class politics writer. He breaks down elite capture of progressive media, how professional-class signaling shapes policy, and why working-class voters drift right. Short takes on failed reforms, Rustin’s critique of expressive politics, and strategies to rebuild class-based solidarity.
Nov 11, 2025 • 1h 25min
UNLOCKED: /519/ Reading Club: White Collar & Post-Mass Culture ft. Dustin Guastella
Dustin Guastella, a research assistant at the Center for Working Class Politics and director for Teamsters Local 623, delves into C. Wright Mills' 'White Collar.' He explores the evolution of the middle class and its political malaise, questioning the relevance of Mills' insights today. The conversation covers the rise of bureaucratic management, the distinctions of cultural classes in a leveling society, and the state of white-collar unionism. Guastella argues that despite historical similarities, modern white-collar unions are increasingly political, raising questions about the future of the middle class.
