Graeme Anfinson's research investigates the politics of labor, specializing on detainment and the contemporary discourses of social justice. He has over two decades of experience in the manufacturing industry. He been involved with grassroots activism and political campaigns concerning workers rights, migration, and opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. From the perspective of a practitioner, he has published on issues ranging from the history of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party to Medicare-for-All.