#1557 Tactics and Counter-Tactics of the Struggle for Labor Rights
Air Date: 5–5-2023
Today, we take a look at the history and present of the labor movement to demonstrate how times may change but the fundamental struggle, including many of the exact tactics, remains the same. Plus, get ready to get excited about salts, the secret ingredient in labor movement.
Read more#1531 The Labor Movement is a Hot Mess and Democrats Are Not Much Help
Air Date: 12–13-2022
Today, we take a look at the labor dispute within our freight rail industry as well as other unionization fights that corporations are vehemently opposing while the Democrats and Biden, the "most pro-labor president ever" are doing precious little to help.
Read more#1486 Unionizing is a Labor of Love
Air Date: 4–29-2022
Today we take a look at the rising wave of successful unionization efforts and the corporate tactics being leveled against them, including the propaganda that surrounds the culture of labor.
Read more#1402 Racism or Classism? Caste Explains that it is Both (Repost)
Air Date: 3–6-2021
Today we take a look at the origins of race and the building of a caste system in the US based largely on the lessons from Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste: The Origins of our Discontent"
Read more#1463 People Are Waking Back Up To The Need For Labor Unions
Air Date: 12–22-2021
Today we take a look at some of the history of labor struggles in America and the current wave of strikes that is giving renewed energy to the labor union movement and the struggle for better working conditions for all.
Read more#1452 Worked to Death: Pandemics Expose the Power of Labor
Air Date: 11–3-2021
Today we take a look at the current wave of strikes and labor movements through the lens of pandemic economics and the history of businesses abuse of the worker.
Read more#1428 Labor Shortages and the War to Keep Wages Low and Profits High
Air Date: 7–7-2021
Today we take a look at the talking points and policy pushes that have kept wages in America artificially low for decades. The circumstances today are almost entirely new with unprecedented, COVID-related upheaval shocking the economy and labor market but the tactics used to demean workers and undermine their rights are as old as the hills.
Read more#1410 Anti-Monopoly Activism for a New Era
Air Date: 4–10-2021
Today we take a look at the need for a modern assessment of the corporate monopolies who dominate our online and offline experiences, including seeing the negative consequences of monopolies through a racial justice lens.
Read more#1402 Racism or Classism? Caste Explains that it is Both
Air Date: 3–6-2021
Today we take a look at the origins of race and the building of a caste system in the US based largely on the lessons from Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste: The Origins of our Discontent"
Read more#1368 Our Essential, Yet Disposable, Labor
Air Date: 9–18-2020
Today we take a look at some of the dynamics at play for some of the most vulnerable people in America who are doing much of the most essential work under the most precarious circumstances
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