Body.Electric. Is a Science Fiction Anthology Series by Patrick Hale - Artist Works
“You could basically do anything. And so I took that one step further and I was like, okay, let me make a movie on my own or at least get...
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Aug 4, 20222 min read
"We choose to go to the Moon" - JFK on Space Exploration
“That goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills…And new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.” "We...
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Jul 27, 20221 min read
Prayer of the 54th Regiment Before the Battle of Fort Wagner - Morgan Freeman
“We want 'em to know that we went down, standing up!” Morgan Freeman delivers a powerful prayer during one of my favorite scenes in the...
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Jul 25, 20223 min read
Nuclear Surplus Energy: China vs. United States
“China is building more reactors than the rest of the world has built over the past 35 years.” Energy is Everything. It sustains all...
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Jul 13, 20222 min read
Ain’t I A Woman? Reverend Addie Wyatt on Sojourner Truth
“I born 13 children and seen almost all sold off into slavery.”
Addie L. Wyatt (March 8, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was a leader in the United
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Jun 28, 20221 min read
My soul has grown deep like the rivers - Langston Hughes
“I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the suns
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Jun 9, 20221 min read
Mother Jones - Labor Leader Diaries - Excerpt 3
Mother Jones is one of my heroes.
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May 28, 20221 min read
Political Economy Project (Excerpt)
The future depends on it... To move beyond the entrenched binary that pits capitalism versus socialism, the political economy project...
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
Mother Jones in West Virginia Coal Fields Making Speeches to Excite Miners - #Blair100
“...you're men of honor, respectable decent hard-working, and you've let them come in and rob you blind!” On June 20, 1920, Mother Jones...
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Sep 2, 20211 min read
Remembering 1921: The Battle of Blair Mountain - David Rovics Audio Essay
“There is another America. Remember it. Those miners died for you. You should at least know who they were. And then let's all follow...
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Aug 17, 20211 min read
Richard Trumka Tribute - American System TV
“...of the leaders of the AFL-CIO since the second world war, Trumka has been one of the very best and that doesn't translate...
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May 25, 20213 min read
Mother Jones - Labor Leader Diaries
Mother Jones, a north star for us all. Mary G. Harris was born August 1st, 1837 in Cork, Ireland. In 1847, the Irish faced starvation...
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May 4, 20211 min read
Behind the velvet curtains with AFI’s Todd Hitchcock - Labor Goes To The Movies
Chris talks with Todd Hitchcock, Director of Programming at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. In Part 1 of...
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Apr 27, 20211 min read
HAYMARKET: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle - Labor Goes To The Movies
Chris and Elise talk with director Adrian Prawica about his new film Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle, which is...
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Mar 29, 20211 min read
Identifying Features & Lapsis with Sarah Jaffe & Andrea Arenas - Labor Goes to the Movies
Elise and Chris discuss films from the DC Labor Filmfest Spring Screening Series with Andrea Arenas, Communications & Policy Coordinator...
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Mar 19, 20211 min read
A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem - Labor Goes to the Movies
Elise and Chris discuss “The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem” with director Yu Gu and mark the anniversary of “Salt of the Earth,” the classic...
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Mar 16, 20211 min read
#BamazonUnion Solidarity Mashup Wizard of Oz & Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon
Support the Amazon worker union drive in Bessemer, Alabama seeking to join the RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union)...
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Mar 8, 20211 min read
Union Rights, President Biden, & Pete Seeger's Solidarity Forever
“Make your voice heard,” Biden tells workers. President Biden calls on working people across the country to exercise their right to form...
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Mar 7, 20211 min read
Not Just Viruses: Epidemic Cinema and Working-Class Vulnerability - Labor Goes to the Movies
Elise and Chris talk pandemics, movies and class with Tom Zaniello, a film and media scholar who has written several books on films about...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
Labor goes to the Movies - Stand! with Danny Schur
If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, hang out with Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director Elise Bryant and...
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Sep 1, 20201 min read
My Origin Story - Cleveland’s Lakeview Terrace - New Deal Public Housing
As part of our labor series that stretches from Pittsburgh to Chicago, through Detroit and Benton Harbor, I stopped in Cleveland, Ohio,...
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Aug 24, 20201 min read
70 days until the election
"THEY WANT TO CANCEL YOU TOTALLY CANCEL YOU TAKE YOUR JOB TURN YOUR FAMILY AGAINST YOU FOR SPEAKING YOUR MIND WHILE THEY INDOCTRINATE...
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Aug 15, 20201 min read
80 days until the election
80 days to save the United States On Thursday, August 13th, Trump confessed to destroying the constitutionally mandated Post Office to...
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Aug 14, 20201 min read
FDR 1933 Inaugural
"...a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish...
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Aug 5, 20201 min read
90 days until the election
Pledge to make 90 calls to friends, family, and fellow Americans
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Aug 4, 20201 min read
Henry Ford Hunger March and Massacre - Detroit 1932 - Midwest Labor Series
It is time to reawaken the union of workers and reassert our rights over our labor, so that future generations receive even more...
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Jul 27, 20201 min read
100 days until the election - 100 calls in 100 days
100 days until the election 100 days to save the United States Pledge to make 100 calls in a 100 days To family, friends, and fellow...
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Jul 20, 20201 min read
Hero Americana: The eternal struggle between labor, capital, race, and political economy
In this 8 part series, Pinkney's fight magnifies the eternal struggle between labor, capital, race, and political economy.
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Jul 14, 20201 min read
Interview Alison Eichhorn - Chicago Teachers Union
“Unions provide security. Unions are not perfect but they are the closest thing we have to perfect while protecting workers' rights.”
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Jun 23, 20201 min read
Nkula - In Jah I trust - Mass Protests
@Nkula_Music https://www.instagram.com/nkula_music/ Filmed at Empathy Media Lab Sound Engineering by Alexander Vladimirovich Edited by...
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Jun 10, 20201 min read
Dr. D.K. Kearney Speaks about Community at Solidarity Vigil
“When the community comes together, there is nothing that is impossible.” On Thursday June 4th, Hyattsville area faith communities,...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
Pastor Preaches The Word during #BLM Protest Near White House
“We all serve the same God of love. “Real Christians are not bigots. “Real Christians are not racists. “Real Christians don’t hate people...
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Apr 24, 20202 min read
A Violent Bloom - Visual Poetry
Wait for how long?
Who should wait for his return?
Expect what from the vision of his mind?
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Feb 27, 20201 min read
Civil Disobedience...A Powerful History
The interview is with Jennifer Epps-Addison who serves as the President and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy...
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Feb 26, 20201 min read
Women's March 2020 - Washington, D.C.
Women's March 2020 Washington, D.C. Music by Mississippi John Hurt - You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley Thank You @womensmarch!...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
Learn about the Homestead Strike with labor reporter Mike Elk of PaydayReport.com
What is the connection between the 1892 Battle of Homestead memorial, the Henry K. Frick Car Museum, and Carnegie Mellon University?
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
Journalist Mike Elk of Payday Report Discusses the State of Labor in 2020
“When it came time to figure out what I wanted to do, I really wanted to report on worker struggles, which isn’t that easy to do in this...
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
Train 357 & Rone with Heroes for Higher
"They say my love doesn't matter..." Shot at the Red Lounge, Washington, D.C. Learn more by visiting: www.nightrain357.com
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Feb 25, 20201 min read
Love is Selassie I - Teaser
Nkula opened for Steel Pulse New Year's Eve show at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C. Song written by Ras Abel.
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
"The Light Rain, Washed Away the Dead."
These thoughts were spoken outside the Tree of Life Synagogue 15 months after the fascist attack.
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Feb 24, 20200 min read
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
DANGER, DANGER, THERE ARE FASCISTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
On Wednesday, January 30th, 2020, patriotic Americans protested in front of the Senate and Capitol Buildings, demanding a fair trial with...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
Tae Phoenix Sings Life Uncommon by Jewel
And lend your voices only To sounds of freedom No longer lend your strength To that which you wish To be free from Fill your lives With...
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Feb 24, 20201 min read
Remove 45
This project was initiated by a loose and diverse network of grassroots organizers from many movements. We invite all who want to support...
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Jan 1, 20201 min read
Belief Street with Frederick James - 1 John 3:18 - On Love
Belief Street is an exploration of spirituality, charity and belief. Are we our brother’s keeper?
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Dec 25, 20191 min read
Scrooge Christmas by Empathy Media Lab
Scrooge Christmas with music by James Blake. “lf they would rather die, they'd better do it and decrease the surplus population.”
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Feb 28, 20191 min read
ECO City Farms Spring Campaign - Semira Said
Announcing the Spring ECO Farmraiser! Today we're launching a month-long campaign where we’ll share weekly videos and photos highlighting...
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Feb 19, 20191 min read
ECO City Farms Spring Campaign - Kayla Agonoy
Funds raised from this campaign will support the 2019 SEED2FEED Summer Youth program and purchase of farming tools and supplies for the...
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Feb 5, 20191 min read
Pantheon Music and Lights - Music by Mazde - Song Wicked Winds
Flow arts by Pantheon Music and Lights. Hear more by visiting: https://mazdemusic.com/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mazde Facebook:...
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