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Mar 15, 20223 min read

Standing Up: Tales of Struggle with Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller Published by Hard Ball Press

As they stand up, slow down, form unions, leave an abusive relationship or just stir up good trouble, the characters in this...

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...

Sep 9, 20212 min read

Voices from the Centennial March to Blair Mountain - Organized by the United Mine Workers of America

“So why did we want to recreate this March? Because we are bound and determined that the history of our forefathers will not be taken...

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...

Aug 18, 20212 min read

The Road to Blair Mountain - Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal

“So the idea was to recruit basically a third black miners, a third immigrant, and a third native white and cramp them all together and...

May 25, 20211 min read

Former Amazon Warehouse Worker and Progressive Activist Jake Burdett

Jake Burdett is a progressive activist and is the former Columbia Democratic Club President in Maryland. He is also a former Amazon...

May 21, 20211 min read

Labor for Palestine with Suzanne Adely and Michael Letwin

Labor for Palestine was launched in April 2004 by New York City Labor Against the War and Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return...

May 5, 20212 min read

Homeless Advocate Brian Carome CEO Street Sense Media - End Homelessness in Washington, D.C.

Brian Carome is Chief Executive Officer of Street Sense Media. Street Sense produces journalism, film, theater, photography, audio,...

Apr 26, 20211 min read

Maryland State Senator Paul Pinksy - Policy Dialogues Ep.23

The University of Maryland School of Public Policy Alumni Board's video and podcast series called Policy Dialogues discusses current...

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)...

Feb 6, 202112 min read

What I saw in Richmond — Martin Luther King Day January 2020 - Audio Essay - Updated

Without hyper attention to organize a collective solution, we may see this wonderful and messy project called Democracy come to an...

Jan 3, 20211 min read

Power Struggle Podcast - Episode 4 - New Years Eve Special & 2020 Recap

Welcome to the Power Struggle Podcast where we will be discussing questions around power: Who has it? Who doesn’t? And how we can...

Dec 28, 20202 min read

A Better Kind of Politics - Fratelli Tutti Chapter 5 - Belief Street

Welcome to Empathy Media Lab’s Belief Street where we’ll be exploring religious concepts through text and scripture, interviews and...

Dec 21, 20202 min read

A Heart Open to the Whole World - Fratelli Tutti Chapter 4 - Belief Street

“...no one people, culture or individual can achieve everything on its own: to attain fulfillment in life we need others. An awareness of...

Dec 20, 20202 min read

Envisaging and Engendering an Open World - Fratelli Tutti Chapter 3 - Belief Street

Welcome to Empathy Media Lab’s Belief Street where we’ll be exploring religious concepts through text and scripture, interviews and...

Dec 15, 20202 min read

A Pandemic Nurse’s Diary - A Tribute to Healthcare Workers Fighting Covid-19

Hard Ball Press is the Premier Publisher of Working Class Life For this holiday season support independent publishers focusing on labor...

Nov 13, 20202 min read

Featured Guests - 2020 Election Livestream with Labor Radio Podcast Network

Labor Radio-Podcast Weekly Interview Highlights Election 2020 Podcast Extra #1 AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler, American Prospect...

Nov 4, 20201 min read

Historic 2020 Election Livestream w/ Labor Radio Podcast Network - November 3rd

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is broadcasting live coverage on its Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet -- focusing...

Nov 3, 20201 min read

2020 Election Livestream - Labor Radio Podcast Network - Monday, November 2nd - Day 2

Facebook Live Link - https://fb.watch/1xcwV8WfHR/ That was an amazing three hours of 2020 Election Livestream on labor! Tonight is the...

Nov 1, 20201 min read

2020 Election Livestream with Labor Radio Podcast Network - Sunday, November 1st

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is broadcasting live coverage on its Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/LaborRadioNet -- around...