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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