Shorts

Sep 3, 20222 min read

THANK A UNION - Cecil Roberts President United Mine Workers of America - Battle of Blair Mountain

"When you see all these people with a social security check, you think that fell out of the sky? Thank a union!"

Aug 19, 20223 min read

Luke Rockhold on Healthcare and UFC Fighter Pay

"And if you let these motherf*****s think that they have that leverage, it's only gonna grow above you. So it's just people understanding th

Jul 30, 20221 min read

Curtis Mayfield - The Makings of You (1970)

“The love of all mankind should reflect some sign of these words I've tried to recite. They're close but not quite.” Curtis Lee Mayfield...

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...

Jul 21, 20221 min read

An Artist’s Duty - Nina Simone

Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, civil rights activist, and a revolutionary artist. I love her work. Rest in peace,

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

Jul 12, 202210 min read

JFK On Revolution - March 13, 1962

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

Jul 7, 20222 min read

Robert Frost Reads His Poem The Road Not Taken

“Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back..” Poem’s Meaning according to Ben Kageyama: “Robert Frost...

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

Jun 26, 20221 min read

Why Love?

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

Jun 21, 20221 min read

“Billionaires have got to go! F—k Jeff Bezos!”

“When you come to the fight with organized labor, if you are corporate America, and you want to take us on, or you are a crooked...

Jun 9, 20221 min read

Mother Jones - Labor Leader Diaries - Excerpt 3

Mother Jones is one of my heroes.

Jun 7, 20221 min read

James Baldwin on how Suffering is a Bridge

James Baldwin on how Suffering is a Bridge. The one thing you had to do, is try to tell the truth.

Jun 6, 20221 min read

You Can Undermine Any Barrier That Separates One Man From The Other - Howard Thurman

“The experiences of unity among people are more important and crucial than all the concepts, prejudices, ideologies, and faiths that may...

May 23, 20221 min read

New Deal Now!

Excerpt from My Origin Story - Cleveland’s Lakeview Terrace - New Deal Public Housing Watch the full video here:...

May 19, 20221 min read

FDR Reorganizes Banks After Collapse - March 1933

The Emergency Banking Act (EBA), was an act passed by the United States Congress in March 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the banking...

May 6, 20221 min read

Christian Smalls Amazon Labor Union, Senate hearing on Taxes Going to Companies Violating Labor Laws

Christian Smalls, Amazon Labor Union President, delivers his opening statement before the Senate Budget Committee, hearing on “Taxpayer...

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 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 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...