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Apr 13, 20212 min read

Book Review: Why The New Deal Matters with author Dr. Eric Rauchway

“Roosevelt came into office in 1933...unemployment is getting up in the direction of 25%...so you have basically every element of the...

Apr 8, 20212 min read

Private Equity is Destroying Healthcare and How To Fight Back w/ Private Equity Stakeholder Project

“The private equity model is inherently at odds with providing good quality patient care and providing good jobs.” Excerpt Welcome to the...

Mar 30, 20212 min read

New Deal Descendant Dr. June Hopkins talks about Harry Hopkins' WPA, & the Need for a Job Guarantee

“The private sector will never be able to absorb every worker who wants a job, good times or bad times, it'll never happen. So my theory...

Mar 22, 20212 min read

Chandra Thomas Whitfield Host of In The Gap - LRPN Spotlight

“I started doing some research and I learned about the gender pay gap and the fact that black women are paid significantly less money for...

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)...

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Jordie Abela Co-Host of Solidarity Breakfast out of Melbourne, Australia - LRPN Spotlight

“I see a lot of hope in struggle and people willing to be empathetic...it comes back to that ideal of humanity and care. And when we...

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Coalition of Labor Union Women Prez, Labor Artist, Teacher: Elise Bryant - Harmony of Interests

“If you're doing it right as a leader you should have at least five people behind you, not one, not your favorite, but at least five...

Mar 5, 20211 min read

Subsidiarity and the State - Quadragesimo Anno - Faith and Labor Ep.2

Faith and Labor is a podcast video series exploring the history of Catholic Social Teachings and how it can be used to bridge divisions...

Mar 3, 20213 min read

Saba Waheed & Veena Hampapur hosts of Re:Work Radio - LRPN Spotlight

“At the UCLA Labor Center we believe that a public university belongs to the people and our programs and research are informed by that...

Mar 2, 20212 min read

Michael Blain co-host of Talking SMART - International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

“In every episode we talk about issues that directly affect our members but a lot of those issues affect other unions and working people...

Feb 24, 20212 min read

David Story co-hosts The Valley Labor Report out of Huntsville, Alabama - LRPN Spotlight Series

“...they shut the entire plant down and outsourced it to Alabama and we've kind of always said the running joke in Alabama is we're the...

Feb 23, 20212 min read

Mark Gevaart host of My Labor Radio - Labor Radio Podcast Member Spotlight Series

”...you'll involve people when you start sending them the message about why collective bargaining in their workplace is a right and it's...

Feb 22, 20212 min read

Steven Pitts host of Black Work Talk - LRPN Spotlight Series

“...in the red scare was a kind of the fissure between civil rights and labor...we're going to strengthen both movements in many ways…”...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Organizing Amazon in Alabama and the Role of the UAW and Unions - LRPN Livestream

“This is a whole other level...and I think it scared people...it was like wait a second, you're trying to take away something from me and...

Feb 16, 20212 min read

Sarah Jaffe, Author of Work Won’t Love You Back & Co-Host of Belabored Podcast - LRPN Spotlight

“...the idea that going to work in a Ford Factory would be like, ‘I really loved working on an assembly line...’ No. you went to work at...

Feb 16, 20212 min read

Tanya Hutchins host of Activate L!VE - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

“We're a very diverse union...so I feel very thankful to live in this country and very thankful to have this opportunity to try to help...

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Pass the PRO Act and Support Your Rights At Work w/ UCOMM Live

On Thursday, February 11th, 2020, I called into UCOMM Live to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act that was recently...

Feb 11, 20212 min read

NAFTA 2.0 – Is it better for workers than NAFTA? - LRPN Livestream

ABRIDGED PANEL Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with...

Feb 4, 20211 min read

Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal with Madison Czerwinski

“Bringing nuclear to other countries would necessarily put us in competition with Russia and China...we know that competitive global...

Feb 4, 20212 min read

The Rise of Fascism and Independent Politics and Labor Working Class Response to Attacks - LRPN Live

Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up...