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      Shows about labor and the labor movement under capitalism. Workers in the U.S. and the world are demanding integrity in work through collective organizing. The advent of socialism promises that workers will continue to agitate and organize for dignified work.

      Aging Isn’t A Problem, Ageism Is

      Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selves. In this episode, three leaders in the age justice movement share their ideas about how we can age with dignity, power, and change our society to reflect just that.

      Farmworkers to Farm Owners

      Farmworkers to Farm Owners To download, please subscribe. To download a single episode, click share in the podcast player below. A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making...
      Viatris employee Carla Shultz provides care for her mother, who is sitting down.

      Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight To Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer

      This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent company, Viatris (formerly known as Mylan), plans to relocate operations to India...

      Can Marijuana Create a Path to Justice?

      Legalizing cannabis, repairing the economy. Our guests say, reparations and restorative justice for workers in the budding cannabis industry need to be a part of the conversation. 

      Extreme Cities: Ground Zero for Climate Change

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Excerpt: Afro-centric Education and Black Power in Bed-Stuy

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOcqXyhP8ts"How do we put self-empowerment at the center of schools?" We visit Ember Charter Schools for Mindful Education, a culturally-responsive school in Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant. With over 40 nations represented, Ember is an institution seeking to...

      Standing Up To The Sacklers

      Art organizations and sponsorship dollars have gone hand in hand for decades. But with backlash and protests over donors ethics, should cultural institutions begin looking into new funding streams? This week on the Laura...

      New Media, Old Problems: Buzzfeed, Vox, and Vice Unionize

      The media layoffs are here. It's new media’s sky-is-falling moment. Instead of the promised golden age, we're seeing rolling cutbacks and massive layoffs at digital darlings like VICE and BuzzFeed. Is that it for...

      How We Can End Gender-Based Violence

      How do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA leaders on just that.

      Frontline Workers and Labor Unions: Covid-19

      A special thanks to our Patreon community for supporting us through this difficult time and making it possible to keep this content free for everyone. New York State might have "flattened the curve," but the...

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