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TMBS 137 aired on April 28, 2020.
Episode summary:
Yolian Ogbu tells us about organizing essential workers in the Covid era.
Comedian Judah Freidlander talks comedy, politics, and being a world champion.
Also, Not Being Naive & responding to “Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class.”
On the GEM, our economic crisis and the importance of collective action.
America, Third-Parties, and Where From Here? ft. Dustin Guastella
#TMBSSunday - Rejecting a Cold War with China ft. Robert Wright
Sunday Show - American Labor: Unions, Movements, and the Future ft. Dustin Guastella :Dino Guastella, director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia, joins us once again for a discussion of America's labor institutions. How did Dino get involved in the labor movement. What is the historical arc of organized American labor power. Working-class vs. liberal consciousness. Lula and the PT in Brazil. The rise in labor actions and future landscape. Why unions lined up behind Biden? The need for working-class candidates.
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