Laura Flanders & Friends

Worker Organizers & Labor Educators Are Under Attack

Labor organizing is critical to any anti-fascist movement, but labor unions and worker education are feeling the impact of Republican attacks and cuts. How are workers and educators responding? In this report, from a conference at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU), Laura speaks with scholars and organizers from around the country to hear how they’re pushing back against fascism.

Worker Organizers & Labor Educators Are Under Attack

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    Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Girl Warrior” Guide

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    Cori Bush and Kat Abughazaleh on Winning Without Selling Out

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