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“You are also competing with the guy that goes on TikTok and eats 10,000 pieces of meat and is a superstar. Right? So Superstardom is no longer exclusive to artists or filmmakers or actors. I really feel for the artists.”  Foza Fawehinmi, President, Digital Music Commerce and Exchange Limited Foza Fawehinmi is an award-winning lawyer and the President of Digital Music Commerce and Exchange Limited, an intellectual property valuation, management and administration company serving sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last 9 years, she has served as a legal advisory and business consultant for some of Africa's most reputable entertainment companies and artists including, Chocolate City Music, Premier Records, Boomplay Music, Infinix Nigeria, K1 De Ultimate, Teni, Adekunle Gold, The Sarz Academy, Sarz and more Learn more about Foza's work at: https://digitalmusicce.com https://fozadoza.com/category/newsletter https://www.instagram.com/fozadoza https://www.linkedin.com/in/oyinkansola-fawehinmi  https://www.facebook.com/fawehinmi.oyinkansola https://twitter.com/fozadoza  About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #laborradiopod #ArtistWorks

“It's a matter of history now. With the podcast, it's not in a book somewhere that's just gonna sit in a library and nobody's gonna read it. Those voices are up in the ether, and they will remain there until the earth falls into the sun. So anybody going forward who wants to write something about the murder of Martin Luther King is going to have to deal with those people, those voices, those witnesses that we gathered there. You will not be able to go around it and not deal with it.” Bill Klaber Producer and Host of The MLK Tapes Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis to organize the sanitation workers heading into the summer of 1968's Poor People's Campaign to march on Washington, D.C., demanding an Economic Bill of Rights.  King was uniting the trifecta of labor, civil rights, and anti-war factions. As I listened to The MLK Tapes, I was blown away by the obliteration of the official narrative while getting a glimpse of the ghastly forces aligned against everything King was trying to do. Explore The True Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination, Complete with Rare Eye Witness Testimonies, in “The MLK Tapes,” From Tenderfoot TV and iHeartMedia “The MLK Tapes,” is a true crime podcast exploring never-before-heard details about what happened to King on the day of his death, with rare recordings of eye-witness testimonies and new interviews with people who were there to reveal the true story of the plot to kill Dr. King. According to the official story, on April 4th, 1968, a lone gunman assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. That man, James Earl Ray, pled guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison and for most people, the case was closed.  However, there is more to the story, including a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the King Family that concluded Martin Luther King's death was the result of a conspiracy involving multiple groups, including government agencies.  The series is be hosted by William (Bill) Klaber, an author and co-host of the podcast “The RFK Tapes”, who has been investigating the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy since 1989. While working on “The RFK Tapes,” Klaber interviewed a man named Bill Pepper, who spent forty years investigating the assassination of his friend, Dr. King.  Pepper's decades-long investigation included recording witnesses on tape. They revealed what they saw, and in some cases, what they had done. When Klaber heard this audio it opened up another opportunity to expose the lies in a 50-year-old murder mystery using secrets that had been hidden on tapes. Listen to the MLK Tapes at: https://themlktapes.com You can follow Bill Klaber and Tender Foot Media's work at: Bill KlaberShadow Play: The Murder of Robert F. Kennedy  The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell https://twitter.com/billklaber  http://rfktapes.com https://www.facebook.com/therfktapes The MLK Tapeshttps://themlktapes.com https://www.instagram.com/themlktapes https://www.facebook.com/themlktapes https://twitter.com/TheMLKTapes TenderfootTVhttps://tenderfoot.tv  https://www.instagram.com/tenderfoot.tv  https://www.facebook.com/tenderfoottv https://twitter.com/tenderfoottv  ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity  The Labor Solidarity Podcast is a part of the EML Publishing brands and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  Union Solidarity Forever. #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

“Sexual harassment was completely legal. Pregnancy discrimination was legal. We held these bad boss contests. Where, the first winner was a boss who had asked his secretary to sew up a hole in his pants while he was wearing them. So it was really dire out there. And when we started speaking up, everyone was so shocked. It was like the wallpaper had come alive.” Ellen Cassedy, 9 to 5 About the 9 to 5 Movement Starting out in Boston in 1973, the women of 9 to 5 built a nationwide feminist movement that united people of diverse races, classes, and ages. They took on the corporate titans. They leafleted, filed lawsuits, and started a woman-led union. They won millions of dollars in back pay and helped make sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination illegal. “The entire time that we were working on the movie I could carry in my heart that this was married to a movement.” — JANE FONDA When women rose up to win rights and respect at the office, they transformed workplaces throughout America. Along the way came Dolly Parton's toe-tapping song and the movie inspired by their work. Working 9 to 5 is a lively, informative, firsthand account packed with practical organizing lore that will embolden anyone striving for fair treatment. Buy the book 9 to 5 at https://ellencassedy.com/#9to5 About Ellen Ellen Cassedy was a founder and longtime leader of 9 to 5, the national association of women office workers. Working 9 to 5 is her first-person account of this exciting movement, which began in the early 1970's, mobilizing women across the country to organize for rights and respect on the job. The movement inspired Jane Fonda's hit movie and Dolly Parton's enduring anthem. 9 to 5 is still active today. Ellen appears in the documentaries “9 to 5: The Story of a Movement” and “Still Working 9 to 5.” Ellen is the award-winning author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust, in which her journey to connect with her Jewish family roots expands into a wider quest. She explores how people in Lithuania are engaging with their Nazi and Soviet past in order to move toward a more tolerant future. Winner of the Grub Street National Book Prize for Nonfiction, shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Ellen is also the co-translator of Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories by Blume Lempel, a collection that moves between the realistic and the fantastic, the lyrical and the philosophical. The translation received the Leviant Memorial Prize from the Modern Language Association, among other awards. Ellen is the translator of On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash, which traces an arc across upheavals and regime changes, making a major contribution to the literature of immigration and resilience. Ellen's play, “Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn,” celebrates the spare beauty of a small but important life, with help from Walt Whitman. It was adapted into a short film starring Joanna Merlin, which qualified for an Academy Award nomination. Ellen was a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration, and author of two previous books for working women. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications. She lives in New York City. Ellen's Tips for Writers offer advice about writing and being a writer. You can follow Ellen's work at https://ellencassedy.com https://twitter.com/ellencassedy https://www.instagram.com/ellencassedy/  https://www.facebook.com/ellencassedyauthor ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity  The Labor Solidarity Podcast is a part of the EML Publishing brands and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  Union Solidarity Forever. #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

“We tend to be so lucky in Zambia and Africa because much of the land that we own, most people just inherit it. You don't buy it. And and yet you're sitting on this inherited land and not making it productive.You can't send your kids to school, you can't have decent housing, you can't actually sustainably feed yourself and yet you're sitting on this resource, So my focus was how do we turn this resource that we sit on, which we don't even value into something that we can actually get jobs out of,” Conrad Bwalya, Bwando Farms Conrad Bwalya is the co-founder of Bwando farms with his wife Linda.  Based in Zambia, Bwando Farms was started in 2015 as a small farm that has been transformed into a successful integrated farming business, while also creating financial opportunities for rural Zambians by training local farmers. The goal of Bwando Farms is to be one among the best protein food suppliers that feeds a growing population while continually raising expectations for what good food can do. Learn about Bwando Farms and support their mission by visiting: https://bwandofarms.com.   About EML Publishing EML Publishing is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab 

“Look at economics from the standpoint of the ability to increase the potential relative population density the number of people that you can potentially support in a given square kilometer. “And that's what economics really is about. It's about increasing the power of labor, the power of an individual to do productive work. The way you increase that is through machine tools, through technologies, and you increase it through fundamental breakthroughs in energy. “You want to go to more intense, higher qualities of fire if you think about it from that perspective. If we go from wood to coal, to oil to fission, which is where we should be, we should be in a fission economy right now, which would be many times more productive than our present economy is. And then fusion, that's where we should be headed. Because at every leap you fundamentally, qualitatively change the power that mankind has over the universe.” Daniel Burke, Schiller Institute Daniel Burke ran for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and is with the Schiller Institute, which is organizing to establish a just global economic order ensuring populations are no longer subjected to the horrors of imperialism and geopolitics premised on the anti-entropic development of all nations, and a classical cultural renaissance supporting the creative spirit and potential of all people on this planet, through a dialogue of civilizations that brings forth the best traditions of each culture. Follow Daniel's work on Twitter https://twitter.com/Burke4Senate.   About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is seeking to create a blueprint to unify our fellow humans on a common purpose to work together based on a harmony of interests of the human spirit leading to a new cultural and economic renaissance. The Political Economy Project is an EML Publishing brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class everywhere. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PolEconProject.  #PolEconProject  #LaborRadioPod #PoliticalEconomy

“If you do look at the renewable industry today, it's very hostile to unions. They're very hard jobs to organize. They're spread out, they're dispersed, very transient workplaces and so they're very low density unions. And also, renewable energy projects because of the tax credit system in our country, are owned by Wall Street. Some of the wealthiest people in the whole economy are the ones that have financing and stakes in these renewable energy projects. So, renewable energy right now is a very anti-labor, pro-Wall Street kind of regime.” Matt Huber, Author and Professor of Geography During this interview, we discuss Matt's new book, Climate Change as Class War - The climate crisis will take a class struggle to solve. In this book, Matthew T. Huber argues that the carbon-intensive capitalist class must be confronted with its disproportionate effect on the climate. Yet, at present the climate movement is unpopular and rooted in the professional class, where it remains incapable of meeting this dizzying challenge. As an alternative, Huber proposes a climate politics to appeal to the majority—the working class—and he evaluates the Green New Deal as a first attempt to channel working-class material and ecological interests. He advocates building union power in the very energy system that must be transformed. In the end, winning the climate struggle will require an internationalist approach based on planetary working-class solidarity. You can buy Climate Change as Class War - The climate crisis will take a class struggle to solve from Verso Books.  About Matt T. Huber Matthew T. Huber is Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is also the author of Lifeblood Lifeblood (2013) that uses oil to retell twentieth-century American political history and finds a deeper and more complex explanation in everyday practices of oil consumption in American culture.  You can follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Matthuber78.  ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity/  The Labor Solidarity Podcast is a part of the EML Publishing brands and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

“There's still people on social media who say, ‘You know, we should just shut up and suck it up. We can get through the winter, even if it's a bit colder.' But it won't be a bit colder. It might end up being a lot colder and there might be energy rationing, which is the worst case scenario. I think it will be a brutal wake up call for those people.” Irina Slav, Energy Journalist Irina Slav is an energy journalist who writes about energy, mining, and geopolitics for Oilprice.com with occasional gigs for Seeking Alpha and other news outlets. She also has one of the best Substack columns writing on energy. During this interview, we discussed her essay titled, Life with Energy Scarcity 101 (https://irinaslav.substack.com/p/life-with-energy-scarcity-101). Follow Irina's work on Substack (https://irinaslav.substack.com) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/SlavEnergy). About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is seeking to create a blueprint to unify our fellow humans on a common purpose to work together based on a harmony of interests of the human spirit leading to a new cultural and economic renaissance. The Political Economy Project is an EML Publishing brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class everywhere. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PolEconProject.  #PoliticalEconomyProject  #LaborRadioPod #PoliticalEconomy

“Workers increase their standard of living and increase their wages through the class struggle, but there's limits to what that can bear if the economy in which that class struggle is happening isn't growing and isn't producing surplus.” Christian Parenti Professor of Political Economy and Author of Radical Hamilton - Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder Christian Parenti is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, CUNY (City University of New York). His books include “Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder" (Verso 2020), "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence" (2011); "The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq" (2004); "The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror" (2002); and "Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis" (2000/second edition 2008). As a journalist he reported extensively from Afghanistan, Iraq, and various parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America for The Nation, Fortune, The London Review of Books, The New York Times, and other publications. Learn more at: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/christian-parenti. About Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder A dramatic re-evaluation of the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism--In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton—sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron saint of bankers—was out of fashion. In contrast his rival Thomas Jefferson, the patrician democrat and slave owner who feared government overreach, was claimed by all. But more recently, Hamilton has become a subject of serious interest again. He was a contradictory mix: a tough soldier, austere workaholic, exacting bureaucrat, sexual libertine, glory-obsessed romantic with suicidal tendencies—and pioneer of industrialisation. As Parenti argues, we have yet to fully appreciate Hamilton as the primary architect of American capitalism and the developmental state. In exploring his life and work, Parenti rediscovers this gadfly as a pathbreaking political thinker and institution builder. In this vivid portrait, Hamilton emerges as a singularly important historical figure: a thinker and politico who laid the foundation for America's ascent to global supremacy and mass industrialization—for better or worse. You can buy Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder from your favorite bookseller. About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint seeking to unify our fellow humans on a common purpose to work together and create a new cultural and economic renaissance based on the harmony of interests of the human spirit.  The Political Economy Project is an EML Publishing brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class everywhere. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/PolEconProject.   #PoliticalEconomyProject  #LaborRadioPod #PoliticalEconomy

“You could basically do anything. And so I took that one step further and I was like, okay, let me make a movie on my own or at least get it as far as I can get it, without a huge production crew. And so, that's been a labor of love.”  Patrick Hale, Author, Director, and Producer of Body.Electric. Body. Electric. is a genre-spanning anthology series that examines humanity's best and worst instincts as we explore the universe and discover, and create, new forms of intelligence. Set in the distant future, Body. Electric. depicts the multi-generational fallout following the creation of the worldʻs first space elevator, an industrial supply pipeline, created by United Adams Corporation, to support exploration and mining off-world. A world-weary detective ordered to retrieve an escaped synthetic humanoid must unravel a web of lies, and learn what it really means to be human, before it is too late.​ Learn more at https://www.bodyelectricseries.com/about.  About Patrick Hale Patrick Hale is an award-winning commercial and short film director based in Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC. He brings his love of world-building and innovative production design to help clients tell cinematic stories that connect with diverse audiences and move people to action.  Patrick is the lead filmmaker and producer behind Rooks Productions. Previously, he built and ran the in-house studio for American Councils for International Education, and held a number of roles at Discovery, Inc. and Discovery Studios.  Learn More about Body.Electric. Website - https://www.bodyelectricseries.com/ Gaming - https://www.indiedb.com/games/bodyelectric  Learn more about Patrick's work at: Website - https://www.rooksproductions.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rookspro/ Children's Book: OH! So Many MEs! - https://www.rooksproductions.com/product-page/oh-so-many-mes  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/Patrickhale84  About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks #art #artist #artwork #artistic #artsy #artofvisuals #artistsoninstagram #arts #artists #artlife #artlovers #artstagram #artista #artisan #artistoninstagram #artworks #artshow #artcollector #artforsale #artshub #artlover #artofinstagram #artphotography #Artstudio #artcollective #artdeco #scifi #scifiart #scifimovies #scifibooks #scifimovie #scifidaily #scifiworld #scififilm #scifihorror #scififantasy #scifiartwork #scifigeek #scifinow #scifiinside #scififan #scififashion #scififilms #scifigame #scifiphilosophy #scificomics #scifigirl #scifitattoo #scifibook #scificomic #scifilabs #scifinerd #SciFiNovel #scifiSaturday #scifit #scifiactio

“Depoliticize it, cuz it's not about that. If there is a chance to utilize these rights to create better conditions and don't worry about the dues part of it because you'll get to see the contract and do the math. If the dues are worth it, sign the contract, right? If they aren't, you don't have to sign for it. As long as the workers are on the same page.” Billy Jarboe, AppleCore Member and Organizer In June 2022, ​​more than 100 Apple store employees in Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Their union is called the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (or AppleCORE) and they have joined the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). AppleCORE and IAM sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook in May 2022 informing him of the decision to organize their union, listing “access to rights we do not currently have” as a driving reason for the move, which has strong support from a majority of the workers. According to Apple CORE's statement, “Apple workers across the country are joining together to help the company live up to its values…Our commitment remains enriching lives by providing customers the best service possible. It's time Apple and our managers acknowledge that commitment by respecting our rights and sitting down with us to negotiate over the issues that matter to us – scheduling, professional development and more. Joining together in union will provide us more power to make Apple better!” EML Publishing had the opportunity to interview Billy Jarboe who is a member of AppleCORE and a key organizer at the Apple store in Towson where he has worked over a decade. During this interview, we discussed: Why employees wanted to organize a union at the Apple store; How organizing began and why people should care, especially those who have never been in a union; Where AppleCore is at in organizing for a contract; Labor restlessness in other Apple stores; Thoughts and lessons learned for others who may want to unionize their workplace; and How people can support the AppleCore efforts. You can learn more about AppleCore at their website (https://acoreunion.org/ and follow them on Twitter (https://twitter.com/acoreunion) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/acoreunion/).  And you can follow Billy's band Samskara on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/samskaraband/.  Union Solidarity Forever. ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity The Labor Solidarity Podcast is a part of the EML Publishing brands and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong #AppleCore

“Power is a good thing for people to have. It can be misused by ugly cliques who take over governments or who exercise some coercion on people or make people degrade themselves and help them to do that. But power in history is what we're aiming for, the power of human beings to do good.” Anton Chaitkin Historian and Author of Who We Are: America's Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume I - 1750s to 1850s Anton Chaitkin is a historian and author and we discuss his newest book Who We Are: America's Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume I - 1750s to 1850s, which provides a new understanding of the industrial revolution and the strategic context for America's founding. Anton Chaitkin has been an activist since his childhood in the 1950s. In the early 1930s, his father, Jacob Chaitkin, a pro-Franklin Roosevelt lawyer, had blocked some of the Wall Street financial arrangements with Hitler, and was legal counsel for the American Jewish Congress boycott against Germany. Anton grew up committed to justice, with a strong sense of the realities of power politics.  Chaitkin has provided original historical analysis of  American history, in hundreds of articles and in two books, Treason in America, from Aaron Burr to Averell Harriman -- a 600-page unveiling of the Eastern Establishment as the tory-British-racist-imperialist faction -- and George Bush, the Unauthorized Biography Learn more at: https://www.antonchaitkin.com. About Who We Are: America's Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume I - 1750s to 1850s A half century ago, the Anglo-American Establishment reversed the policies that made America rich, powerful, and humane. They erased our former way of thinking from public memory. They took away from us our original national mission: gaining scientific control over nature to uplift mankind. They falsely inserted their own goal – power for the few over the many – into our history, so that no remedy from our real heritage seemed possible. This explosive book by the masterful investigative historian, Anton Chaitkin, restores that stolen American legacy.  The secret to modern history is that all the great breakthroughs in technology were deliberate projects for the improvement of humanity. Chaitkin takes you behind the scenes, to see the two sides struggling to control American policy: nationalist statesmen and industrial innovators, versus the British empire, Wall Street and the southern slave owners. Book content include:  Benjamin Franklin guides his friends in England who develop the steam engine, canals and steelmaking -- and discover bio-chemical laws of nature. Lord Shelburne's British Intelligence system acts to prevent other countries from acquiring the new technical powers, by fake insurrections and the “free trade” dogma.    Franklin and his close allies guide America's revolt against the empire, write the Constitution, and strategize for a strong industrial nation-state. Thomas Jefferson betrays his ideals, joins the enemy Shelburne apparatus, defends southern slavery and British interests, and sabotages Alexander Hamilton's founding development program. The British turn the French Revolution to anarchy and mass bloodshed -- the first documented account of that regime-change intervention. America's founding program is blocked, until a new generation of nationalist leaders fight the British again and start industrialization. Acting as a team in government and the military, an idealistic core group builds U.S. canals, coal and iron industries, and railroads . They bring on modern times, and actively aid other countries' industrial progress -- all this against the violent opposition of the Anglo-American imperial interest. Volume 1 takes us to the Civil War. Volume 2 (planned for 2022-3) carries the story of progress, versus empire, from Abraham Lincoln to John F. Kennedy.  You can buy Who We Are: America's Fight for Universal Progress, from Franklin to Kennedy: Volume I - 1750s to 1850s on Amazon.  About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint seeking to unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EML Publishing brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/.

“Our world is really all we got. This planet, at least right now, this planet Earth. So I'm like, I'm just trying to have the power within my community, build, breathe and do more with our imagination to create, you know, to be intentional with that, and Swap DC is a part of that.” Zsameria, Founder of SwapDC Last month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Zsameria to discuss SwapDC, which is a creative recycling event in Washington, DC that fosters a fun and diverse community around swapping for residents who want to reduce, reuse and live a more sustainable lifestyle. SwapDC aims to bring awareness to the consequences of consumerism on our environment and our culture. Since its debut in 2015, SwapDC has successfully recycled over 5 tons of clothing and donated even more to local shelters, that's over 10,000 lbs. Taking the “POP UP” approach, SwapDC has been cited all over the DC area hosting collaborations with local businesses such as Marvin's, Black Cat and Pen Arts Building.  This also includes, yet is not limited to, various nonprofit and national organizations such as Martha's Table, DPR, The DC Sustainable Fashion Collective and DC's Art All Night. Learn more at https://swapdc.com. And follow SwapDC's social media: https://www.facebook.com/swapmoredc https://www.instagram.com/swapdc/ And you can follow Zsameria's work on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/zsameria. About EML Studio    EML Studio is based in Riverdale, Maryland just outside Washington, D.C. We are a podcast space, music recording studio, and we host live stream events. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/emlstudio.    EML Studio is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever.   All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab

"When you see all these people with a social security check, you think that fell out of the sky? Thank a union!"   Cecil Roberts is a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). This was recorded in Sharples, West Virginia during Labor Day 2021 in celebration of the 100 Year Anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain.   The full audio documentary can be found here: https://www.empathymedialab.com/post/voices-from-the-centennial-march-to-blair-mountain-organized-by-the-united-mine-workers-of-america   Speech (edited)   This is a significant place in the history of the United Mine Workers. Why did you never hear about this march? Because working class history is just never taught to the degree it should be. We are bound and determined that the history of our forefathers will not be taken away from us by any rich person, any government, whether it be state or federal. Those marchers created the working class, they created the middle class, giving people a voice at what? An ability to stand up and fight back. That's why people, whenever they take labor day off, tell em' thank a union. When you see all these people with a social security check, you think that fell out of the sky? Thank a union. If you've got a Medicare card in your pocket, you should what? If indeed you get a pension and I don't care where you work, you should do what? If you've got a safe place to work, you should? If you've got a job that allows you to live in a middle class, you should? If you've got equal rights as a woman, you should? If you've got equal rights because you belong to a union and a person of color, you know where that came around you should? If you got anything good in your life and you work for a living, you should? It's all of you working together, standing together. Thank you. And God bless you.   About the Labor Solidarity Podcast   The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. The Labor Podcast is hosted by Elise Bryant and Evan Papp.   Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity   The Labor Solidarity Podcast is an EML Publishing production and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab   #1U #UnionStrong #Blair100 #LaborDay #labordayweekend #WestVirginia #MineWars  

“Thousands of journalists across the country have been through their own union drives in the past five years or so. And it changes people…I mean, it obviously educates people and opens their eyes to how important labor is. And also you have people who are going through their own union busting campaigns. They're going through having to negotiate contracts with their own boss. And so it really has elevated the profile of unions in the news.” Hamilton Nolan American Labor Journalist Hamilton Nolan is an American journalist who writes on labor and politics in The Guardian (@Guardian), In These Times (@InTheseTimesMag), and the Columbia Journalism Review (@CJR). He previously wrote for Gawker and was part of the organizing efforts to win unionization. He is also writing his first book titled, Year of the Hammer that will be published in early 2024 by Hachette Books (hachettebooks.com). We discuss:  How Hamilton got interested in organized labor; Organizing the newsroom at Gawker before Peter Thiel sued it into bankruptcy; The 2022 AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia where he wrote an article titled: The AFL-CIO's Official New Goal: Continued Decline; His recent article in the Guardian titled: “If Democrats want votes, they should rain fury on union-busting corporations; and What Hamilton sees as the strategy for organizing labor today. You can follow his work on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hamiltonnolan. Union Solidarity Forever. ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. The Labor Podcast is hosted by Elise Bryant and Evan Papp.  Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity The Labor Solidarity Podcast is an EML Publishing production and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

"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 their worth." Luke Rockhold is an American professional mixed martial artist (MMA). Rockhold is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he competes in the Light Heavyweight division. Rockhold is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. The UFC is notorious for being anti-union. Based on records made available through an ongoing class action lawsuit from numerous ex-UFC fighters, the promotion has approximately paid out 16 to 20 percent of the revenue to the athletes. Most other major sports leagues — including the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball — pay out around 50 percent of the revenue to the athletes. (source) Nearly 80 percent of MMA athletes said they would be in favor of organizing a union (source).  Kobe Bryant even suggested the UFC should have a union. In May of 2017 Bryant was invited to speak to UFC fighters at an athlete's retreat and was asked by labor organizer and featherweight contender Leslie Smith about the importance of collective bargaining and labor unions to NBA athletes like him.  Kobe answered as follows: ​“Even us as players, where we have our union meetings and things of that nature, we're normally at each other's throats competing against each other. But we understand completely that a rising tide raises all boats,” Bryant continued. “When you guys have this unity and you guys are operating together on the same page together, it does nothing but simply fortify the sport, make the sport better. Not just for the present, but also for future generations that are coming. So, it's extremely important.” (source). ------------------------------------------- Edited Transcript of Luke Rockhold's Press Conference for UFC 278 on August 17, 2022.  (Full video here) (Question)  Over the past few weeks you've been very vocal about fighter to pay. Do you worry that maybe the promotion will sort of be rooting against you if you continue to talk out about that subject? Root against me for what? What are they gonna do? I mean, root against me, go for it, do your thing, dude, I'm here to fight. I'm not saying anything that's not real. Everything I'm saying is justified and truthful. Just because like, I should be in a position of power before I say this shit? Fuck off, I got nothing to lose. I don't need this business. I love the fighting and I'm here to fight the best motherfuckers and this happens to be the place where it's done, you know? They need to grow this whole fucking thing needs to grow together. Our lives are on the fucking line. Healthcare needs to be taken care of, our fucking health needs to be taken care of. Mine has not been taken care of, you know what I mean?  Like, yeah, this is business, every business is like this, it's about leverage, it's a game of leverage and life. And it's about fucking, always keeping the upper hand. It's it's not just here, it's everywhere. And if you let these motherfuckers think that they have that leverage, it's only gonna grow above you. So it's just people understanding their worth. (Question)  And when you say your health hasn't been taken care of, can you elaborate on that? I don't, I don't need to, I mean, it's just, it. things should be easier. You know what I mean? Insurance should be fucking year round. The giant is growing and it's like, there's one thing that should be fucking paramount is these fighters health, you know? It's fucking our lives and our bodies are on the line every fucking time I step into that cage, and if we're not fucking protected, it's like, fuck, come on, wake up. ------------------------------------------- About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. The Labor Podcast is hosted by Elise Bryant and Evan Papp.  Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity The Labor Solidarity Podcast is an Empathy Media Lab production and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. Learn more:  https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong #ufc #boxing #bjj #muaythai #jiujitsu #mma #kickboxing #wrestling #fitness #fight #training #sport #judo #martialarts #fighter #karate #gym #grappling #conormcgregor #wwe #workout #motivation #bellator #champion #russia #brazilianjiujitsu #repost #mmafighter #mixedmartialarts #knockout

“One coal operator quite explicitly said that you need a judicious mixture of white mountaineers, black workers from the Jim Crow south, and immigrant workers in order to maintain division. So the effort was very intentional to divide workers along the lines of immigration status, language, and race..” Barbara Ellen Smith, Professor Emerita of Virginia Tech Board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum is at the site of a historic battle which erupted in May of 1920, setting into motion a chain of events that led to the largest armed uprising in the United States since the civil war, and offers the largest exhibition of Mine Wars history anywhere in the United States. It is a people's history museum based in Matewan, WV, where they tell the story of the deadly, decades-long labor struggle between coal miners seeking unionization and the powerful industrialists who opposed them in the early 20th century.  The museum seeks to ensure this history doesn't miss another generation, but will instead inspire new ones. You can stay connected and keep up-to-date on Museum happenings on their social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) or their e-newsletter (sign up for updates here). Learn more about the museum, become a member, and plan a visit: https://wvminewars.org  Barbara Ellen Smith is an American author, activist, and educator. In 2017 she was named professor emerita of Virginia Tech. Barbara is known for her involvement and writing about social justice in Appalachia, particularly the black lung movement and advocacy for coal miners. Barbara is also a board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum and Chair of the Museum Fundraising Committee. About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders, organizers, and labor journalists  while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity The Labor Solidarity Podcast is an EMLab production and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. All links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

“That goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills…And new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.” "We choose to go to the Moon", officially titled the Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, is a September 12, 1962, speech by United States President John F. Kennedy to further inform the public about his plan to land a man on the Moon before 1970. Kennedy gave the speech, largely written by presidential advisor and speechwriter Ted Sorensen, to a large crowd at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. (wikipedia)  #nasa #universe #astronomy #science #cosmos #exo #chen #chanyeol #lay #sehun #urdesa #guayaquil #alborada #ceibos #samborondon #moon #art #physics #galaxy #stars #weareone #kyungsoo #memeexo #exo_sc #fyikorea #mars #astrophysics #astrophotography #kokobop #planets

“We needed something for our nuclear workers because we have so many sectors at the United Steel Workers…So I decided to start this newsletter [Nuclear Times] because our Atomic Energy Workers Council is incredible. Those folks know more about their plants than a lot of the contractor management does because they've been there for years.” Lynn Hancock is part of the United Steel Workers (USW) Communications Department and helped found the Nuclear Times newsletter and administers the USW Atomic Workers Facebook page. The USW Atomic Energy Workers Council consists of presidents and vice presidents from all USW local unions that have contracts with the Department Of Energy across the nation. Learn more at: https://www.usw.org/union/mission/industries/atomic. Also, I want to note a correction around six minutes and thirty seconds in which I misstated that the amount of energy in one uranium fuel pellet is equal to two tons of coal and 200 hundred gallons of oil. The correct equivalent of one uranium fuel pellet is one ton of coal, 149 gallons of oil, or 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas. About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint seeking to unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/.  #UnitedSteelWorkers #1U #LaborRadioPod #UnionStrong #nuclear #nuclearenergy #atomicenergy #greennewdeal #greennucleardeal #powergrid #power #electricalengineering #engineering #energy #electricity #powerlines #renewableenergy #electrical #substation #nuclear #solarenergy #powerdistribution #smartgrid #powerplant #cleanenergy #powersystems #gogreen #solar #esg #wind #ee #electricgrid #electric #infrastructure #microgrid #transmissionlines #gate #greenenergy #climatechange

“These [nuclear energy jobs] provided good family sustaining wages with good benefits. And a lot of people put their kids through college, bought a home, paid it off and during the sixties, through the eighties, it was one of highest paying jobs in the regions where these [nuclear] plants are located.” Jim Key President Atomic Energy Workers Council  Jim Key is the President of the United Steel Workers (USW) Atomic Energy Workers Council (AEWC) and former Vice President At Large of USW Local 8-550, which represents the highly skilled, well trained workers at the Department of Energy (DOE)'s Paducah Federal Enclave Site Reservation in Kentucky. The United Steelworkers Atomic Energy Workers Council consists of presidents and vice presidents from all United Steel Workers local unions that have contracts with DOE across the nation. Learn more at: https://www.usw.org/union/mission/industries/atomic. During this conversation we discuss: The United Steelworkers Atomic Energy Workers Council; How the nuclear energy economy supports high skilled, high wage union jobs; The 2019 conference in Turkey that brought together nuclear workers building union power; The need to reindustrialize our nuclear energy sector and restart nuclear processing and recycling; and  The future of union led nuclear energy in America. About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint seeking to unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/.  #UnitedSteelWorkers #1U #LaborRadioPod #UnionStrong #nuclear #nuclearenergy #atomicenergy #greennewdeal #greennucleardeal #powergrid #power #electricalengineering #engineering #energy #electricity #powerlines #renewableenergy #electrical #substation #nuclear #solarenergy #powerdistribution #smartgrid #powerplant #cleanenergy #powersystems #gogreen #solar #esg #wind #ee #electricgrid #electric #infrastructure #microgrid #transmissionlines #gate #greenenergy #climatechange

“Being an artist is a constant chase. But most importantly, never sell out. Because once you sell your soul, you can never get it back.” Michael Gene Sullivan is an actor, writer, director, blogger, and teacher committed to developing theater of social and economic justice, of political self-determination, and, of course, musical comedy. Michael is also a Collective Member and Resident Director of the Tony and OBIE award-winning, always revolutionary, and never, ever silent San Francisco Mime Troupe, where he has written, acted in, and/or directed over thirty plays. ​Playwright's Foundation, and was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Djerassi Arts Center, and in 2022 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. ​About the San Francisco Mime Troupe The mission of the San Francisco Mime Troupe is to create and produce theater that presents a working-class analysis of the events that shape our society, that exposes social and economic injustice, that demands revolutionary change on behalf of working people, and to present this analysis before the broadest possible audience with artistry and humor. The collective of the San Francisco Mime Troupe exists not only to create this activist art but also to embody our ideals of combating the fragmentation of the working class: we are a democratically run, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-cultural, gender-balanced theater of social justice that by its very existence sustains a vision of community governance of, by, and for the people. Learn More about the San Francisco Mime Troupe Website - www.sfmt.org Youtube - www.youtube.com/c/TheSanFranciscoMimeTroupe  Facebook - www.facebook.com/sfmimetroupe Learn more about Michael's work at: Website - www.michaelgenesullivan.com  About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks  #Improv #theater #art #artist #artwork #arte #artoftheday #artistic #artsy #artofvisuals #artistsoninstagram #arts #artgallery #artists #artistsofinstagram #artlife #artlovers #artstagram #artista #artisan #artistoninstagram #artworks #artshow #artcollector #artforsale #artshub #artlover #artofinstagram #artphotography #Artstudio #artcollective #artdeco

“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 movie Glory, when the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment gather for prayer on the eve of the tragic Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863 during the U.S. Civil War.   Transcript Tomorrow we have to meet the judgment day. Heavenly father, we want you to let our folks know that we died facing the enemy. We want 'em to know that we went down, standing up! Amongst those that are fighting against our oppression. We want 'em to know heavenly father that we died for freedom. About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks #EMLab #EMLStudio #Glory #Morgan Freeman

“I'm a humanitarian at heart. So I see nuclear as a vehicle that will deliver prosperity to the African continent.” Princy Mthombeni  Princy Mthombeni is an award winning communications specialist, nuclear energy advocate, entrepreneur, philanthropist and thought leader.  As a former Board Member of Women in Nuclear South Africa, an African Young Generation in Nuclear Communication Head, Editor-In-Chief of Nuclear Energy Workers Newsletter and a Stand Up For Nuclear South Africa Coordinator, she focuses on addressing the socio-economic issues of the African continent through promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Princy also founded a Nuclear Energy Youtube Series named “Africa4Nuclear,” which Princy hosts covering the socio-economic benefits and technical aspects of nuclear science and technology for education and information. Follower Princy's work  Twitter - https://twitter.com/princymthombeni Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/princess-mthombeni-50aa592a/ Follow Africa 4 Nuclear Twitter - https://twitter.com/africa4n  Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZmA_Zryw077ModGyDEKpw Watch Princy at COP26 on Decouple Media - Is African Poverty a Climate Solution? Western Hypocrisy Exposed on the Floor of COP26 - ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjbvxwSy3O8  About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint seeking to unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/.  #nuclear #nuclearenergy #atomicenergy #Africa #southafrica #powergrid #power #electricalengineering #engineering #energy #electricity #powerlines #renewableenergy #electrical #substation #nuclear #solarenergy #powerdistribution #smartgrid #powerplant #cleanenergy #powersystems #gogreen #gosolar #simplygosolar #ee #electricgrid #electric #infrastructure #microgrid #transmissionlines #gate #sunset #greenenergy #climatechange

“China is building more reactors than the rest of the world has built over the past 35 years.” Energy is Everything. It sustains all life. Without securing reliable and affordable energy, a nation will perish. A political economy oriented to promote universal prosperity and defend the general welfare for a more perfect union, must orient policy goals to produce surplus food, water and energy. Dear friends, the question of our values is at hand. Show me your budget and how you allocate resources, and we'll see what your values are in practice. In the face of a global shortage of energy, China's leadership understands this, as reflected in their policies increasing energy generation, transmission, and distribution. Nuclear energy is a key pillar for China's national security. China is building more reactors than the rest of the world has built over the past 35 years. China is currently building 19 reactors, with 43 reactors in the permitting stage, and an additional 166 reactors in planning. The combined capacity of these 228 reactors will produce over 245 gigawatts, which is more than the entire electricity generation capacity of Germany and is close to the 289 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity the rest of the world is planning to build. Although nuclear power is the future of Chinese energy, coal remains the most important energy source for China today. In 2020, China built over three times as much new coal power capacity as all other countries in the world combined – the equivalent of more than one large coal plant per week. So what are we doing in the United States to secure reliable and affordable clean energy? Over the past two generations, the US has canceled over 163 nuclear power plants. The United States nuclear electricity generation capacity peaked in 2012 around 102 gigawatts when there were 104 operating nuclear reactors. This once leading nuclear energy nation has prematurely shut down 12 nuclear power generators in the past decade alone, before their licenses expired, including the early shutdown of Michigan's Palisades nuclear power plant in May 2022 that had a license to operate until 2031. Ironically, on the same day as this 811-megawatt nuclear plant was shut down, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation issued a report saying the United States electric grid doesn't have enough generation capacity and that blackouts are almost certain to occur across the country this summer. Why are our policies increasing scarcity and austerity for our people? Where are the leaders to be found? Our current trajectory guarantees failure for us while condemning future generations to energy insecurity and immiseration. Our collective security, prosperity, and peace is more threatened than ever before. It is time to produce more energy, America. Sources Another nuclear plant closes: Get ready for electricity shortages List of cancelled nuclear reactors in the United States China's nuclear pipeline as big as the rest of the world's combined China Dominates 2020 Coal Plant Development China is building more than half of the world's new coal power plants China starts building 33 GW of coal power in 2021, most since 2016 China Is Planning to Build 43 New Coal-Fired Power Plants. Can It Still Keep Its Promises to Cut Emissions? Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Spree How many nuclear power plants are there in the U.S.? Nuclear explained U.S. nuclear industry Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants Palisades bows out after record operation run Palisades nuclear power plant plans for 19 year decommissioning B-roll CGTN (link)  Real Engineering (link)  Animated Stats (link) Wood TV8 (link)  Videvo (link)  About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint to unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: www.politicaleconomyproject.substack.com.  #china #energy #energyhealing #energywork #energyEfficient #EnergyEfficiency #energypro #energyflow #EnergySaving #energymedicine #energyfood #energyworker #energyiseverything #energybalance #energyindustry #nuclearpower #NuclearMedicine #NuclearPhysics #nuclearwastestore #nuclear1 #nuclearenvelope #nuclearpowerplant #nuclearenergy #nuclearplant #NuclearDeal #Palisades

"We will shape and mold this country or it will not be shaped and molded at all any more." Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, civil rights activist, and a revolutionary artist. I love her work. Rest in peace, dear Nina.  Transcript:  An artist's duty as far as I'm concerned is to reflect the times.  I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians.  As far as I'm concerned it's their choice.  But I choose to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself.  That to me is my duty.  And at this crucial time in our lives when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved.  Young people, black and white, know this.  We will shape and mold this country or it will not be shaped and molded at all any more.  So I don't think you have a choice. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks #EMLab #EMLStudio #NinaSimone #SoulMusic #soulmusiclives #SoulMusicForever #soulmusiclovers #soulmusicart #soulmusicfamily #soulmusicfestival #soulmusician #SoulMusicLegend

“They've had the electricity come on every time they've hit the switch for the last 40 years. So why would they worry about tomorrow the light not coming on?” Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSY79RqsAeY  The Power Hungry podcast spotlights energy, power, innovation, and politics. Author and journalist Robert Bryce talks with top thinkers, writers, and influencers — as well as regular citizens. Subscribe at https://robertbryce.com/power-hungry-podcast/ and follow Robert's work https://twitter.com/pwrhungry. Isaac Orr is a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, where he writes about environmental issues, mining, and electricity. In his second appearance on the podcast (his first was on August 10, 2021), Orr talks about the importance of the Supreme Court's West Virginia v. EPA ruling, why utilities are keeping their coal plants open this summer, how renewables are undermining the integrity of the electric grid, and the looming shortfalls of generation capacity in the Midwest. You can follow Issac's work at: https://twitter.com/TheFrackingGuy. Transcript Energy 101 definition of energy is energy is the ability to do work. And when you make energy more difficult to get or make it more expensive, you're making it more difficult to do work or more expensive to do work, whether that's heating your house, plowing a field, growing your food. So when we enact all these energy policies that intentionally make energy more scarce or more expensive, it ripples through every aspect of the economy. In some ways you can write it off as rational ignorance. They've had the electricity come on every time they've hit the switch for the last 40 years. So why would they worry about tomorrow the light not coming on? It's the milk comes from the store philosophy, right? I think it boils down to some sort of afluenza. I really like the concept of thinking about energy, food, production, mining in terms of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. You've got your basic needs, which is food, water, then you want security and safety and then you've got your self actualization triangle at the top. We've had the bottom rungs of our needs satisfied for so long that we can only focus on the self-actualization tip of the triangle. And we've been undermining the base of the pyramid, in order to attain these tertiary goals. And that's exactly what's happening with the grid. For energy, you need a secure supply. Russia showed us that that needs to be the base of the pyramid. Then you need reliability, then you need affordability. And then at the very tip, you can have carbon free. You need to find a way to satisfy security, reliability, affordability, and being carbon free. That's gotta be the fourth and final consideration on your energy hierarchy of needs, because if you try to invert that pyramid like Germany did, we're seeing that it has really disastrous consequences. 

“In spite of all of the horrible things that are happening in the world today, I think that on the labor front, both in the United States and Mexico, these are really exciting times.” Robin Alexander, Retired UE Director of International Affairs This new e-book by retired UE Director of International Affairs Robin Alexander tells the story of the partnership between the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the Mexican Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (FAT), a story that is a testimony to the power of rank-and-file solidarity. Download the book at: https://www.internationalsolidarityinaction.org/ About the Labor Solidarity Podcast The Labor Solidarity Podcast highlights the work of labor leaders while discussing historic struggles and the importance of organizing with the goal of building international labor solidarity. Learn more at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/laborsolidarity The Labor Solidarity Podcast is an Empathy Media Lab production and we are a proud member of The Labor Radio Podcast Network. All links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #LaborRadioPod #1U #UnionStrong

“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 States Labor movement, and a civil rights activist. Wyatt is known for being the first African-American woman elected international vice president of a major labor union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Learn more about Addie here. This speech was given at Harvard's Divinity School on November 2, 2002. Watch the full speech here.  Sojourner Truth (1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Learn more about Sojourner here.  Excerpt of Speech Text: Look at my arms. I have plowed. I have planted and I have gathered into barn and no man could head me. And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as any man, when I get it. And bear the lash as well, and ain't I a woman? I born 13 children and seen almost all sold off into slavery. And when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me. And ain't I a woman? I want to dedicate that famous, powerful poem from that great woman preacher Sojourner Truth. God knows she has inspired my little life and have given me much courage in the time of distress, in the time, often, of great pain. When I expect so much to happen, but I have to say to myself, ain't I a woman? About Belief Street Faith and Labor Belief Street Faith and Labor is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work at: https://www.empathymedialab.com/beliefstreet.  

For too long, my country, the wealthiest nation, failed to carry out its full responsibilities to its sister republics. Those who possess wealth and power must accept their own responsibilities. They must lead the fight for those basic reforms, which alone can preserve the fabric of their societies. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. President John F. Kennedy at the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress - March 13, 1962 Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Warner Bros Full speech: https://EmpathyMediaLab.podbean.com/e/jfk-alliance-for-progress-first-anniversary-speech-march-13-1962/ 

March 13, 1962 Mr. Vice President, Ambassadors from our sister Republics, members of the OAS, the nine wise men upon whom so much depends, Members of the Congress, whom I am very glad to see here today--on whom we depend so much in guiding and supporting and stimulating and directing our policies in this Hemisphere--Ambassador Moscoso, the Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, gentlemen: One year ago, on a similar occasion, I proposed the Alliance for Progress. That was the conception, but the birth did not take place until some months later, at Punta del Este. That was a suggestion for a continent-wide cooperative effort to satisfy the basic needs of the American people for homes, work, land, health and schools, for political liberty and the dignity of the spirit.   Our mission, I said, was "to complete the revolution of the Americas--to build a Hemisphere where all men can hope for a suitable standard of living--and all can live out their lives in dignity and freedom." I then requested a meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council to consider the proposal. And, seven months ago, at Punta del Este, that Council met and adopted the Charter which established the Alianza para el Progreso and declared, and I quote, "We, the American Republics, hereby proclaim our decision to unite in a common effort to bring our people accelerated economic progress and broader social justice within the framework of personal dignity and individual liberty." Together, the free nations of the Hemisphere pledged their resources and their energies to the Alliance for Progress. Together they pledged to accelerate economic and social development and to make the basic reforms that are necessary to ensure that all would participate in the fruits of this development. Together they pledged to modernize tax structures and land tenure-to wipe out illiteracy and ignorance-to promote health and provide decent housing-to solve the problems of commodity stabilization--to maintain sound fiscal and monetary policies--to secure the contributions of private enterprise to development-to speed the economic integration of Latin America. And together they established the basic institutional framework for this immense, decade-long development. This historic Charter marks a new step forward in the history of our Hemisphere. It is a reaffirmation of the continued vitality of our Inter-American system, a renewed proof of our ability to meet the challenges and perils of our time, as our predecessors met these challenges in their own days. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century we struggled to provide political independence in this Hemisphere. In the early twentieth century we worked to bring about a fundamental equality between all the nations of this Hemisphere one with another--to strengthen the machinery of regional cooperation within a framework of mutual respect, and under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and the Good Neighbor Policy that goal was achieved a generation ago. Today we seek to move beyond the accomplishments of the past--to establish the principle that all the people of this Hemisphere are entitled to a decent way of life-- and to transform that principle into the reality of economic advance and social justice on which political equality must be based. This is the most demanding goal of all. For we seek not merely the welfare and equality of nations one with another--but the welfare and the equality of the people within our nations. In so doing we are fulfilling the most ancient dreams of the founders of this Hemisphere, Washington, Jefferson, Bolivar, Marti, San Martin, and all the rest. And I believe that the first seven months of this Alliance have strengthened our confidence that this goal is within our grasp. Perhaps our most impressive accomplishment in working together has been the dramatic shift in the thinking and the attitudes which has occurred in our Hemisphere in these seven months. The Charter of Punta del Este posed the challenge of development in a manner that could not be ignored. It redefined the historic relationships between the American nations in terms of the fundamental needs and hopes of the twentieth century. It set forth the conditions and the attitudes on which development depends. It initiated the process of education without which development is impossible. It laid down a new principle of our relationship--the principle of collective responsibility for the welfare of the people of the Americas. Already elections are being fought in terms of the Alliance for Progress. Already governments are pledging themselves to carry out the Charter of Punta del Este. Already people throughout the Hemisphere--in schools and in trade unions, in chambers of commerce, in military establishments, in government, on the farms-have accepted the goals of the Charter as their own personal and political commitments. For the first time in the history of Inter-American relations our energies are concentrated on the central task of democratic development. This dramatic change in thought is essential to the realization of our goals. For only by placing the task of development in the arena of daily thought and action among all the people can we hope to summon up the will and the courage which that task demands. This first accomplishment, therefore, is essential to all the others. Our second achievement has been the establishment of the institutional framework within which our decade of development will take place. We honor here today the OAS Panel of Experts--a new adventure in Inter-American cooperation--drawn from all parts of the continent--charged with the high responsibility--almost unprecedented in any international cooperative effort--of evaluating long-range development plans, reviewing the progress of these plans, and helping to obtain the financing necessary to carry them out. This group has already begun its work. And here, today, I reaffirm our government's commitment to look to this Panel for advice and guidance in the conduct of our joint effort. In addition, the OAS, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Inter-American Bank have offered planning assistance to Latin American nations--the OAS has begun a series of studies in critical development fields--and a new ECLA Planning Institute is being established to train the young men who will lead the future development of their countries. And we have completely reorganized in our own country our assistance program, with central responsibility now placed in the hands of a single coordinator. Thus, within seven months, we have built the essential structure of the institutions, thought and policy on which our long-term effort will rest. But we have not waited for this structure to be completed in order to begin our work. Last year I said that the United States would commit one billion dollars to the first year of that Alliance. That pledge has now been fulfilled. The Alliance for Progress has already meant better food for the children of Puno in Peru, new schools for people in Colombia, new homes for campesinos in Venezuela--which I saw myself during my recent visit. And in the year to come millions more will take new hope from the Alliance for Progress as it touches their daily life--as it must. In the vital field of commodity stabilization I pledged the efforts of this country to try to work with you to end the frequent, violent price changes which damage the economies of so many Latin American countries. Immediately after that pledge was made, we began work on the task of formulating stabilization agreements. In December 1961 a new coffee agreement, drafted by a committee under a United States chairman, was completed. Today that agreement is in process of negotiation. I can think of no single measure which can make a greater contribution to the cause of development than effective stabilization of the price of coffee. In addition the United States has participated in the drafting of a cocoa agreement; and we have held discussion about the terms of possible accession to the tin agreement. We have also been working with our. European allies--and I regard this as most important--in a determined effort to ensure that Latin American products will have equal access to the Common Market. Much of the economic future of this Hemisphere depends upon ready availability of the markets of the Atlantic Community, and we will continue these efforts to keep these markets open in the months ahead. The countries of Latin America have also been working to fulfill the commitments of the Charter. The report of the Inter-American Bank contains an impressive list of measures being taken in each of the eighteen countries--measures ranging from the mobilization of domestic resources to new education and housing programs--measures within the context of the Act of Bogota, passed under the administration of my predecessor, President Eisenhower, and the Alliance for Progress Charter. Nearly all the governments of the Hemisphere have begun to organize national development programs--and in some cases completed plans have been presented for review. Tax and land reform laws are on the books, and the national legislature of nearly every country is considering new measures in these critical fields. New programs of development, of housing, of agriculture and power are underway. These are all heartening accomplishments-the fruits of the first seven months of work in a program which is designed to span a decade. But all who know the magnitude and urgency of the problems realize that we have just begun--that we must act much more rapidly and on a much larger scale if we are to meet our development goals in the months and years to come. I pledge this country's effort to such an intensified effort. And I am confident that having emerged from the shaping period of our Alliance, all the nations of this Hemisphere will accelerate their own work. For we all know that no matter what contribution the United States may make, the ultimate responsibility for success lies within the developing nation itself. For only you can mobilize the resources, make the reforms, set the goals and provide the energies which will transform our external assistance into an effective contribution to the progress of our continent. Only you can create the economic confidence which will encourage the free flow of capital, both domestic and foreign--the capital which, under conditions of responsible investment and together with public funds, will produce permanent economic advance. Only you can eliminate the evils of destructive inflation, chronic trade imbalances and widespread unemployment. Without determined efforts on your part to establish these conditions for reform and development, no amount of outside help can do the job. I know the difficulties of such a task. It is unprecedented. Our own history shows how fierce the resistance can be to changes which later generations regard as part of the normal framework of life. And the course of rational social change is even more hazardous for those progressive governments who often face entrenched privilege of the right and subversive conspiracies on the left. For too long my country, the wealthiest nation in a continent which is not wealthy, failed to carry out its full responsibilities to its sister Republics. We have now accepted that responsibility. In the same way those who possess wealth and power in poor nations must accept their own responsibilities. They must lead the fight for those basic reforms which alone can preserve the fabric of their societies. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. These social reforms are at the heart of the Alliance for Progress. They are the precondition to economic modernization. And they are the instrument by which we assure the poor and hungry--the worker and the campesino--his full participation in the benefits of our development and in the human dignity which is the purpose of all free societies. At the same time we sympathize with the difficulties of remaking deeply rooted and traditional social structures. We ask that substantial and steady progress toward reform accompany the effort to develop the economies of the American nations. A year ago I also expressed our special friendship to the people of Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the hope that they would soon rejoin the society of free men, uniting with us in this common effort. Today I am glad to welcome among us the representatives of a free Dominican Republic; and to reaffirm the hope that, in the not too distant future, our society of free nations will once again be complete. But we must not forget that our Alliance for Progress is more than a doctrine of development--a blueprint of economic advance. Rather it is an expression of the noblest goals of our society. It says that want and despair need not be the lot of free men. And those who may occasionally get discouraged with the magnitude of the task, have only to look to Europe fifteen years ago, and today, and realize the great potential which is in every free society when the people join and work together. It says in our Hemisphere that no society is free until all its people have an equal opportunity to share the fruits of their own land and their own labor. And it says that material progress is meaningless without individual freedom and political liberty. It is a doctrine of the freedom of man in the most spacious sense of that freedom. Nearly a century ago Jose Hernandez, the Argentine poet, wrote, "America has a great destiny to achieve in the fate of mankind ... One day . . . the American Alliance will undoubtedly be achieved, and the American Alliance will bring world peace... America must be the cradle of the great principles which are to bring a complete change in the political and social organization of other nations." We have made a good start on our journey; but we have still a long way to go. The conquest of poverty is as difficult if not more difficult than the conquest of outer space. And we can expect moments of frustration and disappointment in the months and years to come. But we have no doubt about the outcome. For all history shows that the effort to win progress within freedom represents the most determined and steadfast aspiration of man. We are joined together in this Alliance as nations united by a common history and common values. And I look forward--as do all the people of this country--to the day when the people of Latin America will take their rightful place beside the United States and Western Europe as citizens of industrialized and growing and increasingly abundant societies. The United States-Europe--and Latin America--almost a billion people--a bulwark of freedom and the values of Western civilization--invulnerable to the forces of despotism--lighting the path to liberty for all the peoples of the world. This is our vision--and, with faith and courage, we will realize that vision in our own time. Thank you. —-- Note: The President spoke in the State Dining Room at the White House at a reception for the diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics. In his opening remarks he referred to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; to the "nine wise men" (the original members of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress): Hernando Agudelo Villa, Colombia, Ernesto Malaccorto, Argentina, Manuel Noriega Morales, Guatemala, Phillipe Pasos, Cuba, Harvey Perloft, United States, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, United Kingdom, Paul Saez, Chile, Ary Torres, Brazil, Gonzalo Robles, Mexico; and to Ambassador Teodoro Moscoso, Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress. John F. Kennedy, Address on the first Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236988 JFK Archives (link)  Copyright Notice: Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain.   

“People die when you can't get the grid operating.” Meredith Angwin, Author, Shorting the Grid Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid is an exposé of the insider-ruled practices of the “deregulated” areas of the United States electric grid. The grid in these areas is managed by a regional transmission organization (RTO). Within these organizations, no group is responsible or accountable for grid reliability. The RTO areas have higher retail electricity prices, no way for ordinary citizens to influence decisions, and a more fragile grid. Using the rules and history of the New England grid as an example, the book shows how RTO areas are moving steadily to a future of “rolling blackouts” where the grid operator deliberately cuts power to one section of the grid after another. To by the book, visit www.meredithangwin.com Book Reviews “An eye-opening exposé of our grid's vulnerabilities. The “deregulated” grid is highly political, secretive, overly complex, and unable to meet public needs like reliability, affordability, and low pollution. If you take for granted that the lights go on when you flip a switch, this book may blow your mind. ” — Joshua S. Goldstein, author of A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow “Reading Angwin's book is like chatting with an expert who helps you understand the underlying engineering, finances, and policies creating the risks. Her narrative moves back and forth between insightful overviews and specific examples. The book covers many grid attributes, suggesting realistic conclusions without ideological advocacy.”  — Dr. Robert Hargraves, Author of Thorium, Energy Cheaper than Coal and co-founder of ThorCon Power About Meredith Angwin As a working chemist, Meredith Angwin headed projects that lowered pollution and increased reliability on the electric grid. Her work included pollution control for nitrogen oxides in gas-fired combustion turbines and corrosion control in geothermal and nuclear systems. She was one of the first women to be a project manager at the Electric Power Research Institute where she led projects in renewable and nuclear energy. In the past ten years, she began to study and take part in grid oversight and governance. For four years, she served on the Coordinating Committee for the Consumer Liaison Group associated with ISO-NE, her local grid operator. She teaches courses and presents workshops on the electric grid. She is also an advocate for nuclear energy. Her previous major book was Campaigning for Clean Air: Strategies for Pro-Nuclear Advocacy. Meredith has been a featured speaker at several nuclear events, including being keynote for the worldwide Nuclear Science Week in 2018. Additional Information During the interview, the following platforms were mentioned that will help better inform the public. Sign up for free information to increase your awareness about energy, power, and the grid.  Grid Brief - www.gridbrief.com  Utility Dive - www.utilitydive.com DeCouple Media - www.decouplemedia.org  About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint that will unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/.  #powergrid #power #electricalengineering #engineering #energy #electricity #powerlines #renewableenergy #electrical #substation #nuclear #solarenergy #powerdistribution #smartgrid #powerplant #cleanenergy #powergridcorporationofindia #india #powersystems #gogreen #gosolar #simplygosolar #ee #electricgrid #electric #infrastructure #microgrid #transmissionlines #gate #sunset #greenenergy

Rarely seen footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, where he delivered his speech "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?" Full speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmtOGXreTOU  MLK's Edited Speech What is in your life's blueprint? And I want to suggest number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth, and your somebodiness. Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody.  Always feel that you count, always feel that you have worth and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.  In your life's blueprint, you must have as a basic principle, the determination to achieve excellence in your various fields of endeavor, What you will do in life, what your life's work will be. And when you discover what you are going to be in life, set out to do it as if God almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it.  Finally, in your last blueprint must be a commitment to the eternal principles. Of beauty, love and justice.  Don't allow anybody to pull you so low as to make you hate them.  Don't allow anybody to cause you to lose your self respect to the point, that you do not struggle for justice.  However young you are, you have a responsibility to seek to make your nation a better nation in which to live. You have a responsibility to seek to make life better for everybody. And so you must be involved in the struggle for freedom and justice.  Now in this struggle for freedom and justice, there are many constructive things that we all can do and that we all must do. And we must not give ourselves to those things, which will not solve our problems. I believe that we can transform dark yesterday's of injustice into bright tomorrows of justice and humanity.  Let us keep going toward the goal of selfhood, toward the realization of the dream of brotherhood and toward the realization of the dream of understanding goodwill, let nobody stop us. We must keep moving. We must keep going. If you can't fly, run, if you can't run, walk, if you can't walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving. #MLK #BeliefStreet

“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 spent some time in Great Britain during the early 20th century. In his time there, he made friends with a fellow poet named Edward Thomas. For inspiration and leisure, the duo would often go for walks around the English countryside. “Thomas had an odd habit of regretting whichever path he took during his strolls with Frost. He'd often state that if they had gone another way, then Frost would've been able to see some other interesting part of England. “Frost found this amusing because any path they decided on would certainly have the same result. Any choice would have to give up one for the other. Fussing over this inevitability, at least for Frost, was silly. “When Frost went back to America around the beginning of World War I, he wrote an early version of “The Road Not Taken” as a way to make fun of his frantic friend. “Frost wrote the poem to demonstrate the folly of regretting what could have been. A closer reading of the text in its entirety shows that the persona actually thinks both roads weren't so different from each other.” Read Ben's full essay here.  #ArtistSpotlight Poem: The Road Not Taken  BY ROBERT FROST Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

“In my legislative district, between the Northern tip of [Maryland] to the Southern tip, I represent 135,000 people…there's a 20 year life expectancy gap, 20 years. 20 minutes apart. It's insane.” Jazz Lewis is running for re-election for District 24 Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Prince George's County. The Maryland primary election is on July 19, 2022. Jazz began his career as a community and labor organizer in Baltimore. Through organizing, he learned the power of collective action. Jazz Lewis represents Maryland's 24th district and currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the chair of the Maryland House Democratic Caucus. To learn more about his campaign visit www.jazzlewis.com.   About Maryland Subsidiarity Maryland Subsidiarity discusses local and state ideas that will improve our communities and shape our world. Subsidiarity is the principle that the smaller social or political entity or institution ought to be given priority to make decisions on issues that affect them, rather than leaving those decisions to be made by the whole group. In other words, whenever possible, the individual should come before the community, the community before the state, the state before the federation, and so on. In this context, the responsibility of the bigger institution is to enable the smaller one to perform its tasks and to provide it with any necessary support.  About Empathy Media Lab Empathy Media Lab is a multi-brand publishing house led by Evan Matthew Papp. We are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support politicians, media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab #MarylandSubsidiarity

I heard this song over a decade ago on some b-side of a forgotten bootleg. The melancholy soul expressed in the singing and lyrics will forever resonate and I can't help but sing along.  Since I couldn't find this song to stream or find the lyrics to sing after many searches, I decided to make a video with lyrics to pay homage to this beautiful soul blues folk tune. This was the last known recording of the artist in 1973–No Time. Rest in peace Ronald Charles McKernan, September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973, Founding member of the Grateful Dead. Video: https://youtu.be/E7Sq-dnFP6o About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks #EMLab #EMLStudio

“Sometimes I'll be feeling all alone…like, am I the only person that believes it? But I believe in it enough to know that where there's a will, there's a way.” Chisenga - Hip Hop Artist Extraordinaire Chisenga is a Grammy-recognised Hip-Hop artist born in Zambia and now based in Perth, Australia. His latest album is Rhythm and Poetry Born in Lusaka, Zambia, his interest in performing began at the early age of 10. With time spent at home with his mother listening to country music and later, his step-dad grooving to classic soul music, he developed an appreciation and understanding for music that would later inspire the sound he would craft in years to come. From the time he was recognised for releasing the first locally produced Hip-Hop album in his birth country Zambia, Officer in Charge was and still stands as one of the most successful Hip-Hop albums from that country. He was further introduced to Africa and the rest of the world through MTV Base and Channel-O, the two major African music channels that broadcast across Africa.  His song The Fire Inside once took a No. 1 spot across Africa on both MTV Base and Channel-O charts, which earned him a Channel-O Video Music Award for Best Music Video, Southern Africa.  Music Featured during Interview: Play On - By Crisis Mr. Swagger (aka Chisenga) PK Chishala - Na Musonda CHISENGA - Energy (Official Music Video) ft. Kuda Mic and Qzee Album Rhythm and Poetry  You can follow Chisenga's work at: https://chisenga.co/  https://linktr.ee/chisengamusic About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab

“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 sunset.” The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes was first published n the June 1921 issue of The Crisis, the magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The poem is found in The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Copyright © 1994 the Estate of Langston Hughes.  Poem: The Negro Speaks of Rivers  I've known rivers:  I've known rivers ancient  as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. 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 sunset. I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. About The Artist Spotlight Series  The Artist Spotlight Series explores art, artists, and the ideas behind the art illuminating and shaping our world. The Artist Spotlight Series is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work at https://www.empathymedialab.com/artistspotlight.  #ArtistSpotlight

“There's a lot of solidarity, a lot of love and in both Philadelphia and Chicago, and it's been a great road trip with the Labor Radio Podcast Network.” Empathy Media Lab partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago.  Evan Papp, Chris Garlock, and Patrick Dixon reflect on these conferences on their drive back to Washington, D.C. Follow the Labor Radio Podcast Network (https://www.laborradionetwork.org/) and listen to the podcast (https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/). #LaborRadioPod #Chicago @LaborNotes #LaborNotes2022 #LaborNotes #1U

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. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.  ---------- And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 empathymedialab.com/beliefstreet

“At Amazon, the CEO got $213 million last year, and that was 6,474 times as much as median worker pay at the company, which was about $32,800.” Sarah Anderson Director of the Global Economy Project at IPS and Co-Editor of Inequality.org Executive Excess 2022 The CEOs at America's largest low-wage employers are grabbing huge raises while workers and consumers struggle with rising costs. Sarah Anderson and her co-authors at the Institute for Policy Studies found that more than half of our nation's 100 largest low-wage employers changed their own rules to ensure huge payouts for CEOs in 2020 — while workers lost wages, jobs, and even their lives. On average, the CEOs at these rule-rigging firms pocketed 29 percent raises while their median worker pay fell by 2 percent. Learn more at: https://ips-dc.org/report-executive-excess-2022  About Sarah Anderson Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a co-editor of the IPS web site Inequality.org. Sarah's research covers a wide range of international and domestic economic issues, including inequality, Wall Street reform, CEO pay, taxes, labor, and international trade and investment. Sarah is a well-known expert on executive compensation, as the lead author of more than 20 annual “Executive Excess” reports that have received extensive media coverage. During the Obama administration, she served on the Investment Subcommittee of the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). In 2009, this subcommittee carried out a review of the U.S. model bilateral investment treaty. In 2000, she served on the staff of the bipartisan International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission (“Meltzer Commission”), commissioned by the U.S. Congress to evaluate the World Bank and IMF. Sarah is a co-author of the books Field Guide to the Global Economy (New Press, 2nd edition, 2005) and Alternatives to Economic Globalization (Berrett-Koehler, 2nd edition, 2004). Prior to coming to IPS in 1992, Sarah was a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development and an editor for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur. She holds a Masters in International Affairs from The American University and a BA in Journalism from Northwestern University. Overview on Executive Excess Reports Over two decades, Institute for Policy Studies researchers have examined how extremely high levels of compensation affect executive behavior. Such massive jackpots, we've found, give executives incentives to behave in ways that may boost short-term profits and expand their own paychecks at the expense of our nation's long-term economic health. Tax dodging, mass layoffs, reckless financial deals, offshoring jobs, “creative accounting” — all of these appear to boost CEO pay. But they have dealt one body blow after another to the American middle class, leaving a deeply skewed distribution of income and wealth. See past reports at: https://ips-dc.org/global-economy/executive-excess/  About The Political Economy Project  The Political Economy Project is creating a blueprint that will unify our fellow humans to work together and create a new renaissance and a harmony of interests of the human spirit. The Political Economy Project is an EMLab brand produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. Follow our work on Substack at: https://politicaleconomyproject.substack.com/. 

This is Elise Bryant, president of the coalition of labor union women.  The coalition of labor union women was founded in 1974, the year after Roe V. Wade confirmed a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. The CLUW founding mothers believe in a woman's right to a safe termination of her pregnancy. And we still believe everyone has that right.  The U.S. Supreme court today overturned Roe V. Wade and Planned Parenthood versus Casey and declared that the U.S. constitution no longer protects the right to abortion. This decision marks the end of a constitutional right to abortion for people across the country. And now today, the court sets the stage for increased criminalization and policing of people for basic healthcare decisions.  We have to use our power to fix this.  It won't be quick or easy, but those of us, the majority in this country who support freedoms to control our body's lives and futures will succeed in reversing this.  We will march. We will protest. And most importantly, we will vote.  We will mobilize millions of women across the country to exercise their right to vote out any elected official who stands in the way of our freedom to choose what happens in our bodies. There was an old saying that goes, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.  We say, hell hath no fury like pro-choice women at the ballot box.  Get ready because we are coming for every anti-choice candidate and we will vote you out. So consider yourself warned.  No justice, no peace, no justice, no peace. Learn more at http://www.cluw.org/. 

“If you're thinking about trying to start a podcast or a radio show, don't think about doing it all yourself, This is a collective thing.”  Judy Ancel - Heartland Labor Forum  The Labor On The Airwaves panel attracted an overflow audience at this year's Labor Notes conference. A show of hands revealed that about a third of those in attendance already had shows while another third was interested in finding out how to start their own shows, many of whom stopped by the Network's booth after the panel. Working People's Maximillian Alvarez hosted a panel that included BeLabored hosts Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen, Heartland Labor Forum's Judy Ancel (thanks for the Network shoutout!) and Jamie Partridge from Labor Radio on KBOO FM. Here are highlights from their discussion. photo (l-r): Jamie, Max, Judy, Sarah and Michelle. Produced/edited by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith, audio gram edited by Evan Papp. Empathy Media Lab partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. Follow the Labor Radio Podcast Network (https://www.laborradionetwork.org/) and listen to the podcast (https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/). NOTE: For those interested in joining the Labor Radio Podcast Network (or finding out more about us), please contact us here. #LaborRadioPod #Chicago @LaborNotes #LaborNotes2022 #LaborNotes #canlab #1u @amazonlabor @SBWorkersUnited @Shut_downAmazon #Troublemakers #LosDeliveristasUnidos #starbucksunion @Teamsters @DissentMag @WorkingPod @Heartland_Labor @kboo

“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 corruptible politician, put your helmets on, buckle your chin strap. It's a full contact sport!” Teamster President Sean O'Brien Friday night's all-star program at the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Chicago featured Chris Smalls from the Amazon Labor Union, Bernie Sanders and Teamsters president Sean O'Brien, who fired up an already-fired-up crowd. We've got highlights from the program on today's show, including music from Dilson Hernandez, along with more voices from the folks who stopped by the Labor Radio Podcast Network booth here at the conference: Carmen Velasquez, Naomi Martinez, Arsal Asif, Anecia Ventura, Eris Derrickson, Jackie Serrato, Martin Unzueta, Jose Carlos, Janette Corcelius, Robert Hughes, Michael Harrington, Jamie Simpson, Zach Young, Jessica Buttermore, Jessica Thornton, Nate Wendt, Nicole McCormick, Joe Jencks, Ben Grosscup and Maggie Hansford. NOTE: Here's a video of the complete Friday night Labor Notes program. Empathy Media Lab partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. Follow the Labor Radio Podcast Network (https://www.laborradionetwork.org/) and listen to the podcast (https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/). Editing by Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith. #LaborRadioPod #Chicago @LaborNotes #LaborNotes2022 #LaborNotes #canlab #1u @amazonlabor @SBWorkersUnited @Shut_downAmazon #Troublemakers #LosDeliveristasUnidos #starbucksunion @Teamsters

There are over 4,000 folks at the 2022 Labor Notes conference in Chicago and the Labor Radio Podcast Network team talked to almost all of them today…Liz Medina, Will Westlake, Michael Brennan, Robert Ovetz, Jeff Eagan, Noah Strang, John Courtney, Jordan Fisher, Mitchell Jones, Howard Stewart, Sam Sprole, Lynn Fields, Lakeisha Lloyd, Dan Kask and Bobby Lynn Negron. OK, maybe not all 4,000, but a terrific cross-section of the activists and self-proclaimed “troublemakers” gathered here in Chicago. The music you'll hear is from the Great Labor Arts Exchange. Empathy Media Lab has partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. Follow the Labor Radio Podcast Network (https://www.laborradionetwork.org/) and listen to the podcast (https://laborradiopodcastweekly.podbean.com/). #LaborRadioPod #Chicago @LaborNotes #LaborNotes2022 #LaborNotes #canlab #1u Editing by Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips and Mel Smith.

Patrick, Chris and Evan hit the road for Chicago and the Labor Notes conference. On the way, they share impressions of the just-concluded AFL-CIO convention and break some exciting news about next steps for the Labor Radio Podcast Network! #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #AFLCIOConv @labornotes Recording/editing by Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Empathy Media Lab has partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement. On today's show Patrick Dixon talks with WILL EMPOWER's Sherri Davis-Faulkner and Lane Windham about the AFL-CIO convention's diversity, as well as how it has addressed many women's issues.  Longtime labor talk show host Rick Smith dropped by the Labor Radio Podcast Network studio yesterday and we prevailed on him to interview the president of the AFL-CIO's Metal Trades Department, who talked about change and his views on President Biden. Next, Chris Garlock talks with Erica Stewart about her courageous struggle and triumph as a young Black woman in the Boilermakers union who was the first female African American international rep in the union's history. Chris also talks with American Income Life's Susan Fuldauer about AIL's pro-labor policies and the history of the company's working class consciousness. We wrap up today's show with an audio postcard from Tuesday afternoon's rally by hundreds of AFL-CIO convention delegates supporting the fight for a contract by the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union, led by AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond and AFSCME president Lee Saunders. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #AFLCIOConv @PMA_Union @PHLafscmeDC47 #FairContractNow @philamuseum @LizShuler Editing by Mel Smith, Patrick Dixon and Evan Papp; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

The Labor Radio Podcast Daily is coming to you from the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Empathy Media Lab has partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement.  Hundreds gathered for an interfaith breakfast Sunday morning before the convention officially opened at noon, so our show begins with Father Clete Kiley and Clayton Sinyai; Father Kiley is chaplain to the Chicago Federation of Labor and senior adviser to Unite Here, while Clayton Sinyai is the Executive Director of the Catholic Labor Network. Our other guests today hail from across the country and around the world, from April Lott, president of the Charleston South Carolina Labor Council, to Kooper Caraway, president of the South Dakota AFL-CIO. Fathimath Zimna (photo) is General Secretary of the Maldives Health Professionals Union and we wrap up today's show with Laxman Basnet, General Secretary of the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council. We've got a lot more already lined up for tomorrow's show, including an exclusive sit down with Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond, who talked with the Labor Radio Podcast Network just hours after being elected President and Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. Also, Karen Nussbaum interviewed a number of international trade unionists which we'll be featuring in tomorrow's report. Interviews and editing by Patrick Dixon, Evan Papp and Chris Garlock; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips. #LaborRadioPod

Welcome to the Labor Radio Podcast Daily, a special edition of the Labor Radio Podcast Weekly. Empathy Media Lab has partnered with the LRPN to capture the voices of the global trade union movement.  We're here in Philadelphia at the AFL-CIO Convention, where thousands of union leaders and members have gathered to celebrate the strength of the federation's 56 affiliated unions and 12.5 million members, honor the souls lost and renew the movement's commitment to build back better with unions. Hosted by American Income Life, the Labor Radio Podcast Network will be interviewing convention attendees about the opportunities and challenges ahead for the American labor movement. Saturday's show, highlights a moving tribute to Richard Trumka, the fiery Mine Workers president who led his union to victory in the 1989 Pittston strike, and went on to lead the AFL-CIO, serving as president from 2009 until his untimely death on August 5, 2021. PLUS: interviews with Brian Griffin, executive secretary treasurer for the Cincinnati AFL CIO labor council, Leonard Aguilar, secretary treasurer of the Texas AFL CIO, and Alicia Page, business development officer for the Bank of Labor. Edited by Patrick Dixon, Evan Papp and Mel Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips. Learn more about Labor Radio Podcast Network at laborradionetwork.org. And follow the AFL-CIO convention at aflcioconvention.org   #LaborRadioPod 

Richard DeShay Elliott is running for District 24 Maryland House of Delegates representing parts of Prince George's County. The Maryland primary election is on July 19, 2022.  Richard is a member of the Maryland NAACP, Our Revolution Maryland, Progressive Maryland, Prince George's County Young Democrats, and the Democratic Socialists of America. He has worked on and supported numerous political campaigns across Maryland, including the Steering Committee of Maryland for Bernie Sanders, Jill P. Carter for Congress, and Mayor of Bowie Tim Adams. He has also written numerous policies for the local, state, and federal level, including legislation to expand Black history education, the renaming of racist schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, and COVID-19 response legislation for the City of Annapolis. Richard received his Master's Degree in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.  To learn more about his campaign visit www.richformaryland.com.  About Maryland Subsidiarity Maryland Subsidiarity discusses local and state ideas that will improve our communities and shape our world. Subsidiarity is the principle that the smaller social or political entity or institution ought to be given priority to make decisions on issues that affect them, rather than leaving those decisions to be made by the whole group. In other words, whenever possible, the individual should come before the community, the community before the state, the state before the federation, and so on. In this context, the responsibility of the bigger institution is to enable the smaller one to perform its tasks and to provide it with any necessary support.  About Empathy Media Lab Empathy Media Lab is a multi-brand publishing house led by Evan Matthew Papp. We are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support politicians, media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab #MarylandSubsidiarity

“Your suffering does not isolate you. That your suffering is your bridge. That many people have suffered before you, many people are suffering around. And always will.”  James Baldwin In 1971 James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni taped a two-hour “dialogue” for a public TV show called Soul! At forty-seven years old, Baldwin was a legend speaking with Giovanni, then twenty-eight, who had published the 1968 poetry collection Black Feeling, Black Talk. All rights to Soul! and ShoutFactoryTV.com. Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jc54RvDUZU&t=5294s  #ArtistSpotlight

“The experiences of unity among people are more important and crucial than all the concepts, prejudices, ideologies, and faiths that may divide.”  Howard Thurman   Thurman's theology of radical nonviolence influenced and shaped a generation of civil rights activists, and he was a key mentor to leaders within the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr.   Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvJVxsezAwc Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Thurman    #BeliefStreet #FaithAndLabor

“Water is an issue that can unite people. Water is life. Their slogans were always very powerfully pro water, less anti mining. And through that and their boldness and reaching out to unlikely allies, they were able to gather quite a force.” Overview Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. In 2002, a small group of citizens in El Salvador joined this global community of water defenders when representatives from multinational mining company Pac Rim appeared in their home province of Cabañas. This ignited a people's fight against corporate power that would last for over a decade. In The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh tell the harrowing, inspiring saga of El Salvador's fight – and historic victory – to save their water, and their communities, from Big Gold.    Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete with corporate greed; a transnational lawsuit at a secretive World Bank tribunal in Washington, DC; violent threats; murders; and, surprisingly, victory. The husband-and-wife duo immerses the reader in the lives of the Salvadoran villagers, the journeys of the local activists who sought the truth about the effects of gold mining on the environment, and the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of the corporate mining executives. The Water Defenders demands that we examine our assumptions about progress and prosperity, while providing valuable lessons for other communities and allies fighting against destructive corporations in the United States and across the world. The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed Reviews “Broad and Cavanagh offer a practical David-versus-Goliath playbook for those who would mobilize both domestic and international forces to halt corporate abuses and to place the long-term welfare of communities above short-term financial gain.”  — Foreign Affairs “The book is an environmentalist playbook, a how-to guide for activists seeking to defeat a power structure that is rigged in favor of their opponents.”  — The American Prospect “Challenges conventional wisdom about activism, ‘the poor,' and where real power really lies.” —Guernica “Part history, part environmental organizing case study, the book chronicles the community's struggle against the mine from the early 2000s to the campaign's unlikely conclusion in 2017, when El Salvador became the first country in Latin America to completely ban metal mining.” —National Catholic Reporter “It is rare, in the world of corporate power, to have a story where David beats Goliath. And rarer still to have one that reads like a fast-paced thriller.” —Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost and Rebel Cinderella “Bravo to the courageous Salvadorans—and their likely and unlikely allies—who prove that victories against overwhelming odds are possible. . . . The water defenders of El Salvador and their international partners provide a powerful guidebook, poignantly retold by Broad and Cavanagh, of how the struggles for justice in the United States can link with allies abroad to build power and win.” —Opal Tometi, cofounder of Black Lives Matter “Broad and Cavanagh are masterful storytellers. The words, deeds, and stories of people in El Salvador come alive so vividly in these pages to reinforce what we in the Poor People's Campaign in the United States know well: the most powerful defenders of water, of the environment—of justice across the board—are poor people.” —Rev. Dr. William Barber II, national co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign author of The Third Reconstruction About the Authors Robin Broad is an expert in international development and was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship for her work surrounding mining in El Salvador, as well as two previous MacArthur fellowships. A professor at American University, she served as an international economist in the US Treasury Department, in the US Congress, and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Broad and her husband, John Cavanagh, have been involved in the Salvadoran gold mining saga since 2009. They helped build the network of international allies that spearheaded the global fight against mining in El Salvador. They have co-authored several previous books together. John Cavanagh is director of the Washington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies, an organization that collaborates with the Poor People's Campaign and other dynamic social movements to turn ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment. Previously, he worked with the United Nations to research corporate power. Cavanagh and his wife, Robin Broad, have been involved in the Salvadoran gold mining saga since 2009. They helped build the network of international allies that spearheaded the global fight against mining in El Salvador. They have coauthored several previous books together. About Empathy Media Lab The Harmony of Interest Book Talk series interviews authors about their work while exploring ideas that positively shape our world. Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class. 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