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Annelise Orleck did not expect that protecting her students would result in getting assaulted and arrested. Orleck is a professor of history and the former chair of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. On May 1, Dartmouth President Sian Beilock called police to break up a peaceful student protest on the Dartmouth Green. The students were protesting Israel's war on Gaza and calling on Dartmouth to divest from companies that support Israel's military occupation. This was one of many such protests sweeping college campuses.New Hampshire state troopers in full riot gear arrived with armored vehicles in response to the Dartmouth students. Orleck joined other faculty and community members to stand between the police and students. The 65-year-old professor was body slammed to the ground and was one of 89 people arrested. Two reporters for the campus newspaper were also arrested, provoking national outrage from press freedom groups.The police assault of Professor Orleck made national news and the videos went viral. Orleck was charged with criminal trespass and temporarily banned from portions of Dartmouth's campus. The ACLU of New Hampshire issued a statement saying, “Use of police force against protestors should never be a first resort. Freedom of speech and the right to demonstrate are foundational principles of democracy and core constitutional rights.” Dartmouth President Beilock apologized in a letter to Dartmouth students on May 7, “No one, including me, wanted to see heavily armed police officers in the heart of our campus… I am sorry for the harm this impossible decision has caused.”Orleck has been a professor at Dartmouth for 34 years and is a renowned historian of labor, women's issues, and Jewish history. She lives in Thetford Center.The crackdown on peaceful student protest is often being characterized as a response to antisemitism. On May 7, President Biden denounced a “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”“There is no place on any campus in America, any place in America, for antisemitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind,” said Biden.“I'm not seeing a wild rise of antisemitism on this campus,” countered Orleck. “My friends who teach at Columbia who are Jewish are not seeing it on the Columbia campus. I am seeing some Jewish professors and students saying that these words, ‘Free Palestine,' make them uncomfortable. But I've been telling people this week since I was attacked, please can we keep separate uncomfortable from words, and uncomfortable from being slammed and harmed by men with guns who then drag you off to jail? That's uncomfortable. That's unsafe.”Orleck says, "What is real is the surge of antisemitism that's come out of Trumpist America and the January 6 protesters when they were storming the Capitol." “It's a really frightening moment. I'm speaking out not just because I and my students were unnecessarily brutalized …but because I want to break that narrative about the protesters that's appeared in very mainstream media outlets.”Orleck sees the current crackdown in historical terms. “This is part of a 40-year right-wing attack on higher education as an institution that seems to be controlled by people of more progressive political ideas,” Orleck told The Vermont Conversation.Orleck asserted that today's student protesters are part of “a remarkable generation.”“They feel like [the war in Gaza] is the moral issue of their time because this is a genocide. And I agree with them.”

 C'est le Premier ministre britannique Rishi Sunak qui a décidé d'expulser les demandeurs d'asile au Royaume-Uni vers le Rwanda. Ces expulsions devraient commencer d'ici à quelques semaines. Et les demandeurs d'asile détenus au Royaume-Uni ont reçu un « document promotionnel coloré intitulé : "Je vais être transféré au Rwanda. Qu'est-ce que cela signifie pour moi ?" » C'est le Guardian qui décrit en détail le livret de « 17 pages » produit par le ministère de l'Intérieur. « Il annonce aux détenus qu'ils "seront transportés par avion au pays des milles collines", "qui abrite un large éventail d'animaux sauvages". »On pourrait presque croire à un dépliant touristique, d'autant qu'une photo nous montre l'un des lieux d'accueil des demandeurs d'asile : un hôtel aux couleurs vives, décoré de plantes vertes, qui ne ressemble pas du tout aux habituels centres de rétention. " Le livret du ministère de l'Intérieur précise que « le Rwanda est un pays généralement sûr ». Toutefois, remarque le Guardian, « il n'y a aucune mention de la décision de la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni qui, en novembre dernier, a estimé qu'il existait des motifs sérieux de croire que les demandeurs d'asile envoyés au Rwanda couraient un risque réel de voir leurs demandes mal évaluées ou d'être renvoyés dans leur pays d'origine pour y être persécutés ».Cette perspective, en tout cas, effraie les demandeurs d'asile qui tentent d'échapper à ces expulsions vers le Rwanda. Le Times a ainsi rencontré, à Dublin, Abdi, « un Somalien d'une vingtaine d'années » qui veut demander l'asile à l'Irlande. « Je ne veux pas retourner en Afrique, le Rwanda n'est pas bon pour moi. Je suis ici pour construire une nouvelle vie en Europe ». Abdi a pris le ferry pour Belfast à Liverpool, raconte le Times. « Puis il a traversé en autocar la poreuse frontière irlandaise. » L'Irlande, « qui s'attend à accueillir cette année 20 000 demandeurs d'asile, soit plus de sept fois le nombre habituel des années précédant la pandémie de Covid ». Selon le gouvernement irlandais, « plus de quatre demandeurs d'asile sur cinq, viennent du Royaume-Uni ».Le mouvement pro-palestinien continue dans les universités américainesLe New York Times publie la photo d'une femme aux cheveux blancs, Annelise Orleck, 65 ans, « une historienne qui travaille au Dartmouth College, depuis plus de trois décennies ». « Elle participait, raconte le quotidien américain, à une manifestation en faveur des Palestiniens à Gaza, lorsqu'elle a été projetée au sol. […] Elle s'est relevée pour attraper son téléphone, tenu par des policiers, puis elle a été tirée et traînée par terre. » La vidéo circule sur les réseaux sociaux. « C'est une honte », a commenté Annelise Orleck.Le quotidien israélien Haaretz se demande de son côté si les manifestations pro-palestiniennes sont aussi antisémites. « Cette question fait l'objet d'un large débat », estime Haaretz, qui ajoute : « Pour leur défense, les leaders de la contestation soulignent souvent que les étudiants juifs assistent à leurs manifestations et font partie de leurs campements. »Mais, poursuit le journal israélien, « ce qui est indéniable, c'est que le mouvement est animé par une haine profonde et fondamentale du sionisme et d'Israël. Cela a amené les Israéliens – un sous-groupe distinct au sein de la communauté juive sur le campus – à se sentir particulièrement visés ». À l'université de Columbia, à New York, « la situation des Israéliens sur les campus est horrible, témoigne ainsi une étudiante. Alors que les médias ont tendance à amplifier les voix des Juifs américains sur les campus qui se plaignent de l'antisémitisme, nous Israéliens, nous sommes ignorés, même si notre situation est bien plus mauvaise ».Graines de dattesLe Wall Street Journal se fait l'écho d'une étrange invention... Le quotidien américain explique pourquoi nous pourrions bientôt boire du « café synthétique ». Car « notre tasse de café du matin est un désastre social et environnemental. Le monde boit deux milliards de tasses de café par jour ». Une demande qui a entraîné une « déforestation massive », alors que les cultivateurs perçoivent « des salaires de misère ». Selon les premiers témoignages, le goût de ce café synthétique, fabriqué notamment avec des « graines de dattes », ne serait pas si mauvais. 

We interview Jewish campus protestors. And talk current news. (This is also a fund drive episode, which means it's twice as long, and we find entertaining ways to ask you to support WBAI radio). We talk Gaza. We play NYPD's ridiculous fascist music video made from their raid on Columbia University. We explore the new Antisemitism Legislation (aka gag law), we talk bad ass Councilmember Tiffany Caban, the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt being called out by another Jewish group, Bend The Arc. And the People's Plan. We open the show with Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck who was thrown to the ground by police in New Hampshire for protecting her students from their raid, and how she, as a 65 year old Jewish faculty member, felt totally safe on campus until the militarized police showed up. And we open the show with a chant of other faculty standing for their students, recorded by Shoshana at CUNY City College, another site of police violence. We touch on why this episode was supposed to be all about our Refaat Alareer archives, and why it isn't. That'll be next week! Become a WBAI buddy of the show at wbai.org Follow us on social media @BeyondThePaleFM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beyondthepale/message

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Mehdi Hasan, founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of the new media company Zeteo, to discuss the biggest stories of the week and his new venture. First, Sam & Emma check in on Trump's trial, where people are concerned about how he keeps falling asleep. But that doesn't matter to South Carolina diner patrons* (*Ainsley Earhardt's friends and family), including former South Carolina State Rep. Chip Huggins, who thinks Trump is being crucified in court. It also doesn't apply to NewsMax's Carl Higbie, who is ecstatic to see how much energy Trump is showing by taking a car from lower Manhattan to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue. Then Mehdi joins Sam and Emma, and they discuss how the propaganda in support of Israel appearing on news and social media is the greatest since the entire media machine threw itself behind the Iraq War in the early 2000's. They discuss President Biden's reactions to the campus protests, the weaponization of the word "democracy", the baffling decision by Senate Majority Leader Schumer to reportedly partner with Speaker Johnson to invite Netanyahu to address Congress, and also check out Sen. Bernie Sanders explaining why Israel may end up being President Biden's own version of Vietnam. And in the Fun Half, the MR Crew check out Joe Rogan decrying out of control wokeness infiltrating college campuses, a respected Dartmouth history professor, Annelise Orleck, being forcibly arrested by police at a campus protest, Mehdi Hasan expertly dressing down Piers Morgan in a debate over the usage of the word "Intifada", and Donald Trump pretending like he doesn't know who RFK Jr. is when asked about him, even though they met at Trump Tower in 2016, and Trump is worried he's going to siphon votes away from him in November. Plus, your calls & IM's! Check out Zeteo here: https://zeteo.com/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Check out Seder's Seeds here!: https://www.sedersseeds.com/ ALSO, if you have pictures of your Seder's Seeds, send them here!: hello@sedersseeds.com Check out this GoFundMe in support of Mohammed Nasrallah, whose family is trying to leave Gaza for Egypt: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammed-nasserallah-and-family-go-to-egypt Check out this GoFundMe in support of Mohammad Aldaghma's niece in Gaza, who has Down Syndrome: http://tinyurl.com/7zb4hujt Check out the "Repair Gaza" campaign courtesy of the Glia Project here: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/rebuild_gaza_help_repair_and_rebuild_the_lives_and_work_of_our_glia_team#!/ Get emails on the IRS pilot program for tax filing here!: https://service.govdelivery.com/accounts/USIRS/subscriber/new Check out StrikeAid here!; https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Future Hindsight: Find all episodes of Future Hindsight at https://FutureHindsight.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Express VPN:  Protect your online activity TODAY with the VPN rated #1 by CNET and Mashable. Visit my exclusive link https://ExpressVPN.com/majority and you can get an extra 3 months FREE on a one-year package. That's https://ExpressVPN.com/majority to learn more. Aura Frames: Right now, Aura has a great deal for Mother's Day. Listeners can save on the perfect gift by visiting https://AuraFrames.com/MAJORITY to get $30-off plus free shipping on their best-selling frame. That's https://AuraFrames.com/MAJORITY. Use code MAJORITY  at checkout to save. Terms and conditions apply. Sunset Lake CBD: Sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

I've talked about a lot of Las Vegas history on this podcast and I absolutely love doing it.  And, based on the reaction to the various Vegas history episodes I've released, it's pretty clear that you do too. This time around, I'm covering a part of Las Vegas history that doesn't get the attention it deserves and if I'm being honest, it's a part of Las Vegas history that I really had no idea existed - and as someone who considers themselves a bit of a Vegas fanatic, I'm a little embarrassed by that fact. Joining me on this episode is Claytee White, the Director of the Oral History Research Center at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas.  I asked Ms. White to come on the podcast to have a conversation about Black History and the African American Community in Las Vegas after hearing her appearance on the podcast, "Spectacle - Las Vegas". Ms. White shared her story of what brought her Las Vegas and got her interested in Black History, we discussed the situation in Las Vegas leading up to the founding of the Moulin Rouge, and what led to the integration of Las Vegas Strip. If you'd like to learn more about Black History, the African American Community in Las Vegas, and the Moulin Rouge, visit Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas, a project of the UNLV University Libraries.  You can also check out the books, The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas by Earnest N. Bracey and Storming Caesars Palace by Annelise Orleck. __________________________________________________________________________ Jeff Does Vegas is an official Vegas.com affiliate!  Help support the podcast & get exclusive deals by booking your hotel stays, shows, attractions, tours, clubs and even complete vacation packages (including air & hotel) with our special link!

On today's show, we remember the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. From Union Strong, the podcast from the New York State AFL-CIO, “A Day in History that Changed Workplace Safety”; a look back at the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire through an interview with Edgar Romney, the Secretary-Treasurer of Workers United. Then, from Labor History in 2:00, “Industrial Murder at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory”. Next, historian Annelise Orleck discusses the labor-rights activism of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers on Democracy Now. And we wrap up with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, discussing the importance of protecting -- and not marginalizing -- our domestic workers today. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced by Chris Garlock.  #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory Music: Ballad of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (Bev Grant); The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Song (Mike Stout). Special thanks to Friday's Labor Folklore; subscribe here: fridaysfolklore@gmail.com

#050: In celebration of our 50th episode and the launch of our second season of interviews, we've invited guest host Annelise Orleck to interview organic tomato farmer Dave Chapman, one of Real Organic Project's founders, its co-director, and the regular host of our podcast. Learn more about Dave, his farm, and how Real Organic Project came to be. Learn more about our 3rd Annual Real Organic Symposium here: https://www.realorganic2022.org/Dave Chapman owns and operates Long Wind Farm in East Thetford, VT, which concentrates on soil-grown glasshouse tomatoes that are produced year round, a true feat in Vermont's cold climate. Dave is a longtime organic farmer, who along with fellow Vermont tomato farmer Dave Miskell noticed the suspicious appearance of  hydroponic tomatoes from other countries being sold with the USDA organic sticker a handful of years ago. Their research led to a web of injustices and untruths affecting real organic farmers throughout the organic industry, including berry growers, dairy producers,  grain farmers and more. The Real Organic Project was founded in 2017 and has evolved into an add-on food label. It is 100% farmer-led organization.To watch a video version of this podcast with access to the full transcript and links relevant to our conversation, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/dave-chapman-founding-a-farmer-led-movement-episode-fiftyThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be, but that the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing the ability for small farms who adhere to the law to stay in business. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but still paying a premium price. And the lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food,The 3rd annual interactive Real Organic Symposium takes place LIVE - on Sunday Jan 30th and Sunday Feb 6th - from 3 to 5pm EST! Featuring 50+ farmers, authors, policy experts, and more from the organic movement, including: Michael Pollan, Leah Penniman, Senator Jon Tester, Eliot Coleman, US Rep Chellie Pingree, and Vandana Shiva.We hope that you'll join the conversation! Learn more at:https://www.realorganic2022.org/

#033: Labor historian and Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck walks us through how our economy became filled with goods produced by invisible workers and the toll that reality has taken on our food system. She also speaks to the tremendous organizing power of the farm workers she interviewed while writing her book "We're All Fast Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages."Annelise Orleck is a professor of history at Dartmouth College and the author of 5 books: Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the United States 1900-1965; The Soviet Jewish Americans; Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty;  Rethinking American Women's Activism; and We're All Fast Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages.To watch a video version of this podcast please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/annelise-orleck-invisible-farm-workers-unconscious-consumers-episode-thirty-threeThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce. It also identifies pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs as compared to products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be. But the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing small farms that follow the law. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but are still paying a premium price. The lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

Episode #35 Notes0:45 - What inspired the formation of Migrant Justice?1:30 - Tell us about the migrant labor issues in Vermont, specifically on dairy farms?6:15 - What are the goals and mission of Migrant Justice?10:30 - On the Milk With Dignity campaign.13:30 - Ben and Jerry's involvement with Milk With Dignity.17:20 - Who is the campaign currently pursuing, and why?20:00 - COVID's impact on organizing work.23:45 - What are the most compelling achievements of Migrant Justice?26:45 - On COVID's spread on dairies.30:00 - Worker-driven labor rights outcomes and efficacy.31:45 - On shared ownership models.33:15 - Suggested readings!Life on the Other Border, Teresa M. MaresWe Are All Fast Food Workers Now, Annelise Orleck

On March 25, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, claiming the lives of 146 workers. Most of the victims were young immigrant women from Eastern and Southern Europe. In the wake of the fire, a group of women labor activists fought to ensure that the tragedy led to concrete change.  In this episode, host Laura Free speaks with Dr. Annelise Orleck, author of Common Sense and a Little Fire, to learn about the women who agitated for better working conditions before and after the Triangle Fire. Rose Schneiderman, Pauline Newman, and Clara Lemlich had a shared vision for a more equitable society. Together, they organized unions, led strikes, and fought for labor legislation, combating sexist and classist attitudes every step of the way. To exercise their full political power, they needed to make an impact not just on the picket lines but also at the ballot box. They needed the right to vote. For a transcript and more about this series, visit amendedpodcast.com. Visit the Amended store to get an Amended podcast mug, shirt, bag, phone case, and more.  Our Team Laura Free, Host & Writer Reva Goldberg, Producer, Editor & Co-Writer Scarlett Rebman, Project Director & Episode 4 Co-Writer Nicholas MacDonald Joseph Murphy Sara Ogger  Michael Washburn Episode 4 Guest and Collaborator: Dr. Annelise Orleck Consulting Engineer: Logan Romjue  Art by Simonair Yoho Music by Michael-John Hancock, Live Footage, Emily Sprague, Pictures of the Floating World (CC), Yusuke Tsutsumi (CC) and Meydän (CC). Archival footage courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives, WNYC, and the Kheel Center at Cornell University. Special thanks to Janette Gayle, Susan Goodier, and Karen Pastorello whose scholarship helped frame the episode, and also to Davor Mondom, who consulted on this episode. Amended is produced with major funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and with support from Baird Foundation, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Phil Lewis & Catherine Porter, and C. Evan Stewart. We received special support for this episode from Susan Strauss and Karen Gantz.  Copyright Humanities New York 2020

On March 25, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, claiming the lives of 146 workers. Most of the victims were young immigrant women from Eastern and Southern Europe. In the wake of the fire, a group of women labor activists fought to ensure that the tragedy led to concrete change.  In this episode, host Laura Free speaks with Dr. Annelise Orleck, author of Common Sense and a Little Fire, to learn about the women who agitated for better working conditions before and after the Triangle Fire. Rose Schneiderman, Pauline Newman, and Clara Lemlich had a shared vision for a more equitable society. Together, they organized unions, led strikes, and fought for labor legislation, combating sexist and classist attitudes every step of the way. To exercise their full political power, they needed to make an impact not just on the picket lines but also at the ballot box. They needed the right to vote. For a transcript and more about this series, visit amendedpodcast.com. Visit the Amended store to get an Amended podcast mug, shirt, bag, phone case, and more.  Our Team Laura Free, Host & Writer Reva Goldberg, Producer, Editor & Co-Writer Scarlett Rebman, Project Director & Episode 4 Co-Writer Nicholas MacDonald Joseph Murphy Sara Ogger  Michael Washburn Episode 4 Guest and Collaborator: Dr. Annelise Orleck Consulting Engineer: Logan Romjue  Art by Simonair Yoho Music by Michael-John Hancock, Live Footage, Emily Sprague, Pictures of the Floating World (CC), Yusuke Tsutsumi (CC) and Meydän (CC). Archival footage courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives, WNYC, and the Kheel Center at Cornell University. Special thanks to Janette Gayle, Susan Goodier, and Karen Pastorello whose scholarship helped frame the episode, and also to Davor Mondom, who consulted on this episode. Amended is produced with major funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and with support from Baird Foundation, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Phil Lewis & Catherine Porter, and C. Evan Stewart. We received special support for this episode from Susan Strauss and Karen Gantz.  Copyright Humanities New York 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Drew Edmonds, a Burgerville worker in Portland, Oregon, and an organizer with the Burgerville Workers Union. We talk about the fight Drew and his coworkers led to form the nation’s first federally recognized fast food union (followed by workers at Little Big Burger, another Portland chain). We talk about what it was like to unionize from the ground up across Burgerville stores, about how they have used the power of their union in the push to secure better wages and fairer treatment, and about the union-busting backlash and firings that they’ve faced from the company in response. We also talk about how their story speaks to the effectiveness and necessity of the organizing model of the IWW (the Industrial Workers of the World), which both the Burgerville Workers Union and the Little Big Union are affiliated with.    Additional links/info below... Boycott Burgerville  Burgerville Workers Union Facebook page and Twitter page Little Big Union website, Facebook page, and Twitter page Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Wikipedia page and Twitter page Shane Burley, ThinkProgress, "These Burgerville Employees Organized the First Official Fast Food Labor Union in the Country" Eater Portland, Behind Portland's Fight for Unionized Fast Food Restaurants  Don McIntosh, NW Labor Press, "Burgerville Continues to Fire Pro-Union Workers" Elise Herron, Willamette Week, "Workers at Little Big Burger Form Union, Joining Portland Fast-Food Labor Drive" Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "Fast-Food Industry Workers Continue to Fight for Their Right to Unionize"  Annelise Orleck, Beacon Press, "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now": The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages    Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall" Cletus Got Shot, "Gravedigger"

Did you know that “cheap” food carries a high cost? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Annelise Orleck, Ph.D., professor of history at Dartmouth college and author of “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages.” Dr. Orleck pulls back the curtain on exploitive and otherwise invisible labor conditions in food, agriculture, restaurant and retail industries, and shares empowering stories of organized workers who strive for dignity and respect. Related website: http://www.beacon.org/We-Are-All-Fast-Food-Workers-Now-P1334.aspx

Last week, McDonald’s workers rallied to demand the company enforce its sexual harassment policy and better train its managers and employees. This was the first multi-state strike to protest sexual harassment in the workplace in US history, and it united organizers of the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund and the Fight for $15. Annelise Orleck, author of "We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now", has surveyed movements to empower the powerless worldwide. She joined On The Media to explain how low-wage workers have been taking collective action to raise awareness of their stories around the world.

Taking a stand for workers rights. How workers around the world are fighting for a living wage.  Can America’s workers find justice under a renegotiated NAFTA? Plus, Bill Press on what Scott Pruitt left behind.   This week, author Annelise Orleck takes us inside the global uprising against poverty wages. Dan Mauer of the Communications Workers of America outlines a progressive agenda for renegotiating NAFTA. Plus, Bill Press with Rebecca Leber of Mother Jones on the legacy of Scott Pruitt.   Annelise Orleck Annelise Orleck is a longtime historian of labor movements. Her newest book tracks the growing fight across the globe for workers rights and a living wage.   Dan Mauer A new president in Mexico brings fresh uncertainty to the future of NAFTA. In an encore interview, Communications Workers of America’s Dan Mauer says trade policy under NAFTA benefits multinational corporations at the expense of American workers and calls for a new framework that puts workers’ rights first.   Rebecca Leber Bill Press talks with Rebecca Leber of Mother Jones about the EPA, post Scott Pruitt … and why we should expect more of the same.   Jim Hightower Babies On Trial

Annelise Orleck discusses the perceptions surrounding "working for the man" and advocates for unions and fair wages (4:58); Heidi Groover interrogates conspiracy theories surrounding smart meters in a performance of the Trust Issues Podcast Live (10:38); Åsne Seierstad tells the story of two Syrian refugee sisters living in Norway, and their return to Syria as Jihad Islamic extremists (19:00); and Steve Scher interviews Ashley Dawson about the impact of extreme weather and climate change on our cities (27:10). Hosts Jini Palmer and Steve Scher select standout moments from the previous two weeks of events and look forward to the next.

Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth CollegeCUNY, Graduate CenterIn the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, poor mothers in New York City and across the United States took charge of their lives and their communities, using federal anti-poverty dollars to build health clinics, serve free meals to poor children, publish community newspapers and even open free public swimming pools. Many of these programs were so successful that they literally extended life expectancies in poor communities. In this talk for New York City teachers, historian Annelise Orleck traces the history of community programs built by welfare mother activists in Brooklyn, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada. The incredible story of these grassroots activists and their many successes draws upon Professor Orleck’s book Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty.The images that Professor Orleck discusses during the talk are available below.Welfare Rights Images