Podcasts about black workers

In today's episode Simone reflects on how racism operates in higher education environments. They begin by thinking about their lived experiences within education both as a student and as a professor. They consider how “gifted and talented” programs are a tool of white supremacy and the obstacles for Black people in terms of attending higher education. Reflecting on the stark contrast between the demographics of the students and the predominantly Black and brown janitorial, maintenance and service workers who keep the institutions running.They then look at the article Black Workers and the University by Lilah Burke  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/27/black-workers-universities-often-are-left-out-conversations-about-race-and-higherThey finish off by looking at activism and union actions that have worked to confront and change conditions for Black workers within the academy. Subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the struggle for Black Workers continues, on the Teamster View; SCOTUS on worker right to representation; Weingarten Rights quote @1932Teamsters @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

In this episode we interview Austin McCoy to discuss his piece “'Disorganize the State': The Black Workers Congress's Visions of Abolition-Democracy in the 1970's", which Austin wrote for the Labor and Employment Relations Association's publication A Racial Reckoning in Industrial Relations: Storytelling as Revolution from Within.  Austin McCoy is a historian of the 20th Century United States with specializations in African American History, labor, and cultural history.  He is currently working on two books:   The Quest for Democracy: Black Power, New Left, and Progressive Politics in the Post-Industrial Midwest and a cultural and personal history of De La Soul. The conversation allows us to once again return to the current of radical anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, anti-racist labor organizing that emanated from organizations like DRUM (the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement), the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and - the focus of McCoy's essay - the Black Workers Congress.  In this episode we talk about the BWC's radical vision, which McCoy describes as in the tradition of what W.E.B. Du Bois called “abolition democracy.” And we discuss some of the organizing history of the various individuals and organizations associated with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as well as what happened to their vision over time.  We recorded this discussion on December 18th of 2023 so while we discuss the solidarity that these revolutionary Black organizers had with Palestinians and discuss the UAW's ceasefire call and their proposal to examine divestment, there are some notes that are important to add as we release this discussion almost a year later (a delay that is entirely my fault).  The UAW has endorsed Kamala Harris despite her role in the genocide of Palestinians and her refusal to call for an arms embargo and they did so with no concessions whatsoever on that issue. This stance by the UAW in this moment in many ways reflects the very currents of racist and imperialist union organizing that groups like the League and the BWC were organizing against. So while we can talk about the folks within the UAW who organized for those statements and resolutions within their union as operating within the traditions we discuss in this episode, it is important to note - at least in my view - that the UAW as a whole has ultimately shunned that radical legacy and replicated the historical role of the labor aristocracy in this moment as they and other major unions in the US have done over and over again.  Nonetheless, I do think that it is important to not dismiss the power or potential of labor organizing in moments like this, even if that potential remains unfulfilled. I think about the lessons that Stefano Harney and Fred Moten pull from people like General Baker when they called us to “wildcat the totality” several years ago.  I'd like to send much appreciation to Austin McCoy for this discussion. If you would like to support our work please become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Links and related or referenced discussions: Our two part conversation with Herb Boyd about this period and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (Part 1, Part 2)  "Finally Got the News" (film about the League) Some archival documents related to the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (visit FreedomArchives.org for more)  Our discussion with J. Moufawad-Paul on "Economism" which deals with some of the imperialist and racist trends within the labor movement (and within Communist or Socialist approaches to organizing the labor movement within empire at various times). 

Stan talks to historian Jacqueline Jones about her book, No Right to An Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History.

Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway), Libro.fm, and Everyday Shakespeare.

(AURN News) — The U.S. job market showed signs of weakening in June, with the unemployment rate climbing to 4.1 percent, up from 3.6 percent a year ago, according to the latest Labor Department report released Friday morning. The economic downturn has hit Black Americans particularly hard. The Black unemployment rate surged to 6.3 percent, a significant increase from 5.6 percent back in April. This compares to 3.5 percent for White workers and 4.9 percent for Hispanic workers, maintaining the unfortunately long-standing pattern of higher joblessness among African Americans. Despite the overall rise in unemployment, the economy added 206,000 jobs in June. Wages saw a modest uptick, with average hourly earnings increasing by 10 cents to $35.00. The average workweek held steady at 34.3 hours for the third consecutive month. This latest report raises concerns about the strength of the labor market and could influence future Federal Reserve decisions regarding the fight against inflation. The Federal Reserve's FOMC minutes recently indicated a long road to recovery when it comes to getting inflation down to the 2 percent target goal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Hettie V. Williams interviews Dr. Jacqueline Jones about her Pulitzer Prize winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggle of Boston's Black Workers (Basic Books, 2023). Williams is the current director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston and Jones is Professor Emerita; Ellen C. Temple Chair in Women's History and Mastin Gentry White Professor of Southern History at the University of Texas, Austin. Jones is also the author of several award-winning books including Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present (Basic Books, 1985). Labor of Love won the Bancroft Prize in 1986. She is also the winner of enumerable other awards including a MacArthur Fellowship (1999-2004) and served as president of the American Historical Association (AHA). This episode focuses on her book No Right to an Honest Living and the quest for equity waged by African Americans in nineteenth century Boston. In this book, she highlights the struggle for Black equality waged by everyday Black workers before, during and after the American Civil War. Jones argues that though Boston has long been seen as a cradle of liberty Black workers were kept from enjoying full equality particularly in the arena of work. #BlackBoston #BlackinBostonandBeyond #PulitzerPrizeHistory #BlackWorkers 

In this episode, Jenn and Daren dive deep into the exploitation of Black labor, drawing from their personal experiences working for Disney. They shed light on the harsh realities faced by Disney workers, particularly Black employees, and discuss the broader implications of these labor practices within the context of American capitalism. The episode begins with Jenn and Daren discussing the recent viral video of Disney characters unionizing and the importance of labor unions in protecting workers' rights. They then share anecdotes from the time they each spent at Disney, revealing the less-than-magical side of the company including the exploitation of part-time workers, overt racism and anti-Blackness. In the second segment, Jenn and Daren broaden the conversation to include the systemic issues that Black workers face across various industries. They cite statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Brookings Institute to illustrate the disparities in employment and pay for Black workers, and discuss the additional challenges faced by Black women and men in the workplace. The episode concludes with a reflection on the importance of mental health and work-life balance, particularly for Black workers navigating hostile work environments. Jenn shares her personal journey from STEM to academia and the pressures she faced, while Daren emphasizes the need for self-care and ethical work practices. Reference Material: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/31/black-workers-views-and-experiences-in-the-us-labor-force-stand-out-in-key-ways/#:~:text=Black%20Americans%20make%20up%20large,time%20and%20are%20self%2Demployed https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/04/07/black-americans-views-of-education-and-professional-opportunities-in-science-technology-engineering-and-math/ https://www.epi.org/indicators/state-unemployment-race-ethnicity/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-are-employment-rates-so-low-among-black-men/ S1E5 - The Erasure of Black Women's Work - https://soundcloud.com/thatblackcouple/episode-5-the-erasure-of-black-womens-work Rutgers doctoral student gives birth on same day she defends dissertation - https://abc7ny.com/post/rutgers-doctoral-student-goes-into-early-labor-gives-birth-on-same-day-she-defends-dissertation-from-hospital/14780220/ Why I will no longer use my unpaid labor to discuss race in America with white people - https://watercoolerconvos.com/2017/09/10/will-no-longer-use-unpaid-labor-discuss-race-america-white-people/ On Nnedi Okorafor and when Hollywood values our work but erases our names - https://watercoolerconvos.com/2017/09/14/nnedi-okorafor-erasure/ www.ThatBlackCouple.com FB: www.facebook.com/ThatBlackCouple Twitter: www.twitter.com/ThatBlkCouple Instagram: www.instagram.com/thatblkcouple iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-black-couple-podcast/id1284072220?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2M7GIQlWxG05gGq0bpBwma?si=xSkjzK0BRJW51rjyl3DWvw Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/that-black-couple Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/That-Black-Couple-Podcast/dp/B0C12M7Q34/ Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/that-black-couple-podcast/PC:1000149014 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thatblackcouple Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6Mjc2MDExMzcwL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M Email: ThatBLKCouple@gmail.com Podcast Summary: This is an accidentally funny podcast about the realities of Blackness and adult life. We do “adult” differently. We are That Black Couple. Our goal is to create a space for Black millennials to discuss and embody adult life on their own terms. We aren't beholden to “traditional” gender or parenting roles, queerness is fluid and present in the ways we show up in our relationships and in the world, and we want to build community with other 30-something Black folx who are trying to figure this ish out.

On this show, we talk with Dr. Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, Assistant Professor of African American History and Public History at NC State University, about the Black Workers for Justice and workers' fight for economic justice during the 1988 Schlage Lock closure in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

The economic landscape of Indianapolis is, no doubt, vibrant and bustling, from the nonprofit sector to the commercial and private sectors. News 8 has been exploring Black representation in the workforce and leadership roles. That pertains, specifically, to the participation of Black workers in the U.S. private sector.According to a report by McKinsey and Co., a strategy and management consulting firm, an analysis on economic data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau from 2019 found that, on the current trajectory, it would take 95 years for Black employees to reach talent parity in the private sector.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this show, we talk with Dr. Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, Assistant Professor of African American History and Public History at NC State University, about the Black Workers for Justice and workers' fight for economic justice during the 1988 Schlage Lock closure in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

In this episode, Whitney is joined by Aimée-Josiane ("AJ") Powell-Ingabire (they/them), a passionate activist and organizer, to discuss their journey and insights working within and alongside labor union organizers throughout the US. Here are three key takeaways from our conversation:Courage Needed.AJ shared valuable insights into the significance of courage in the workplace, especially in the context of labor organizing. They highlighted the transformative nature of being in a union, emphasizing the collective solutions, protection, and empowerment that unions provide. AJ's perspective on unions as a means to a more equitable society resonates deeply with the need for collective action and solidarity in the workplace.Labor Unions Can Be Great, And Their History is One of ExclusionThe history of labor unions is complex and involves many things we shouldn't be proud of, including contradictions and exclusions faced by workers of color. And in fact, our learning of the labor movement is whitewashed and completely erases key events by and for Black workers, including the "Great Strike of 1861." AJ shed light on the importance of recognizing and addressing systemic barriers faced by marginalized communities, including Black, trans, disabled, and immigrant workers. We Need Labor Movements for Real, Complex, People.Labor organizing must create spaces that prioritize access, comfort, and dignity for all workers. By advocating for disability justice and amplifying the voices of marginalized individuals, AJ exemplifies the importance of centering diverse perspectives in labor movements. Their focus on creating inclusive workplaces that empower all individuals, regardless of identity, sets a powerful example for fostering diversity and equity in the labor sector.Don't miss out on this enlightening episode of Impostrix Podcast, where AJ's insights and experiences offer valuable lessons for navigating imposter syndrome and advocating for inclusivity in the workplace. Tune in to gain valuable perspectives and inspiration for your own professional journey.

Senator Smallwood Cuevas breaks down the new laws she pushed all the way to the governor's desk where they were signed into law. The conversation focuses on her plans for legislation in support of workers, radical solidarity and the Black caucuses' drive to codify the recommendations of the California Reparations Task Force into law. www.sd28.senate.ca.gov

The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC) is to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ Black workers through action and unionization. LABWC Lead Community Organizer Jeremaiah Gordon and Member Organizers Samuel Rice and Julia Smith share ther actions, opportunities and philosophies meant to galvanize that vision. Text Jeremaiah at (213) 563-9705 or visit… www.lablackworkerscenter.org

Professor Blair LM Kelley joins the show to talk about her new book - Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. We also get our regular city council watch from Tryston, and of course give you what happened last week in southern labor and BOSS WATCH. ✦ ABOUT ✦The Valley Labor Report is the only union talk radio show in Alabama, elevating struggles for justice and fairness on the job, educating folks about how they can do the same, and bringing relevant news to workers in Alabama and beyond.Our single largest source of revenue *is our listeners* so your support really matters and helps us stay on the air!Make a one time donation or become a monthly donor on our website or patreon:TVLR.FMPatreon.com/thevalleylaborreportVisit our official website for more info on the show, membership, our sponsors, merch, and more: https://www.tvlr.fmFollow TVLR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheValleyLab...Follow TVLR on Twitter: @LaborReportersFollow Jacob on Twitter: @JacobM_ALFollow TVLR Co-Creator David Story on Twitter: @RadiclUnionist✦ CONTACT US ✦Our phone number is 844-899-TVLR (8857), call or text us live on air, or leave us a voicemail and we might play it during the show!✦ OUR ADVERTISERS KEEP US ON THE AIR! ✦Support them if you can.The attorneys at MAPLES, TUCKER, AND JACOB fight for working people. Let them represent you in your workplace injury claim. Mtandj.com; (855) 617-9333The MACHINISTS UNION represents workers in several industries including healthcare, the defense industry, woodworking, and more. iamaw44.org (256) 286-3704 / organize@iamaw44.orgDo you need good union laborers on your construction site, or do you want a union construction job? Reach out to the IRONWORKERS LOCAL 477. Ironworkers477.org  256-383-3334 (Jeb Miles) / local477@bellsouth.netThe NORTH ALABAMA DSA is looking for folks to work for a better North Alabama, fighting for liberty and justice for all. Contact / Join: DSANorthAlabama@gmail.comIBEW LOCAL 136 is a group of over 900 electricians and electrical workers providing our area with the finest workforce in the construction industry. You belong here. ibew136.org Contact: (205) 833-0909IFPTE - We are engineers, scientists, nonprofit employees, technicians, lawyers, and many other professions who have joined together to have a greater voice in our careers. With over 80,000 members spread across the U.S. and Canada, we invite you and your colleagues to consider the benefits of engaging in collective bargaining. IFPTE.org Contact: (202) 239-4880THE HUNTSVILLE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD is a union open to any and all working people. Call or email them today to begin organizing your workplace - wherever it is. On the Web: https://hsviww.org/ Contact: (256) 651-6707 / organize@hsviww.orgENERGY ALABAMA is accelerating Alabama's transition to sustainable energy. We are a nonprofit membership-based organization that has advocated for clean energy in Alabama since 2014. Our work is based on three pillars: education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Energy Alabama on the Web: https://alcse.org/ Contact: (256) 812-1431 / dtait@energyalabama.orgThe Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services,  and distribution. Learn more at RWDSU.infoThe American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union proudly representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Learn more at AFGE.orgAre you looking for a better future, a career that can have you set for life, and to be a part of something that's bigger than yourself?   Consider a skilled trades apprenticeship with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. Learn more at IUPAT.orgUnionly is a union-focused company created specifically to support organized labor. We believe that providing online payments should be simple, safe, and secure.  Visit https://unionly.io/ to learn more.Hometown Action envisions inclusive, revitalized, and sustainable communities built through multiracial working class organizing and leadership development at the local and state level to create opportunities for all people to thrive. Learn more at hometownaction.orgMembers of IBEW have some of the best wages and benefits in North Alabama. Find out more and join their team at ibew558.org ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Members of the Southwest Mountain State Carpenters Union; Kyle Patterson, Wesley Crunk, & Corey Crockerham want you to know that there is a place and space for more African American men and women in the carpentry trade. As leaders of the effort to increase the presence of Black carpenters through the Brother's Keeper and B.O.O.T.S. pre-apprenticeship programs, these brothers encourage anyone with a mindset to work and hustle to join the union. Your background and level of experience do not matter, they want to show you what it takes to stay in the trade.. https://swmscarpenters.org/

(Airdate 7/21/23) With all the labor organizing happening this summer, we're fortunate to be able to pick the brains of elected officials with a track record of organizing and building power for the Black community. Are the politicians we elected with us, the workers, or…? Where do they stand on the biggest issues of the day? Senator Smallwood-Cuevas was elected in 2022 representing the communities of Ladera Heights, View Park, Arlington Heights, Arlington Park, Baldwin Hills, Carthay, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Crenshaw, Del Rey, Downtown, Hyde Park, Jefferson Park, Leimert Park, Mar Vista, Mid City, South Los Angeles, University Park, West Adams, and West LA. Lola is an educator, labor organizer, and community. Raised by a single mother who worked as a home care worker, CNA and then registered nurse, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas has life experience of being from a working family who moved to California in search of better education, good union jobs, and a pathway to self-sufficiency. https://sd28.senate.ca.gov/

2023 is UNISON's Year of Black Workers, and the year-long focus on issues affecting Black members is one which must have lasting impacts. We need to work with our Black members in establishing legacy to create change, and joining us on the podcast to share how exactly to achieve this are Sandra Charles and Manjula Kumari. In the episode, you'll hear how proper training, education and consideration can be implemented to create tangible change for the years ahead. This episode of The UNISON Local Government Podcast covers: UNISON's initiatives for The Year of Black Workers Why more Black workers in positions of power and responsibility is essential Overcoming visibility issues surrounding lesser-understood medical needs How employers can better address barriers disproportionately affecting their Black workers

AP correspondent Lisa Dwyer reports on Black Farmworkers Mississippi.

(Airdate 6/9/23) Sherri is Labor Rights Advocate aand former Lead Community Organizer with the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. In addition she has worked on campaigns such as the Raise the Wage - the Fight for Fifteen. On this podcast Dominique & Sherri look at a cascade of ongoin and upcoming strikes and give an unvarnished view of discrimination inside the labor movement and what's being done to fight it. IG: @Sherri_de_la_Ghetto

While workers across all groups saw a median 7.4% pay increase in 2022, Black workers as well as young people and low-wage earners received the largest pay increases in the fourth quarter. Wall Street Journal reporter Gabriel T. Rubin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what the 2023 jobs picture looks like for those groups.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Jacqueline Jones, the author of No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era. Jacqueline Jones is the Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women's History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin and the past president of the American Historical Association. Winner of the Bancroft Prize for Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow and a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, she lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our news wrap Monday, a white teenager pleaded guilty to killing ten Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, unrest in China sent a shudder down Wall Street as major stock indexes dropped, Ukraine is warning of another hard week with more Russian missile strikes against power and water systems and Mauna Loa in Hawaii is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Monday, a white teenager pleaded guilty to killing ten Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, unrest in China sent a shudder down Wall Street as major stock indexes dropped, Ukraine is warning of another hard week with more Russian missile strikes against power and water systems and Mauna Loa in Hawaii is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Monday, a white teenager pleaded guilty to killing ten Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, unrest in China sent a shudder down Wall Street as major stock indexes dropped, Ukraine is warning of another hard week with more Russian missile strikes against power and water systems and Mauna Loa in Hawaii is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Monday, a white teenager pleaded guilty to killing ten Black shoppers and workers at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, unrest in China sent a shudder down Wall Street as major stock indexes dropped, Ukraine is warning of another hard week with more Russian missile strikes against power and water systems and Mauna Loa in Hawaii is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Challenges facing black workers

On this rebroadcast show, we discuss the history of Labor Day, labor unions, and the role race and racism have played in the labor movement with Stanford Law Professor William Gould, former chairman of the NLRB and author of Black Workers in White Unions and the forthcoming For Labor to Build Upon: Wars, Depression and Pandemic

This year, there has been a 56% increase in petitions asking for union representation across the nation.  You've seen the news. Employees at companies such as Amazon and Starbucks are making headlines because they demand better working conditions. If successful, Black employees stand to benefit the most. Research shows that Black union members have better health insurance, higher pay, and a heftier retirement fund compared to Black workers who aren't a part of a union. In this episode of Beyond Black History Month, listen as we revisit the role that Black workers have played in the history of unionizing and explore how the modern labor movement is changing their lives for the better. Produced by Femi Redwood, Jill Webb, Anddy Egan-Thorpe, and Dempsey Pillot

Thursday, July 14 on Urban Forum Northwest - *Congressman Hank Johnson (D) GA-4 is a Member of the House Judiciary Committee, he will lend his perspective to current political situation in his state and comment on the rights of citizens that are being denied by the US Supreme Court. *Carolyn Riley-Payne, President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the organizations annual meeting from Atlantic City , NJ. She will also comment on the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) a program that she directed for almost 40 years. *Monica T. L. Lewis, Director, Seattle King County NAACP ACT-SO comments on the progress of the organizations four competitors who are: Nyla Butler 17 year old senior at Federal Way High School will compete in Written and Poetry Performance categories Myahna Cash 18 year old graduate of Dimond High School will compete in the Music VocalContemporary category Rian Morgan 18 year old graduate of Mount Rainier High School will compete in the Music Instrumental Classical category *Efe Elaiho 14 year old sophomore at Lakeside High School will compete in the Computer Science category and he comments on his experience. *Sharon Lane a Member of the Laborers Union comments on the shocking experience she had on her construction job at a Microsoft last year. Five nooses placed at her workstation was the reason she left the job after 14 years as a Laborers Union Member. *Claude Burfect, First Vice President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the upsurge of symbols of hate being found in Black Workers work stations that Includes a noose found at a Seattle Fire Station in North Seattle. *Gabriel Prawl, President, Seattle A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) comments on the increase of hate symbols in the workplace. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.1150kknw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye.

Thursday, July 14 on Urban Forum Northwest - *Congressman Hank Johnson (D) GA-4 is a Member of the House Judiciary Committee, he will lend his perspective to current political situation in his state and comment on the rights of citizens that are being denied by the US Supreme Court. *Carolyn Riley-Payne, President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the organizations annual meeting from Atlantic City , NJ. She will also comment on the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) a program that she directed for almost 40 years. *Monica T. L. Lewis, Director, Seattle King County NAACP ACT-SO comments on the progress of the organizations four competitors who are: Nyla Butler 17 year old senior at Federal Way High School will compete in Written and Poetry Performance categories Myahna Cash 18 year old graduate of Dimond High School will compete in the Music VocalContemporary category Rian Morgan 18 year old graduate of Mount Rainier High School will compete in the Music Instrumental Classical category *Efe Elaiho 14 year old sophomore at Lakeside High School will compete in the Computer Science category and he comments on his experience. *Sharon Lane a Member of the Laborers Union comments on the shocking experience she had on her construction job at a Microsoft last year. Five nooses placed at her workstation was the reason she left the job after 14 years as a Laborers Union Member. *Claude Burfect, First Vice President, Seattle King County NAACP comments on the upsurge of symbols of hate being found in Black Workers work stations that Includes a noose found at a Seattle Fire Station in North Seattle. *Gabriel Prawl, President, Seattle A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) comments on the increase of hate symbols in the workplace. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.1150kknw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye.

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This is the 3rd session of Journalism for Liberation and Combat. This session is hosted by Too Black. Too Black is a poet, member of Black Alliance For Peace, producer of The Last Dope Intellectual Podcast, and host of The Black Myths Podcast on Black Power Media. He is based in Indianapolis, IN. This session focuses on The League of Revolutionary Black Workers newspaper work as a living example and case study for the examination of emancipatory journalism. In this episode Too Black breaks down comparisons of The South End under the editorship of John Watson in comparison with the coverage of the same events by The Detroit Free Press. This juxtaposition illuminates the possibilities of emancipatory journalism in practice. Shout out to Austin McCoy for sharing examples of articles from The South End with us for this presentation. Too Black also discusses the work he and his co-hosts do over at the Black Myths Podcast and the process they use to engage and debunk popular myths. Finally Too Black touches on methods of corporate counterinsurgency. Too Black's presentation is followed by a Q&A from the Journalism for Liberation and Combat course participants. In the Q&A Brooke Terpstra from Oakland Abolition and Solidarity and I begin a conversation with Too Black about prisons and profit that we continue during an episode of IMIXWHATILIKE that came out this past Monday March 28th.  There's a brief introductory conversation by Brooke and me. As we ground the discussion within the overall context of the Journalism for Liberation and Combat seminar series. All of the Journalism for Liberation and Combat sessions have video versions as well and you can find those on Black Power Media, we'll provide a link to the playlist with all four sessions in the show notes. This particular session has a decent length powerpoint presentation with examples of articles from The South End so it is beneficial to watch it over on BPM. If you like the work that we do here at MAKC all of our work is solely funded by our listeners so please become a patron of the show, you can do that for as little as $1 a month over at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism. Check out and support: Black Myths Podcast (show, patreon) The Last Dope Intellectual (show, patreon) Oakland Abolition and Solidarity Black Power Media (channel, patreon)

President Joe Biden on Monday warned of Russian cyberattacks against the U.S. — making his most prominent alert yet about what he called new intelligence concerning the Putin regime's plans. A former Google employee sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected them to a hostile work environment if they speak out. Heading into the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans have been riding a wave of positive press about their gains among Hispanic voters as Democrats fret about hemorrhaging support from the fast-growing demographic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, We begin with Mark Dunlea telling us about the upcoming March 24th virtual Health Justice Town Hall to be sponsored by the Poor People's Campaign. Then, roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry brings us part four of his interview with Saladin Muhammed, founder of the group Black Workers for Justice. Later on, Sarah Abraham interviews Aileen Javier about her work with the People's Health Sanctuary and her view of radio as important activism. After that, producer Jacob Boston talks with varsity football player Michael Brown about the trials and tribulations of a student athlete from freshman year through senior year. Finally, Andrea Cunliffe brings us a story about rehabilitation in prison and reentry after incarceration.

On February 1, 2022, at the beginning of "Black History Month," Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry spoke to Saladin Muhammad, founder and organizer with the Black Workers for Justice. In this final interview segment with Saladin, he talks about youth involvement in the freedom struggle.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, We begin with Mark Dunlea's look at the lawsuit being brought by the Rensselaer Environmental Coalition to require Rensselaer County's Public Health Director to investigate the Dunn Landfill. Then, we hear an excerpt from a virtual press conference hosted by Survivor advocacy groups in response to former Governor Cuomo's ad campaign attacking survivors Later on, in part three of their interview, our roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry talks with Saladin Mohamed, founder of Black Workers for Justice, about how Black History Month should be celebrated. After that, Sarah Abraham asks Nikki Rogers about the Friday event at Root3d called R

On February 1, 2022, at the beginning of "Black History Month," Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry spoke to Saladin Muhammad, founder, and organizer with the Black Workers for Justice. In this part, the three-segment of Labor Talk, Saladin talks about how we should remember black History Month.

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Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, We begin with Mark Dunlea talking with Jasmine Gripper of the Alliance for Quality Education about a recent report identifying New York as the state with the highest rate of racial segregation in schools. Then, our roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry brings us part two of his interview with Saladin Mohammed of Black Workers for Justice. After that, Brea Barthel talks with my co-host Blaise Bryant to give us the perspective of a disabled person navigating snowbanks on sidewalks in winter, and the importance of everyone keeping walkways and crosswalks clear of snow. We then join Corinne Carey to visit a new Troy taco restaurant that combines Cajun and Creole flavors. Finally, we hear about the healing with music, community, and the upcoming Digital Altar event coming to the Sanctuary from one of the participating artists, Géraldine Eguiluz.

Double podcast episode about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 60s/early 70s, in conversation with Herb Boyd, author of Black Detroit and former member of the group, and Dan Georgakas, author of Detroit I Do Mind Dying. This podcast is only possible because of support from our listeners on patreon. Join us and get access to exclusive content at https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory This is an improved, extended and partially re-recorded version of our podcast episode 12. We have added more audio clips from other members of the League, including General Baker, Mitch and Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell. We have also added narrative for additional detail, context and to tell the story in a more cohesive manner. Whether you listened to the original episode or not, we hope you enjoy it! Get hold of Dan and Herb's books on these links: – Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution – https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9781608462216 – Herb Boyd, Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination – https://bookshop.org/a/80203/9780062346636 More information, sources, acknowledgements and more on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e61-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-in-detroit/

On February 1, 2022, at the beginning of "Black History Month," Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry spoke to Saladin Muhammad, founder, and organizer with the Black Workers for Justice. In this part two segment of Labor Talk, Saladin talks about how he organized "Black Workers for Justice."

On February 1, 2022, at the beginning of "Black History Month," Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry spoke to Saladin Muhammad, founder and organizer with the Black Workers for Justice. Saladin talks about how he started as an activist in the labor movement. Part one

It's Black History Month, so I decided to educate everyone on the cost of being Black in America.  Being your resident money girl, I would be doing a disservice if I didn't take this opportunity to use my platform to give insight to a topic that needs the attention of everyone if it's ever going to change.The purpose of this conversation is not to make my non-black listeners feel guilty, but to educate everyone on the discriminatory practices my community has endured and still faces in today's employment market. Today I'm giving ya'll a super-focused discussion on the systematic employment discrimination practices that black workers are experiencing.  Stay tuned all this month as I give you my perspective along with researched facts of the cost of being Black in America. Connect with RichE on Instagram Keep up with the pod on Instagram - @Mindfully_Rich_Podcast 

The Minute Kings Season: 1 Episode: 3 In this episode of The Minute Kings, we will be discussing the topic of: Black Representation. We talk about the many black role-models we see in life and entertainment to this day. We also discuss calls to actions that our community doesn't hear about too often such as encouraging community members to participate in events like Carnival and Afropunkfest. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theminutekings/ Website: https://www.theminutekings.com Twitter & IG: @theminutekings Links: Black Media Breakdown #4: How Issa Rae writes black men : Video Essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmUfzJqSOMI&list=PLMyDjibzkZIIqmle-eT27_Ktil-sAEaG4&index=4 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/minute-kings/support

“My intention was not to make them accept me, my intention was to be there and have them work to be accepted by me.” - Elise Guadalupe In today's episode, we have Elise Guadalupe. Elise is an Aerial Yoga Educator. ​​her personal practice is by quieting the mind, making it possible to hear and see one's real truth. Her teaching style is authentic to who she is as a person, compassionate and straightforward. In this conversation, l talked with Elise about her yoga journey, how she turned to yoga after the death of her husband after 9/11 when she entered a period of deep grief, sadness, and depression. She shared that yoga was the key for her recovery from the darkest moment of her life. She also told of her journey and struggles of being a black woman from Queens in a predominantly white yoga community in suburban Pennsylvania. We also talked about being childlike in certain ways: being fearless, playful, creative and flexible. Listen in to this great conversation where two yoga teachers of color share their journey and growth experiences to bring them where they are now. * Follow me on Instagram for Maverick Mondays, Free Verse Fridays, and some real talk about healing, poetry, AND play: @leslieannhobayan or email me at leslieann@suryagian.com * Sign up for Joyful Meditation, a 5-part introductory series to meditation. Each recorded class is just a half hour. Five classes to create self-awareness and inner peace-- for just $11.11! Today's poems/ Books mentioned: “The Body, a Tree” by Hafiz Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali, 1.14 “Black Workers” by Langston Hughes Courses/Exclusive Content Mentioned: Joyful Meditation : https://suryagian.com/joyful-meditation The Story of Joy: https://suryagian.com/subscribe

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Saladin Muhammad argues in an article titled Black Workers for Justice, Twenty-year of Struggle, in Against the Current that: “The national oppression of African Americans in the U.S. South makes Black workers in the South the most exploited section of the U.S. industrial working class. Black Workers for Justice [BWFJ] thus bases its trade union and political perspectives on the principle of the centrality of the Black working class.” “The struggle against racism, for political power and self-determination for African descendant people are key aspects of this principle in forging the unity of the Southern and U.S. working class. BWFJ has tried to create an identity, confidence and political presence of the Black worker and trade union organization in the U.S. South.” BWFJ believes that the struggle against African American national oppression must take on sharper Black working-class and internationalist features. It must put forward a perspective for, and be active in building, a strong rank-and-file democratic and radical labor movement in the U.S. South” [Saladin Muhammad, Black Workers for Justice, Twenty-years of Struggle, Against the Current, No. 101, November/December 2002]. With this, Saladin Muhammad, firmly situates Black Workers for Justice in the continuity and long arc of Black liberation movements that center the Black working class/workers, such as, but not limited to: Ad Hoc. Committee of Concerned Black Steel Workers; the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement; League of Revolutionary Black Workers, to name a few. What you will hear next is Pt. II of our conversation with Baba Saladin Muhammad. Be sure to tap into Pt. I to pick up the flow of our conversation! Saladin Muhammad is an organizer, theoretician, writer. He published a number of articles that explore issues ranging from exposing the structural and systemic racism in labor to ways to understand the interdependence of human rights and Black internationalism. Saladin Muhammad is the co-founder and national chair of Black Workers for Justice and until his retirement, he was an international representative for the United Electrical Workers [UEW]. His praxis has been forged in Black freedom work for than three decades. The idea is not to replicate, but I understand there is a path. To see that there is a way. A way – a genealogy... Our show was produced today in solidarity with the native/indigenous, African, and Afro-descended communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana; and Ayiti; and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all people. Listen intently. Think deeply. Act accordingly. Enjoy the program!

Abdul Alkalimat writes on a multimedia project that explores the work of Saladin Muhamad that “our movements for social transformation have often fallen victim to the tendency to oversimplify the struggle. Moreover, there is far too little self-criticism to learn from our “right” and “left” errors. This is particularly dangerous as we are at the beginning of a new generational awakening. We need to think about the past few decades of struggle by listening to those who have marched on and maintained a revolutionary perspective.” Labor, whether force or extracted through coercion has been a consistent cause of struggle for African/a peoples, globally. James Boggs, in a speech given at a Political Science Seminar in Atlanta University on February 17, 1974, argued that “we must be ready to recognize that as reality changes, our ideas have to change so that we can project new, more advanced aspirations worth striving for. This is the only way to avoid becoming prisoners of ideas which were once progressive but have become reactionary, i.e., have been turned into their opposite. The only struggles worth pursuing are those which advance the whole society and enable all human beings to evolve to a new and higher stage of their human potential”. Expanding this assertion, Boggs goes on to suggest that “knowledge must move from perception to conception; in other words, knowledge and struggle begin by perceiving your own reality. But it must have the aim of developing beyond what you yourself or your own group can perceive, to wider conceptions that are based upon the experiences of the whole history of Mankind. The only way that anyone can take this big step of moving beyond perception to conception is by recognizing and struggling against your own internal contradictions and weaknesses. Of these weaknesses, the most fundamental and most difficult to overcome, as a result of the specific history of United States society [and I will add the evolution of the global racial capitalist system], is the tendency not to think at all but simply to react in terms of individual or ethnic self-interest” [Boggs, 1974]. Reflecting more on the praxis of Saladin Muhammad, Abdul Alkalimat asserts that “there are many theoretical and practical issues involved in the experiences covered by the life of Saladin Muhammad and his experiences in struggle. Saladin is a proletarian cadre of the revolutionary movement. He served as chairperson of the Black Workers for Justice for over 20 years. While being retired from full time union organizing, he remains active on many battle fronts including the Southern Workers Assembly.” This is Part I of our recent conversation with Baba Saladin Muhammad. Saladin Muhammad is an organizer, theoretician, writer. He published a number of articles that explore issues ranging from exposing the structural and systemic racism in labor to ways to understand the interdependence of human rights and Black internationalism. Saladin Muhammad is the co-founder and national chair of Black Workers for Justice and until his retirement, he was an international representative for the United Electrical Workers [UEW]. His praxis has been forged in Black freedom work for than three decades. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the native/indigenous, African, and Afro-descended communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana; and Ayiti; and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all people. Listen intently. Think deeply. Act accordingly. Black Liberation and Social Revolution: The Life and Legacy of Saladin Muhammadhttp://theblm.net/saladin/

Though the unemployment rate dipped in August, it rose for a single racial or ethnic group: Black workers. Job growth has been slow to rebound in industries like child care and leisure and hospitality — all of which are major employers of Black women. The employment rate for Black workers is trending in the wrong direction as the federal unemployment benefits that extended relief for millions of Americans expired on Monday. Later on in the show: rural vaccination rates are on the rise, what it means when Bansky takes a “spray-cation” and labor shortages hit school cafeterias.

Though the unemployment rate dipped in August, it rose for a single racial or ethnic group: Black workers. Job growth has been slow to rebound in industries like child care and leisure and hospitality — all of which are major employers of Black women. The employment rate for Black workers is trending in the wrong direction as the federal unemployment benefits that extended relief for millions of Americans expired on Monday. Later on in the show: rural vaccination rates are on the rise, what it means when Bansky takes a “spray-cation” and labor shortages hit school cafeterias.

On this show, we discuss the history of Labor Day, labor unions, and the role race and racism have played in the labor movement with Stanford Law Professor William Gould, former chairman of the NLRB and author of Black Workers in White Unions and the forthcoming For Labor to Build Upon: Wars, Depression and Pandemic.

 This summer marks the 50th anniversary of a major event that should have had a greater impact than it did, but still mattered. We mean the 1971 consent decree mandating the employment of Black workers in the gaming industry. Many of you recall the Moulin Rouge Agreement of 1960. That just about eliminated the ban on Blacks patronizing Las Vegas Strip and downtown properties. But what about jobs? Most people of color worked in the back of the house, in jobs like porters, maids, and dishwashers.

Disparities between Black workers and white workers in employment and labor force participation existed long before the coronavirus pandemic, and the economic recovery following easing of COVID-19 restrictions has been felt unevenly, especially for Black teens. On this episode, expert Kristen Broady discusses her research on this problem and shares policy ideas for a more equitable economic recovery. Broady is a fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and a professor of financial economics, on leave, at Dillard University in New Orleans. Show notes and transcript:   Follow Brookings podcasts on Apple or Google podcasts, or on Spotify. Send feedback email to , and follow us and tweet us at  on Twitter. The Brookings Cafeteria is part of the .

Welcome back and it's the end of a long week for many of us. Programing note: You can catch Insight on Business the News Hour - Week In Review each Sunday on News/Talk 1540 KXEL and yes...they stream.  Here's what we've got for you today: Black Workers and Unemployment; No Shot...No Service is becoming a thing; How do you prove you've gotten the shot; The new chic thing to do if you are wealthy; A meltdown at Spirit Airlines made the news; The Wall Street Report; More vaccine news and some of it...good. Those stories plus we've got Jeff Pitts from Cityview Magazine in to chat it up about Stuff to DO in the Greater Des Moines Metro this weekend into next week. To listen, just click here!  Thanks for listening!  The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.  

Auto manufacturers in Detroit in the 1960s were among the largest private employers of Black workers. In 1969, black auto workers created the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. In this episode, Jerome Scott, a founding member of the LRBW, tells us about its motivations and accomplishments, why it was Black workers who began these revolutionary union movements, and how highly they valued political education and analysis. Jerome Scott is a member of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, and a founding director of Project South Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide. He is a founding member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Further reading: https://daily.jstor.org/league-revolutionary-black-workers/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-detroit-rebellion/ https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dying

The labor movement in the South was dealt a heavy blow in April when workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, voted roughly 2 to 1 against unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The loss came on the heels of other recent unsuccessful attempts to unionize Volkswagen and Nissan plants in Tennessee and Mississippi. But the stakes seemed higher in Bessemer. Leading the labor campaign at the Alabama warehouse were Black workers who risked losing their jobs to speak out against one of the world's most powerful and fastest-growing corporations in the least unionized region in the country. To be clear, the RWDSU made plenty of miscalculations that contributed to the Bessemer blowout. However, the union struggle at the Amazon fulfillment center was never going to be a fair fight. While Amazon publicly extolled the value of Black lives, the corporation unleashed a ruthless and well-financed anti-union campaign upon its majority Black workers in the leadup to the election. The company barraged workers with disinformation and lies about the union. Meanwhile, union avoidance experts charging Amazon thousands of dollars per day held captive audience meetings in an effort to turn workers against the union. Amazon even tried to turn the entire Bessemer community against the union by threatening to withdraw the fulfillment center--a major source of jobs and revenue--out of the area. In this week's episode, host Jonathan Michels speaks with Saladin Muhammad to dissect about the Bessemer union drive and the importance of social movement unionism in the effort to organize rank-and-file workers in the South, and workers of color in particular. Muhammad is a retired international rep for the United Electrical Workers union and a founding member of both Black Workers for Justice and the Southern Workers Assembly. He lives in North Carolina. For a transcription of this episode, click here. Show notes: The Message from the Amazon Union Defeat in Alabama Is Clear: Keep Organizing What the South Can Teach the Rest of the Country About Resisting the Right Blowout in Bessemer: A Postmortem on the Amazon Campaign

Image: Malcolm X in 1964, w/ leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Ahmad Shukeiri. What we are witnessing, in this global moment, is not unprecedented, it is European modernity coming apart at its seams. The loosely tied myths that has kept it together are unraveling, delinking…but it intends to not go easily. The reverberating effect of it fits and fissures are being articulated in its violence. The contradictions are materialized through its human vessels, like a virus seeing its inevitable demise. It is with the unity of struggle, that we can inoculate the praxis of liberation, to ensure this time, as with times we struggled and continue to struggle collectively against imperialism and its attendant colonialism/s, chattel slavery, Apartheid, to follow in the tradition of resistance set before us. Today we look at a component of this unity of struggle…we pay attention to Black and Palestinian intersectional experiences with the violence of the colonial. When thinking about Black and Palestinian liberatory continuities we have plenty to explore, but a good place that we can find its most articulate expression is with Brother Malcolm [El Hajj Malik Shabazz]. As far back as the late 1950s Malcolm had been speaking out in international support of Palestinian liberation. According to Michael Fischbach, “several factors accounted for this. As a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI), Brother Malcolm felt a natural inclination to cultivate a kinship with other Muslims, including Arabs. Arabs had long been involved or in contact with the NOI, among them Jamil Shakir Diab, a Palestinian who immigrated to the United States in 1948 and taught Arabic at the NOI's University of Islam in Chicago. Of particular note in Malcolm's pro-Palestinian leanings were two visits he made to the Palestinians' homeland...He returned to Cairo and attended a press conference given by, Ahmad Shuqayri, the chair of the newly created Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), after which he published a scathing critique of Zionism titled “Zionist Logic” in Cairo's English language newspaper, the Egyptian Gazette” (Michael Fischbach, The New Left and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the United States; Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color. Today, we explore Black and Palestine...its history, challenges, and opportunities with Ajamu Dillahunt and Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui. Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui is an assistant professor in the Department of History, Politics, and Social Justice at Winston-Salem State University. She has a PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California (USC). She is currently working on her manuscript; Freedom is a Place: Black Self-Determination and Land-Based Struggles in the Lowcountry and Sea Islands. Dr. Siddiqui is also a valued member of the Africa World Now Project collective where she is a senior researcher and associate producer. Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of History at Michigan State University. He is a member of Black Workers for Justice (BWFJ) and a board member with the Interreligious Foundation of Community Organizations (IFCO). He is also a former intern with the SNCC Digital Gateway Project at Duke University. In May of 2019, Ajamu graduated from North Carolina Central University with a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science. Ajamu also participated in the historic Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine Coalition. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the native/indigenous, African, and Afro-descended communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana and Ayiti; and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all people. Listen intently. Think deeply. Act accordingly.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, Mark Dunlea speaks with Mary Lister, a home health care worker and an organizer with the Queens' City Worker Center, about the campaign against wage theft in New York State. Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory speaks with Melanie Evans, the Interim Director of the Dudley Observatory in Schenectady NY After that, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry speaks with long-time labor Organizer Saladin Muhammad of the Southern Worker Assembly and Black Workers for Justice about the outlook of Black Workers' in the South struggling for the right to unionize. Then, Alexis Goldsmith speaks with Victoria Whalen of NY Renews about the NYS Climate and Community Investment Act Then, McKenna Conners speaks with Michelle Rogat, graduate student and sustainability planner, who will be speaking about energy infrastructure at the upcoming Sustainable Future Conference. And to close out the show, Corinne Carey speaks with Leyla Kiosse, owner of the bar, entertainment center, and delectable ice cream shoppe -- The Yard & Boozy Moos in Albany

Khary Polk (Amherst College) joins the Infectious Historians to talk about his recent book on African-American workers in the US military, particularly in the context of their perceived immunity to certain infectious diseases such as Yellow Fever. The conversation touches upon several related topics, such as patriotism and gender roles in the military. Khary also describes how racial thinking shifted over time, and how African-American troops were (mis-)treated within the military over the first half of the twentieth century. The conversation concludes with the potential links between Khary's research and the Covid pandemic

Project 21's Donna Jackson assesses the effect the national economy is having on minority communities, specifically black communities. She says the Trump Administration's policies have been good for black workers and explains why she and Project 21 hope to see them continued during a Biden Administration.

Reny and Ali speak with Darryl "Waistline" Mitchell - cofounder of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and the Communist Labor Party - as he walks us through the history of 1960s Detroit and the conditions that set the tone for Black freedom movements.

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On this show, we discuss confederate monuments in NC and efforts to remove them. We talk with Angaza Laughinghouse, Attorney & Community organizer for the Black Workers for Justice, Deborah Dicks Maxwell, President of the New Hanover NAACP, and Cierra McEachern, NCCU Law Student.

Economic gains for America's Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.

Economic gains for America's Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.

0:08 – New unemployment numbers are out – and they show over 2 million people have filed or applied for some type of assistance. Heidi Shierholz is director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Department of Labor. Steven Pitts is Associate Chair at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, where he focuses on Black workers and organizing. 0:34 – After an outpouring of community calls for the Oakland Police Department to be defunded, what was in the budget that Oakland City Council members ultimately voted to approve on Tuesday? We're joined by Darwin BondGraham, news editor who reported on the vote at Oaklandside. 0:42 – Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb, who voted “abstain” on Tuesday's budget amendment vote on lesser cuts to the Oakland Police Department, joins us to discuss the vote Tuesday. We also speak to liz suk, political director for Oakland Rising, which has decried the vote and says the council ignored community demands for investment in services instead of policing. 1:08 – Covid-19 cases are spiking in the Bay Area. Dr. Noha Aboelata, founder and CEO of Roots Community Health Center, raises the alarm about the absence of government contact tracing and says providers are concerned about the surge in infections in Oakland's most impacted neighborhoods. 1:34 – The Supreme Court this morning ruled that asylum seekers do not enjoy the right of habeas corpus to access federal courts to appeal their claims. Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law (@BerkeleyLaw), discusses the ruling as well as the increased power of federal appeals courts, as the Supreme Court adjudicates fewer cases. The post Black workers are in crisis amid soaring unemployment; Oakland's City Council votes against significantly defunding police; Covid-19 cases spike in Bay Area appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary on Radio Sputnik, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Yasemin Zahra, Chairwoman of US Labor Against the War, to discuss the importance of linking labor struggles with anti-war politics as countries continue to spend money on war instead of workers, the intensification of worker organizing under the conditions of the coronavirus, and the need for solidarity among the working class worldwide. In the second segment Sean and Jacquie are joined by Saladin Muhammad, co-Director of the Southern Workers Assembly, founding member of Black Workers for Justice and retired International Representative with United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America (UE), to talk about the struggle facing Black and southern workers under the coronavirus, why the South stands to be particularly hard hit by the pandemic, and broader connections between race and labor issues.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ben Becker, editor of Breakthrough News, to talk about why the ruling class has largely erased the radical history of International Worker's Day, the longstanding role played by migrant workers in the US labor movement, and why cross-racial solidarity has been so crucial to successful labor struggles of the past.Later in the show Sean and jacquie are joined by Bryan Weaver, Founder and Executive Director of Hoops Sagrada, to talk about Joe Biden formally denying Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations, armed right-wing protesters storming the Michigan capital, how—or if—the Democrat Party can emerge from the pandemic, and more.