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Sara Nelson, The New Face of Labor Unions

Story produced by Richard Buddenhagen. CBS
The age of George Meany is long gone. Now, as Professor McCartin says, American labor may be heading in a whole new direction. "I believe it's highly likely that the next leader of the AFL-CIO will be a woman."

FILM REVIEW: AMERICAN FACTORY

Wildcat Project
American Factory offers a unique journey into the transformation of an Ohio factory, and the lives of all those caught in it.

Ian Angus on the Politics of Ecosocialism

Ian Angus Rebel
Rebel interviews Ian Angus — editor of the journal Climate & Capitalism, and author of Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth, about the pressing need to develop the politics of ecosocialism in the world today.

On the Clock and Off

Peter Shapiro Jacobin
Latino union demonstrators
As leftists debate what their labor strategy should look like, many are turning to the rank-and-file strategy. A longtime union activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle in the rank and file.

From Protest to Power

Mike Miller CounterPunch
We are in a time when there is a tremendous sense of movement for a more just nation and world. The question that has to be answered if this protest movement is not to be marginalized is this: “What are the people power vehicles we are building?"

Friday Nite Videos | August 30, 2019

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The CEO Helping to Burn the Amazon for Profit. Movie | Official Secrets. The History of the Universe in the Blink of an Eye. Enron - The Biggest Fraud in History. Climate Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, Arrives in NY After Sailing the Atlantic.