Global Left Midweek – February 19, 2025
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The European takeaway
The European takeaway
The European takeaway
Tidbits – Aug.10, 2023 – Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How Policy Has Shaped Racial Economic Disparities; Films: Sacco and Vanzetti; King Coal; Cartoons; More; …
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Reader Comments: Ohio Voted!; Hiroshima - Nagasaki - Never Again!; VFX Workers Unionizing at Marvel Studios; How policy has shaped racial economic disparities; Film Discussion on Sacco and Vanzetti; New Film: King Coal; Cartoons; more; ....
Tidbits – Feb. 23, 2023 – Reader Comments: Derailment = Nationalization; Florida Bans Black History; Earthquake Hits Syria Too; FBI Still Uses Informants; Amazon Labor Union; Charlene Mitchell; Communists in Closets; Building Resilient Organizations
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Reader Comments: Derailment = Nationalization; Florida Bans Black History; Syria Hit by Earthquake, too; FBI Still Uses Informants; Amazon Labor Union; Charlene Mitchell; Communists in Closets; Building Resilient Organizations; Cartoons; more...
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What Today’s Union Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Victory 50 Years Ago
In These Times
Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership in the United Mine Workers in 1972, an historic breakthrough that led to setbacks and successes.
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Coal Industry Workers in Australia Are Taking Their Destiny Into Their Own Hands
Equal Times
Unions representing workers in the coal industry are generally not opposed to the realities of climate change. They know that the impending energy transition is inevitable – they just want to ensure that it is just.
Friday Nite Videos | July 1, 2022
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AOC: Members Who Sought Pardons Should Be Expelled. SCOTUS Restricts the EPA, R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell Get Prison Sentences. Dark Winds | TV Trailer. How Democrats Can Run And Win In Rural Areas. Salt of the Earth | Movie.
The Insane Saga of ‘Salt of the Earth,’ the Only Film To Be Blacklisted
The Guardian
Blacklisted Hollywood workers independently produced one of the great labor films. “One of the reasons we made ‘Salt of the Earth’ after we were blacklisted was to commit a crime worthy of the punishment,” Paul Jarrico said.
Salt of the Earth | Movie
Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico by Mexican-American workers seeking wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. Stars Juan Chacon, Rosaura Revuelta, Will Geer. Full story of how the movie was made.
The Amazon Army and the 1919-1922 Kansas Coal Strikes
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Unlike most of the other struggles of this era, this strike rested on the firm backbone of the women of the mining families and communities who continued the fight when the men were beaten and jailed and the strike near defeat.
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Labor Day Lessons from the American Union Movement's Hidden History
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This year, find inspiration in the bravery and sacrifice of generation after generation of workers who had nothing left to give — but still gave everything they had.
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