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Massachusetts Teachers Association President Barbara Madeloni joins us to talk about an election victory for public education, and how labor should respond to Donald Trump.

The post Belabored Podcast #117: Welcome to the Resistance, with Barbara Madeloni appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We look at some bright spots from the election, including the story of how a unique labor-community coalition in Arizona helped defeat the reelection bid of the infamous bigot Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The post Belabored Podcast #116: Facing Labor and Politics Under Trump appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Jane McAlevey joins us to talk about her new book, No Shortcuts, strategies for workplace organizing, and what's wrong with Saul Alinsky.

The post Belabored Podcast #115: Organizing for Power, with Jane McAlevey appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

We speak with two Harvard workers, Kecia Pugh and Anabela Pappas, and UNITE HERE organizer Tiffany Ten Eyck about the ongoing strike at the country’s most elite university.

The post Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Last week's general strike in India might have been the largest strike in history.

The post Belabored Podcast #112: Striking India, with Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Gautam Mody appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Lindsey Dayton from the Graduate Workers of Columbia joins us to talk about the recent NLRB ruling that graduate students who work for private universities are employees and have the right to unionize.

The post Belabored Podcast #111: Workers’ Rights for Graduate Employees, with Lindsey Dayton appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.

The post Belabored Podcast #110: Americans in Revolt, with Sarah Jaffe appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

A sneak preview of the labor events happening at the World Social Forum next week in Montreal.

The post Belabored Podcast #109: Forum for Change, with Nathalie Guay appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Airport workers at the Philadelphia International Airport just voted to strike next week during the Democratic National Convention. SEIU 32BJ Vice President Gabe Morgan joins us to explain why.

The post Belabored Podcast #108: Philly Airport Workers Rising Up, with Gabe Morgan appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Puerto Rico’s debt crisis has been a long time in the making, but will the solutions advocated by the U.S. government make it any better?

The post Belabored Podcast #107: Controlling Crisis in Puerto Rico, with Héctor Cordero-Guzmán appeared first on Dissent Magazine.