Project Labor

Have you ever wondered what's it like to be a tattoo artist and how do you become one?

 Our first episode profiles Nassim (Sema) Dayoub, a New York City-based tattoo artist. He discusses the journey and craft of an artist today, as well as fighting racial injustice, economic woes, and the effects of COVID-19. Check out the book he mentions. He co-owns Flower World Tattoo, a worker-owned tattoo shop in Brooklyn. He is a writer, painter and fighter always striving for a better world. 

Discussion Questions:

• What surprised you about the work of a tattoo artist?
• What other jobs have permanent effects?
• How would your job change if it were worker-owned, without bosses? What would you do to handle problems?
• How can you think like Nassim and make your own job more sustainable?

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Music by Brotheration Records

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