On this week’s show…From the Stick Together podcast, a report on the fracking in the Northern Territory boondoggle in which the government spent $50 milllion to create a handful of jobs…On Red Dead Redemption, one of our new Network shows out of Aukland, host Justine Sachs answers people’s work woes about COVID now that they are in Level 3…On Activate Live, Machinists’ Organizing Director Vinny Addeo discusses the PRO Act…From The Solidarity Center Podcast, Francisco Maltés, president of the Unitary Workers Center, the largest union confederation in Colombia, discusses a major victory against state oppression with a diverse coalition…The Belabored podcast marks the 10-year anniversary of the Occupy movement with Stephen Lerner and Jonathan Westin on what Occupy meant to labor then and now, and how it's changed organizing…From Working Class History, the first part of their podcast miniseries about the May 18 1980 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea against the US-backed military dictatorship.And we wrap up Grit NW host Joe Cadwell, offering his take on critics.Bonus track: Labor History in 2:00: The Southern Differential

Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns.

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