Belabored Podcast #117: Welcome to the Resistance, with Barbara Madeloni
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.
Spring 2025
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Belabored Podcast #116: Facing Labor and Politics Under Trump
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.
Belabored Podcast #115: Organizing for Power, with Jane McAlevey
Jane McAlevey joins us to talk about her new book, No Shortcuts, strategies for workplace organizing, and what’s wrong with Saul Alinsky.
Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers
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.
Belabored Podcast #113: Chicago Teachers Strike Back, with Sarah Chambers
The Chicago Teachers Union is on the verge of another major strike—one that could be even longer and nastier than the union’s landmark 2012 fight. Public school teacher and CTU activist Sarah Chambers lays out the stakes.
Belabored Podcast #112: Striking India, with Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Gautam Mody
Last week’s general strike in India might have been the largest strike in history.
Belabored Podcast #111: Workers’ Rights for Graduate Employees, with Lindsey Dayton
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.
Belabored Podcast #110: Americans in Revolt, with Sarah Jaffe
Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.
Belabored Podcast #109: Forum for Change, with Nathalie Guay
A sneak preview of the labor events happening at the World Social Forum next week in Montreal.
Belabored Podcast #108: Philly Airport Workers Rising Up, with Gabe Morgan
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.
Belabored Podcast #107: Controlling Crisis in Puerto Rico, with Héctor Cordero-Guzmán
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?
Belabored Podcast #106: Nurses on the Frontline, with Jean Ross
Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, joins us to talk about the nursing strike in Minnesota. Plus: audio from NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro’s People’s Summit speech on why we need to fight neoliberalism now.
Belabored Podcast #105: A French Uprising, with Jonah Birch
Streets and workplaces in France have been roiling with protests against a reform that would threaten the country’s 35-hour work week. Jacobin editor Jonah Birch joins us to talk about what it means for labor.
Belabored Podcast #104: Fred Ross’s Incendiary Organizing, with Gabriel Thompson
A conversation with Gabriel Thompson about America’s Social Arsonist, his new biography of legendary organizer Fred Ross.
Belabored Podcast #103: Get Ready for Struggle, with John Nichols
A live conversation with John Nichols, co-author of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.
