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South Africa RETUSA Dock Strikers & ILWU West Coast Longshore Workers Speak Out
In an international panel, South African striking dockers of the Revolutionary Transportation Union
of South Africa RETUSA and ILWU longshore workers talked about their joint struggles against privatization, contracting out and union busting in the Port of Oakland where billionaire GAP & A’s owner John Fisher wants to build a stadium and 3,000 luxury condos at Howard Terminal....
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2022 9:45pm PDT
WorkWork S.A National Dockers Strike, UAW Pres Candidate, ILWU & Ukraine War, Brazil Elect
WorkWeek on KPOO on 10-13-22 covers the South Africa National Dockers Strike, UAW Pres Candidate Will Lehman Speaking Out, The Laguna Honda Hospital Closure, Brazilian Elections & ILWU & Ukraine War...
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2022 1:01pm PDT
Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia
Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2022 3:58pm PDT
2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36
Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party....
Posted: Fri, Jul 29, 2022 11:11am PDT
US Covid-19 Insanity, The Working Class. Covid & Capitalism & THE NEW NORMAL By Dr. Gordon
Dr. Nayvin Gordon reports on abandonment of any public health protection as the Covid-19 pandemic expands over two years after the pandemic starts....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2022 1:35pm PDT
AB 1655 - California Juneteenth Bill aligns well with “Good News” From Vatican City
US President Biden’s Equity Proclamation, Executive Order #13985 arrives in San Francisco, California soon. Good news from Vatican City begins toward the ultimate goal to galvanize a global engagement with the Catholic Church to achieve reparatory justice comes to San Francisco July 26-29, 2022....
Posted: Tue, Jul 19, 2022 1:22pm PDT
UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate
UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint compan...
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2022 11:47am PDT
Overturning Roe is Illegitimate: SCOTUS Decision Must Not Stand
5:00 pm Protests at Supreme Court & everywhere, nationwide
RiseUp4AbortionRights.org is calling on people to bring the gears of society to a grinding halt through nonviolent mass resistance to compel the federal government to reverse the overturning of Roe v Wade by codifying into law access to abortion on demand nationwide....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 11:02am PDT
Chaos The Air, Covid-19 & Flight Attendants With AFA Hygienist Judith Anderson
The growing pandemic has led in part to the recent cancellation of 7,000 flights during 2022 Memorial Day weekend. Many of those cancellations were due to a the growing covid-19 pandemics for flight attendants but the airlines and government refuse to release any figures of how many of these workers are getting Covid. Airline Flight Attendants AFA Industrial Hygienist Judith Anderson talks about the real dangers for flight attendants and passengers as the government and industry try to igno...
Posted: Wed, Jun 1, 2022 11:24am PDT
Sikowis and Nick Estes: Imperialism and Christian Colonial Capitalism in Indian Country
Nick Estes, Lakota professor and co-founder of The Red Nation, and Sikowis, founder of Great Plains Action Society, described the Christian Colonial Capitalism, imperialism and theft of Native land that led to the current failed system and deceptive schemes of non-profit philanthropy, at the annual Bioneers Conference....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2022 10:35am PDT
WorkWeek 4-28-22 Protest At AFL-CIO On Gov Funding & El Golpe,US Labor, the CIA, & Coup
WorkWeek covers the collaboration of the AFL-CIO with the CIA and National Endowment For Democracy NED in the attacks on trade unionists at the Mexico City Ford assembly plant and also against South African BTR workers who were on strike. The AFL-CIO gave millions to Zulu Chief Buthelezi who then organized thugs to attack and murder union strikers and their families....
Posted: Fri, Apr 29, 2022 11:19am PDT
The Corporate Capture Of OSHA & The US Government Corruption Cover-up
WorkWeek interviews former Federal OSHA lawyer and investigator who worked for the Whistleblower Protection Program. He reports that he was retaliated against when he began to investigate whistleblowers from companies like Fed-Ex, Amazon, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley. He discusses the systemic take-over of OSHA by the corporations that has been facilitated by the US Senate and Congress and US Attorney Generals....
Posted: Sun, Apr 24, 2022 11:58am PDT
Chris Hedges On Imperialist Wars, Capitalist Media & Censorship
Journalist and writer Chris Hedges is interviewed on WorkWeek and talks about the removal of the complete archives on his show at RT by youtube which is owned by Google....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2022 5:53pm PDT
Ukraine’s Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA Cutouts
Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine’s public relations blitz....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2022 11:25am PDT
Eulogy to the COVID-19 Holocaust
“We have to live with COVID-19.” What the corporate politicians and their media flunkies are really saying is that they are willing to sacrifice frontline and essential workers, the poor, the Black, the Brown, the Yellow and the Red – as well as the old, the disabled, the ill and those with weakened immune systems – all on the altar of capitalist greed....
Posted: Sun, Mar 20, 2022 12:48pm PDT
Putin's War, The Oligarchs & The Russian Working Class: A Report by Boris Kargalitsky
Boros Kargalitsky, a Moscow professor and social scientist and host of the online journal Rabkor.ru
He talks about the Putin invasion of Ukraine, the growing mass opposition of the Russian people and the crisis of the economy and the oligarchs.
He also talks about the role of the US and the Western imperialists....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2022 11:18pm PST
Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen
WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2022 1:14pm PST
Coalition to Prevent War with Russia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – TUESDAY, FEB. 1, 2022...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 8:41am PST
One Year After Jan 6 Insurrection & Rise Of Fascism With Vermont AFL-CIO Pres Van Deusen
Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen is interviewed one year after the January 6, 2021 attempted coup and insurrection. His federation debated and voted for a resolution for a general strike to protest and stop such an insurrection. He talks about the same issues one year later....
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2022 9:39pm PST
Kwanzaa: Exploring the Origins of Agriculture as we BuildBackBetter
Central to our remembering, reflection and recommitment to our Kwanzaa Holiday Celebration is a renaissance of Black Agriculture in the "Greatest Garden in the World." Womanity is our theme for 2022, assigned by Queen Mother and we begin the journey....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2021 9:29pm PST