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Caption:  Brunswick cafe, Little Dog, where workers organized a union., Credit: Alex Spear, Bowdoin Orient
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers start to organize a union and we tal...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: KBBF board President, Alicia Sanchez prepares a recording for the station., Credit: Amanda Lopez
As fires ravaged California’s wine country in 2017, farm and service workers, especially non-English speakers, were some of the hardest hit. Hear m...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth
On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The career ladder at her home health agency allowed Serena Maria to go from home health aide to manager of care teams in four years., Credit: Constanza Hevia H. for Tradeoffs
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse. Could ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 21:23

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 49:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we take a look at farming communities on opposite sides of the world: both struggling to adapt to climate change, and to better manage o...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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After COVID-19 - a Palmdale couple grapple with completely different receptions upon returning to work.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:44
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Undocumented hotel housekeepers are among some of the most vulnerable workers in the pandemic. In this episode, we hear one of their stories.

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 22:18
  • Purchases: 1
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For this episode, we share calls from folks on the inside. First, we have the statement from the striking prisoners at the Clallum Bay Correctional...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:02
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It’s been one year since the August 2018 National Prison Strike. This week, we feature a talk from Ben Turk and Amani Sawari- both of whom were imp...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
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This week, we share a panel that took place last week in Indianapolis. As we heard last episode, Indiana Against E-Carceration has been organizing ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:02
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This week, we share a statement from former political prisoner Ray Luc Levassuer about the recent death of his comrade, Tom Manning. Then, we speak...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
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This week, we hear from two people- Faith, who talks to us about the practice of inmate lending- and Jason Renard Walker, who speaks on the retalia...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:10
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In this episode, we start with updates from Operation PUSH. After that, we continue hearing from Craig, who spent significant time in the Monroe Co...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:08
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This week, we feature two snapshots from fast-developing situations inside the prison system. First, we share an anonymized statement from a prison...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:48
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First off, we include an update from outside supporters of Operation PUSH, the strike in Florida prisons that is now in its fifth day. We will cont...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
Caption: Lee Plaza at one of her organizing meetings, Credit: Photo by Rebecca Ressler
Like many low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles, Aleja "Lee" Plaza spends her days taking care of the elderly — emptying bedpans, giving sponge...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
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The great American housing crunch and what organizing can do about it. This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we discuss some of the challenges and ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:08
Caption: Rebecca Vallas
“Just remember that what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not happening,” said the President of the United States this week to a group of v...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
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This week on the show: What's changed in the textile industry five years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh ? --- Women in Poland take to...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Veronica Volk/WXXI News, Credit: Akin Johnson holds his credential during the East High School commencement in June 2017.
In recent years, there has been a push to get people with disabilities into the general workforce. But despite these initiatives, some students who...

Bought by KZYX and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Guilford County fourth grade math teacher Diana Watson scopes out the shelves of donated markers and highlighters at the Guilford County Teacher Supply Warehouse., Credit: Jess Clark, WUNC
Recent national surveys from the National School Supply and Equipment Association show teachers spend an average of $500 to nearly $1,000 a year ou...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:49