Belabored Podcast #28: Solidarity

Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed here. Subscribe and rate on iTunes here. Check out the full Belabored archive here. Tweet at @dissentmag with #belabored to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on Facebook. Belabored is produced by Natasha Lewis. This week on Belabored, Sarah and guest co-host Peter Frase (Jacobin magazine) talk about solidarity of all kinds. They discuss international solidarity campaigns between European and South African unions and workers here, particularly in the South; give an update on the situation in Detroit as unions fight the city’s planned bankruptcy (which Marcy Wheeler discussed on Episode 16) and the wiping out of their pensions; and more. Then, independent journalist Susie Cagle joins them to talk about labor unrest in the Bay Area, including wildcat strikes at the Port of Oakland by port truckers and the Bay Area Rapid Transit workers’ strike. Solidarity, it seems, can be hard to come by, both in the suddenly tech-enriched community and even among workers at the port itself. And for “Argh,” Sarah presents her favorite piece on solidarity, ever. Links For Those Following Along At Home: Detroit Bankruptcy Hits Pivotal Phase Grambling State University football players strike by Brendan O’Connor at Jacobin International Solidarity for Americans: South African unionists at Nissan in Mississippi, Swedes at Ikea in Virginia, Germans at Volkswagen in Tennessee Sarah on port truck drivers in Savannah Yvonne Yen Liu on wildcat port trucker strike in Oakland More on port truckers, from Los Angeles Susie Cagle on Burning Down BART Strike Strawmen Peter Frase on the BART Strike and Techno-Libertarianism Mike Elk: BART Strike Media Fail Labor Notes: Bay Area Transit Workers Beat Back Worst, End Strike Last-minute deal averts grocery strike Pieces We Wish We’d Written: Peter: Iza Kaminska at the Financial Times, World War ZIRP Sarah: Chris Hayes at In These Times, In Search of Solidarity The post Belabored Podcast #28: Solidarity appeared first on Dissent Magazine.