SNV Special Report: Fighting Times

An episode of the Socialist News and Views podcast, hosted by Nicholas Shillingford, titled "SNV Special Report: Fighting Times" was published on March 7, 2024 and runs 66 minutes.

March 7, 2024 ·66m · Socialist News and Views

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Summary

The title of this Special Report is Fighting Times. The majority of the report is a book talk given by Jon Melrod (https://www.jonathanmelrod.com/) at May Day Books (https://maydaybookstore.org/) on September 30, 2023 about his book Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War (https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1289). The summary for the book says in part "Containing dozens of archival photographs, Fighting Times captures the journey of a militant antiracist revolutionary who rose to the highest elected ranks of his UAW local without compromising his politics or his dedication to building a class-conscious workers’ movement. The book will arm and inspire a new generation of labor organizers with the skills and attitude to challenge the odds and fight the egregious abuses of the exploitative capitalist system." Links to items discussed in this special: Thousands of Twin Cities janitors and nursing home workers launch strikes: https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/03/04/thousands-of-twin-cities-janitors-and-nursing-home-workers-launch-strikes/ Group of More Than 3,000 Harvard Faculty Files for Union Recognition: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/3/5/haw-uaw-files-for-recognition/ UAW, Ford reach agreement in Louisville averting possible strike: https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/uaw-ford-reach-agreement-in-louisville-averting-possible-strike/ The United Auto Workers union wants to improve working conditions in Mexican plants: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2024/02/the-united-auto-workers-union-wants-to-improve-working-conditions-in-mexican-plants/amp/ UAW: Majority of workers at Mercedes plant in Vance signal they want to join auto workers union: https://www.wbrc.com/2024/02/28/uaw-majority-workers-mercedes-plant-vance-signal-they-want-join-auto-workers-union/ Fired Stellantis supplemental workers protest at UAW headquarters in Detroit: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/04/ebxw-m04.html How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union: https://jacobin.com/2022/09/jon-melrod-fighting-times-uaw-organizing-memoir Workers in Milwaukee host panel discussion featuring author and labor activist Jon Melrod: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/workers-in-milwaukee-host-panel-discussion-featuring-author-and-labor-activist SNV Special Interview: Significant Wins For Seward Co-op Workers: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-significant-wins-for-seward-co-op-workers

Episode Description

The summary for the book says in part "Containing dozens of archival photographs, Fighting Times captures the journey of a militant antiracist revolutionary who rose to the highest elected ranks of his UAW local without compromising his politics or his dedication to building a class-conscious workers’ movement. The book will arm and inspire a new generation of labor organizers with the skills and attitude to challenge the odds and fight the egregious abuses of the exploitative capitalist system."

Links to items discussed in this special:

Thousands of Twin Cities janitors and nursing home workers launch strikes:

https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/03/04/thousands-of-twin-cities-janitors-and-nursing-home-workers-launch-strikes/

Group of More Than 3,000 Harvard Faculty Files for Union Recognition: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/3/5/haw-uaw-files-for-recognition/

UAW, Ford reach agreement in Louisville averting possible strike: https://kentuckylantern.com/briefs/uaw-ford-reach-agreement-in-louisville-averting-possible-strike/

The United Auto Workers union wants to improve working conditions in Mexican plants: https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2024/02/the-united-auto-workers-union-wants-to-improve-working-conditions-in-mexican-plants/amp/

UAW: Majority of workers at Mercedes plant in Vance signal they want to join auto workers union: https://www.wbrc.com/2024/02/28/uaw-majority-workers-mercedes-plant-vance-signal-they-want-join-auto-workers-union/

Fired Stellantis supplemental workers protest at UAW headquarters in Detroit: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/04/ebxw-m04.html

How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union: https://jacobin.com/2022/09/jon-melrod-fighting-times-uaw-organizing-memoir

Workers in Milwaukee host panel discussion featuring author and labor activist Jon Melrod: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/workers-in-milwaukee-host-panel-discussion-featuring-author-and-labor-activist

SNV Special Interview: Significant Wins For Seward Co-op Workers: https://soundcloud.com/socialistnewsandviews/snv-special-interview-significant-wins-for-seward-co-op-workers