When Protest Becomes “Terrorism”

This week’s Labor Radio Podcast Weekly features organizing campaigns across the movement: Green and Red — Will Potter on the growing criminalization of protest and expanding surveillance powers targeting activists. On Union Strong, Albany News Guild journalists discuss their 17-year fight for a first contract—and what it means for workers, wages, and the future of local news. Heartland Labor Forum — Transit riders organizing for equitable public transportation and building Bus Riders Unions. The Union Bug — How workers can build their own unions with a new framework for organizing from the ground up. LaborStart — Extreme heat is a growing global threat to workers—and unions are key to protecting lives. Organising for Change — Why organizing isn’t a checklist but a creative, worker-led process. Plus, Shows You Should Know, including: Youth pay fights in Australia (Stick Together); NYC building workers and LA educators (Work Stoppage); Appalachian storytelling (Mine Wars Forum); OSHA failures at a deadly workplace (The Wealthy Ironworker); Intimacy coordinators win a union contract (SAG-AFTRA Podcast). Subscribe, listen, and follow us at laborradionetwork.org @PodcastGreenRed @nysaflcio @Heartland_Labor @labourstart#LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong #WorkersVoices #SolidarityMedia @AFLCIO Help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people’s issues and concerns. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.