When Protest Becomes “Terrorism”

About this episode

This episode discusses the criminalization of protest and highlights various labor organizing efforts across the country.

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…

People in this episode

Guest: Will Potter

Topics covered

• protest criminalization
• activism surveillance
• union organizing
• worker rights
• public transportation
• labor issues
• creative organizing

Keywords

• protest
• terrorism
• activism
• unions
• workers
• labor rights
• surveillance
• public transportation
• contract negotiations
• creative organizing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Albany News Guild, SAG-AFTRA Podcast, LaborStart, Heartland Labor Forum, Union Strong, Green and Red, The Union Bug, AFLCIO

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