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The Real News PodcastFor workers in the Philippines, repression and US trade policy go hand-in-hand
For call center workers in the Philippines, attempts to unionize the workplace don’t just entail confrontations with local management—but overseas US-based…
The Real News Podcast350,000 Teamsters are about to take on UPS | Working People
Read the transcript and shownotes for this podcast: Under the new leadership team led by General President Sean M. O'Brien, the International Brotherhood of…
The Real News PodcastWhat Union Pacific and the media aren't telling you about the Baker, CA, train derailment
This Feb., Norfolk Southern's train derailment catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio dragged the decrepit state of the US rail system into the national…
The Real News PodcastIs DeSantis America's future? w/Anna Eskamani & Dream Defenders | The Marc Steiner Show
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/the-ron-desantis-counter-revolution-is-about-stopping-floridas-progressives Under Gov. Ron DeSantis…
The Real News PodcastThe US is guilty of genocide w/ Jalil Muntaqim | Rattling the Bars
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/jalil-muntaqim-the-time-to-end-prison-slavery-is-now In 2021, the International Tribunal On US Human…
The Real News PodcastIs America becoming Cop City? w/Lackluster and Chris Reiter | PAR
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/atlantas-cop-city-is-a-blueprint-for-americas-future We went on the ground in Atlanta, GA to find…
The Real News PodcastThe Pendleton 2 saved a man's life. A judge sentenced them to 200 years for it | Rattling the Bars
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/the-pendleton-2-saved-a-mans-life-a-judge-sentenced-them-to-200-years-for-it On Feb. 1, 1985…
The Real News PodcastAn essential workers' history of COVID-19
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/an-essential-workers-history-of-the-pandemic The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic devastated the working…
The Real News Podcast"You're going to see more books get banned": The war on schools in Ron Desantis's Florida | Working People
Read the transcript and shownotes for this podcast: https://therealnews.com/youre-going-to-see-more-books-get-banned-floridas-war-on-public-schools Things are…
The Real News PodcastIsrael can never be a democracy while occupying Palestine | The Marc Steiner Show
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/israels-protest-movement-cant-succeed-without-embracing-palestinian-liberation As Israelis march…
The Real News PodcastUganda's draconian new anti-LGBTQ law includes life in prison and the death penalty
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/ugandas-draconian-new-anti-lgbtq-law-includes-life-in-prison-and-the-death-penalty A new law in…
The Real News PodcastUniversity of Michigan seeks court injunction to stop grad student strike | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/university-of-michigan-seeks-court-injunction-to-stop-grad-student-strike Editor's Note (4/3/23)…
The Real News PodcastDuke University's ploy to ban graduate student unions at all private universities | Working People
At colleges and universities across the country, a heated battle is playing out right now over workers' right to organize and have a say over how the…
The Real News PodcastTevita Uhatafe explains how rank-and-file labor organizers can transform unions
For the past five years, Tevita Uhatafe of TWU Local 567 has dedicated himself to advancing the labor movement. Known affectionately as "Mic Guy," Uhatafe has…
The Real News PodcastHow media censors the left w/Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
In the midst of the largest strike wave in the US in a century, corporate media is more focused on amplifying the bigotry and fearmongering of right-wing…
The Real News PodcastPink Tide 2.0? Latin America's leftist wave w/NACLA | The Marc Steiner Show
A decade ago, the so-called "Pink Tide" of leftist governments in Latin America seemed to be heading towards a tragic end. However, events in the past few…
The Real News PodcastSilicon Valley exists to destroy jobs—let it burn w/Malcolm Harris
The dramatic fall of Silicon Valley Bank in the span of a single week has sent reverberations throughout the financial system and growing fears of bank…
The Real News PodcastA tribute to the revolutionary life of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway | Rattling the Bars
Eddie Conway, former Baltimore Black Panther, 44-year political prisoner, and host of Rattling the Bars passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie's family and…
The Real News PodcastCops demanded his ID, this is how it escalated when he refused | Police Accountability Report
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/weymouth-police-demanded-to-see-his-id-his-refusal-led-to-assault-charges Across the US, people…
The Real News PodcastMayor candidate Brandon Johnson's plan to save Chicago
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/chicago-mayoral-candidate-brandon-johnsons-plan-to-reduce-violence-and-rein-in-the-police-at-the-sa…
The Real News PodcastWendy Brown: Neoliberalism's anti-democratic stealth revolution
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/wendy-brown-neoliberalisms-anti-democratic-stealth-revolution Half a century of neoliberalism has…
The Real News PodcastThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's half-year strike | Working People
In October of last year, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable…
The Real News PodcastSNCC and the origins of Black Power w/Jennifer Lawson & Courtland Cox | The Marc Steiner Show
Early in 1966, the people of Lowndes County, Alabama formed an all-Black, independent political organization called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization…
The Real News PodcastCops illegally raided his house. This is what happened when he fought back | PAR
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/cops-illegally-raided-his-house-this-is-what-happened-when-he-fought-back On Sept. 30, 2020, a…
The Real News Podcast'The Road to Damascus' confronts white supremacy with theater | Rattling the Bars
The new one-woman play 'The Road to Damascus' reinterprets the biblical story of Saul and the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an allegory for white…
The Real News PodcastMeet the Teamsters unionizing the cannabis industry
As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent years, with researchers estimating that the…
The Real News PodcastCan the Amazon Labor Union beat Jeff Bezos? | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast and see the full show notes here: https://therealnews.com/ The historic union election victory at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse…
The Real News PodcastA deeply personal struggle for Black liberation | The Marc Steiner Show
Dan Berger's book, Stayed on Freedom: the Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey, tells the story about the fight against racism in all its…
The Real News PodcastThe federal govt wants to steal from prisoners' families | Rattling the Bars
Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three…
The Real News PodcastWant to unionize your workplace? These worker-organizers have some advice | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the…
The Real News PodcastHarvard almost rejected me for my views on Israel w/Ken Roth | The Marc Steiner Show
The censorship and purging of critics of Zionism is a longstanding phenomenon in US academia. And a recent incident with Ken Roth, former executive director of…
The Real News PodcastHow obscure tax breaks make wealthy developers richer, and strangle struggling communities
Tax breaks such as TIFs, PILOTS, Brownfields Credits, Enterprise Zone Tax credits are used by corporate developers across the country to defer millions worth…
The Real News PodcastRail workers of the world, unite! | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/rail-workers-of-the-world-unite From unions in the United States fighting…
The Real News PodcastThe Mexican Revolution and the world w/Christina Heatherton | The Marc Steiner Show
From 1910-1920, armed peasants and workers reshaped Mexico in a democratic and agrarian revolution. The Mexican Revolution rippled throughout the world…
The Real News PodcastMass incarceration has lasted for 50 years now | RTB
The growth of the US prison population under a system of mass incarceration has now gone on for 50 years, according to The Sentencing Project. While awareness…
The Real News PodcastFt. Worth police arrest cop watcher | PAR
Texas cop watcher Manuel Mata has been jailed again after he confronted a Ft. Worth officer on sidewalk while he was making arrest. The charges of interfering…
The Real News PodcastRemembering Evan Seyfried, the Kroger worker management bullied to death | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: Editor’s note: Since this episode was recorded, news broke on Feb. 16 that a judge dismissed…
The Real News PodcastMalcolm X’s legacy is the dream of international revolution; we must keep that dream alive | RTB
Feb. 21, 2023, marks the 58th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. We honor his life and legacy by recalling his revolutionary message to the…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Texas Environmental Workers Union (w/ Chloe Torres and Brandon Marks)
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/for-the-texas-environmental-workers-union-the-fight-is-against-fossil-fuels…
The Real News PodcastEast Palestine, Ohio: A Hell of Wall Street's Making | Working People
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/east-palestine-ohio-a-hell-of-wall-streets-making It’s been nearly two…
The Real News PodcastDozens of Texas prisoners are hunger striking against solitary confinement | RTB
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/dozens-of-texas-prisoners-are-hunger-striking-against-solitary-confinement Across the US, some…
The Real News PodcastAntifascism beyond Antifa w/Shane Burley and Maximillian Alvarez | The Marc Steiner Show
Insurgent fascist movements are shaping global politics from the US to Brazil. Where does the antifascist movement go from here? Shane Burley is a writer and…
The Real News PodcastFrom Brazil to Peru, the far right is on the move in Latin America | The Marc Steiner Show
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/from-brazil-to-peru-the-far-right-is-on-the-move-in-latin-america Between former Peruvian…
The Real News PodcastInterview from prison: What an inhumane carceral system does to human psyches | RTB
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/exclusive-interview-from-prison-carla-j-simmons-on-what-an-inhumane-carceral-system-does-to-human-p…
The Real News PodcastJeff Bezos fails to kill Amazon's union. Here's what's next.
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/the-nlrb-ruled-in-favor-of-amazon-union-organizers-whats-next JFK8 worker-organizers Michelle…
The Real News PodcastLetters on the Autonomy Project w/Janet Sarbanes
The notion of "autonomy" has growing political appeal in a time of rising fascism, but what does this term really mean, and what kinds of potential might it…
The Real News PodcastCops discovered he was filing a complaint against them, then they struck back | PAR
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/cops-discovered-he-was-filing-a-complaint-against-them-then-they-struck-back A Georgia man who…
The Real News PodcastThe real story of Rosa Parks | The Marc Steiner Show
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/rosa-parks-myth-civil-rights-movement-history Rosa Parks's decades of activist experience have…
The Real News PodcastWithout drastic action, the Great Salt Lake could dry up in 5 years
To read the transcript of this podcast, click here: https://therealnews.com/without-drastic-action-the-great-salt-lake-could-dry-up-in-5-years A dire new…
The Real News PodcastA cop watcher attended the trial of a corrupt officer, the judge made him pay for it | PAR
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/a-cop-watcher-attended-the-trial-of-a-corrupt-officer-the-judge-made-him-pay-for-it The trial of…
The Real News PodcastNow or never: Grad student-workers at Johns Hopkins mobilize ahead of union election
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/now-or-never-grad-student-workers-at-johns-hopkins-mobilize-ahead-of-union-election Graduate…
The Real News PodcastCops keep pulling him over for bogus tickets, now he's fighting back with a cellphone | PAR
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/his-wrongful-arrest-was-caught-on-camera-now-the-cops-wont-leave-him-alone Daniel Alvarez first…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars | These women are fighting Nevada's prison system—and winning
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com/these-women-are-fighting-nevadas-prison-system-and-winning The start of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
The Real News PodcastBrazil on Fire: Update #3 — An autopsy of Bolsonaro's failed coup
On Jan. 8th, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil's capital in a failed attempt to spark a military coup. In scenes that drew instant comparison to…
The Real News PodcastLand of the Unsolved: Maryland is reinvestigating 100 police custody deaths overseen by a shady medical examiner
Read the transcript of this podcast: Former Maryland state medical examiner Dr. David Fowler testified at the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin in 2021…
The Real News PodcastNew anti-union law in UK takes aim at strike wave
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/new-anti-union-law-in-uk-takes-aim-at-strike-wave The Tory government in the UK under Prime…
The Real News Podcast'The government killed him': A tribute to activist and programmer Aaron Swartz 10 years after his death | Shawn Vulliez and Aaron Moritz
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/the-government-killed-him-a-tribute-to-activist-and-programmer-aaron-swartz-10-years-after-his-deat…
The Real News PodcastWorking People Live Show: Organize, Fight, Win (w/ Michelle Valentin Nieves & Harry Marino)
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/organizing-workers-from-amazon-to-minor-league-baseball Last month Working…
The Real News PodcastLouisiana is imprisoning kids on death row | Rattling the Bars
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/louisiana-to-imprison-juveniles-at-angola-prisons-death-row The state of Louisiana is considering…
The Real News PodcastTax Broke: How Baltimore's inclusionary housing bill got hollowed out, and how activists hope to fix it.
As part of our investigative series "Tax Broke," reporters Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, and Jayne Miller discuss how Baltimore's first attempt at an…