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imageChile's 9/11 & The Rise Of US Fascism
will commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1973 coup. The coup we organized and funded by the US government  with the active support of the AFL-CIO American Institute For Free Labor Development. Lab
by Labor Video Project
Chile and the world will commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1973 coup. The coup we organized and funded by the US government with the active support of the AFL-CIO American Institute For Free Labor Development. Labor professor Ruth Needleman from Indiana University was in Chile prior to the coup and interviewed many of the Chilean supporters and the AIFLD and US operatives. She talks about that coup and the rise of fascism in the United States....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2022 8:59am PDT
image"Working In An Oven" IBT UPS Teamsters Speak Out On Deadly Heatwave, Life and Death
warehouse workers speak out about the  dangerous temperature conditions that workers must operate in. Additionally many UPS trucks do not even have a fan. ...
by Labor Video Project
IBT UPS drivers and warehouse workers speak out about the dangerous temperature conditions that workers must operate in. Additionally many UPS trucks do not even have a fan....
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2022 9:45pm PDT
imageSouth Africa SAFTA/COSATU General Strike For Workers & Communities
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by Labor Video Project
WorkWeek covers the South African general strike called by SAFTU and COSATU on August 24,. 2022. Memetlwe Sebei, president of the General Industrial Union of South Africa. GIWUSA which is with SAFTU and Ayesha Rajah who is the chairperson of the Sotasonke Civic Organization are interviewed about the conditions that led to the strike, the organizing for the strike and the future....
Posted: Fri, Aug 26, 2022 11:58am PDT
textOregon: The toughest heat protection law in the US by Daniela Gschweng
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and longer Farm workers, people on construction sites, and even firefighters have been largely dependent on the goodwill of their employers during a heat wave. How long Oregon's heat protection law will remain in effect is an open question. A group has filed a lawsuit against it....
Posted: Fri, Aug 12, 2022 2:55am PDT
textTotal Competition or Repressive Administration of People by Gerd Bedszent
An awareness of the monstrosities of our glorious capitalist society is the first prerequisite for thinking beyond that society. One should always remind oneself:..The regularities of capitalist society are not laws of nature, so they can be abolished in principle. With such abolition, a new society can become possible....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2022 5:00am PDT
imageMachine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia
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by Labor Video Project
Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2022 3:58pm PDT
imageRank & File Threaten UAW Bureaucracy's Agenda At 2022 Convention: Report By Frank Hammer
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by Labor Video Project
The rank and file at the 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention were able to challenge the UAW Administration Caucus which has been enveloped in a massive corruption scandal. They were able to push for $500 a week with a successful vote on the third day of the convention and the next day the bureaucracy overturned it. There will also be elections in October with 4 candidates....
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2022 11:03pm PDT
imageVoices From Uvalde, Mooney Cult Murder Connection To JPN Abe's Murder & Rev Poets Brigade
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by WorkWeek
WorkWeek covers Voices From Uvalde , The Mooney Cult Murder Connection To Japan PM Abe & Poetry From The Revolutionary Poets Brigade...
Posted: Fri, Jul 29, 2022 4:01pm PDT
image2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36
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by Labor Video Project
Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party....
Posted: Fri, Jul 29, 2022 11:11am PDT
textThe lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers by Jorg Bibow and Peter Frey
The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique"....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2022 3:11pm PDT
textGuidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2 by Thiemo Kirmse
World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2022 7:35am PDT
imageUAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate
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by Labor Video Project
UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint compan...
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2022 11:47am PDT
text95 Theses Against the Rule of the Financial Markets by perestroika.de
The financial markets have made themselves independent of the real economy. As the selling of indulgences led to Martin Luther's 95 Theses in 1517, the dominance of speculative financial markets has led to revenue shortfalls of US cities and states. Tax havens hide between $22 trillion and $33 trillion according to the Tax Justice Network....
Posted: Wed, Jul 6, 2022 12:41pm PDT
imageToronto World Mining Conference: Indigenous Murdered while Corporations Lure Natives
 being assassinated around the world for defending their homelands from mining, the world's largest mining conference was held in Toronto. Outside the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of
by Brenda Norrell
While Indigenous are being assassinated around the world for defending their homelands from mining, the world's largest mining conference was held in Toronto. Outside the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Indigenous protested the loss of lives, land and clean rivers. Inside the world mining conference, four Native people spoke who are now on the boards of notorious mining companies....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2022 7:42am PDT
image4,000 S. Africa NUMSA Implats Platinum Workers Strike: NUMSA's Phakamile Majola Reports
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by Labor Video Project
4.000 South African NUMSA Implats contract platinum workers have gone on strike against slave labor conditions. These workers are paid much less than regular workers at the company for doing the same work. Contract workers are being used by companies to destroy their benefits and working conditions....
Posted: Mon, Jun 20, 2022 7:13pm PDT
imageDemocracy, General Strikes & Fascism At AFL-CIO With Van Deusen Pres Vermont AFL-CIO
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by Labor Video Project
Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen reports on the refusal of the AFL-CIO Executive Council to allow his state's resolution for democracy in the AFL-CIO with direct election of the national officers by the rank and file as well as preparing for a general strike against any attempted coup or insurrection....
Posted: Wed, Jun 15, 2022 6:33am PDT
imageChaos The Air, Covid-19 & Flight Attendants With AFA Hygienist Judith Anderson
 has led in part  to the recent cancellation of 7,000 flights during 2022 Memorial Day weekend. Many of those cancellations were due to a the growing covid-19 pandemics for flight attendants but the a
by Labor Video Project
The growing pandemic has led in part to the recent cancellation of 7,000 flights during 2022 Memorial Day weekend. Many of those cancellations were due to a the growing covid-19 pandemics for flight attendants but the airlines and government refuse to release any figures of how many of these workers are getting Covid. Airline Flight Attendants AFA Industrial Hygienist Judith Anderson talks about the real dangers for flight attendants and passengers as the government and industry try to igno...
Posted: Wed, Jun 1, 2022 11:24am PDT
imageItalian Workers Strike Against NATO Imperialist War In Ukraine-Report By Si Cobas
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by Labor Video Project
On Friday May 20, 2022, Italian workers from the union Si Cobas and other unions went on strike to oppose the NATO continuing to ship weapons to Ukraine. Roberto Luzzi a representative of Si Cobas talks about the reasons for their strike action against war....
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2022 9:09am PDT
imageRole Of The AFL-CIO Supporting The Histadrut & Its Support For Apartheid
ist Zionist trade union federation Histadrut  has played an important role in supporting the apartheid system in Israel. The AFL-CIO leadership with the CIA has collaborated internationally to support
by Carol Lang
The Israeli corporatist Zionist trade union federation Histadrut has played an important role in supporting the apartheid system in Israel. The AFL-CIO leadership with the CIA has collaborated internationally to support US imperialism....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2022 9:34pm PDT
textMay Day 2022 by Economic Policy Institute
“An injury to one is the concern of all.” The events of 1886 – powerful displays of solidarity and mass strikes for an eight-hour work day followed by absolute abuses of state power in executing innocent labor organizers – continue to inspire workers around the world to come together to demand fair, just workplaces, laws, and economies....
Posted: Sun, May 1, 2022 6:53am PDT
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