WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast - Post-election: What is In Store for the Working Class?

Post-election: What is In Store for the Working Class?

12/06/24 • 30 min

WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast

The Monthly Labor Report's first broadcast after the Nov. 5 election:
Michael Zweig, economist and labor historian, discusses the role labor must play in the resistance to the fascist anti-worker
agenda of the incoming Trump administration. Prof. Zweig performs a post mortem on Kamala Harris' loss; and analyzes the effect
of a possible mass deportation immigrants and of sweeping tariffs on the working class. Zweig states: "The best organizer is the boss,"
referring to the push-back from working people that is sure to come when the harsh realities of the incoming administration come into focus.
Interview by Richard Hill

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