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Inviting Communities To Take On Corporate Power Structures

Jeremie Greer, Dania Rajendra and Andrea Dehlendorf

Although people are intimately aware of the impact that corporate power has on their families and communities, and know what is needed to curb it, many find it difficult to overcome skepticism about creating change through the political process. Our guests, Dania Rajendra, a writer and organizing and founding director of the Athena Coalition, and Andrea Dehlendorf, co-founder of United for Respect, discuss ways we can meaningfully invite, engage, and empower people to join and lead the fight to curb corporate power.

Oligarchy and the Fight for Paid Family Leave

Dania Rajendra

Vicki Shabo from Better Life Lab at New America discusses the long-term fight for paid family and medical leave, covering progress at state and federal levels, setbacks in national legislation, and the influence of oligarchic interests. Interviewed by Dania Rajendra, senior strategist at Future Currents .

On the Line: An Interview with Daisy Pitkin

Dania Rajendra

The organizer and author Daisy Pitkin talks about the dynamics between staff organizers and members, personal and political risk-taking, institutional culture, and political struggle across a century of union fights in the US.

Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom

Dania Rajendra

Jill Hurst talks about her decades of experience in the labor movement, what labor can learn from movements like ACT UP, and the power of a militant minority executing culturally transgressive disruptions.