Eric Blanc We Are The Union MLR
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We talk with Eric Blanc about his new book We Are The Union & more. Here are some important links to follow from our conversation. Eric has a must read Substack
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Vanessa Hekkel BAC Local 4 Indiana Kentucky
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Meet member Vanessa Hekkel from the Merrillville IN chapter. We learn about the in this important Craft Union. Find out more at
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NALC Branch 116 Fort Wayne IN HELL NO Rally 3 23 2025
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A Special Edition of My Labor Radio, We attended the National Association of Letter Carriers Rally in Fort Wayne IN on March 23. This is the NALC Branch 116 Rally. This episode covers the speeches given that day. Thanks to the large support of Labor for this event!
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BAC Local 4 IN/KY 2025 State Apprenticeship Contest
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Interviews and information about the Recorded by at the 2025 State Apprenticeship Contest - 3/8/25 Change Your Life - Become BRICKIN' AWESOME! learn more at
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Michael Podhorzer Labor vs Musk Trump MLR 3 12 25
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Michael Podhorzer joins the show. We talk about the realization that Musk & Trump are out to destroy the rights of Working Class Americans. Find at this link. Thanks to the CWA, UAW2209 & Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 4 Indiana & Kentucky for your support.
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Carrie Newcomer - If Not Now, When? MLR 2 23 25
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Songwriter, Poet, member & Artist joins the show. A great conversation for these times & more. Find her at On Substack she is On , On On &
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MAD Voters Indiana -My Labor Radio
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meet Katie Rector Director of Advocacy for the Volunteers at Mad Voters Indiana. MAD stands for Mutually Assured Democracy - we learn from Katie what their work is all about and you can join the team too. Visit
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Michelle Higgs MLR 1 19 2025
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Meet Michelle Higgs. She was a candidate for a Indiana State House District 60 in Morgan, Monroe & Johnson counties in southern Indiana. We have some post election talk that also includes great talk about "right sized candidates & messenger candidates." We do have the freedom to loose forward. We have so much work to do. We know we are dealing with a democracy that is being sold away. We cover a lot of subjects in this episode. We provide some links below so you can learn more too. Our favorite quote from Michelle Higgs "A government of the people, means working with the people."...
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Sarah Blessing Project Next MLR 1 12 2025
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Meet from Harrison County Indiana. She ran in the last (2024) election cycle for Indiana House District 70. Here is a link to an article where she talks with the article includes quotes from Sarah and her Republican opponent. She is also collaborating with some other cool people you want to get to know with . You can find this helpful, it's the find out about how it can help you. Subscribe to the channel, so you can stay informed. . Mark your calender to check in with the Tuesday January 28th LIVE show by Project Next from 5-10:00pm We talk about find him at ...
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Kurt Mullett HoosierBlue63 MLR 1 12 2025
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Meet from Wabash Indiana. He is a progressive blue dot in a very red state. In just a short period of time he has gained local and national followers on his social media platforms through straight shooting videos and posts. Like many progressives in today's social media, he has detractors and haters, but he has found some amazing friends who look at life trough the same lens he does. We sopke in early January 2025 about where we are in political America, where we head to and how the voices on social media platforms are helping to shape peoples thinking. The highlited links below can...
info_outlineMeet Educator, Author, Researcher Dr. Jody Longo-Schmid, PhD. We spend the hour talking about her 2022 book, Children Not Widgets - How to fight and fix the willful miseducation of students and the dismanteling of Public Education. This show is an enlightening conversation about the book but it is also about the history of how we got to where we are today in American Public Education. You can find out more on Dr. Longo-Schmid by visiting her website JodyLongoSchmid.com you can find her on Twitter @jody_schmid
You can order her book from a Union Shop by following this link to Powell's Books in Portland OR. Those workers are represented by ILWU Local 5.
Dr. Longo-Schmid wrote a great piece that is on Medium about Childhood Hunger and why it hinders education in America. Childhood Hunger is a Political Choice: It Shoudn't Be. As a Democratic Society, we must do better
The Powell Memo we speak of in this episode is linked here if you have not read it before. Written by Lewis F Powell in 1971, it has been a roadmap for the right as they work to dismantle any thoughts of a progressive society in America.
Get your update on the struggle of the Brookwood AL United MineWorkers and their 23 month struggle vs. Warrior MET. UMWA.org
As always you can find us at MyLaborRadio.org and on Twitter we are @mgevaart