Videos

  • Spain’s ‘Indignados’ and the Globalization of Dissent

    Posted May 15, 2012

  • Mike Elk on May Day 2012

    Posted May 2, 2012

    The Occupy movement has timed its "general strike" in the United States to coincide with May Day. What does the relationship between Occupy and the labor movement need to look like to move forward on meaningful reform? In These Times Staff Writer Mike Elk, Kevin Zeese, organizer of Occupy Washington, D.C., and activist Jesse LaGreca appeared on the RT Network's Alyona Show.

  • May Day Livestream

    Posted May 1, 2012

    Tuesday, May 1, is International and Immigrant Workers' Day. In conjunction with collaborative coverage by independent media outlets around the country, Free Speech TV, an independent, publicly-supported, nonprofit, is offering a live stream of protests and demonstrations throughout the day.

  • Amr Moussa Announces Bid for Egyptian Presidency

    Posted April 25, 2012

    Amr Moussa, who served as foreign minister for deposed president Hosni Mubarak, announced his contentious presidential run in a blighted Cairo slum.

  • Josh Eidelson and Dorian Warren on the State of Labor

    Posted April 10, 2012

    Working In These Times Contributing Writer Josh Eidelson recently appeared on Bloggingheads.tv with Columbia University Assistant Professor Dorian Warren to—as Bloggingheads described it—"discuss a recent attempt to silence union picketers that was defeated with help from the Tea Party, and how public-sector unions remain a ripe target for Republicans. How does labor law affect union strength? Can labor organizers take lessons from the 1930s? Finally, Dorian and Josh explore the role of unions in articulating a vision of workplace democracy."

  • Fault Lines: Al Jazeera’s History of OWS

    Posted March 22, 2012

  • Mike Elk on Labor’s Role in 2012 Campaign

    Posted March 15, 2012

    On March 15, Democracy Now broadcasted a debate on the AFL-CIO's endorsement of President Obama for re-election between In These Times Staff Writer Mike Elk and Arthur Cheliotes, president of Communications Workers of America Local 1180, a union that has pledged support of President Obama. This week the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, endorsed Obama following earlier statements of support from several unions. Read Mike Elk's story on the endorsement here, and Senior Editor David Moberg's story on the endorsement here. You can find the segment on Democracy Now's website here.

  • Chris Hedges Sues Obama Over NDAA

    Posted March 13, 2012

  • Mike Elk: Why Workers Are Fighting Back

    Posted February 27, 2012

    On February 16, In These Times Staff Writer Mike Elk spoke to the Wichita State University Student Labor Project and Young Democratic Socialists. He discussed the current state of labor journalism as well as how attacks on organized labor and collective bargaining rights during the last year are encouraging American workers to fight back. The talk was part of a series of events put on by Occupy Koch Town. Koch Industries is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

  • Mike Elk on the 75th Anniversary of Flint Sit-Down Strike

    Posted February 15, 2012

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