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Mike Elk on May Day 2012

Jeremy Gantz

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.

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Jeremy Gantz is an In These Times contributing editor working at Time magazine.

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