The Wisconsin Film Festival is virtual again this year and running through Thursday, May 20. For today’s show, we bring you a “double feature”! Monday host Patty Peltekos speaks with two of the filmmakers from this year’s film fest. First, we hear from Gretta Wing Miller, director of How to Form a Union, a documentary […]
Union Busting Goes High Tech
100 years ago, if you were an industrialist who wanted to keep unions out of your plant, you hired the Pinkerton detective agency to infiltrate the unions and, if necessary, bust some heads. Today, corporations employ more subtle, but perhaps more effective strategies to prevent their workers from organizing. Law firms such as Ogletree Deakins […]
Should Police Be Unionized?
As calls to defund the police reverberate across America, today Thursday host Allen Ruff takes a look at the renewed controversy around police unions with labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr. They talk about the nature of policing in a capitalist society, police accountability, the role of law enforcement in a democracy, and […]
Rethinking Democracy with Astra Taylor
During a year of non-stop election coverage, we hear the word democracy thrown around a lot. But what does this term really mean—and what can it do in the world of politics and beyond? Today on the show, Patty and co-host Thayer Reed discuss these timely and timeless questions with filmmaker, writer, and activist Astra […]
The Labor Movement in Wisconsin Since Act 10
Since the passage of Act 10 in 2011, public sector employees in Wisconsin have had limited collective bargaining abilities and unions have weakened power to advocate for their members. How has the labor movement in Wisconsin responded over the last eight years? To explore this history, Allen is joined in the studio by labor historian […]
Savage Class War Radio Must Continue
The Dude and the Dame fill the hour with news of union and class struggles and successes, shout-outs, and inspirational music.
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