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Bungacast/519/ Reading Club: White Collar & Post-Mass Culture ft. Dustin GuastellaOn the middle classes and cultural compression.
For the concluding episode of the 2024/25 Reading Club, we discuss C. Wright Mills' White Collar, plus some additional short texts on what mass culture is like today.
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Does Mills' account of the “economic psychology” of the White Collar worker still ring true today?
What about their "political psychology"?
What is the state of White Collar trade unionism today?
Is there no possi...
2025-11-1031 min
Talking Strategy, Making History#45 Talking with Nelson Lichtenstein about the state of the unionsProf. Nelson Lichtenstein returns to talk with us about his new book, an anthology of writings about the labor movement over the last 75 years from the pages of DISSENT magazine, called LABOR'S PARTISANS, that history illuminates the current scene.
Nelson shares well informed insights' about the potentials and problems for workers organizing in this critical time.
Music: "Step by Step" performed by Charlie King and 'Annie Patterson. Support the podcast and get bonus stuff by subscribing at Patreon.com/tsmh and share.
2025-05-3158 min
How An Elephant ForgetsSuperEverything StoresOnce upon a checkout lane, convenience became king. In this episode, we trace the rise of the “everything store” — from five-and-dimes to fluorescent mega-aisles — and how a handful of retail giants reshaped America’s working class. We’ll look at the promises that were made (lower prices, more jobs, endless choice) and the quieter costs that came due (union busting, shuttered main streets, supply chains stretched thin across oceans). Somewhere between the smiley-face stickers and falling prices, a whole way of life got rolled back.Further Reading :Nelson Lichtenstein, The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New...
2025-05-1309 min
Coco Street's Electrik CakeElectrik Cake with Coco Street 0182 - Ms. Coco's Techno Garage 04072025This week is NOT about nostalgia. It’s about lineage, how sound transcends and provokes memory, and how Garage House & Techno emerged from different corners of the underground, yet somehow feel like distant relatives (3rd cousins?) at the same family reunion. One soulful. One driven. Both transcendent.
This week’s Scrumptious Electrik Cake is a reflection on the dance floor as archive, as wellness space, as a kind of sonic heirloom. Think of it like this: the same way Monet painted his cathedral series in soft, impressionistic repetition, utilizing “his ability to capture the essence of a scene quickly then finish...
2025-04-072h 04
Deep Dive with ShawnDid Bill Clinton’s Presidency Create Trump? The Progressive Betrayal (Featuring Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein)Send us a textIs Bill Clinton responsible for this Trump Era? In this episode, Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein, professor of History at UC Santa Barbara, and co-author of the book A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism joins the pod to examine the complexities of Bill Clinton's presidency and its enduring effects on American democracy today. We discuss how Clinton’s embrace of neoliberalism, exemplified through policies like welfare reform and NAFTA, caused rifts within the Democratic Party and set the stage for right-wing populism. As we dig into the consequences of pr...
2025-03-021h 00
Since Attlee & ChurchillWho are the best political heroes?Most politicians have at least one hero, someone in whose footsteps they hope to walk and whose achievements they hope to emulate. In this episode, Richard and Lee discuss whom senior Conservative and Labour politicians have named as their heroes - from the sublime to the occasionally ridiculous - and also share their own political lodestars.In this episode, the following books are mentioned:'Loyalists and Loners' by Michael Foot. Available at: https://amzn.to/3CUo9of'A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism' by Nelson...
2025-02-1651 min
Embark On The Most Spellbinding Full Audiobook Today!Labor’s Partisans by Samir Sonti - editor, Nelson Lichtenstein - editorPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/165091to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Labor’s Partisans
Author: Samir Sonti - editor, Nelson Lichtenstein - editor
Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne, Mirai Mirai
Format: mp3
Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 02-04-25
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Genres: Labor & Industrial Relations
Publisher's Summary:
With over twenty-five contributions by some of the nation's most influential progressive voices, Labor's Partisans brings to life a history of labor that is of immediate relevance to our own times. Introduced and edited by leading labor historians Nelson Lichtenstein and Samir Sonti, this essential volume reveals the powerful currents...
2025-02-042h 44![[Abridged] Presidential Histories](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/tl0hd57uzysfc7brkh26z9taoqob?.jpg)
[Abridged] Presidential Histories42.A) Bill Clinton's Economic Legacy, an interview with Nelson Lichtenstein"It's the economy, stupid" - Clinton advisor James Carville, 1992.Bill Clinton left office with a 66% approval rating. This was in large part because 81% of Americans approved his handling of the economy - 71% said the 1999 was the best economy of their lifetimes (according to Gallup). But how much credit does a president really deserve for an economy? And how does Clinton's record on free trade, welfare reform, and deregulation hold up today? Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein, author of A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism, joins me to discuss...
2024-12-1659 min
Success Story with Scott D. ClarySuccess Story: Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstoryToday we're diving deep into the extraordinary life of Sam Walton, the visionary founder of Walmart. We'll explore how a small-town boy from Oklahoma built the world's largest retailer, revolutionizing American business along the way. We'll trace Walton's journey from his early days running a single variety store to creating a retail empire that changed how America shops. ➡️ Sources:Books:Sam Walton: Made In America by Sam Walton and John Huey: https://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835The Wal-M...
2024-10-1651 min
My Labor Radio's PodcastUAWD 2024 Convention Speeches 9 28 2024 from Detroit-MLR Special EditionThis is a Special Edition My Labor Radio Episode. We attended and recorded the speeches from the dinner on Saturday night of the first in person UAWD Convention. It was held on September 28th & 29th, 2024 in Southfield MI. The MC for the dinner was George Freeman from UAW Local 933 in Indianapolis Indiana UAW Region 2B. He does the introductions and gives some background to his work at Local 933. We hear speeches from Professor, Historian and published Author Nelson Lichtenstein. He authored a book on Walter Reuther that the International UAW hated for years, too much truth. The at...
2024-10-061h 26
My Blog » lowe9^Download PDF A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor (Working Class in American History) by Nelson Lichtenstein OnlineLink To Download : https://recomendedbook.com/?book=025207940X To Download or Read A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor (Working Class in American History) by Nelson Lichtenstein Available versions: EPUB, PDF, MOBI, DOC, Kindle, Audiobook, etc. Reading A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor (Working Class in American History) Download A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and […]
2024-10-0500 min
Working HistoryThe Present and Future of Southern Labor: The UAW’s Historic Win at VolkswagenEarlier this year, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to join the UAW in a landslide. The Southern Labor Studies Association held our biannual meeting at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga last week, just as UAW Local 42 began negotiating its first contract.
This panel, recorded live at the conference, is moderated by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe and features Zach Costello of UAW Local 42’s organizing committee; Chris Brooks, chief strategist at the UAW; Michael Gilliland, the organizing director of CALEB in Chattanooga; and labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein.
2024-09-241h 14
Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer2024 Summer Reading ListIt’s Paul and Goldy’s summer reading list! In this week’s special episode, Civic Ventures Senior Fellow David “Goldy” Goldstein and Civic Ventures Writer Paul Constant recommend some of the hottest new economic and political books for your beach reading pleasure. We want to know what you’re reading, too. Leave us a comment on Instagram, Twitter, Threads or YouTube! Remember to shop local and small when you can, or order from IndieBound or Bookshop.org—both of which support independent bookstores! All of these books are also likely avai...
2024-08-0632 min
Background Briefing with Ian MastersJuly 23, 2024 - Gil Duran | Ruth Conniff | Nelson LichtensteinThe Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him | Kamala Harris Campaigns in Wisconsin Today Which Trump Barely Won in 2016 and Biden in 2020 | Project 2025 Is More of a Corporate Wishlist Than a MAGA Manifesto and Trump and Vance Are Running Away From Its Unpopularity
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2024-07-2358 minBackground Briefing with Ian MastersJuly 23, 2024 - Gil Duran | Ruth Conniff | Nelson LichtensteinThe Contours of a Kamala Harris Campaign Emerges Contrasting the Felon With the Prosecutor Who Went After For-Profit College Ripoffs Like Trump University and Investigated Big Oil While Trump Invited Them to Bribe Him | Kamala Harris Campaigns in Wisconsin Today Which Trump Barely Won in 2016 and Biden in 2020 | Project 2025 Is More of a Corporate Wishlist Than a MAGA Manifesto and Trump and Vance Are Running Away From Its Unpopularity
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2024-07-2358 min
KPFA - Letters and PoliticsBill Clinton & the Transformation of American Capitalism
Guest: Nelson Lichtenstein is Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, and his latest, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism coauthored with Judith Stein (1940–2017).
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2024-06-1759 min
PodQueueLabor's End Virtual Book Launch: Jason Resnikoff in conversation with Nelson LichtensteinJoin Jason Resnikoff and Nelson Lichtenstein for a discussion of Resnikoff's new book "Labor's End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work." This event aired on March 1.
About the Book:
"Labor's End" traces the discourse around automation from its origins in the factory to its wide-ranging implications in political and social life. As Jason Resnikoff shows, the term automation expressed the conviction that industrial progress meant the inevitable abolition of manual labor from industry. But the real substance of the term reflected industry's desire to hide an intensification of human work--and labor's loss of power and protection--behind magnificent machinery and...
2024-03-121h 04
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 9: LessonsThis final episode of Organize the Unorganized is devoted to key lessons of the CIO moment. All of the guests on this program were asked about this basic question, and we try to represent all of their answers on this episode. The negative lessons, points where guests were keen to note the differences between the 30s and the present moment, focused on the changed economic situation and the issue of labor law. The more positive lessons pertained to union democracy, overcoming divisions in the working class, mass organizing, raising expectations, and seizing the moment.
Guests in order of appearance: Dorothy...
2024-03-1243 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 8: Is There an Ending to the CIO?This penultimate episode of Organize the Unorganized concludes the story of the CIO. We cover first the communist purge in the late 1940s, as well as Operation Dixie, the failed campaign to organize the south. We then get to merger with the AFL in 1955, and the afterlife of the CIO in the Industrial Union Department and its contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
Guests in order of appearance: Lizabeth Cohen, Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University; James Young, Professor Emeritus of History at Edinboro University; Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at Binghamton University...
2024-03-0546 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 7: WarThe early period of the CIO could be said to have ended with the Little Steel strike in 1937, when the limits of the New Deal order were dramatically illustrated in the brutal repression and failure of the strike. But the CIO continued to grow through the 40s, and it was the war escalation that provided the context for it to do so. This episode will be devoted to the CIO's role in and relation to the war effort, and what it meant for this labor upsurge.
Guests in order of appearance: Melvyn Dubofsky, Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at...
2024-02-2740 min
Reinventing SolidarityEpisode 47 - "The 2023 UAW Strike: A Turning Point in Labor History?"The United Auto Workers achieved a real breakthrough in their 2023 strike against the Big Three automakers. For this episode, our new editor-at-large Micah Uetricht interviews longtime labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about his piece in the Spring 2024 issue of New Labor Forum assessing the wins in the contract, the corruption scandals and subsequent new union leadership victory that led to the strike, the UAW's prospects for riding this momentum into organizing nonunion automakers like Volkswagen and Tesla, and more.
2024-02-1350 min
Converging Dialogues#304 - Failures of the Clinton Presidency: A Dialogue with Nelson LichtensteinIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Nelson Lichtenstein about the failures of the Clinton presidency. They discuss his collaboration with Judith Stein for the book, why Clinton focused on economic issues, Al From, Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), and the impact of Ross Perot on the 1992 Presidential election. They talk about important figures in Clinton’s economic team, failures of healthcare, economic negotiations with Japan and NAFTA. They also talk about the 1994 Crime Bill, repealing Glass-Steagall, legacy of the Clinton presidency, and many more topics. Nelson Lichtenstein is Research Professor in the Department of History at...
2024-02-081h 31
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 5: Little SteelThis episode is devoted to the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937, a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, and one that illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. It might appear excessive to devote an entire episode of the podcast to one strike, but Little Steel was in many ways a turning point, a key hinge in our story. To capture it well we also need to delve into the more general history of steel organizing in America, a fantastically brutal affair that reveals the soul of American capitalism.
Guests in order...
2024-02-0547 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 4: Taking StockHow was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In this episode, we outline four factors that were the keys to the CIO’s success. First, there was a political opportunity that the CIO took advantage of. Second, there were militant and disruptive tactics employed that were effective given that political opportunity. Third, there was the great energy and commitment of the Left as channeled toward the stable end of collective bargaining. And finally, there was what podcast guest Lizabeth Cohen has called the “culture of unity” bred by the CIO. T...
2024-01-3049 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 3: Sit Down!On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized, we examine the three initial major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. We begin by recounting the story of the “first CIO strike” at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Ohio, a victorious strike that put the CIO on the map. We then turn to the great General Motors strike in the winter of 1937, perhaps the most iconic confrontation of the period and generally recognized as the CIO’s transformational victory. We end briefly on the steel organizing campaign, whose success was drawn in part from the threatening militancy of the CI...
2024-01-2343 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 2: Powerful PersonalitiesOn the second episode of Organized the Unorganized, we kick things off with an account of the institutional formation of the CIO, and then get to the organization’s key personalities. John L. Lewis, the founding president of and driving force behind the CIO, unsurprisingly gets a fair amount of time, and we focus in particular on the reasons for his bold leadership at this decisive moment in history. We also introduce Sidney Hillman, the only other real center of power in the organization besides Lewis in the early CIO, as well as some of the key organizers of the CI...
2024-01-1637 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOEpisode 1: Under the Blue EagleThe first episode of Organize the Unorganized sets the stage for the story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, first getting into the history of the organization from which it broke off, the American Federation of Labor, and then describing three developments that raised workers’ expectations in the lead-up to the founding of the CIO: the broken promises of welfare capitalism, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the mass strikes of 1934.
Interviewees, in order of appearance: Ruth Milkman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center; Robert Cherny, Professor Emeritus of History at San Francisco State University; Ahmed White, Ni...
2024-01-0941 min
Jacobin RadioIntroducing... Organize the UnorganizedThere have been many moments of labor upsurge in America: the influx of members into the Knights of Labor in 1886, the dramatic growth of unions during and after World War I, and the great wave of public sector unionism in the 1960s and ‘70s. But none matches the period of the 1930s and ‘40s, when millions of workers unionized under the aegis of the great labor federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. If we’re looking to get millions of private-sector workers into the labor movement today, there’s no better example than the ascendant period of the CIO...
2024-01-0204 min
Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIOTrailerThere have been many moments of labor upsurge in America, including the influx of members into the Knights of Labor in 1886, the dramatic growth of unions during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and the great public sector unionism surge of the 1960s and 70s, but none matches the scale of the 1930s, when millions of workers were unionized under the aegis of the great labor federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO. If we’re looking to get millions of private-sector workers into the labor movement, there’s really one time to look to, and that...
2023-12-3004 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyNELSON LICHTENSTEIN -Labor Is Delivering + Bill Clinton, Fabulous Failure?I talk with NELSON LICHTENSTEIN, History professor at UC Santa Barbara, and the author of several books on labor in America including State of the Union: A Century of American Labor. First, about the resurgence of unions in America - highlighted by good new contracts at UPS, Kaiser Permanence, and Big Three automakers, as well as successful organizing at newer huge employers like Amazon, Starbucks, and Trader Joes; and second, about his latest book, co-authored with Judith Stein, A FABULOUS FAILURE: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism.
2023-11-3057 min
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: The UAW Strike Victory w/ Nelson LichtensteinLabor historian Nelson Lichtenstein returns to Jacobin Radio with Suzi Weissman to talk about the Tentative Agreements (TAs) the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached—still to be ratified—with the Big Three auto companies after six weeks on strike. It was the first time the UAW hit the Detroit Three at once. As Nelson wrote in his recent Jacobin piece, the UAW strike victory is historic and transformative, ending a forty-three-year era of concession bargaining and labor movement defeat. “With its successful strike, the UAW has broken with decades of concessions, won on pay and workplace democracy, and launched a new...
2023-11-0953 min
Explore Into A Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook During Your Workout.A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Judith Stein, Nelson LichtensteinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702761to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism
Author: Judith Stein, Nelson Lichtenstein
Narrator: Tom Campbell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 36 minutes
Release date: October 31, 2023
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care to trade to labor relations. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched dramatically...
2023-10-314h 36
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsA Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Judith Stein, Nelson LichtensteinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702761 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism Author: Judith Stein, Nelson Lichtenstein Narrator: Tom Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care to trade to labor relations. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched...
2023-10-3130 minListen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsA Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Judith Stein, Nelson LichtensteinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702761to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism
Author: Judith Stein, Nelson Lichtenstein
Narrator: Tom Campbell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 36 minutes
Release date: October 31, 2023
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992, he ended twelve years of Republican rule and seemed poised to enact a progressive transformation of the US economy, touching everything from health care to trade to labor relations. Yet by the time he left office, the nation's economic and social policies had instead lurched dramatically...
2023-10-314h 36
Then & NowUnions, Labor, and the American Working Class: A Conversation with Nelson LichtensteinOn September 15, 2023, workers from the United Auto Workers union went on strike at Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis simultaneously, quickly expanding to include tens of thousands of workers at automobile factories throughout the United States. Founded by visionary and then UAW president Walter Reuther, At its founding, the union focused on better wages and conditions for all working-class Americans, not just union members. Current UAW president Shawn Fain has channeled much of founding UAW president Walter Reuther’s rhetoric in championing benefits for all workers and pushing for government support of electric car manufacturing jobs. In what ha...
2023-10-2545 min
WPKN Community RadioBetween The Lines - 10/18/23 ©2023 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.* Only a Ceasefire and De-escalation can stop the rising civilian death toll in Gaza and Israel; Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: Scott Harris.
* Israeli’s United in Response to Hamas Attack, But Many Blame Netanyahu for his Failure to Protect the Nation; Ofer Neiman, a Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist living in Jerusalem; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
* The UAW Strike: What's at stake for the U.S. Labor Movement; Nelson Lichtenstein, Research Professor, the University of California, Santa Barbara; Producer: Scott Harris.
2023-10-1829 min
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastOnly a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and IsraelInstitute for Policy Studies and author Phyllis Bennis: Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and IsraelJewish-Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: Israelis United in Response to Hamas Attack, But Many Blame Netanyahu for his Failure to Protect the NationUniversity of California research professor Nelson Lichtenstein: The UAW Strike: What’s at Stake for the U.S. Labor MovementVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to...
2023-10-1829 min
Living in the USAOur Biggest Ever Healthcare Strike: Harold Meyerson; plus the 'Fabulous Failure' of Bill Clinton: Nelson LichtensteinKaiser Workers' strike this week is the largest by healthcare workers in US history. Harold Meyerson comments. Also: ethnic politics in California.Plus: Our politics today is haunted by the failures of Bill Clinton—the “centrist” who "triangulated” with Republicans, lost on healthcare, and proclaimed that “the era of big government is over.” Nelson Lichtenstein will explain Clinton’s turn to the right, and the lessons for today’s Democrats. His new book on Clinton has the wonderful title A Fabulous Failure. Also: Your Minnesota Moment: a big new solar energy project is in the works.
2023-10-0648 min
Start Making Sense with Jon WienerBill McKibben: Power to the People in Maine, plus Clinton’s ‘Fabulous Failure’Voters in Maine will decide next month whether to turn the state’s private utilities public. If that happens, it would be a huge step toward dealing with the climate crisis, and a model for other states. Bill McKibben explains -- of course he’s an author and environmentalist and co-founder of 350,org, currently working with the new environmental group Third Act, for people over 60.Also: Our politics today is haunted by the failures of Bill Clinton—the “centrist” who “triangulated” with Republicans, lost on healthcare, and proclaimed that “The era of big government is over.” Nelson Lichtenstein explains...
2023-10-0534 min
The Nation PodcastsBill McKibben: Power to the People in Maine, plus Clinton’s ‘Fabulous Failure’ | Start Making SenseVoters in Maine will decide next month whether to turn the state’s private utilities public. If that happens, it would be a huge step toward dealing with the climate crisis, and a model for other states. Bill McKibben explains -- of course he’s an author and environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org, currently working with the new environmental group Third Act, for people over 60.Also: Our politics today is haunted by the failures of Bill Clinton—the “centrist” who “triangulated” with Republicans, lost on healthcare, and proclaimed that “The era of big government is over.” Nelson Lichtenstein explains...
2023-10-0534 min
Prevail with Greg OlearA Fabulous Failure (with Nelson Lichtenstein)Greg Olear talks with historian and research professor Nelson Lichtenstein, author of “A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism,” about the “fabulous decade” of the 1990s, neoliberalism, Robert Rubin, Clinton-era deregulation, NAFTA, healthcare, and the current rise of the labor movement. Plus: a prince sings.Follow Nelson:https://twitter.com/NelsonLichtens1Buy the book:https://www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Failure-Presidency-Transformation-Capitalism/dp/0691245509Thanks HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/50prevail and use code 50prevail for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months!Subscribe to the PREVAIL newslett...
2023-09-291h 17Background Briefing with Ian MastersSeptember 24, 2023 - Nelson Lichtenstein | Perry Link | Diane WinstonTuesday Will See the First American President to Join a Picket Line in the UAW Strike in Detroit | How Shaky is Xi Jinping's Hold on Power? | The Failure of Journalism in the Reagan Era and Now the Trump Era
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2023-09-241h 03
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio: Strike at the Big Three w/ Nelson LichtensteinSuzi talks to historian and labor expert Nelson Lichtenstein about the historic, first-ever simultaneous strike against the Big Three automakers. Thirteen thousand workers, about 10% of UAW members at the Big Three, walked out of assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri on September 14. Instead of striking at all plants at once, the UAW is using a novel tactic they’re calling the “Stand-Up” strike with workers at select locals standing up and walking out on strike. Shawn Fain, the new militant leader of the UAW, says this tactic keeps companies guessing which other locals will be next. Nelson Lichtenstein looks...
2023-09-2252 minStart Making Sense with Jon WienerTrump and the Auto Strike, plus the Politics of Insecurity: Nelson Lichtenstein plus Astra TaylorTrump and the UAW strike, plus ‘manufactured insecurity’: Nelson Lichenstein plus Astra TaylorThe UAW strike against Detroit’s Big Three is rapidly becoming a major political battle as Donald Trump speaks to auto workers in Detroit, challenging Biden’s massive initiatives for America’s transition to electric vehicles. Nelson Lichtenstein provides historical perspective on what’s at stake.Also: there are two kinds of insecurity in our lives today, Astra Taylor argues: existential insecurity, the unavoidable issues of life and death, and manufactured insecurity—intended to make workers more submissive to authority. Communal action can do a lot to...
2023-09-2134 min
The Nation PodcastsTrump and the Auto Strike, plus 'Manufactured Insecurity' | Start Making SenseThe UAW strike against Detroit’s Big Three is rapidly becoming a major political battle as Donald Trump speaks to auto workers in Detroit, challenging Biden’s massive initiatives for America’s transition to electric vehicles. Nelson Lichtenstein provides historical perspective on what’s at stake.Also: We face two kinds of insecurity in our lives today, Astra Taylor argues: existential insecurity, the unavoidable issues of life and death, and manufactured insecurity—intended to make workers more submissive to authority. Communal action can do a lot to reduce the second kind. Astra's new book is “The Age of Insecurity...
2023-09-2134 min
The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman'BradCast' 9/18/2023 (Guest: Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein on the UAW strike and the U.S. labor movement rising)Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary
2023-09-1958 min
KPFA - Letters and PoliticsThe Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American CapitalismGuest: Nelson Lichtenstein is Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, and his latest, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism with Judith Stein (1940–2017) who was Distinguished Professor of History at City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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2023-09-1859 min
Keen On AmericaHow Bill Clinton betrayed progressive ideas and capitulated to the right: Nelson Lichtenstein on the failure of the Clinton presidency and the transformation of American capitalismEPISODE 1699: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Nelson Lichtenstein, author of A FABULOUS FAILURE, about the failed "neo-liberal" policies of the Clinton presidency and the transformation of American capitalismNelson Lichtenstein is research professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His most recent book is A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism (2023).Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is...
2023-09-0938 min
Pod Damn AmericaA Fabulous Episode w/Nelson LichtensteinAnders talks to Labor Historian Nelson Lichtenstein about his new book, "A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism."
Book info: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691245508/a-fabulous-failure
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2023-09-091h 03
AMTV-全美新闻专家探讨AI技术所引发的好莱坞大罢工的深层次原因7月28日，少数族裔媒体服务机构EMS召开网络研讨会，就近期好莱坞编剧和演员工会愈演愈烈的罢工潮，邀请多位专家进行探讨。7月 13日，代表16万演艺人员的美国演员工会及广播电视艺人联合工会宣布，他们与制片公司的谈判破裂，确定从即日起进行罢工，导致众多好莱坞影视项目制作陷入瘫痪。这是63年来最大规模的罢工。
加州第26区州参议员、前劳工领袖、洛杉矶县劳工联合会的首位女性秘书兼财政部长Maria Elena Durazo、加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校历史系研究教授Nelson
Lichtenstein，以及多位参与罢工的员工参加当天的研讨会，解析由于AI所引发大罢工的深层次原因。
这场好莱坞历史上最大规模的罢工，原因复杂且具有挑战性，尤其是人工智能成为一个主要原因。编剧和演员称，他们组织罢工是为了扭转薪酬下降的趋势。与传统的电视、电影相比，人工智能及流媒体使他们的薪水和工作条件恶化，他们要求制片方和流媒体公司保证不会以人工智能技术生成的面孔和声音来替代演艺人员。
专家指出，其中最主要的问题是在企业高利润、高通胀的背景下，工资和福利问题仍然突出。此外，如何应对人工智能可能带来的职位威胁，也成为了工人们面临的一大挑战。全美电视台记者洛杉矶综合报道！
2023-08-0202 min
Talking History with Patrick GeogheganBill Clinton & LiberalismIn this episode of Talking History, we'll be looking at the challenges facing American Liberalism from the 1960s to the 1990s through the prism of the political career and presidency of Bill Clinton, and we'll be debating whether it should be viewed as a success or a failure.
Joining host Patrick Geoghegan for this debate is:
• Nelson Lichtenstein, Research Professor in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his book A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism will be published in September 2023
• Dr Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott Associate Professor of U.S. History at T...
2023-07-2352 min
Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystemOn being a beloved National Gallery curator with Ruth FineIn Platemark s3e30, host Ann Shafer speaks with Ruth Fine, retired curator from the National Gallery of Art. Ruth was curator of modern prints and drawings there from 1980–2002, followed by an additional period working on special projects in modern art. Since her retirement in 2010, Ruth has been working on exhibition and writing projects, as well as sitting on the boards of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, and others. As we are releasing this episode, Ruth has an exhibition up at the Phillips Collection featuring the photographic output of Frank Stewart. The show is up...
2023-07-181h 09
Trinity Long Room Hub PodcastsA Fabulous Failure: Managing American Capitalism during the Clinton PresidencyRecorded June 12, 2023.
An in-person lecture by Prof Nelson Lichtenstein (University of California, Santa Barbara) organised by the School of Histories and Humanities.
Nelson Lichtenstein, the author of a forthcoming major revisionist history of the Bill Clinton presidency, will speak on the major themes of his book. When Bill Clinton became president, his campaign's catch phrase, "The Economy, Stupid" encapsulated a commitment to the rejuvenation and transformation of the U.S. economy. But his efforts to revive American liberalism failed because those industry sectors and political constituencies upon which Clinton liberals had banked were no match for the power of Wall...
2023-06-1351 min
Podcast Archives - The DigLabor Histories w/ Nelson LichtensteinFeaturing Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying Walmart and international supply chains. Guest host Micah Uetricht interviews one of the greatest living labor historians.
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2023-03-131h 48The DigLabor Histories w/ Nelson LichtensteinFeaturing Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying Walmart and international supply chains. Guest host Micah Uetricht interviews one of the greatest living labor historians.
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2023-03-131h 48
Jacobin RadioDig: Labor Histories w/ Nelson LichtensteinFeaturing Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying Walmart and international supply chains. Guest host Micah Uetricht interviews one of the greatest living labor historians.Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDigCheck out our newsletters and vast archives at thedigradio.comBuy Keywords for Capitalism by John Patrick Leary haymarketbooks.org/books/1886-keywords-for-capitalism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-03-131h 48Podcast Archives - The DigLabor Histories w/ Nelson LichtensteinFeaturing Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying Walmart and international supply chains. Guest host Micah Uetricht interviews one of the greatest living labor historians.
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2023-03-131h 48The DigLabor Histories w/ Nelson LichtensteinFeaturing Nelson Lichtenstein on his life and scholarship, from membership in the International Socialists and studies of the early United Auto Workers and CIO to his later turn to studying Walmart and international supply chains. Guest host Micah Uetricht interviews one of the greatest living labor historians.
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2023-03-131h 48The BradCast w/ Brad FriedmanBradCast 3/6/2023 (Labor historian Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein on 'egregious' labor law violations by Starbucks)Independent, investigative news, reporting, interviews and commentary
2023-03-0758 min
The WPI Oral HistoriesWPI Oral History: Connie Glenn on Tom Wesselmann (Session 1)Constance "Connie" W. Glenn is an acclaimed art historian, curator, writer, and collector. She is the founding director of the University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach, where she also established the Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies and taught courses in art history and museum studies. Since the 1960s, she has been an avid collector with a particular interest in Pop Art and the works of Tom Wesselmann. Highlights of the interview include descriptions of the burgeoning Kansas City art scene in the 1960s, trends in Glenn’s history as an art collector, memories of her re...
2023-02-011h 30
Living in the USABernie's Priorities: Harold Meyerson; UC Strike, Cont.: Nelson Lichtenstein; Abortion Voters: John Nichols; Happy in Denmark: Joshua HollandSenator Bernie Sanders gave a major speech on Tuesday about the lives of working Americans – Harold Meyerson comments. Also: the coming primary for Diane Feinstein's senate seat.Plus: the UC TA strike: just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in – with "attestation" forms to dock back pay. Nelson Lichtenstein explains.Also: Abortion remains a potent force mobilizing liberal and progressive voters in the upcoming 2023 state legislative races – John Nichols has our analysis.And Joshua Holland explains why people in Denmark are so much happier than people in the USA.
2023-01-2058 min
Living in the USAThe House Republican Mess: Harold Meyerson; plus Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Victory and Andrew Bacevich on "The Long War"Harold Meyerson analyzes the Republican failure to elect a Speaker of the House - and what it tells us about the future of the new Congress.Teaching Assistants and other grad student employees at the University of California won a historic victory in their strike last month. What does that mean for other universities and other union organizing campaigns? Nelson Lichtenstein joins the show to comment. Also this week, Andrew Bacevich talks about our “very long war” going back to the sixties, and the relative insignificance of Donald Trump. Bacevich's new book is On Shedding an Ob...
2023-01-0656 min
New Books in EducationWhy Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor GriffeyWhy did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores:
The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families.
Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all.
How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors.
The limitations of sympathy strikes.
How higher education became a gig economy.
Why th...
2023-01-051h 07
The Academic LifeWhy Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor GriffeyWhy did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores:
The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families.
Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all.
How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors.
The limitations of sympathy strikes.
How higher education became a gig economy.
Why th...
2023-01-051h 06
New Books in Higher EducationWhy Did 48,000 UC Workers Go on Strike? A Conversation with Dr. Trevor GriffeyWhy did thousands of workers at prestigious universities in the United States go on strike in 2022? How did we get to this historic moment, and is it really over? This episode explores:
The myriad ways universities can wield power over workers and even their families.
Why university workers are divided into different unions—and why some have no union representation at all.
How inflation, student debt, housing shortages, health insurance access, and the constriction of the tenure-track put unbearable pressure graduate students, adjuncts, and instructors.
The limitations of sympathy strikes.
How higher education became a gig economy.
Why th...
2023-01-051h 06
The Nation PodcastsNelson Lichtenstein's Post-Mortem on the UC Strike and Andrew Bacevich on America’s “Very Long War”Teaching Assistants and other grad student employees at the University of California won a historic victory in their strike last month. What does that mean for other universities and other union organizing campaigns? Nelson Lichtenstein joins the show to comment. Also this week, Andrew Bacevich talks about our “very long war” going back to the sixties, and the relative insignificance of Donald Trump. Bacevich's new book is On Shedding an Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century.Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Our Spons...
2023-01-0531 min
Living in the USAUC Strike Settlement? Nelson Lichtenstein; the WWI Xmas Truce: Adam Hochschild; Bob Dylan's Xmas: Sean WilentzThe biggest strike in the country this year, and the biggest in the history of American universities, may be over-- after five weeks of picketing and protests, the union representing 48,000 grad student employees at the University of California announced a settlement offer by the university, and members are voting this week. Nelson Lichtenstein has our analysis.Also: For our holiday show, we want to talk about the Christmas Truce of World War I -- it’s a unique event in the history of modern warfare. Adam Hochschild will explain.Plus, our Christmas music special: Bob Dyla...
2022-12-2358 min
The Nation PodcastsUC Strike Settlement? Nelson Lichtenstein; plus Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan’s Xmas AlbumThe biggest strike in the country this year, and the biggest in the history of American universities, may be over. After five weeks of picketing and protests, the union representing 48,000 graduate student employees at the University of California announced a settlement. The university made an offer, and union members are voting this week. Nelson Lichtenstein has the analysis. He teaches History at UC Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy.We also have a Christmas music special this week. Bob Dylan fans have been puzzled and troubled by his...
2022-12-2239 min
Higher Ed SpotlightWhat America's Biggest Academic Labor Strike Ever Means for Higher EdWhen 48,000 grad students and other academic workers at the University of California went on strike, it garnered attention far beyond California and raised questions about the very structure of higher ed labor. Nelson Lichtenstein is a labor historian with a first-hand view of the UC strike, and he says what happened in California reflects bigger problems in an increasingly precarious workforce – not just in academia, but all over the country. Higher Ed Spotlight is sponsored by Chegg's Center for Digital Learning, and aims to explore the future of higher education today.
2022-12-2022 min
Living in the USAHomelessness in LA: Harold Meyerson; On Strike at the U of Cal: Nelson Lichtenstein; plus Beverly Gage on J. Edgar HooverThe new mayor in LA, Karen Bass, the former community organizer and former head of the Congressional Black caucus, LA’s first woman mayor, was sworn in on Sunday, and her first act was to declare a state of emergency to address homelessness. Harold Meyerson comments.plus: In the biggest strike in the nation this year, the strike by University of California graduate student employees, one group of strikers—the postdocs--settled, and another agreed to go into mediation—the Teaching Assistants, who are refusing to grade final exams for tens of thousands of students. Nelson Lichtenstein has our rep...
2022-12-1656 min
Start Making Sense ClipsThe U. of Cal. Strike heads for Mediation: Nelson LichtensteinThe largest strike in the nation entered its fifth week: 36,000 grad student employees of the University of California, including teaching assistants who are not grading final exams. The union agreed to mediation—which seems unlikely to succeed. Nelson Lichtenstein has our update.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2022-12-1514 min
The Nation PodcastsSteve Phillips on Sinema and Nelson Lichtenstein on the U.C. StrikeThe Democrats triumphed in Arizona this November, electing the governor and the secretary of state, and reelecting senator Mark Kelly --in what used to be a red state. But then Senator Kyrsten Sinema quit the Democratic Party, and Progressives moved towards a primary election to challenge her. On this week's podcast, Steve Phillips explains how the victories happened, and what's to be done about Sinema.Also on this episode of Start Making Sense– the largest strike in the nation entered its fifth week. 36,000 grad student employees of the University of California –including teaching assistants– are not grading final e...
2022-12-1530 min
Living in the USAAfter Georgia: Harold Meyerson and Joan Walsh; the UC Strike: Nelson LichtensteinNational Politics after the Raphael Warnock victory in Georgia - Harold Meyerson comments. Also, the UAW after the UC strike.Plus: historian Nelson Lichtenstein on the divide-and-conquer strategy of the University of California administration in facing grad student employees on strike.And Joan Walsh on how Warnock won - she's National Affairs correspondent for The Nation.
2022-12-0953 min
The Nation PodcastsJoan Walsh on the Georgia runoff and Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC strikeOn this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Nation correspondent, Joan Walsh, comments on Democratic incumbent, Senator Raphael Warnock beating Herschel Walker in the Georgia runoff, and what that means for the future of American politics.Also on this episode, the largest strike in the country this year, and the largest in the history of higher education, entered its fourth week at the University of California. Historian Nelson Lichtenstein joins the show to discuss.Our Sponsors:* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...
2022-12-0833 min
Start Making Sense ClipsNelson Lichtenstein: The U of Cal Grad Students' StrikeThe largest strike in the country this year, and the largest in the history of higher education, entered its fourth week at the University of California. Historian Nelson Lichtenstein explains what's happening with grad student Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, Tutors and Postdocs.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2022-12-0815 min
FAIRNelson Lichtenstein on UC Strike, Marjorie Cohn on Evangelicals’ Supreme Court Lobbying
Dissent (11/22/22)
This week on CounterSpin: Former CIA director Mike Pompeo recently said with a straight face that Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, was “the most dangerous person in the world.” “It’s not a close call,” he said. “If you ask, ‘Who’s the most likely to take this republic down?’ It would be the teachers unions, and the filth that they’re teaching our kids.” More evidence, were it needed, that the current struggle for pay and dignity by teaching assistants and adjuncts and researchers at the University of California is really...
2022-12-0227 min
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Rail Worker Struggle w/ Nelson LichtensteinSuzi talks to UCSB labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein to get his analysis of the impending rail strike and the tentative deal reached to prevent it by labor leaders, the government, and the freight rail companies. The workers are demanding paid sick days and more predictable and humane schedules, but they weren’t at the table forging the tentative agreement. They are, however, the ones who will decide whether or not to ratify or reject the deal. Nelson says rail workers are shaking up labor once again: his title for the op-ed that appeared in the LA Times on September 15 was...
2022-09-201h 16
Unf*cking The RepublicUnf*cking Flashback: Labor Unions: From Pullman to Kellogg’s. Labor’s long, hard road.We're re-releasing our Labor Union episode in honor of Labor Day. For Unf*ckers outside of the United States, this is the day government set aside as a token of appreciation to the labor movement for eight hour days, weekends, anti-child labor laws, protection from discrimination and more. (In reality, it was a consolation prize after Grover Cleveland jailed Eugene Debs and sent federal troops to beat the shit out of Pullman railcar workers on strike.) We celebrate this glorious day by giving members of the PMC a holiday to shop at stores run by the working poor.
2022-09-051h 14
Rik's Mind PodcastEpisode 97- Nelson Lichtenstein: The Battle for Labor Rights, Dignity and A Living WageToday we are joined by Nelson Lichtenstein. Nelson is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. Thereafter he worked in publishing in New York and taught at The Catholic University of America and at the University of Virginia before joining the UCSB faculty in 2001.He is the author or editor of 16 books, including a biography of...
2022-08-1900 min
FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBSAmerican ReckoningWho killed Wharlest Jackson Sr.? In investigating the unsolved 1967 murder of a local NAACP leader, "American Reckoning" reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance.
The feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, with support from Chasing the Dream, draws on rarely seen footage filmed by Ed Pincus and David Neuman more than 50 years ago in Natchez, Mississippi, and made available through the Amistad Research Center. In following the Jackson family’s search for answers, "American Reckoning" also taps into the groundbreaking reporting of journalist Stanley Nelson, who investigated allegations of the involvement of a Ku Kl...
2022-06-221h 27
The Bitcoin Standard Podcast111. Bitcoin and Monarchies with Prince Philip of SerbiaMarch 28th 2022.What is the case for monarchy? Why are monarchies better at long-term thinking? Why do monarchies outcompete republics in protecting property rights, promoting peace, raising living standards, and protecting the value of money? Would a return to hard money bring back the age of monarchies? We discuss all these questions with HRH Prince Philip of Serbia, who became the first monarch to publicly announce being a bitcoiner. Their conversation touches on the story of the Karađorđević dynasty, the factors that led to communist seizure of power in Yugoslavia, and whether a res...
2022-04-111h 49
IFC's Conversations for Open MindsElizabeth Shermer: Indentured Students: Higher Ed and the Student Loan CrisisElizabeth Tandy Shermer is an associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, where she teaches courses on labor, capitalism, and politics. She has written about those topics in op-eds, academic articles, and scholarly books, including Sunbelt Capitalism (2013) and The Right and Labor, a 2012 edited collection done with Nelson Lichtenstein, and a 2013 edited collection on Barry Goldwater. Harvard University Press published her history of student loans, Indentured Students, under its Belknap Press imprint in August 2021.
2021-12-2243 minUnf*cking The RepublicLabor Unions: From Pullman to Kellogg’s. Labor’s long, hard road.From Pullman and Carnegie to Kellogg's and the PRO Act, this week we unf*ck the labor movement in the United States. No single episode can possibly do labor justice but we give it our best shot. The episode includes a blow-by-blow analysis of a recent interview with the CEO of Kellogg's to translate Wall Street speak for “how to fuck workers and influence inflation.” And we rip off a few Milton references to exercise our #FMF muscle. Chapters Intro: 00:00:42 Segment 1: 00:02:11 Segment 2: 00:04:25 Segment 3: 00:12:18 Segment 4: 00:17:46 Segment 5: 00:21:29
2021-12-181h 14
Trinity Long Room Hub PodcastsTLRH | Former Fellow in Focus - Elizabeth Tandy ShermerMonday, 6 December 2021, 1 – 2pm
An 'in conversation' event featuring Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (Loyola University Chicago), hosted by Dr Daniel Geary (TCD).
About Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is an associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, where she teaches courses on labor, capitalism, and politics. She has written about those topics in op-eds, academic articles, and scholarly books, including Sunbelt Capitalism (2013) and The Right and Labor, a 2012 edited collection done with Nelson Lichtenstein. Harvard University Press published her history of student loans, Indentured Students, under its Belknap Press imprint in August 2021. She is currently finishing a book on the pu...
2021-12-0659 min
Jacobin RadioJacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Inside the New Labor MilitancyCrystal Hopkins just stepped down as President of IATSE Local 871 on the eve of the ratification vote citing personal obligations and frustration over the ratification process that has deeply divided the membership. The 3 year contract or Basic Agreement with studios and streaming services squeaked by thanks to a delegate voting system many compare to the electoral college: 50.4% of the popular vote rejected the deal, but the agreement was ratified with 256 delegates voting yes and 88 voting no. That has left a lot of hard feelings and there is mounting criticism of President Matthew Loeb’s leadership of the union. We ge...
2021-11-2457 min
This is DemocracyThis is Democracy – Episode 171: Work and Labor in America TodayIn this episode, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein to discuss the history of work and labor organization in the United States.
Zachary sets the scene with his poem entitled "Soon to be But Not Yet"
Nelson Lichtenstein is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, which he founded in 2004 to train a new generation of labor intellectuals. A historian of labor, political economy, and ideology, he is the author or editor of 16 books, including...
2021-11-0500 min
Core EM - Emergency Medicine PodcastPneumothorax
A quick overview of pneumothorax for the EM physician: the what, why, diagnosis, and treatment.
Hosts:
Joe Offenbacher, MD
Audrey Tse, MD
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Bense L, Lewander R, Eklund G, et al. Nonsmoking, non-alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency-induced emphysema in nonsmokers with healed spontaneous pneumothorax, identified by computed tomography of the lungs. Chest 1993; 103:433.
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2021-10-2913 min
The Signorile ReportHow Joe Biden is a "radical" on workers and union organizingIf you’ve been enjoying The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks!President Biden has made important, and sometimes sweeping, pledges to American workers and, according to historian Nelson Lichtenstein, has strongly backed labor unions, and union organizing, more vocally than any other president in American history. For someone often viewed as a moderate, Biden’s positions on unions and workers, the professor notes, are far to the left.“One of Biden’s most radical things he says is, ‘Look, we want a society where companies...
2021-09-0921 min
WTBU News TodayFEATURE SERIES | The Not-so-new Normal - Ep. 1: ProductivityWe say we “spend time” or “save time.” But when did work become so tied to the clock? In this episode of The Not-so-new Normal, Boston University Masters Journalism Student Katharine Swindells speaks to Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt, historian at the University of Iowa and Nelson Lichtenstein, Historian and Director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy at the University of California Santa Barbara, about the 1930s Kellogg's experiment with the 6-hour workday, and what we really mean when we talk about productivity.
2021-01-1113 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 042 – Killer Klowns from Outer Space This week on Total Movie Recall, one man’s fun trash is another man’s not-fun trash. Steve gets typically indignant at Ryan’s casual, cruel dismissal of somebody’s labor of love, and Ryan reaches heretofore unplumbed depths of his warped psyche, exploring the lingering effects of watching movies like Killer Klowns at too tender of an age. This is what happens when a little boy lets teenage girls bully him into watching movies. Ryan’s therapist has her work cut out for her this week. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) d. Stephen Ch...
2020-10-121h 44
POR UMA VIDA MENOS ORDINÁRIA#18: NOTÍCIAS DO RIO DE JANEIRO NA PANDEMIANelson Teich, ficou 28 dias no Ministério da Saúde, após a demissão de Luiz Henrique
Mandetta.
4 semanas, de 17 de abril à 15 de maio.
Podemos falar de outra forma: assumiu com 2.171 mortes e entregou o cargo com 14.187 mortes.
No intervalo de 12.016 mortes seu único legado é esse: mortes.
Entre o dia 16 de maio e o hoje, 18 de maio, quando nada ainda foi feito, nem ao menos a escolha de um novo nome para o Ministério, outras quase 3.000 mortes já entraram para as estatísticas.
Pelos lados de Brasília, no domingo, vimos Bolsonaro e mais de uma dezena de ministros n...
2020-05-216h 19
Half Hour of Heterodoxy78. Lawrence Glickman, Free Enterprise: An American HistoryLawrence B. Glickman is my guest on this episode. He’s the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies at Cornell University. We’ll be talking about his latest book, “Free Enterprise: An American History.” It covers what American politicians and the public mean when they talk about free enterprise, how that meaning has changed from the 19th century to the present, and whether the term “free enterprise” has a precise meaning.
Nelson Lichtenstein, another historian of ideas, wrote this about Glickman’s new book, “In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, Lawrence Glickman proves a sure guide to th...
2020-01-2136 min
Living in the USAThe LA Teachers Strike Tests the Democrats; Trump's Shutdown w/ Nichols; Viet Nguyen on RefugeesToday is day four of the LA teachers' strike. "This bitter conflict is also a fight about the meaning of progressive politics”--that's what Nelson Lichtenstein says -- he's professor of history and director of The Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy at UC Santa Barbara.
Also: despite the fact that 58% of Americans oppose the wall, we are on day 27 of Trump's government shutdown over funds to build one. What are the politics of the Republicans in this situation? We turn to John Nichols for comment.
Plus: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen says "call me a re...
2019-01-1856 min
BelaboredBelabored Podcast #162: A Struggle Over Union Democracy at UPS, with Nelson Lichtenstein[contentblock id=belabored-info]
This week, we dive into the question of union democracy at UPS with renowned labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein. The majority of Teamster members at UPS voted to reject a proposed contract; leadership, however, says they’ll ratify the contract anyway. What happened? What does this struggle mean for the future of the Teamsters, and what does the fight at UPS tell us about the revival of the strike and the changing labor movement? We tried to answer those questions and more.
We also hear from UK writer/researcher Callum Cant on the...
2018-10-2055 min
Press Play On This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Labor's War at Home: The CIO In World War II (Labor In Crisis) by Nelson LichtensteinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/165050to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Labor's War at Home: The CIO In World War II (Labor In Crisis)
Author: Nelson Lichtenstein
Narrator: Greg Littlefield
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 09-14-18
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Labor & Industrial Relations
Publisher's Summary:
Labor's War at Home examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Nelson Lichtenstein is concerned both with the...
2018-09-1412h 26
Monsters' AdvocateMan vs. NoodleThis week, lets really stick our hands into the mouth of knowledge! Reallyyyy reach blindly in there. Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll even catch a big one.ReferencesCatfish FaxFroese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pangasianodon gigas" in FishBase.Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.Lundberg, John G.; Friel, John P. (20 January 2003). "Siluriformes". Tree of Life Web ProjectRobins, Robert H. "Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Walking Catfish". Florida Museum of Natural History...
2018-09-0300 min
Don’t Miss A Thrilling Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and Imagination by Nelson Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Tandy ShermerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/165071to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and Imagination
Author: Nelson Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Narrator: Paula Faye Leinweber
Format: mp3
Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
Release date: 03-20-18
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings
Genres: Labor & Industrial Relations
Publisher's Summary:
The legislative attack on public sector unionism that gave rise to the uproar in Wisconsin and other union strongholds in 2011 was not just a reaction to the contemporary economic difficulties faced by the government. Rather, it was the result of a longstanding political and ideological hostility to the...
2018-03-204h 27