VT AFL-CIO Program for Social Justice & Class Struggle
Vermont AFL-CIO president David Van Deusen discusses the need and program for a broad social justice, class struggle labor movement.
State Revenues, Attacks on Jobs and Services, and Our Resistance
VSEA analyst Adam Norton discusses the Collapse of State Revenues and Possible Cuts in Jobs and Public Services; Stephanie Yu, of the Public Assets Institute, reports on how the Crises' Affect Vermonters' Livelihoods; and Vermont AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen calls for
Fight for Public Ed, People's Bailout, May Day Rally for Essential Workers
We talk with Kate Gold, President of VSCS-United Professionals at Northern Vermont University, and Tanya Vyhovsky of Rights & Democracy about the Vermont People's Bailout: COVID Virtual Town Hall, and Will Lambek of Migrant Justice, joined by Ashley Smith of Champlain Valley DSA, about the
Depression? What Kind of Recovery & From Sanders to Democratic Socialism
Economic analyst Doug Henwood warns that This Downturn Could Be Worse Than the Early 1930s, but it’s also an opportunity to emerge from this crisis as a better country. Meagan Day, co-author of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democra
Transformative Green New Deal Growth Program
Robert Pollin, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), explains that the Green New Deal isn’t just about saving the planet; it’s about doing so in a way that builds the power of working people and erodes inequality.