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This is a multi-part limited series looking at labor history in the United States from 1492 to present day. This series uses a Marxist lens to provide context for the relationship between labor and capital throughout time as well as the highlights of US labor organizing.
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Episode 7: Neoliberalism 1980--Present
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
This final episode brings us up to the present, examining the neoliberal era. Silicon Valley is a microcosm of neoliberalism, and many boosters point to its successes (or, increasingly, to a lack of an alternative). By peeling back the history of the place, we find that it is founded in a Cold War, anti-labor ideology.
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Epilogue
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
This is a wrap up of the series, offering some takeaways from a survey of the long history of American labor.