The Kurds, who share ethnic and cultural similarities with Iranians and are mostly Muslim by religion (largely Sunni but with many minorities), have long struggled for self-determination. But the truth is, ideologically and politically these are very, very different systems. right now, yes, the people are facing the Islamic State threat, so it’s very important to have a unified focus. Hen we refer to all Kurdish fighters synonymously, we simply blur the fact that they have very different politics. And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at Kurds If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email. Thanks for all you’ve done since we started: supporting us, sharing us with your friends, and telling us your stories. If you’ve ever been considering becoming a Patreon supporter, our ninth anniversary would be a great time to do so.
In that time we’ve watched a new generation of young people take up the cause of labor, and win some groundbreaking victories like the one at Amazon last week.īringing you this level of journalism has been rewarding, but it isn’t cheap and it isn’t easy. In that time, we’ve brought you nearly 250 episodes of interviews with workers, organizers, historians, and authors on work and the labor movement. On April 12, 2013, our show was born with an interview with Karen Lewis of the Chicago Teachers Union, and Michelle became a permanent partner in crime shortly thereafter. With this episode we also celebrate our nine-year anniversary as a podcast. We also check in with Philadelphia Museum of Art workers, who continue to fight for a contract nearly two years after winning their union election, and for “Argh! I wish I’d written that!” we look at the hard work and low pay of touring musicians, and a personal story of deindustrialization hitting home. We talk about the way colonialism left us with not only the shipping routes and ports that we still use today, but also the racialized labor hierarchy on board ship and at port. We then move up the supply chain, continuing our discussion with Laleh Khalili, Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London and the author of Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula. The ALU shocked the world and became the first stateside union to win an election at Amazon last Friday, and we-like everyone-have lots of questions about how they did it. First, we speak with Michelle Valentin Nieves, a member of the workers’ committee of the independent Amazon Labor Union. Today, we bring you a two-part episode on logistics labor.
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