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  • Richard Wolff and Michael Johnson Discuss “Building Co-operative Power”

    Richard Wolff and Michael Johnson Discuss “Building Co-operative Power”

    This post was originally featured at Grassroots Economic Organizing. Richard Wolff and Michael Johnson Discuss “Building Co-operative Power” | Grassroots Economic Organizing  In this segment from the Economic Update weekly podcast, Prof. Richard D. Wolff interviews Michael Johnson, co-author of Building Co-operative Power.  Michael shares stories from some of the cooperatives profiled in the book,…

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  • Sean Sweeney Talks Paris, Climate on City Watch

    Sean Sweeney Talks Paris, Climate on City Watch

    Last week, Murphy Professor Sean Sweeney appeared on City Watch to talk with Mark Dunlea about the upcoming climate summit in Paris, and the fight against “not letting science get in the way of business as usual.” The two discuss the climate justice movement, mobilizations and global emissions. Listen below. [soundcloud url=”https://soundcloud.com/murphy-institute/sean-sweeney-climate-paris” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”120″…

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  • Making History: Banning the Box & Labor in Queer America

    [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214013666″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”120″ iframe=”true” /]   We’re living in historic times. Over the past few months, we’ve seen marriage equality become the law across the United States. More locally, we’ve seen the NYC Fair Chance Act fundamentally alter the economic opportunity landscape for those with criminal records, requiring public and private sector employers to…

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