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Book Review: ‘Power Lines—Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement’

Steve Early

This anthology gathers “spark stories from the front lines of the climate crises that can help organizers figure out how to bring workers and communities together to build ‘the movement and power we need to win a just transition’ that will benefit us all.”

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Freedom Train: Steven Pitts in Conversation with Cedric de Leon

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Cayden Mak and Steven Pitts

Today's episode features an interview by Steven Pitts, the former host and creator of our longest running podcast, "Black Work Talk." He sat down with Professor of Sociology and Labor at University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Cedric de Leon, to discuss Cedric’s forthcoming book contracted with University of California Press, "Freedom Train."

Pullman porters and a conductor in a 1920s photo - a row of men, all black but one, in caps and brass-buttoned jackets.

Black Workers Drive the Freedom Train

Cedric de Leon and Steven Pitts

Cedric de Leon’s forthcoming book, “Freedom Train,” documents the unsung but vital roles independent Black labor organizations played in major 20th century civil rights and union struggles. Steven Pitts sat down with him to dig into the untold stories.

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Book Review: ‘Power Lines—Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement’

Freedom Train: Steven Pitts in Conversation with Cedric de Leon

Black Workers Drive the Freedom Train

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