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As we discussed in our first episode of this series, there’s a long, sordid history of collaboration between the upper leadership of the AFL-CIO and the US National Security State, specifically the CIA. Over several decades during the Cold War, through the American Institution for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), the CIA used US labor to infiltrate, subvert, and destroy independent labor movements in numerous countries around the world. We continue the discussion of that history in this episode, largely drawn from the new book El Golpe: US Labor, The CIA, and The Coup at Ford in Mexico by Rob McKenzie. The collusion between the AFL-CIO and the CIA continued all the way up through the 90s, and in this episode we cover how that relationship led to the involvement of the CIA in violently crushing a nascent rank and file labor movement at Ford in Mexico in 1990. The history of this collaboration is dark, but understanding it is vital to building a revived, transparent, worker-led labor movement in this country that will learn from the class collaborationist mistakes of the past.
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EP 33 PREVIEW - Co-op Or Union Power?
EP 32 - Oops! All Follow-ups!
EP 31 PREVIEW - DOLT Without Dues
EP 30 - ESOP's Foibles
EP 29 PREVIEW - Google Workers Solidarity Union
EP 28 - New Year New Co-Host
EP 27 PREVIEW - The PRO Act
EP 26 - Bootlicking Wrestlers
EP 25 PREVIEW - Examining The Strike In India
EP 24 - Verso Books Voluntarily Recognizes Worker Union
EP 23 PREVIEW - Gambling With Human Lives
EP 22 - Blacklist Your Boss
Ep 21 PREVIEW - Retaliation Against H2-A Workers
EP 20 - Quitting Stories
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EP 19 - More Worker Rights Gone [PREVIEW]
EP 18 - The Supreme Court Sucks Ass
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