075: On Walter Reuther part 6 with Cars and Comrades Podcast

Part six of our seven-part series on the life and work of Walter Reuther with the Cars and Comrades podcast. For the extended version of this episode, subscribe to the Cars and Comrade podcast AT rss.com/podcasts/carsandcomrades/ Or for this and extra episodes, become a patron of the Turn Leftist podcast at patreon.com/turnleftist at any amount per month 100% of contributions are used to fund our production and hosting patreon.com/turnleftist People's Commissar For Production https://instagram.com/pcfproduction pcfproduction1312@gmail.com Who was Walter Reuther and why might he be important to leftist car enthusiasts? Walter was a labor organizer who became the President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as well as the Congress of Industrial Organisations (CIO). Walter had a broad vision for what the labor movement could achieve for working people and he was at the forefront of the labor struggle throughout most of the 20th century. Walter was a Socialist, although he was very much against communism. In this deep dive, we take an honest look at both the successes and failures of Walter's approach to improving the lives of working people. For additional context, refer back to our past episodes that touched on The Battle of the Overpass and our series on DRUM: The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement. There will be several more episodes in this series (at least 6), so buckle up and join us along the road to revolution. Sources: Michael Parenti: The Death of UAW Leader Walter Reuther (with Dave Emory, 1996) youtu.be/AAAQ6-ycRF4 Sit Down and Fight youtu.be/k8qCPYmUCuY With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade (1979) youtu.be/pa75V-tdBko The Woman Who Led The Bloody Battle Against GM - Past Gas #65 youtu.be/9-WyGB_pVxg The Dollop Podcast #261- Matt Christman | Henry Fords Henchman Live in Detroit youtu.be/RQom7O2iIok Email us with tips, stories, and unhinged rants: carsandcomrades@gmail.com RSS feed: rss.com/podcasts/carsandcomrades/ Featuring: Cars & Comrades Podcast RSS feed: media.rss.com/carsandcomrades/feed.xml Social media: instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/ twitter.com/CarsAndComrades facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Po…-101908671824034 reddit.com/user/CarsAndComrades hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComrades All music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland JUST RESTOCKED ALL SIZES of our "Reagan is Satan" official Turn Leftist Podcast shirts! Available at: www.turn-leftist-podcast.myshopify.com Sterling: twitter.com/turnleftistpod Ward: instagram.com/millennialleftist and twitter.com/wardlawley Jaron: instagram.com/jarondagan Cosper: patreon.com/existence_is_innocent Mike: instagram.com/turnleftist.v5