#468 : Why labor should support a Green New Deal.

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 6:12 p.m.

Why labor should support a Green New Deal. Inside the GOP plan to rig elections. Plus Bill Press with the authors of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America.

 

Labor organizer Joseph B. Uehlein makes the case for protecting workers in the green new deal. Filmmaker Mac Heller exposes the Republican strategy to suppress the vote and win elections. Plus Bill Press talks with the authors of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America.

 

Joseph B. Uehlein

Joseph B. Uehlein works at the forefront of building union support for the effort to confront climate change.  He says the Green New Deal has the potential to rebuild the labor movement and unite the working class.  

 

Mac Heller

Filmmaker Mac Heller’s latest documentary takes a deep dive in the carefully crafted campaign being used by Republicans to suppress voting. It’s a compelling story of democracy at peril and what we can do about it.

 

Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker

Bill Press talking with Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, authors of A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America.  If you'd like to hear the entire interview, visit Bill PressPods.com.

 

Jim Hightower

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