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Organizing in a Brave New World

Austerity, growing inequality, and the economic and political domination of billionaires, bankers, hedge funds, and giant corporations make the current moment ripe for birthing a movement that can radically transform the country and the world. This is a time of great peril, but also of extraordinary opportunity and—yes—reasons for hope. The last four decades have been characterized by unrelenting attacks on the working class, the weakening of unions and the financialization of capitalism.

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Stuart Applebaum on Labor and LGBTQ Lives

Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies: The Impacts of Economic Injustice on LGBTQ Communities was A 2-day conference on the impacts of economic injustice on vulnerable LGBTQ communities. One of the speakers was Stuart Applebaum, President of RWDSU.

Other speakers included:
Amber Hollibaugh, Kenyon Farrow, Rebecca Lurie, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas & Reina Gossett.

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