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Morag Livingstone

Belabored

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Novara Media

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Joe Rollin

Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed here. Support the podcast on Patreon. Subscribe and rate on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. Tweet at @DissentMag with #Belabored to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on Facebook. Check out the full archive here. Belabored is produced by Casey Stone.         The miners’ strike in the early 1980s was a turning point for British labor. The defeat of the powerful National Union of Mineworkers at the hands of Margaret Thatcher signaled open season on organized workers, and it was accomplished in part through the use of new and brutal police tactics. These days, the strike is back across Britain, with workers fighting for and in many cases winning inflation-busting wage hikes and improved conditions, driving out bad bosses, and demanding recognition for all that “essential” work during the pandemic. Today’s Conservative government is attempting to take a page from Thatcher’s book to crush the unions any way they can, including with new legislation designed to drastically curtail the right to strike. This week, we take a step back and consider the strike wave in the context of that history, with longtime organizer Joe Rollin with Unite the Union, and journalist, author, and filmmaker Morag Livingstone, co-author of Charged: How the Police try to Suppress Protest. We also hear about some new rights for workers thanks to the Minnesota state legislature, what the Rutgers unions won, the latest on the struggles of Starbucks workers with Evan Sunshine of Starbucks Workers United, and warehouse workers’ fight for safe conditions. Thank you for listening to our 266th episode! If you like the show, you can support us on Patreon with a monthly contribution, at the level that best suits you. If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email ads@dissentmagazine.org. And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at belabored@dissentmagazine.org. This season of Belabored is supported in part by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.   News Matt Dougherty, Cornell Students Organize to Kick Starbucks off Campus, Ithaca.com Irene Tung, Fighting for Safe Work: Injury Data Show Urgent Need for Intervention in NY State’s Warehouses, National Employment Law Project P. Kenneth Burns, ‘We have to continue to teach this university a lesson’: 3 Rutgers faculty unions vote to ratify contract, but say ‘unfinished business’ remains, WHYY Mary Ann Koruth, Here are the raises, new benefits included in Rutgers union contracts approved today, Northjersey.com Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman, and Erin Murphy, Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers, The Nation Max Nesterak, Minnesota lawmakers approve 9 major worker-friendly changes, Minnesota Reformer Matt Butler, Starbucks closing last two Ithaca locations, union fight brewing, The Ithaca Voice Conversation Unite the Union Charged: How the Police try to Suppress Protest Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign Protect the Right to Strike The post Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin appeared first on Dissent Magazine.

Subscribe to the Belabored RSS feed <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/belabored" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Support the podcast on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/belabored" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. Subscribe and rate on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/belabored-by-dissent-magazine/id634955549?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/belabored-podcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/68RhJNiapqEB9i0662iqrJ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>. Tweet at <a href="http://twitter.com/dissentmag" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@DissentMag</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23belabored&amp;src=typd" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#Belabored</a> to share your thoughts, or join the conversation on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dissentmag" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Check out the full archive <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/belabored" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Belabored is produced by Casey Stone. <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/category/belabored" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/belabored-by-dissent-magazine/id634955549?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/feed/belabored" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dissent-magazine/belabored-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The miners’ strike in the early 1980s was a turning point for British labor. The defeat of the powerful National Union of Mineworkers at the hands of Margaret Thatcher signaled open season on organized workers, and it was accomplished in part through the use of new and brutal police tactics. These days, the strike is back across Britain, with workers fighting for and in many cases winning inflation-busting wage hikes and improved conditions, driving out bad bosses, and demanding recognition for all that “essential” work during the pandemic. Today’s Conservative government is attempting to take a page from Thatcher’s book to crush the unions any way they can, including with new legislation designed to drastically curtail the right to strike. This week, we take a step back and consider the strike wave in the context of that history, with longtime organizer Joe Rollin with Unite the Union, and journalist, author, and filmmaker Morag Livingstone, co-author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1215/9781839762499" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charged: How the Police try to Suppress Protest</a>. We also hear about some new rights for workers thanks to the Minnesota state legislature, what the Rutgers unions won, the latest on the struggles of Starbucks workers with Evan Sunshine of Starbucks Workers United, and warehouse workers’ fight for safe conditions. Thank you for listening to our 266th episode! If you like the show, you can support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/belabored" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a> with a monthly contribution, at the level that best suits you. If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email <a href="mailto:ads@dissentmagazine.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">ads@dissentmagazine.org</a>. And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at <a href="mailto:belabored@dissentmagazine.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">belabored@dissentmagazine.org</a>. This season of Belabored is supported in part by the <a href="https://economichardship.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Economic Hardship Reporting Project</a>. News Matt Dougherty, <a href="https://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/cornell-students-organize-to-kick-starbucks-off-campus/article_9c2a48cc-f102-11ed-a270-3f48270a72ae.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cornell Students Organize to Kick Starbucks off Campus</a>, <a href="http://Ithaca.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ithaca.com</a> Irene Tung, <a href="https://www.nelp.org/publication/fighting-for-safe-work-injury-data-show-urgent-need-for-intervention-in-ny-states-warehouses/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Fighting for Safe Work: Injury Data Show Urgent Need for Intervention in NY State’s Warehouses</a>, National Employment Law Project P. Kenneth Burns, <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/rutgers-university-union-agreement-ratified-workers/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">‘We have to continue to teach this university a lesson’: 3 Rutgers faculty unions vote to ratify contract, but say ‘unfinished business’ remains</a>, WHYY Mary Ann Koruth, <a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/education/2023/05/08/rutgers-university-contract-new-approved-faculty-grad-students-union-contracts/70194610007/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Here are the raises, new benefits included in Rutgers union contracts approved today</a>, <a href="http://Northjersey.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northjersey.com</a> Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman, and Erin Murphy, <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/amazon-warehouse-workers-minnesota/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers</a>, The Nation Max Nesterak, <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/05/17/labor-victory-minnesota-lawmakers-approve-9-major-worker-friendly-changes/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota lawmakers approve 9 major worker-friendly changes</a>, Minnesota Reformer Matt Butler, <a href="https://ithacavoice.org/2023/05/starbucks-closing-last-two-ithaca-locations-union-fight-brewing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Starbucks closing last two Ithaca locations, union fight brewing</a>, The Ithaca Voice Conversation <a href="https://www.unitetheunion.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Unite the Union</a> <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2712-charged?_pos=1&amp;_psq=charged&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Charged: How the Police try to Suppress Protest</a> <a href="https://otjc.org.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign</a> <a href="https://www.tuc.org.uk/ProtectRightToStrike" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Protect the Right to Strike</a> The post <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/belabored-reviving-strike-britain-morag-livingstone-joe-rollin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dissent Magazine</a>.

Belabored: Reviving the Strike in Britain, with Morag Livingstone and Joe Rollin

Matt Foot

Our rights have never been handed to us by kings and queens, they’ve been fought for and won through protest. In their new book Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest, criminal defence lawyer Matt Foot and documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist Morag Livingstone uncover the lengths to which the police in the UK have gone to suppress those protests.Through eye-witness account and previously unseen documents, they reveal organised police violence against miners at Orgreave, print workers at Warrington, anti–poll tax campaigners, student protesters, and Black Lives Matter activists.But, they tell Laura Kelly and Sophie Dimitrijevic on this week's BetterPod, protestors will not be silenced. They have useful advice for activists on how to continue making their voices heard, in the face of new restrictions brought in by the 2022 Policing Act.BetterPod is brought to you by The Big Issue’s Future Generations team. Through the Future Generations team, we offer a platform for exciting young journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to address the biggest issues facing us today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our rights have never been handed to us by kings and queens, they’ve been fought for and won through protest. In their new book Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest, criminal defence lawyer Matt Foot and documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist Morag Livingstone uncover the lengths to which the police in the UK have gone to suppress those protests.Through eye-witness account and previously unseen documents, they reveal organised police violence against miners at Orgreave, print workers at Warrington, anti–poll tax campaigners, student protesters, and Black Lives Matter activists.But, they tell Laura Kelly and Sophie Dimitrijevic on this week's BetterPod, protestors will not be silenced. They have useful advice for activists on how to continue making their voices heard, in the face of new restrictions brought in by the 2022 Policing Act.BetterPod is brought to you by The Big Issue’s Future Generations team. Through the <a href="https://www.bigissue.com/tag/future-generations/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Future Generations</a> team, we offer a platform for exciting young journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to address the biggest issues facing us today. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Foot & Morag Livingstone: How the police suppress protest

Everyone who’s ever been to a protest in the UK knows it: the police are not there as neutral facilitators of your democratic rights, but to squeeze the joy out of protest and make it invisible to those in power. Recently, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has given the police even more power to restrict protests they deem disruptive, or even just noisy. To understand how we got here, filmmaker Morag Livingstone and solicitor Matt Foot researched the history of the policing of protest for a new book, Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest. In this episode they tell Rivkah Brown how a fundamental right has been slowly destroyed. How does the history of empire affect policing today? Why do journalists so often take the police line? Gow can movements like Kill the Bill defend the fundamental right of assembly? And what does all this have to do with a secret policing manual written in 1983? 

Everyone who’s ever been to a protest in the UK knows it: the police are not there as neutral facilitators of your democratic rights, but to squeeze the joy out of protest and make it invisible to those in power. Recently, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has given the police even more power to restrict protests they deem disruptive, or even just noisy. To understand how we got here, filmmaker Morag Livingstone and solicitor Matt Foot researched the history of the policing of protest for a new book, Charged: How the Police Try to Suppress Protest. In this episode they tell Rivkah Brown how a fundamental right has been slowly destroyed. How does the history of empire affect policing today? Why do journalists so often take the police line? Gow can movements like Kill the Bill defend the fundamental right of assembly? And what does all this have to do with a secret policing manual written in 1983?