Martha Pskowski's guest appearances

Martha Pskowski

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

Working People

Sarah Jaffe

Rick Perlstein

Astra Taylor

Emily Guendelsberger

Kurt Andersen

Michael McDonald

Lawrence Lessig

David Hill

Michael Mann

Martin Lawrence

Adam Schiff

Nicole Huberfeld

Sebastian Junger

Scott Kennedy

Ian Johnson

OwlTail

Victor Shih

Richard Johnston

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September 20, 2021 - Victor Shih | Martha Pskowski | Richard Johnston

We chat with Mexico-City-based journalist Martha Pskowski about her reporting on the maquila worker strikes just south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and about why we should all be paying attention to the recent developments in Mexican labor politics.   Additional links/info below...  Martha's website and Twitter page Martha Pskowski, Dissent, "Mexican Labor Reawakens"  Lauren Kaori Gurley, The New Republic, "Is Mexico on the Brink of a Labor Revolution?" Paolo Marinaro and Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes, "Strike Wave Wins Raises for Mexican Factory Workers" David Agren, The Guardian, "'We Won't Be Trampled On': Striking Mexican Workers Vow to Fight the Fight"    Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org)  Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall" 

We chat with Mexico-City-based journalist Martha Pskowski about her reporting on the maquila worker strikes just south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and about why we should all be paying attention to the recent developments in Mexican labor politics. Additional links/info below... <ul> <li>Martha's <a href="http://marthapskowski.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/psskow?lang=en" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a> page</li> <li>Martha Pskowski, Dissent, "<a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/mexican-labor-reawakens" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mexican Labor Reawakens</a>" </li> <li>Lauren Kaori Gurley, The New Republic, "<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/153467/mexico-brink-labor-revolution" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Is Mexico on the Brink of a Labor Revolution?</a>"</li> <li>Paolo Marinaro and Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes, "<a href="https://www.labornotes.org/2019/02/strike-wave-wins-raises-mexican-factory-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Strike Wave Wins Raises for Mexican Factory Workers</a>"</li> <li>David Agren, The Guardian, "'<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/17/mexico-matamoros-strike-union-jobs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">We Won't Be Trampled On': Striking Mexican Workers Vow to Fight the Fight</a>"</li> </ul> Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">freemusicarchive.org</a>) <ul> <li>Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall"</li> </ul>

Mini-cast: Mexican Labor Reawakens (w/ Martha Pskowski)