The importance of left organizing in red states - Eleanor Goldfield with Richard Wolff

"I think that a lot of times, particularly in white organizing circles, people look at places like West Virginia as a throw away, that it can be discarded as something that's already a foregone conclusion to the far right wing extremism. But in reality, even if we look at something like the term "redneck" which has been propagandized and twisted to mean something different in today's world, actually comes from a labor rights background. The term "redneck" was started by white and black mine workers who tied on red bandanas and marched together for basic workers rights. And actually won basic workers rights during the mine wars at the beginning of the 20th century." - Eleanor Goldfield Watch the full episode: /watch/MnvYBKbOdrhOY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Become an EU patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Become a monthly donor via our website: https://www.democracyatwork.info/donate Prof. Wolff's latest book "UNDERSTANDING SOCIALISM" http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork Want to help us translate and transcribe our videos? Learn about joining our translation team: http://bit.ly/2J2uIHH Jump right in: http://bit.ly/2J3bEZR Follow us ONLINE: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/economicupdate Websites: http://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate http://www.rdwolff.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EconomicUpdate http://www.facebook.com/RichardDWolff http://www.facebook.com/DemocracyatWrk Twitter: http://twitter.com/profwolff http://twitter.com/democracyatwrk Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracyatwrk Subscribe to our podcast: http://economicupdate.libsyn.com Shop our Store: http://bit.ly/2JkxIfy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eleanor Goldfield is a creative activist and journalist. Her work has appeared on Free Speech TV where she produced and hosted the weekly radical news show, Act Out! for five years. Her print work has appeared via Mint Press News, ROAR, Popular Resistance, RT and more. She is the host of the podcast Act Out! and the co-host of the podcast Common Censored along with Lee Camp. Her first long-form, deep-dive video piece, "Hard Road of Hope" covers past and present radicalism in the resource colony known as West Virginia. Besides touring, performing and media work, she assists in frontline action organizing and activist trainings. www.HardRoadofHope.com www.ArtKillingApathy.com

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