With the American labor movement in steady decline, the determination of immigrant workers to assert their rights is a gravity-defying feat. Join us to learn of the innovative approaches to organizing and leading constituencies of unparalleled diversity and how they will add new elements to the great tradition of social movements that have given us the rights we sometimes take for granted.

Guests: 

Bhairavi Desai, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, New York City, New York

Ramón Ramírez, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, Woodburn, OR

Pablo Alvarado, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles, CA

Susana Almanza and Sylvia Herrera, People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources, Austin, TX

(clicking on a guest's name opens their full interview audio file)

Original airdate: 
Tue, 2006-08-22

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