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Boots Riley On The Writers Strike, Organized Labor, And His New TV Show

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The Importance of Labor Holding the Power

The idea of labor holding the power. And by labor, I don't mean just to organize unions that exist. Because a lot of these strikes are in places that did not have a union and were doing it on their own. Some of them were going against leadership. What you're seeing right now is the membership of a lot of unions are much more militant and or radical than the leadership. It's like we're living through this righteous uprise? So how do you square that circle?"

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