Laura was in Selma, Alabama earlier this year for "Bloody Sunday" commemoration events, and met with activists to hear how they're continuing the fight for civil rights. This special report is re-airing on public television and radio this week. Check your local listings at lauraflanders.org.

Earlier this year, Laura traveled to Selma, Alabama for "Bloody Sunday" commemoration events and met with activists across generations to hear how they're continuing the fight for civil rights. Check out the episode on WORLD this Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET, and on PBS and radio stations: bit.ly/3RzpHI9

A union member since 1996, @flyingwithsara.bsky.social is serving her third term as International President of @afacwa.org. She represents 55,000 members at 20 airlines, and knows how to leverage worker power in the aviation industry and beyond. Hear her lessons in worker solidarity: bit.ly/44ViWX4

As the USDA eliminates the term "socially disadvantaged" from its policies and claims it has sufficiently addressed its history of discrimination, Wright, a Rural Issues Reporter at @capitalb.bsky.social, says she will continue to report on how Black farmers are navigating this: bit.ly/3UtMh67

A recent policy reversal from the United States Department of Agriculture will have devastating impacts on Black farmers, shares journalist @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social "Meet the BIPOC Press."

#BlackFarmers #USDA #RuralIssues #IndependentMedia

#HurricaneKatrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the United States. Louisianans wanted change and climate action, but 20 years on, a state ravaged by climate disasters is now ground zero for a whole new kind of storm: liquefied natural gas facilities. bit.ly/3UMUZwp #LNG

Louisiana Survived Katrina. Will it Survive the Petrochemical Industry? Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the United States, killing 1,833 people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and causi...

#Louisiana is the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the U.S., and the construction of LNG plants is ramping up under the Trump admin. In this report we look at the impacts of LNG plant expansion, and hear from residents pushing back against the petrochemical industry: bit.ly/3UMUZwp

And it wasn’t just the “gentrifier class and the hipsters” voting for him — a conversation that circulated within mainstream media. Khafagy shares how immigrant communities in Queens showed up for Mamdani at the polls: bit.ly/3UtMh67

#ZohranMamdani #NYCMayor #Media #IndependentMedia

Mainstream media were wrong in their reporting on the recent Democratic mayoral primary. The Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani “didn't just come out of nowhere,” says @amirkhafagy.bsky.social, a Senior Labor Reporter at @documentedny.bsky.social.

When flight attendant union leader @flyingwithsara.bsky.social threatened to lead her members in a strike in 2019, it helped pressure the Trump administration to end the government shutdown. What strategies might lead to worker wins under this second Trump term? bit.ly/44ViWX4 @afacwa.org

Listen on your preferred podcast platform, and subscribe to receive the full, uncut conversation from this week's show.

#Podcast #Media #BIPOCMedia #IndependentMedia

@aallyahpatrice.bsky.social is a Rural Issues Reporter at @capitalb.bsky.social, covering stories that oftentimes hit close to home. While money media practices helicopter journalism to produce "objective" reporting, it's journalists like Wright that understand the value of their lived experiences.

During research for his report "A Lucas Plan for the Twenty First Century: From Asset Manager Arsenal to Green Industrial Strategy", Rogaly spoke to former workers at Lucas Aerospace, a UK military contractor, to find out if such jobs are actually fulfilling for workers: bit.ly/4kvI5gP

Governments always tell voters that, on the upside, spending on the military is good for jobs. But the Lucas Plan challenged that notion, and so does Common Wealth Senior Research Fellow Khem Rogaly.

#LucasPlan #Militarization #Workers

@documentedny.bsky.social Senior Labor Reporter @amirkhafagy.bsky.social says he's heard dozens of cases of employers threatening immigrant workers with deportation if they report labor law violations. It's a local & national issue, but commercial media is failing to cover this story: bit.ly/3UtMh67

Explore the top headlines of the month — and stories you won’t find in mainstream media — in this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press. As you’ll hear, these reporters are helping to build the infrastructure for more inclusive, accurate storytelling about race, place, and power: bit.ly/3UtMh67

YouTube video by Laura Flanders & Friends Mamdani, Black Farmers, USDA & ICE: The Stories BIPOC Journalists Uncover

I joined the @lauraflanders.org 'Meet the BIPOC Press' segment to discuss the challenges Black farmers face in the South — and how they remain undeterred.

Catch it today at 5 PM ET: youtu.be/QJL4m9917uw

The episode will air on PBS stations across the country on Sunday, 7/27 at 11:30am.

Join us in 30 minutes for a brand new episode of “Meet the BIPOC Press” with guests from @documentedny.bsky.social and @capitalb.bsky.social! Journalists Amir Khafagy and Aallyah Wright share the stories they’re following and why race, place and power matter in their reporting: bit.ly/3UtMh67

"If it's not safe, we're not gonna go."

In this episode, @afacwa.org International President @flyingwithsara.bsky.social reminds us that aviation is the safest mode of transportation in the world. And workers plan to "keep it safe," even if it means delayed or canceled flights: bit.ly/44ViWX4

“I think of all of these times where I've shown up at a protest and I know every single person there. When that happens, I know we're not winning.”

People are feeling “a real hunger” to get involved, says legacy union organizer and @inthesetimes.com Executive Director Alex Han: bit.ly/40EdLJN

@afacwa.org International President @flyingwithsara.bsky.social represents 55,000 workers across 20 airlines. That's a lot of people power, and in this #podcast, she joins @GRITLaura.bsky.social to share strategies for building labor solidarity. Subscribe for the full conversation: bit.ly/44ViWX4

If the idea of a general strike sounds like an outdated strategy from the 1930s, you may want to reconsider. After all, it's the GOP that's taking us backwards, Laura Flanders shares in this week's closing commentary. Read her full commentary at substack.com/@lauraflanders and subscribe.

Labor solidarity is the most powerful nonviolent weapon for social change available today.

Fifty years ago, forward-thinking workers at a UK military contractor came together and drew up a plan to keep their jobs and use their skills in a different way. The result was the history-making #LucasPlan. Former Lucas Aerospace Shop Steward Brian Salisbury shares more: bit.ly/4kHyK5C

@afacwa.org International President @flyingwithsara.bsky.social says workers across aviation are facing "distractions" from the Trump administration. Threats to fire air traffic controllers and cuts to the NWS and USAID will make it harder for workers to keep people safe: bit.ly/44ViWX4

@flyingwithsara.bsky.social knows how to leverage worker power — and so do the 55,000 flight attendants she represents. She’s been @afacwa.org International President since 2014. In this episode, Nelson and Flanders discuss general strikes and cross-industry worker solidarity: bit.ly/44ViWX4

When flight attendant union leader @flyingwithsara.bsky.social threatened to lead her members in a strike, it helped pressure the Trump admin. to end the 2019 government shutdown. @afacwa.org knows how to leverage power, and their strategies are what the labor movement needs in 2025: bit.ly/44ViWX4

"I think contestation in the midterms will be very important. It's not going to reverse this."
Tarso Ramos is a leading expert on the U.S. Right Wing. In this episode, he shares why mass non-cooperation and worker organizing are effective strategies for beating back authoritarianism: bit.ly/40EdLJN

Employees at Lucas Aerospace, a military contractor in the UK, were at risk of losing their jobs when they proposed the Lucas Plan. It featured 150 goods they could produce instead of fighter jets and bombs. Former Lucas Aerospace Shop Steward Philip Asquith shares more: bit.ly/4kvI5gP #LucasPlan

Hilary Wainwright remembers helping Lucas Aerospace employees as they created the #LucasPlan. Their plan to make socially useful products instead of bombs was backed up with prototypes and hundreds of pages of argued detail — knowledge that could only come from workers, she shares: bit.ly/4kvI5gP