Why We Need a Labor Movement

Posted on January 24, 2013 by dcampbell1

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Len McCluskey is the General Secretary of the Unite union in the UK. This Lecture at the London School of Economics on Jan. 15, deals with class consciousness, class struggle, neo liberalism, labor and the role of the unions in the UK. You can view the video here.

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