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Apr 2021
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Weekends: Amazon Union Aftermath, Remote...

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Every Saturday at 1 PM ET, Ana Kasparian and Nando Vila broadcast live from the Jacobin YouTube channel. Weekends features free-flowing and humorous commentary on current events and political strategy. This is the podcast version of the show from April 10, 2021.

Staff writer Meagan Day joins us to discuss what led to the disheartening defeat of the Amazon union drive in Alabama, how the new age of remote work will change workplace organizing, and how the left can regroup in the Biden era.

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