Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?
From Argentina, Brazil and the United States to France, Germany, Italy, and Poland, a resurgence of far-right parties has roiled American and European politics in the past decade, both in opposition and in government. Forces and ideologies that until recently seemed dated and stigmatized have presented unique challenges to labor unions and progressives, on the one hand serving as an existential threat, while at the same time holding broad appeal to some traditional unionist communities.
How can the labor movement best understand this present danger and how should union leaders, members, and activists respond? This webinar will bring together three esteemed international experts in discussion.
Federico Finchelstein is Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. He is the author of seven books on fascism, populism, Dirty Wars, the Holocaust and Jewish history in Latin America, most recently A Brief History of Fascist Lies (2020).
Featured Panel:
Vonda McDaniel the president of the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and a Vice-President of the national AFL-CIO Executive Council. A trade unionist since 1992, McDaniel is a member of the United Rubber Workers and has worked for 26 years at the Bridgestone-Firestone La Vergne Plant.
Thomas Greven is Associate Professor of political science at Freie Universität Berlin and a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for International Relations. He is an expert on US politics and foreign policy and the author of Clash of Globalizations? The Politics of International Labor Rights in the United States.
Discussion moderated by Knut Panknin, Program Officer at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.