Kim Kelly: The People United will Never Be Defeated

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Mayim Bialik

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Kim Kelly (independent journalist, author, organizer) breaks down why unions matter, what exactly is at stake with the current Hollywood strikes, and how her experience in sideshow school informed her passion for the labor movement. She discusses the diversity of the labor movement and how she navigates the emotional component, from child labor laws and fast fashion to the nail industry and instances of increased cancers in flight attendants. Kim opens up about being born with ectrodactyly, a rare congenital disorder, how that led her to join a sideshow school, and describes the fascinating history of sideshow and hierarchy of sideshow performers. She explains why prisoners deserve rights and how her career as a heavy metal journalist translates to the labor world, and Mayim explains radical veganism.

Kim Kelly's Book, Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-Like-Hell/Kim-Kelly/9781982171056

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0:00.0	Why do unions matter?
0:05.0	Because we are always stronger together.
0:08.2	One individual can change the world,
0:11.5	but it's a whole lot easier
0:13.4	when you've got a whole bunch of buddies with you.
0:16.2	You know, they're throughout history.
0:20.2	I believe the only way we've gotten ahead
0:23.1	has been working collectively, been working together,
0:26.2	ideally, across racial and gender
0:29.6	and generational and linguistic bias.
0:31.8	Like those are the times we want, we want big.
0:34.9	When you're just one person,
0:37.2	sure you, you know, theoretically have rights,
0:40.4	sure you can stand up for yourself,
0:43.4	but you're vulnerable, right?
0:45.6	You don't have anyone who has your back.
0:47.4	I really think unions and organizations
0:50.4	and working people are kind of one of the only,
0:54.5	almost universal, unifying institutions available
0:58.2	to people in this country.
0:59.7	Because almost everybody has a job
1:02.9	or has had a job or will have a job.
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