Labor Lines

Father's Day Show

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Synopsis

When your father laments that he is tapped out, he is not kidding. Your Dad is tapped out, just like your local government and your state government and you, because the banks, according to NYU Professor, Andrew Ross, have a noose around our collective necks. Andy, the author of “Creditocracy,” urges debt resistance. That’s right, he says don’t pay them. Debt resistance is not unprecedented in American history, or world history. The Reuther Brothers were and are one of the most iconic labor families in American History. Our guest John Reuther is the son Victor Reuther, the longest living brother of the three. We learn how the young Reuther brothers had to go to Russia to find work after being closed out of American factories. Sasha, John’s son and Victor’s grandson ultimately became filmmaker and the writer, producer and director of a documentary about the Reuther brothers, entitled “Brothers on the Line.”  John is in the film. They reminisce about Victor R