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Rev. James Lawson: Our Country is Based on Plantation Capitalism

Civil Rights veteran, Rev. James Lawson describes what he believes labor is up against:

Civil Rights veteran, Rev. James Lawson addressed the AFL-CIO’s Diversity Conference in Los Angeles 9/7/13. In a brief interview with GRITtv’s Laura Flanders, he described what he believes labor is up against: “plantation capitalism.”

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