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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe entertainment industry is in a labor resurgence: SAG-AFTRA joined the writers on strike earlier this summer, and just recently backed reality TV stars fighting for residuals. Decades of the erosion of antitrust and labor laws led us to this moment where workers are mobilizing against their multi-billion dollar, seven-headed corporate employers for a fair deal.As an actor and SAG member, I am proud to be a part of this movement, but w

He says the issues being faced by the film and tv industry go well beyond california. >> the idea of being, like, the hollywood film industry, or hollywood stunt person, is kind of almost like an outdated kind of myth now, because now such a large chunk of the work is here in the uk. >> reporter: the industrys really international now. >> yeah, totally international, yeah. >> reporter: because of british labor laws, entertainment workers here cant strike alongside american unions, but cox says a...

Despite hints that it might, Labor’s new National Cultural Policy does not back a minimum basic income for performers.

The artistes who only had 48 hours to practice together, often performed in blended Afro-Euro pairs.

Live Music in the New World: How Music Workers in Spain, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Guatemala Are Adjusting to COVID-19 Concert of the Argentine band Bandalos Chinos. Photo: Leandro Frutos One year ago I was drinking my Argentine mate, likely touched by the saliva of thousands of strangers, at the Bahidorá Carnival, a Mexican music festival in a gorgeous natural reserve. This event opens a key live music series in Mexico that includes Nrmal Festival, the Vive Latino, and the Ceremonia. We...