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Hello and welcome. My name is daughter. Im so happy to see you all here. Weve been planning this event for a while and had to postpone it. And so im extra glad to have a full house tonight. And for good reason. Were here for a conversation with kevin kruse and Julian Zelizer, and theyre here to talk about, of course, their coedited book, myth america historians take on the biggest legends and lies about our past and our recent past. Kevin kruse and Julian Zelizer are colleagues in the History Department at princeton university, where kevin is. In addition, director of the center for collaborat...

offices and pushed the protesters behind a barricade. on thursday, ranil wickremesinghe was sworn in as president. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages, global corporations stand accused of putting profits before people, while many governments see organised labour as a threat. why, then, is the union movement seemingly in retreat? have workers lost their faith in collective action? well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade un...

new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order. his disgraced predecessor, gotabaya rajapaksa, resigned after months of protests. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. more news coming up in half—an—hour. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages. global corporations stand accused of putting profits before people, while many governments see organised labour as a threat. why the...

of too many central banks raising interest rates. we are not in a period where we can discount the fact that if you have growth way below profits and inflation, then you are, in fact, facing grim economic circumstances. and unless we share prosperity, workers are the victims. but aren't you trying to reinvent economics if you argue that workers pushing for massive pay rises right now is not going to be inflationary? all the evidence over many years suggests that once you get into that wage price spiral, it's very hard to get out of it. well, first of all, look at the wage claims. the...

well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade union confederation, sharan burrow. do workers have problems that unions cannot fix? sharan burrow in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good evening. good to have you on the show. let's look at what is happening in the world right now. we have a spike in energy costs right around the world. we have rising inflation in many countries and a squeeze on the cost of living. how grim do you think the prospects for your members, for workers around the world are right now? well, i think you have to take note of workers. they're on stri...