The Great Escape (1963) is based on Paul Brickhill’s book of the same name. Like the book, the movie also gives us an inside look at the historical event of the German prison mass escape during World ...

Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. We revisit host Deepa Fernandes' March 2023 conversation with labor organizer Saket Soni. His acclaimed book "The Great Escape: A True ...

As the rate of climate-fueled disasters intensifies, we speak with author and organizer Saket Soni about the workers who are hired by corporations to clean up after hurricanes, floods, blizzards and ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 4, 2024. Click here for that audio. In 2006, Saket Soni worked as a labor organizer in New Orleans. One day, he received a disturbing phone call ...

My book The Great Escape tells the story of 500 Indian laborers who were lured to the United States on promises of good work and green cards, convinced to pay $20,000 apiece to come rebuild ...

War, as they say, can be hell — but it has certainly inspired some amazing movies! For example, 1963’s The Great Escape, a film based on the true story of a mass escape by Allied prisoners from the ...