Immy Humes, director of “F**KED: The United States of Unemployment”
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Interview with Immy Humes, director of ”F**KED: The United States of Unemployment,” the new Salon series that explores the lives of the 99ers. Humes discusses the epidemic of long-term unemployment and why it’s essential to not forget the millions of jobless Americans.
Jamie mocks McDonald’s, Allison discusses Adbusters’ latest call for 50,000 people to Occupy Chicago in May for the G8, and Mayor Emanuel’s authoritarian ordinances.
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On dropping out and Occupy’s influence in Obama’s SOTU
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Occupy played a big role in President Obama’s State Of The Union address, Jamie responds to the president’s idea to outlaw dropping out, and Listener Mail.
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Russell Simmons on veganism, Occupy Wall Street, and more
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Russell Simmons (@uncleRUSH) joins the show to discuss Occupy Wall Street, Occupy The Dream, veganism, his credit card, and Def Jam.
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Response to Glen Ford at Black Agenda Report
Glen Ford over at Black Agenda Report took issue with my report on the Occupy Wall Street protest in Harlem. Well, “took issue” is a nice way of saying, “Calls me a southern white racist.” Anywho, I responded via email. Hopefully, he’ll post the response at BAR. If not, enjoy reading it here!
Hey Glen-
Caught your blog post and wanted to have a chance to respond. Hopefully, you’ll post this at Black Agenda Report.
The first aspect of my article you seem to take issue with is the the turnout I reported. I’m not sure what media outlet is reporting 400 individuals were there, but that estimate is way too high. An estimate of a couple hundred people is more accurate, albeit still generous.
Regardless, the count is a secondary issue when compared to your main beef: the erroneous claim that I stated Occupy Wall Street should “stay away from Harlem.” This is, quite simply, false. I never wrote that.
What I did say is that OWS did a poor job of outreach in Harlem, and I stand by that. All I can convey to my readers is what I witnessed first hand, and that was several tense conflicts between Harlem residents and the Larouche followers. Again, all I convey is what I saw happen, and that was many passersby expressing anger at the image of Obama-as-Hitler paraded around by the Larouchies.
The result was mass confusion. Occupy’s productive messages about Stop And Frisk and NDAA were lost in the circus created by the Larouchies. Again, not Occupy’s fault (I attempted to explain in the article that it’s not as simple as Occupy banning the Larouchies because they’ve been part of the movement since the beginning,) but I had to report what actually happened.
The claim that I spoke as an “old school southern white racist” is libelous. Simply because I attempted to report on larger cultural trends in Harlem (the gentrification, institutional racism in things like subprime mortgages and Stop And Frisk) doesn’t mean I think that Occupy should be, as you again erroneously state, “segregated.”
As I’m sure you know, Occupy is a diverse movement, and I don’t claim otherwise in the article. The only point I made is that, at this particular protest, it was comprised of majority-white individuals.
I have to report what I actually saw, and that was a group of majority-white individuals show up to the Apollo Theater protest, some of whom carried an Obama-as-Hitler poster, which angered many Harlem residents. That doesn’t mean I “want a segregated Occupy.” As a reporter, I’m not in the habit of telling Occupy what to do at all. My beat is more of a “Here’s what went down” thing.
I would hope we can disagree on stuff like protest counts and Occupy’s strategies without resorting to name-calling and vicious libel in the future.
Best,
Allison Kilkenny
Dispatches from Occupy West, if you thought SOPA was bad, meet ACTA
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Susie Cagle (@susie_c) joins the show with dispatches from Occupy West, Allison gives Occupy updates, if you thought SOPA was bad, meet ACTA, EU approves oil embargo against Iran.
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Former economic hitman, John Perkins
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(Originally aired 12/23/09) Citizen Radio interviews author, activist, and former Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, for the full hour!
As an EHM (Economic Hit Man), Perkins’s job was to convince Third World countries to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development—loans that were much larger than needed—and to guarantee that the development projects were contracted to U.S. corporations like Halliburton and Bechtel.
Once these countries were saddled with huge debts, the U.S. government and the international aid agencies allied with it were able to control these economies and to ensure that oil and other resources were channeled to serve the interests of building a global empire.
Perkins is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, and the new book, Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded–and What We Need to Do to Remake Them.
Also check out Perkins’ website (http://www.johnperkins.org/) and add him on Twitter (http://twitter.com/economic_hitman).
He joins Citizen Radio for the full hour to discuss his job as an EHM, US-led assassinations, his accurate predictions that Iceland’s economy would collapse, the dangers of hyper-Capitalism and global Corporatism (including how America’s domestic banks, the IMF, and The World Bank enslave people with debt,) and the EHMs’ treatment of Iran, Bolivia, and Venezuela.
Perkins shares the success stories of people fighting corporate takeovers like the Bolivians’ fight with Bechtel, the huge corporation that privatized Bolivia’s water supply, the lawsuit Ecuadorians have filed against Texaco, which has since been purchased by Chevron, and Latin and South America’s social revolutions that reject predatory Capitalism.
Finally, Perkins explains why government regulation is important, how Obama’s economic team are “scum,” China’s role in the new world, and what citizens can do to make Capitalism more egalitarian and humane.
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Obama admin denies Keystone permit, Occupy updates
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Obama administration denies Keystone permit, updates on Occupy, Jamie’s therapy corner, 16-year-old atheist harassed for filing First Amendment suit.
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Cities turn into mini-police states for political conventions, happy SOPA blackout day!
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Rania Khalek (@raniakhalek) joins the show to dicuss her article about how states are becoming mini-police states in anticipation of the RNC and DNC. Also, Holly (@paperholly) is back with another installment of “Meanwhile, In Australia,” and Jamie celebrates the SOPA blackout day.
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Comedian Chris Gethard shares tales of poor life decisions
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Comedian and author Chris Gethard (@ChrisGethard) tells tales of poor life decisions and growing up as an angry kid/adult in New Jersey.
Check out Gethard’s awesome new book, A Bad Idea I’m About To Do.
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Interview with “We’re Not Broke” US Uncut filmmakers, Iranian scientist assassinated
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Allison interviews Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce, directors of “We’re Not Broke” (http://werenotbrokemovie.com,) a documentary about US Uncut, the movement that helped spark Occupy Wall Street, Jesse Myerson (@JAMyerson) reports on the Supreme campaign, an Iranian nuclear scientist is assassinated, and the New York Times public editor wonders if his journalists should report the facts.
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