Archive for the ‘union’ tag
Jamie’s annual birthday depression spiral, fast food strikes hit fifth city, how austerity kills
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Jamie’s annual birthday depression spiral, Citizen Radio’s most powerful Maniacs (featuring Toom Cleen!), followed by a discussion of the spreading fast food strikes, the continuing Guantanamo hunger strikes, a New York activist facing jail time because of his silence, how austerity kills (and doesn’t work), Florida speeding up its executions, and Bangladesh’s government saying it will allow its workers to unionize.
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CNN: sexist and ridiculous, crossover heaven, the terrible things in your food
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Allison and Jamie discuss CNN being sexist and ridiculous, crossover heaven, Joe Francis going to jail, fast food worker solidarity, the need for more women in tech, a heartwarming story of a principal firing armed guards and hiring art teachers, and the terrible things in your food.
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Cleveland kidnappings and normalizing dehumanization of women, 800 dead in Bangladesh building collapse
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Allison and Jamie briefly interview President Obama, discuss the Cleveland kidnapping and normalizing the dehumanization of women, why female purity is bullshit, 800 dead in Bangladesh building collapse and the importance of unions and worker solidarty, and why libraries are so important.
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NYC bus strike, The Atlantic: brought to you by Scientology, Swartz’s prosecutor linked to another hacker’s death
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Allison and Jamie discuss the NYC bus strike, The Atlantic: brought to you by Scientology (except not anymore), Aaron Swartz’s prosecutor linked to another hacker’s death, NY Times dismantles its environment desk, Clarence Thomas FINALLY SPEAKS, but no one knows what he said, and another anti-gay activist turns out to be a huge, gross hypocrite.
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Kevin Gosztola on Bradley Manning hearing, Mike Elk reports 9/11 mistakes repeated in Sandy clean-up
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Journalist Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) joins the show to discuss the Bradley Manning hearing and journalist Mike Elk (@mikeelk) reports 9/11 mistakes are being repeated in the Hurricane Sandy clean-up effort.
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On hipsters and Hitler, update on Bangladesh factory fire, our future Water World
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Allison and Jamie discuss the relationship between hipsters and Hitler, give updates on the Bangladesh factory fire, talk about the targetting of journalists by Israel, the UN passing a resolution on female genital mutilation, drone stories, another innocent black teen gunned down, the ongoing fuckery known as the War on Drugs, global horrific treatment of women, and our future Water World.
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“No Services, No Rent”: abandoned by the state, 100+ killed at factory that made Wal-Mart garments
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Allison talks about how some public housing residents in NYC are still without basic services (and expected to pay rent) after Sandy, the similarities between the terrible fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Jamie has a strange encounter with a taxi driver, and finally, Listener Mail!
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Note: we’ve heard some people are having issues hearing the Sandy interview. Everything sounds good on our end, so not sure what the issue is. I’d recommend skipping ahead if you’re having a similar problem. Sorry!
Obama won. Now, let’s talk about drones, workers’ rights, and negotiations with Iran
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Allison and Jamie discuss Obama’s victory, and how this hopefully means we can now go on to discuss things like drones, workers’ rights, and negotiations with Iran. Also, Allison talks abot Occupy Sandy, and Jamie shares a weird story involving a mullet.
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EXCLUSIVE interview with Koch employee denied job for being “too political,” it’s time to #changethedebate
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Allison and Jamie are back with tales of their meeting, plus interviews with Travis McKinney, a Koch employee denied a job for being “too political” (at 31:00), and Nelini Stamp (@NelStamp) about the current status of Occupy Wall Street, and her work in Florida with a group of students and youth organizing against the school to prison pipeling and the two crows (Jim and Juan) (at 48:00).
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Appeals court restores NDAA indefinite detention, 2 million workers strike in Indonesia
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Appeals court restores NDAA indefinite detention, 2 million workers strike in Indonesia, Detroit to fire striking water workers, the forces of privatization target the NHS, and Todd Akin’s history of incredibly dumb statements.
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