Archive for the ‘workers’ 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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May Day recap: worker solidarity, and of course, running from the cops
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Allison and Jamie recap May Day, including tons of worker solidarity, and of course, running from the cops.
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May Day protest plans, NBA’s Jason Collins comes out, BP’s dispersants aftermath
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Allison and Jamie discuss upcoming May Day protest plans, NBA’s Jason Collins coming out, BP’s chemical dispersants aftermath, the Guantanamo hunger strikes, the only time Congress cares about budget cuts, “conversion therapy” being a big ol’ Fail, The Worst Person In The World, and one of the many ways society punishes domestic abuse victims.
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The lives and times of Twitter trolls, McJobs strike back, Islamophobia and the New Atheists
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Allison and Jamie discuss a boxer tracking down a Twitter troll, fast food workers striking in NYC (#fastfoodfwd), and Islamophobia and the New Atheists.
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100+ bus assistants fired post-strike, Georgia man with IQ of 70 granted stay of execution, trust us: we’ve studied abroad
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Over 100 bus assistants fired post-strike in NYC, a Georgia man with an IQ of 70 is granted a stay of execution, Jamie brings tales of the jiu-jitsu, and Allison explains why you should all trust her: she’s studied abroad.
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When Twitter battles work, Happy Friday! (some of you may be under martial law), Jamie performs Atlas Shrugged
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Two of crazy Fred Phelps’ granddaughters have left the Westboro Baptist Church (the God Hates Fags people), Jamie gives advice to older people looking to become vegan, Arkansas town’s martial law plans, FoxConn workers are organizing in China, and an Idaho State Senator has introduced a bill requiring students to read Atlas Shrugged.
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Mississippi’s only abortion clinic may lose license, Christie vetoes minimum wage increase, all about revenge porn
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No, Anonymous doesn’t have warheads, update on the NYC school bus strike, Susie Cagle breaks down why you’re not a terrible person for eating quinoa, a new questionable study from CUNY on Occupy, Chris Christie vetoes a minimum wage increase, mom loses four children to gun violence, revenge porn, and the health Department intends to revoke license from Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.
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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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