Three years of rank-and-file Starbucks worker organizing has produced a historic union breakthrough: a commitment by the implacably anti-union company to bargain a national contract for 10,000 workers and negotiate a process for additional workers to organize.
Remarkably, though, this victory came about in part because of a serendipitous boost from the Palestine justice movement. Its proof of the power"and indeed, necessity"of international working-class solidarity in taking on todays leading fights against the giants of capitalism.
So, were shuffling off to Buffalo to speak with Arjae Red, a member of the Starbucks Workers United and organizer for Workers World Party who I first met on a picket line chanting no justice, no coffee during Starbucks workers ongoing fight against union busting and who set off a wildfire of unionization sweeping the American labor market " to find out how it all happened
Monks singing the oldies? Well sorta as the St Christopher's Gregorian Choir is back...you can hum along with harmonica hits and a Fake MJ "clean's it" Not the usually mess o cheeze this week...but can you really say our show is ever average?
Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2024.AR.00. (Article Reaction) The World Must Calculate the Real Gaza Death Toll
With Clips from Owen Jones, Democracy Now!, Guardian News, Young Turks, The Bitchuation Room, FRANCE 24 English, TRT World, Waketheherd Youtube Channel
I recorded this special Article Reaction about a month after I was stricken with COVID. At the time nearly 30,000 Gazans had been murdered in this illegal assault on the civilian population of Palestine; we had not yet crossed the six month mark at the time. Now, as we near the seventh month mark since the beginning of this assault, with the “official” death toll barely touching 40,000 and the supposed estimates only adding another 10 to 20,000 to that total; the stark truth hidden in the rubble needs to now be confronted, especially with a possible slaughter occurring in Rafah looming overhead. What must be confronted in the probable death toll; in this Op-ed by renowned Consumer Rights advocate Ralph Nader, a speculative figure is presented which leaves me breathless (honestly, wait to hear me try to read through this article). We could be looking at a death toll reaching far into the 100,000s, reports Mr. Nader who has some pretty interesting data to back up his assertion. I still remember feeling sick as I read through this Article, my breath constantly catching within my throat with every word I read. I hope you see the value in this episode and use its content to inform those you care about, as to why this needs to stop NOW.
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Gaza is under bombardment by Israel; hospitals and universities have been destroyed, and more than 35,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed. U of T students, along with their peers worldwide, are occupying campuses and demanding an end to all cooperation with the Israeli war machine, demanding the U of T divest from Israeli companies and end partnerships with Israeli universities.
To follow and support the brave and able students who are taking a stand against genocide in Gaza, follow Erin: @erinmackey
The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters; Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients; Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion.
Sunsara Taylor on attacks on anti-genocide protests and the 1300 arrests of students in past weeks. Next, Why is the U.S. violently repressing pro-Palestinian students on college campuses across the U.S.?, an excerpt from @BobAvakianOfficial. Also from Bob Avakian, why it is right to want revolutionary state power, and what this state power is good for, from the Bob Avakian Interviews. Finally, a special alert: Stop the execution of the artist Toomaj Salehi by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This week in the Lounge, Dan is joined by Ron and Amber as they discuss the Astor Place Riot of 1849, Science news involving an Orangutan Medicine Man, Astronaut Treadmills on the Moon, and A Glitch In Gravity. In Snake Oil news they talk about some actual oil for once, before playing Fact Checkin’ Time and ending with a feel good story about beating pollution.
Even though mines - from iron to copper to gold to minerals, such as lithium mines can be so huge that they can be seen from space - and are destructive to land and water and forests - recent proposed legislation in the US aims at expanding mining.
It turns out that, ironically, the transition to a green economy with wind turbines, solar arrays, electric vehicles and battery storage requires an unprecedented increase in mining for lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, tungsten, aluminum, graphite and more.
Here is an archival TUC Radio program on Mining in America. In 1995 I bought a beat up RV, put all my radio equipment in it and took off on a tour of the Western States - In the course of four years I visited mines from Arizona to Washington State and from New Mexico to Montana.
This is my report from Montana, and a conversation with Larry Tuttle in Portland, Oregon, in 1997. He founded the Center for Environmental Equity. They were helping communities to prevent the establishment of mines, or find help with the environmental catastrophes they caused.
Pro-Palestinian student protests are erupting on college campuses all over the country, often resulting in aggressive responses from local law enforcement. This week on Sea Change Radio, the first half of our two-part discussion with noted Michigan University history professor and Middle East scholar, Juan Cole. We look at the Israeli attacks on Gaza, discuss the unrest it has caused on campuses around this country, and examine how the right-wing parties in both the US and Israel are trying to leverage the conflict to their own benefit.
Augusten Burroughs runs with “Scissors” to “Dry”; the United Methodist Church ends its queer prohibitions, a Mombasa court slams an anti-queer Kenyan group’s violent protests, Queensland protects gender diversity and legalizes sex work, a U.S. appeals court orders state health plans to cover gender-affirming care including surgeries, the Biden Administration restores Affordable Care Act LGBTQ anti-bias provisions, and Mississippi Republicans fumble 2 anti-trans bills.
Those stories and more this week when you choose “This Way Out”, the international LGBTQ radio magazine.
1. I Like Your Vibe - Funky DL
2. Byram's Groove (Cut A Rug) - Slakah The Beatchild
3. Lighten Up - Timbuktu ft. Ghettosocks and the Herbaliser
4. Tailor Made - Low Budget
5. Swing It (original version) - Bush Babees
6. Sunset - K-Rec ft. Son Doobie and Kool Kim
7. Styles - Stan Ipcus
8. Palante - Cookin Soul & Frankie
9. Flagrant Freestyle - Maestro Fresh Wes
10. Repentance - William Cata
11. New Avengers - Pushing Buttons ft. Journalist 103 and Revalation
12. Criminal Mentality - Airklipz
13. Platform - Petrovich & Kick A Dope Verse!
14. Just Say Yeah (Applause) - Mega Ran & Jermiside
15. Pressing Buttons All Day - Fortes
16. Supreme - Dan-e-o ft. Nish
17. The Subway - O'hene Savant
18. Dusk Hits - Swamp Thing & Danny Miles ft. Moka Only
19. The Truth - Procyse ft. AnonymousRay & iNTELLECT
20. Big Lebowski - Corto Pablo & Jazzquarterz
21. Wallet Phone Keys - Randy Mason
22. 36,000,000 - Shark The SOB
23. Silk - El Train
The Final Plenary & Closing Remarks from the 2024 UNAC conference, held April 5 - 7 in St. Paul, MN. The conference theme was Decolonization and the Fight Against Imperialism. UNAC is the United National AntiWar Coalition.
It's a Global A Go-Go takeover of WRIR's Cause & Effect program: A 2-hour look at the music, influences and peers of La Perla, a 3-woman drum-and-voice band from Bogota Colombia bringing a 21st century feminist global perspective to traditional Afro-Colombian rhythms, and who perform live in WRIR's Studio C as part of the program
We'll hear from Omar, the godfather of UK soul, as well as reissued soul from Rasputin's Stash and a set of Latin grooves, sending you off to the dance floor with a track from San Lazaro!
We'll hear from Omar, the godfather of UK soul, as well as reissued soul from Rasputin's Stash and a set of Latin grooves, sending you off to the dance floor with a track from San Lazaro!
Suddenly the system recalls a guilt. A wave of records show fossil fuel executives and big corporations knew their products would cause disastrous global damage - for decades. Should they be charged with homicide? From Public Citizen David Arkush makes the case. From Rutgers, Journalism Professor Melissa Aronczyk on Greenwashing the Canadian Tar Sands. We investigate corporate propaganda. Plus 3 more AI climate songs (for Public Domain) - even the machine wants justice!
