The Rise of the New Labor Movement
…ink that, you know, we were headed down this cliff for a long time and the COVID 19 pandemic, accelerated it to some extent. Because not only on the flip side did it change what was happening in the workplace, which we’ll talk about in a second, but it also changed like the reality of what that paycheck adds up to around inflation, , which is really purposefully, you know, it’s not some accident due to, shortage of supplies, but as we’ve seen in n…
Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
…years, we’ve also seen the unmasking of violence of the violence of racial capitalism and policing. The whole world is questioning the foundation of the system, the historical exploitation and dispossession of Black and Indigenous people. And just as the system finds its origins in the exploitation of Black and Indigenous communities, it’s also true that it finds its undoing in the centuries long emancipatory visions of these same people. Freedom…
Angela Davis and Tim Wise: Capitalism, Privatization and Hope
Photo by SpeakOut. Renowned anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis says we must not give up hope. On this edition, we hear Davis and Wise discuss privatization, the economy, and other critical issues of our times – moderated by journalist Rose Aguilar. Special thanks to SpeakOut. Featuring: Angela Davis, author, political activist, former…
Grace Lee Boggs in Conversation with Angela Davis — Transcript, web extra only
…of the Empowering Women of Color Conference. I spoke last year, I spoke in 1995, in 1992 and also in 1985. We are speaking this afternoon about revolution. I want to first say that I came to revolutionary struggle through the Black freedom movement. And I say this in vast appreciation of the contributions that Grace Lee Boggs and her late husband James Boggs made to the Black radical tradition- I was very fortunate to grow up in a family of activ…
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice (ENCORE)
…ready on the ground, working at a local churches, seeing anywhere from like 200 people a day coming in. And that, was beautiful, right? How people unified and came together and self-organized. Um, but also super high stress as you could imagine. Salima Hamirani: As he worked at the mutual aid centers, Trey was exposed to extremely high levels of toxic smoke Tre Vasquez: I mean, in 2017, we had that fire come down the hills, um, from what’s called…
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice
…ready on the ground, working at a local churches, seeing anywhere from like 200 people a day coming in. And that, was beautiful, right? How people unified and came together and self-organized. Um, but also super high stress as you could imagine. Salima Hamirani: As he worked at the mutual aid centers, Trey was exposed to extremely high levels of toxic smoke Tre Vasquez: I mean, in 2017, we had that fire come down the hills, um, from what’s called…
The Utopian Dinner Table: How to Feed the World in 100 Years
…can’t afford to do that. Um, no matter what country you’re in the poorest 20% of the population are unable to afford five fresh fruits and vegetables a day. Uh, now that should give us pause, right? I mean, if we’re just trying to, uh, exercise basic agency, basic freedom to be able to eat just fresh fruits and vegetables, and a 20% of us can’t afford to do it. That doesn’t seem like freedom to me. Uh, and if you are trying to just feed your…
Globalization Desk
…w conducted by Making Contact’s Lisa Rudman and Salima Hamirani– June 20, 2012, Hear the full show, “Drones: A New Death from Above.”[…] Drones: A New Death From Above We bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes. And, we hear from Medea Benjamin and other activists working to build a global movement against this controversial military technology, which accelerated after 9/11.[…] Arundhati Roy: Jungles of Resi…
Unblock the Vote 2020
…November’s election. We will also turn our attention to the Native vote. In 2019 and early 2020, Native Americans testified at congressional field hearings about the ways in which their votes were being suppressed. Image Credit: Flickr – Michael Fleshman https://www.flickr.com/photos/fleshmanpix/6732168099 Special thanks to the Omnia Foundation, and the Park Foundation for supporting our work. Like this program? Please click here and support our n…
Occupy: From Encampments to a Movement
…eople participating in the movement to confront financial institutions and capitalism that aren’t sleeping out at the various parks across the country. And its critical for us to figure out ways for people to engage constructively because our organizations, organizations that are rooted in working class, communities of color has been doing the organizing around a particular strata of the 99%. It is important to acknowledge that the petty bour…
Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election
…lified to vote. A report that the Brennan Center came out with is between 2016 and 2018, just two years, there were over 17 million voters that were dropped from the voting rolls. SALIMA – We also want to mention something called “an exact match.” The exact match criteria is really important in this election, because so many people are voting by mail to avoid covid exposure. Here’s Ecaterina Burton again. SALIMA – So did they ask you for ID…
How Ollas Populares fed Buenos Aires through a pandemic (Encore)
…or the level of engagement and networking of the ollas that emerged during COVID 19 and the previous ones, like you didn’t have that level of communication engagement, uh, as constant as it was during the pandemic, when everyone was able to join some meetings or WhatsApp groups. So communication work was quite constant. Amy: Together. The team came up with a plan for five structures that could be built with cheap, local materials. They prioritized…
70 Million: Voting from Jail is a Right, and Now a Reality in Chicago
…bsentee ballot. Eugene McGraw has been awaiting trial in Cook County since 2018 . He says he’s been voting in elections since 2008, even while in custody. He described how the voting process used to work in the jail. Eugene McGraw: We did a vote maybe last year sometime, but it was like, they brought some sheets of paper in and we just signed them and it was like, it was real, it was real depressing. Dart: I couldn’t have said it any better. Ther…
Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin
…: So we have an extremely expensive health care system that takes up almost 20 percent of our GDP and yet we are number 24 in the world in healthy life expectancy number 25 in preventable deaths. And number 37 in health care systems overall. So despite the fact that we outspend almost every other country by twice as much our outcomes are not twice as good. Narr: So, how did we get here? First of all, why did we end up with a system were half of…
Revolutionary Mothering (Encore)
…everything that these feminists of color are saying about mothering in the 1980s, 1970s and 1980s. And so I’m looking through Audre Lourde’s papers, I’m looking through June Jordan’s papers, I’m looking through, um, finding these, uh, a Azalia and the Salsa Soul Sister Gazette, and you know, all of these out of print publications that are basically ancestors to our zines that we’re creating and I’m telling her what I find, right? And so she’s lik…
Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice
…everything that these feminists of color are saying about mothering in the 1980s, 1970s and 1980s. And so I’m looking through Audre Lourde’s papers, I’m looking through June Jordan’s papers, I’m looking through, um, finding these, uh, a Azalia and the Salsa Soul Sister Gazette, and you know, all of these out of print publications that are basically ancestors to our zines that we’re creating and I’m telling her what I find, right? And so she’s lik…
The Response: Mutual Aid with Joshua Potash
…of building networks and power and gathering people who are united by anti-capitalism, kind of whether they know it or not. A lot of people don’t know it at first or don’t know it for some time. But if you’re against the system that denies people housing and food, then you’re against capitalism. So I think you can build power in the community that way as well. Robert Raymond: [00:12:27] Yeah, no, absolutely. Thanks for that. And it might have been…
Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives (Encore)
…d she could not make a statement due to other pressing concerns related to Covid 19. Her staff told me, “It’s not on the radar right now.” A privileged position that those of us who are cis-gendered and white can afford to take, while the law’s existence has daily impact on Black trans women. But nevertheless, there’s reason to be hopeful that things might finally change, even with the pressing concerns of Covid 19 demanding attention from state…
Activism and The Fight for Black Trans Lives
…d she could not make a statement due to other pressing concerns related to Covid 19. Her staff told me, “It’s not on the radar right now.” A privileged position that those of us who are cis-gendered and white can afford to take, while the law’s existence has daily impact on Black trans women. But nevertheless, there’s reason to be hopeful that things might finally change, even with the pressing concerns of Covid 19 demanding attention from state…
FAQs
…ograms that examine the consequences and the root causes of the disaster. –COVID-19 UnVeiled. Social Justice amidst Social Distancing. We are continuing our racial justice coverage as always in response to this #BLM moment. Both re-releasing our timeless historical pieces and producing new episodes in the now. We are also continuing our special initiatives around climate change and the privatization of water; immigration; reproductive justice; pri…
