#76: Matt Taibbi on Censorship & Leaks | Tech Worker Unions Necessary? | Norfolk Southern’s GREED | More Educators & Students STRIKE! | ANOTHER Evacuation Due to Toxicity | How Did We Miss That

Originally recorded during the 4/16/23 Episode of How Did We Miss That?, found here: 

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Story 1 - More Educators & Students STRIKE!

University of Michigan Graduate Students Strike for a Living Wage and a Broad Social Justice Agenda: Ryan McCarty, Left Voice
https://www.leftvoice.org/university-of-michigan-graduate-students-strike-for-a-living-wage-and-a-broad-social-justice-agenda/
Rutgers faculty declares strike in historic showdown between unions, state university: Tina Kelley, NJ.com via Popular Resistance
https://popularresistance.org/rutgers-faculty-declares-strike-in-historic-showdown-between-unions-state-university

Story 2 - Do Tech Workers Need Unions?

Layoffs Ravage Tech: Do Tech Workers Need Unions?: James Baker, Socialist Alternative
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2023/04/10/layoffs-ravage-tech-do-tech-workers-need-unions/

Story 3 - Norfolk Southern’s greed 

Norfolk Southern’s huge profits go 80 percent to top honchos’ checks: Mark Gruenberg, People’s World
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/norfolk-southerns-huge-profits-go-80-percent-to-top-honchos-checks/

Story 4 - Another Evacuation Due to Toxicity

'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way': Major Plastics Fire Triggers Toxic Fears in Indiana: Julia Conley, Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/indiana-plastic-fire
https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1645917201084366850?s=20

Story 5 - Matt Taibbi Censored & on Leaks

Meet the Censored: Me?: Matt Taibbi, Racket News
https://www.racket.news/p/meet-the-censored-me
The Crackdown Cometh: Matt Taibbi, Racket News
https://www.racket.news/p/the-crackdown-cometh

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