Tribunus Plebis Podcast
126 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -The Tribunus Plebis (The Tribune of the People) was the most important check on power of the Roman Senate and magistrates.
Join us as we carry on this tradition and speak plainly and truthfully to, and about, power.
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Amazon Labor Union Has Affiliated with the Teamsters - Let's Talk About It...
July 02, 2024 23:38 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThe ALU has affiliated with the Teamsters. The agreement comes after ALU has failed to get Amazon to the table, gone broke, suffered internal strife, and their Reform Caucus has forced a leadership election. Let's discuss the good and the bad. -------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spri... Please, if you have a moment, take a secon...
UAW Loses Vote at Mercedes, FTC Bans Non-Competes, INSA hit with Cemex Injunction, and Union Workers earn record raises!
June 05, 2024 02:16 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThe Unites Auto Workers lost an election at an Alabama Mercedes plant, accuse Mercedes of illegal union-busting, and swear to continue the fight! The FTC BANS Non-Compete clauses, freeing millions of workers to move to new jobs, and start businesses! Dispensary company INSA forced to recognie union after multiple counts of illegal union-busting under new CEMEX ruling! Union workers get much higher raises than non-union workers! Please join us as we discuss all of these issues! ---------...
Breaking My Silence On Gaza - Yes, It's a Genocide.
March 22, 2024 03:05 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBThe Palestinian people, and Gaza as a place, are being genocided and obliterated and erased from their land. Let's talk about it. ------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please support us wherever you can! WE NOW HAVE MERCH! = https://my-store-8932760.creator-spring.com Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple...
What the 2023 Union Wins Mean Going Forward
February 08, 2024 02:40 - 55 minutes - 44.3 MB2023 was a banner year for organized labor - Teamsters got a record contract at UPS, the United Auto Workers got record breaking contracts at the Big 3. Starbucks has been organizing across the nation, SAG-AFTRA/WGA had victories. Vegas Hotel workers and healthcare workers across the country succeeded as well. But what may this mean as we look forward into 2024 and beyond? Join us for a discussion! ====================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to prod...
(EP. 76) Police Unions Should Not Exist
October 25, 2023 04:35 - 54 minutes - 43.7 MBPolice unions should not exist. Not only do they protect corrupt, violent, even murderous cops, but they are also staunch defenders of the status quo. They use their power to grow in both size and power and to use their strength against the working class and poor. They are the ultra-violent arm of the state which is dead set against the organizing of the proletariat. --------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if...
(Ep. 75) The NLRB Rules on Cemex - Plus: The Final Rule & the Abruzzo Memo
September 26, 2023 04:10 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBThe National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, has ruled on the Cemex case, issued their "Final Rule", and Biden altered the calculation for prevailing wage on federal projects - All great wins for labor and the working class. ==================== This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you h...
(Ep. 74) The UAW STRIKE Against Detroit's BIG 3! Let's Talk About It!
September 15, 2023 11:45 - 26 minutes - 21 MBThe United Auto Workers have begun a strike action against Detroit's Big 3 automakers as the corporations refuse to bargain in good faith, give back the concessions they tore from the union during the recession, and balk at raises that these workers not only are deamnding but DESERVE. Join us as we discuss! -------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subs...
(Ep. 73) United Auto Workers Prepare to STRIKE! What are the UAW DEMANDS and How Did We Get Here?
August 22, 2023 04:24 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThe United Auto Workers look likely to strike in what would be one of the largest strikes ver in this country. They are fighting for wages and benefits, yes, but also for basic humanity and dignity. Join us as we dive into what got us here, why, and how it might be resolved! ------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! ...
(Ep. 72) Yellow Freight CLOSES! How Did We Get Here and Who is to BLAME?
August 06, 2023 10:42 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBYellow Freight, the 3rd largest LTL freight company in the country has closed its door and is ready to declare bankruptcy. How did this once venerable, near 100 year old company, get to this point? Who is truly to blame for this turn of events? It's certainly not the Teamsters. Join us as we dig through some history, find the villain(s), and set the record straight. ______________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us k...
(Ep. 71) UPS Decides to FORCE Teamsters to STRIKE or to SUBMIT!
July 12, 2023 02:28 - 46 minutes - 44.7 MBUPS has bargained in bad faith with their unionized Teamster workforce, left part-timers behind to struggle in "part time poverty", and are now walking away from the table on the brink of a deal. UPS wants to continue harming it's part-time warehouse help while the Teamsters have doubled down on uplifting everybody under their contract. Join us for a discussion. ----------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it...
(Ep. 70) Supreme Court Rules Against Labor - Glacier v. Teamsters Just Tip of the Iceberg
June 15, 2023 10:48 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBThe US Supreme Court screw over organized labor with their terrible ruling in the Glacier v Teamsters case. Glacier is just the tip of the iceberg in the attack on unions and collective worker actions. Join Tribunus Plebis Media as we break this down. _____________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeaco...
(Ep. 69) May Day aka International Workers Day - The Origin of the REAL Labor Day, its Meaning, and the Reasons Why People in The US and Canada Do Not Celebrate It.
May 01, 2023 08:49 - 59 minutes - 57.5 MBMost workers in the United States and Canada are barely aware of the holiday known as May Day or International Workers Day. Please stop by for a moderate length, yet still incomplete origin story and learn where it came from, what it means, and why we don;t celebrate it in the US and Canada! -------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription a...
(Ep. 68) Our Culture Is Killing Us - From The Reactionary, Anti-Homeless Response to the Bob Lee Murder to the Four Indefensible Shootings Across the Country - Our Culture is to Blame
April 27, 2023 11:01 - 54 minutes - 44.1 MBBob Lee, tech tycoon, was stabbed to death in San Francisco and the power elite turned all of their ire on the unhoused. The murderer was actually another tech tycoon. Ralph Yarl, Kaylin Gillis, two cheerleaders, and a 6 year old child were amongst the victims of four separate, terrifying, unjustifiable shootings and murders across the country. Join us as we discuss how our culture here in the United States created, feeds, and supports a fractured society where these sorts of atrocities are m...
(Ep. 67) Trump Indicted, Brandon Johnson Elected, Wisconsin Supreme Court Victory - Current Events Roundup - Tribunus Plebis Media
April 09, 2023 10:26 - 32 minutes - 25.9 MBTrump is indicted, arrested, and arraigned... and it changes nothing at all. Brandon Johnson is elected Mayor of Chicago and Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court... and these two have the potential to actually change things in those cities and states. Let's discuss bottom up power, what hope means in the political sense, and how we can win. __________________________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please...
(Ep. 66) War Crimes and Lies - Iraq 20 Years Later - Through the Eyes of the Soldiers Who Fought
March 30, 2023 10:26 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBWe go over the lies and propaganda that lead to the illegal war crime that we call the Iraq War and watch and comment on the video Iraq 20 Years Later Link to Original Video: https://youtu.be/RIWfH3iEgXU ______________________________ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a ...
(Ep. 65) The Warrior Met Strike - A Tale of Corporate/State Collusion and a Failure of the Media
March 13, 2023 05:54 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBThe Warrior Met corporation and the state worked together to snuff out a righteous workers strike in Alabama and the media failed the workers just as badly, myself included. Join me as we discuss why and how this happened. ------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis ...
(Ep. 64) How We Talk About The Unhoused - The Rhetoric That Unmakes Us
February 14, 2023 11:35 - 55 minutes - 44.8 MBLet's talk about the rhetoric surrounding how we dehumanize and other the unhoused of this country and turn them from neighbors into existential enemies with our words. "You cannot truly help those that you do not Respect. Pity is not respect, victimization is not respect. Criminalizing mere existence and co-existence is not even close to respect. And without respect we cannot move forward. And if we continue to do nothing then these bodies which we step over, they will be our legacy." ...
(Ep. 63) How We Talk About Labor - A Rearview Look at the Railroad Dispute, the Media, and Us.
January 17, 2023 15:47 - 38 minutes - 30.4 MBNot only does capital have control of the government and media, it also has control of the cultural zeitgeist and it has a hold so powerful that most of us hear a so called journalist ask a locomotive repairman making 80 grand a year or something whether fighting for the ability to not work while they are uncontrollably defecating water and physically decimated and not get fired for it is worth destroying the economy and we sit there in front of our TVs and think, yeah, man is it worth it? W...
(EP. 62) How Labor Unions Help Reduce Racism and Bigotry
December 08, 2022 11:55 - 32 minutes - 25.8 MBWe need to organize, unionize, work together, and undertake ventures which by their mere existence helps us all see that there are goals out there worth achieving and that the best way to do so is to make cause of common interests no matter our race or creed or culture and, even more importantly, no matter the race, creed, or culture of the worker standing with us on the picket lines as we fight for better wages, better lives, and healthier bodies. Unions aren’t the only way there, but I woul...
(Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak
November 14, 2022 12:39 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MB(Ep. 61) [Book Talk] ECONOMISM - Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality, by James Kwak In “Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality”, James Kwak makes a compelling case that an overly simplistic understanding of economics (‘Econ 101’) is exacerbating the economic, social, and political problems of both the United States and the world at large. It’s extremely important to understand that these simple ideas are being used to mislead us, to lie to us, to cheat us. Kwak does an ad...
(Ep. 60) Class, Labor, and Solidarity
October 20, 2022 03:40 - 42 minutes - 34 MBToday I want to talk about class, solidarity, and the labor struggle. I’m going to argue that the way we use class in the united states is purposefully misleading, intentionally vague and, ultimately, destructive. Class, when defined properly, is an incredibly important concept. But, as we will see, the way we talk about class in the united states borders on gibberish. Terms like the middle class and upper middle class are absolute nonsense. The key to making real, lasting change in the c...
(Ep. 59) William "Big Bill" Haywood - A Life Larger Than Most
September 21, 2022 10:33 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBLet’s talk about William “Big Bill” Dudley Haywood! Standing at 6 feet tall and weighing well over 200 pounds, Big Bill was truly larger than life as he battled mining trusts, corporations, private armies, and government forces alike. He fought them with his agile mind, his calloused knuckles, and probably most importantly he damaged them with his words. He, along with Mother Jones and Eugene Debs, dominated the labor movement of the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries in a way that is sti...
(Ep. 58) The Problems With Philanthropy - Influence, Power, Corruption, and a Trojan Horse for the Right
August 30, 2022 04:03 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBBillionaires give to destroy the country and they give to fill the gaps in society which they create along the way. Philanthropy is being used to reify the ultra wealthy, sustain and support power and influence, and destroy democracy and choice. Philanthropic giving is about power and the arrogant assumptions that the wealthy know better what to do with your stolen wealth than you would if they’d let you keep it. Join us as we explore the corrupting influence of philanthropy to our govern...
(Ep. 57) The Trump Raid and Breonna Taylor's Murder - Cops, Power, Class, and The 4th Amendment
August 17, 2022 03:23 - 33 minutes - 27.2 MBDonald Trump gets raided, and the fallout from the Breonna Taylor murder continues. What do these two events have in common? They can help us understand how systemically corrupt, violent, and lazy the justice system truly is and this understanding can provide insight into the crumbling of the 4th amendment, especially as it relates to class disparities. The reactions to these two events exposes how power, and connections to power, can lead to fascistic responses, both materially and rhetor...
(Ep. 56) Stochastic Terror - How Rhetoric Inspires Terror - From Trump to Tucker Carlson to Biden
August 03, 2022 15:04 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MBStochastic Terrorism noun 1. The public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted. Join me for a discussion of rhetoric, demagogues, power wielders, and the probable but unpredictable terror which they are able to unleash on the world at large through their very loud, very frequent demonization of minorities and the oppressed. Episode 52 - The Buffalo Shooting, Othering, White Su...
(Ep. 55) The Lies of Uvalde - It Just Keeps Getting Worse! Plus, We Revisit Anti-Trans Legislation
July 01, 2022 05:05 - 33 minutes - 26.8 MBThe cowardice of the police in Uvalde was shameful enough, but since that horrific event those same police have shown cowardice in a myriad of other ways. Everything from their initial lies about what happened, wrongfully blaming innocent people, lying about the events and trying to gaslight everybody, and even right down to harassing the woman who defied the cops cowardice and saved her own child. Plus, anti-lgbtq legislation passes in Ohio and Texas and the results harm the members of th...
(Ep. 54) Supreme Failures - The Overthrow of Roe, Unaccountable Police, More Guns, and Less Safety, Freedom, and Liberty
June 27, 2022 03:57 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBThe U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and opens the door to return to the dark days of no federal protection for same-sex marriage, anti-sodomy laws, loss of contraceptive care, and possibly even interracial marriage. Also: Cops get even more immunity, immigrants lose yet another basic right, and more chuds will be armed in the streets. To sum it up: Right to abortion, gone. Ability of cops to violate your rights with no punishment, granted. Indefinite...
(Ep. 53) A Cowardly Act - The Uvalde Police Response (or Lack Thereof)
May 29, 2022 02:37 - 16 minutes - 13 MBJust me yelling about cowardly, quailing, perpetually shook police and how their lack of action killed children in the Uvalde, TX school shooting. ---------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the si...
(Ep. 52) The Buffalo Shooting, Othering, White Supremacy, and the "Great Replacement" Nonsense.
May 17, 2022 03:45 - 30 minutes - 24.5 MBA white supremacist murdered multiple people in Buffalo, NY, driven to murder by, at least in part, the so-called Great Replacement conspiracy theory which is extremely popular amongst racists, nazis, white supremacists all across the globe, and the alt-right in the United States. This racist theory has been trumpeted all across the media, but nowhere more loudly than FOX News, and its most popular host, Tucker Carlson. Join me as we suss out how, why, and where these theories are spread a...
(Ep. 51) The Overturning of Roe vs. Wade & The "Don't Say Gay" Bill is Passed In Dystopian Florida
May 13, 2022 03:42 - 32 minutes - 25.9 MBThe Supreme Court is about to officially overturn Roe v. Wade and Florida passes homophobic law. I guess we shouldn't be surprised, but we should definitely be angry about these things. ------------------------------------------ This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help us keep it going if you are able with a one-time donation or recurring subscription at Buy Me A Coffee! LINK: www.buymeacoffee.com/tribunusplebis Please, if you have a moment, ...
(Ep. 50) The United Fruit Company, The Guatemala Coup, and Corporate Power
April 24, 2022 01:54 - 49 minutes - 39.4 MBSuch was the power of El Pulpo, the United Fruit Company octopus, whose arms stretched across the Caribbean and throughout Central and South America. They ran countries, monopolized shipping lanes, hoarded land, corrupted militaries and governments, used the United State military as knuckle breakers and as their own personal military force, and broke the backs and spirits of peasants and presidents alike. And they did it all for bananas, the most popular fruit in the United states. This s...
(Ep. 49) Sanctions - What they are, Why we use them, and How they kill.
April 04, 2022 16:55 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBPolicy ghouls are telling us, in a sort of passive voice sort of way, that if we just impose sanctions on this other country then they’ll be nicer. That’s what they tell us. What they actually do is begin to starve, debase, degrade, torture, and murder poor people in a bid to create internal resentment. Sanctions are cruelty. Sanctions do not work. Sanctions are murder. ------------------------------------------------- This podcast and related works take a lot of effort and time to pro...
(Ep. 48) [Book Talk] AUSTERITY - The History of a Dangerous Idea, by Mark Blyth - Tribunus Plebis Podcast
March 17, 2022 02:32 - 32 minutes - 26.1 MBWelcome to the inaugural "Book Talk" episode on Tribunus Plebis! We will discuss the book "Austerity - The History of a Dangerous Idea" by Mark Blyth, as well as austerity in a broader, more general discussion! Austerity is, basically, the idea that regressively taxing citizens while also drastically reducing government spending on basic services is a good way to alleviate the debt burden of a country. In other words it is, as a theory, both immoral and built of utter hogwash. Austerity ...
(Ep. 47) REI Lies - Breaking Down REI's Anti-Union Podcast Episode
March 01, 2022 05:13 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBI listened to REI's anti-union podcast so that you don't have to! Employees at REI's flagship SoHo store have filed to form a union and REI hired a law firm to help them fight against it's employees with a groan inducing woke-backed anti-union message. The dynamic duo of CEO Eric and Lawyer Wilma star alongside Anti-Worker Rhetoric. I listen, react, and do my best to break down the anti-union nonsense. My comments definitely focus on REI, Wilma, and Eric... but all of the criticisms can very ...
(Ep. 46) Monopsony, Stagnation, and Inequality of Power
February 22, 2022 02:39 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBMonopsonistic practices by corporations are simply an exertion of power over the labor force. This power dichotomy is not a mistake and it is not a symptom of some other issue. The power imbalance is purposefully baked into a system which pre-supposes scarcity and demands constant profit growth and mass distribution of wealth to the investor class, at the expense of all else. ----------------------------- This podcast and related works takes a lot of effort and time to produce! Please help ...
(Ep. 45) Fractured - Fissured Work and the Destruction of the Middle Class
February 05, 2022 20:24 - 26 minutes - 16.5 MBThe problems with this ‘fissuring of the workplace and economy’ are manifold. Wages are depressed, job security is destroyed, fewer people with company provided insurance, etc. As all of these wage and benefit structures collapse in favor of the lowest bid, there is further degradation of these systems further downstream. When workers lose the ability to demand, or even request, better wages and benefits, then the firm gains even more power to depress wages and benefits and squeeze its emp...
(Ep. 44) Fodder for Profit - From Triangle Shirtwaist to Amazon and Mayfield - Workers Are Just Grist For the Mill
December 22, 2021 05:28 - 22 minutes - 15 MBThe one thing that has been consistent in hyper capitalist america over the past… well, forever… is that companies and capital owners will absolutely, positively, without doubt and without hesitation put employees lives on the line to make an extra buck and nobody but the workers themselves have ever been able to put a stop to it. It was true in 1911, it was true even on 9/11 when multiple companies actually told their employees that they did not have permission to leave the second tower be...
(Ep. 43) Thoughts on Welfare Shaming, Rittenhouse, and the Arbery verdict - Current Events Housecleaning
December 08, 2021 18:15 - 19 minutes - 11.8 MBI recently made use of a safety net program to get food into our home and had some thoughts about using welfare and the phenomena of Karen's and Ken's trying to shame struggling people and families. I also touch on the Rittenhouse debacle and the Arbery trial and it's verdict. No, he isn't a hero, yes, they were racist scumbags. And, no, the Arbery decision does not let the locals or this nation off the hook. ------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take...
(Ep. 42) "Ode To A Scab" by Jack London [A Tribunus Plebis Short]
December 08, 2021 04:49 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MBMembers of The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union, representing workers at various Kellogg's plants just voted down a proposed contract and continue their strike! Solidarity! Kellogg's is set to hire 'replacement workers', aka SCABS. This episode is for those thinking about crossing the picket lines and stealing jobs from their union siblings. Scabs are a loathsome bunch. --------------------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment,...
(Ep. 41) Revolution in America? Make the Changes or Face the Pitchforks
November 22, 2021 05:52 - 26 minutes - 16.7 MBThe citizenry of the United States is on the ropes. We are fed up, broke, unhealthy, unlikely to succeed, and dying sooner than we should be. And all that through no fault of our own. A revolution still seems far-fetched for some, but I don’t agree. A revolution is far closer than most of us would like to admit. There is still time, but things must be done, actions must be taken. The systemic failures must be addressed, inequality must be lessened, the wealthy must begin to bear their pr...
(Ep. 40) Unions Rising - Rebirth or Death Throes? #Striketober
November 01, 2021 19:10 - 48 minutes - 31.4 MBAs I was pondering the impact of #Striketober and the surge of union strikes and general labor activity in 2021, my mind drifted back to the strikes of 2018 and 2019 and what they mean for the current movement. We look back to those pre-2020 labor actions and even dip our toes into labor related legislative and cultural issues which both fed the rise of unions in the mid 20th century and then starved them in the 1980's. ______________________________________________________ Please, if you...
(Ep. 39) Company Towns - Pullman to Amazon to Willow Park
September 30, 2021 05:03 - 48 minutes - 30.3 MBCompany towns harm workers, they do nothing to combat inequality - in fact they only exacerbate inequality, and they DEFINITELY do not promote anything we can even remotely call ‘freedom’ Company towns are nothing less than base feudalism. They always have been, they are right now, and they always will be. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us gr...
(Ep. 38) Afghanistan [We pay by the corpse]
August 31, 2021 18:27 - 37 minutes - 23.1 MBOf course we had to pull out of Afghanistan. Let's explore why. Link to mentioned CIA Paper: https://bit.ly/3jtFA2i Link to mentioned "Afghanistan Papers": https://wapo.st/3DzKlPN __________________________________________________ Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA Check out all of our links at our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/TribunusP...
(Ep 37) Prison Abolition
August 16, 2021 00:23 - 55 minutes - 34.8 MBShould we? Can we? Will we? Please join me as we discuss prison abolition - The what, when, and how. This isn't about making better cages. This is about no more cages The goal, in fact, is not just to disappear prisons, but to actually make them unnecessary. ------------------------------------------- Please, if you have a moment, take a second to rate and review on Apple! It's the single best way you can help us grow aside from word of mouth! Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA ...
(Ep. 36) It's OK to Demand Change, plus The Perpetual Tyranny of RIGHT NOW
July 25, 2021 21:29 - 36 minutes - 22.9 MBIt is OK to demand change, at all levels, from local to systemic, even if we aren't quite sure HOW to make those changes. Also, the past is clear to see, and the future is predictable, or at least we think it is. These perspectives are the easiest for us to take. The most difficult is to deal with what we are actually doing RIGHT NOW. Right now is the tyranny which we must deal with, and we don't deal with right now very well. ---------------------------------------------------------- ...
(Ep. 35) Mike Gravel (RIP, 1930 - 2021) - Probity and Power
July 05, 2021 23:11 - 22 minutes - 14.1 MBMike Gravel was the rare person who attained power and maintained his morals and ethics. He is most famous for reading the Pentagon Papers into the public record via Senate sub-committee and for screaming truth into the face of power. Mike Gravel was a real one. Rest In Power. If you enjoy these podcasts, please take a second to rate and/or review on Apple Podcasts by following this link: https://apple.co/2Fa69IA ---------------------------------------------------- Please click our Lin...
(Ep. 34) [part 2 of 2] Sean Joined Zach from "bread_theory" on Twitch to Break Down Chapter 12 of "The Conquest of Bread" by Peter Kropotkin
June 21, 2021 16:06 - 2 hours - 87.8 MBZach and bread_theory invited me on their stream to help break down and contextualize chapter 12 from the seminal anarchist work "The Conquest of Bread" by Peter Kropotkin. The chapter was a bit longer than others so we broke it into two seperate streams. The first half was previosuly released as Episode 32 of this podcast. For more from bread_theory, please check these links out: bread_theory Twitch channel bread_theory YouTube channel -------------------------------------------------...
(Ep. 33) Eugene V. Debs - A Life, a Movement, a Speech, and a Legacy
June 16, 2021 05:10 - 51 minutes - 33.5 MBEugene V. Debs - Labor organizer, socialist, warrior for the working class. “Your Honor, years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” Today we are going to talk about a man who is something of a folk hero in the labor movem...
(Ep. 32) [part 1 of 2] Sean Joined Zack from "bread_theory" on Twitch to Break Down Chapter 12 of The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
June 08, 2021 19:42 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBBread_theory invited me on their stream to help break down and contextualize chatper 12 from the seminal anarchist work The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin The chapter was a bit longer than others so we broke it into two seperate streams. Part two should release about a week after part 1! For more from bread_theory and Zack, please check out his linktree account HERE: https://linktr.ee/bread_theory ------------------------------------------------------ >>> Please click through HERE...
(Ep. 31) Just F*cking Pay Us or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pitchfork
June 01, 2021 01:51 - 37 minutes - 24.2 MBYou've all heard the complaints and excuses... "These lazy bums just need to get back to work!" or "We can't find anyone to fill these jobs!" Tune in to learn why, and how, these statements are bullshit. Fight for good pay. >>> Please click through HERE to Apple Podcasts to leave a rating and/or review! It is the single best thing you can do to help spread the word! Oh, and don't forget to share on social media or even word of mouth! ---------------------------------------------------...