Crimes Of Capital

The most expensive election in history just passed, causing the Foley sisters to ask: who really owns the government? One person one vote, or one dollar one vote? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself!

Love Canal may sound like a fun place to take a ride with your sweetie, but this is far from the truth. The people that lived in Love Canal experienced horrifying conditions, when the government in charge failed to protect them from a large amount of Toxic waste affecting their homes, and the towns elementary school. Find out the whole story, what the government did, and how the people that lived in this town fought back, in this episode!

Now that the United States is rearing up for the November presidential elections, we thought it would be a good time to talk about the candidates at hand. What do they say they stand for, and what do their policies show they stand for? How different are the republicans from the democrats, and what have Trump and Biden accomplished in their political careers? Listen in to find out!

This week the Foley Sisters put on their detective hats as they talk about Sandra Bland, and the highly suspicious circumstances that lead to her untimely death while in police custody.

Do you hate cops and love beer? Us too! turns out so did workers in 1855 Chicago, AND turns out their rebellion marked the birth of policing institutions as we know them. Tune in to this weeks episode to hear more!

This week the Foley Sisters take a trip to Bolivia as they discuss the Cochabamba Water Wars. Listen in to hear the inspiring stories of a community that fought for their lives, and learn the commonalities between their fight, and the movement America is currently going through.

Many have heard about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of underage girls, but what allowed this to go on for decades? How Broad was the scope of Epstein's circle of abusers? And how do we explain why and how society allowed what he did to go on? Join the Foley sisters as they discuss these questions and more!

This week the Foley sisters tell the story of two judges in Pennsylvania that were selling kids in their community to privatized juvenile detention facilities. What they did was horrendous, but are they the only ones that have profited on the detention of minors?

In this episode the Foley sisters talk about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, a group that formed after the urban rebellions of 1967 and tried to form revolutionary organizations based on the power of the working class.

This week the Foley sisters give you the scoop on the Black Panther Party. Most of us have heard of them, but what we've been taught may not actually be consistent with the facts. Listen in to get those lesser known details, and to learn the dirty truth about how the United States government reacted to the organization.

Have you been feeling like something is missing during quarantine? Maybe it’s all the workers who have been stuck on docked cruise ships? This week we discuss how capitalism screwed over these workers, as well as the rest of us, during the pandemic. This was a prerecorded episode, so if some of the information is a little out dated we apologize.

Introducing En Masse, a new podcast investigating the subjective experiences of class and capitalism . Season 1 "Bedrock" features oral histories from the WPA-era to the present in the long-time “Granite Center of the World," Barre, Vermont. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more at enmassepodcast.com

This week Eden and Lyla spice it up as they welcome a special guest on the podcast. The three of them discuss some key points on Socialism and why it is a better option for us than Capitalism.

This week the Foley sisters discuss the ever present issue of racism in the united states. Tune in to here their take on why racism continues to be such a prevalent issue, who stands to benefit from it, and it's history in America.

This week Lyla and Eden are not releasing their regularly scheduled episode. Instead they are sharing a speech that was given on June first at a rally in Oakland, by an amazing activist and friend of the pod.

This week Eden and Lyla discuss the corrupt dealings of the California utility company PG&E, and how privately owned utilities across the United States have dropped the ball, often times leading to deadly results.

This week the Foley sisters discuss the #Metoo movement. They dive into the deplorable actions of Harvey Weinstein, the women that broke the silence, and the system that allows this culture of violence against women to continue.

The 1930s were full of strikes, tenant and unemployment organizing. People then, faced some of the same problems we face now with the COVID-19 crisis. We discuss these past movements to get ideas for what we can do today.

This week the Foley sisters discuss the Lynwood Vikings, an underground racist police organization. The topic takes us back to the origin of the police, and everything in-between.

This week the Foley sisters take on the capitalist we all love to hate, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.

In the third episode of Crimes Of Capital, the Foley Sisters discuss the climate crisis and the courageous young people who are fighting for their future.

In Episode two the Foley sisters take a hard look at immigrant detention facilities in the United States.

In the first ever episode of Crimes Of Capital, Sisters Lyla and Eden dive deep into the COVID-19 outbreak.