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Money on the Left is proud to present recovered and remastered audio from our interview with Raúl Carrillo, published previously solely as a written transcript. The recording also includes a new audio introduction in which Billy Saas reflects on the significance of our dialog with Carrillo for contemporary politics. In our discussion, we explore the promise of the public money framework for advancing antiracist, anti-imperialist, and democratic politics across the world. We discuss how the public money or MMT perspective shapes his work as an attorney fighting against predatory finance and for an international, rights-based approach to full employment. A significant portion of the conversation is also devoted to Raúl's ongoing critique of the “taxpayer money” trope in U.S. political culture. In both his recent article for the UCLA Criminal Law Review and a 2017 piece (coauthored with Jesse Myerson) for Splinter, Raúl persuasively shows that the myth of “taxpayer money” is not only incorrect in operational terms, but also a significant threat to marginalized communities and a major rhetorical obstacle for progressive politics. Raúl Carrillo is an attorney, chair of the board of the Modern Money Network, Research Fellow with the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, and member of the advisory board at Our Money. You can read his article for the UCLA Criminal Law Review here: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7rp8g89c. See his article on “The Dangerous Myth of Taxpayer Money” here: https://splinternews.com/the-dangerous-myth-of-taxpayer-money-1819658902. Theme music by Hillbilly Motobike.Visit our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/MoLsuperstructure
"Jesse Myerson is back to discuss organizing under Biden, and John and MJ discuss the Israeli violence towards Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Temple Mount. photo courtesy of Godot13 via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:30 - There’s people on this show! 02:49 - Jesse Myerson on Biden and infrastructure 33:52 - John on Israeli violence towards Palestinians on Ramadan 56:58 - Credits, “Reconstellated” by Karima Walker 58:14 - Finish "
On today's show: Director of K-12 policy for the Center for American Progress Dr. Khalilah Harris and author and organizer Jesse Myerson. Hosted by Kim Brown.If you have questions/comments/suggestions for the show email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com
On today's show: Director of K-12 policy for the Center for American Progress Dr. Khalilah Harris and author and organizer Jesse Myerson. Hosted by Kim Brown. If you have questions/comments/suggestions for the show email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com
On today's show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery, Chinatown Collective founding member Leandro Lagera, and writer and organizer Jesse Myerson. Hosted by Kim Brown
On today's show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery, Chinatown Collective founding member Leandro Lagera, and writer and organizer Jesse Myerson. Hosted by Kim Brown
Jesse Myerson joins us to talk about rent strikes, and Hannah Cohen on the mental health crisis facing health care workers. Credited to the International Film Service, published by the New York Times via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:28 - Coup bros 10:34 - Jesse Myerson on rent strikes and MMT 34:49 - Hannah Cohen on the mental health crisis facing healthcare workers 58:08 - “Without You” by A is for Arrows / Credits 59:38 - Finish
The series continues by considering how to pay for the social contract, in particular through taxation. We hear from Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots and current President of Citizens for Self-Governance; Raúl Carrillo and Danny Sufranski, leaders of the Modern Money Network; and Michele Oberholtzer, a housing advocate in Detroit and candidate for State Representative of Michigan’s 4th District.For additional information on the issues we briefly examine, we recommend the following resources:Shamus Khan, The Rich Haven’t Always Hated Taxes, TIME (Sept. 18, 2012), http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/18/the-rich-havent-always-hated-taxes/.Mark Meckler, The Health Care Fiasco Should Make Americans Sober to This Reality, Breitbart (Mar. 28, 2017), http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/28/meckler-health-care-fiasco-make-americans-sober-reality/.Convention of States, https://conventionofstates.com/ (last visited May 22, 2018).Raúl Carrillo & Jesse Myerson, The Dangerous Myth of Taxpayer Money, Splinter (Oct. 19, 2017), https://splinternews.com/the-dangerous-myth-of-taxpayer-money-1819658902.Michele Oberholtzer, Myth-busting the Detroit foreclosure crisis, Detroit Metro Times (Sept. 13, 2017), https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/myth-busting-the-detroit-tax-foreclosure-crisis/Content?oid=5552983.This episode was produced by Mareva Lindo.Thanks to Doctor Turtle for the music:"Lullaby for Democracy" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/The_Double-Down_Two-Step/lullaby_for_democracy)"Go Tell It On the Molehill" (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Doctor_Turtle/Flush_Your_Rolex_1416/go_tell_it_on_the_molehill_2)
4 December 2017 - Though Will is still on vacation, I am joined by two of our associates. Basically, we came at the subject of framing from many different directions throughout the show. I start with a fairly deep dive into dynamic scoring. I know––you can't wait, right?!? While scoring methodology is one of those suuuuuppppper dry subjects, dynamic scoring in important because of the framing space it supposedly grants to Republicans and because this frame is so good at getting us to take our eyes off the carrot. Paying attention to what actually matters in this reality means that we MUST STOP talking about deficits and stay focused on our values, on the real economy and on the welfare and happiness of our people - and by that I mean #AllOfUs. Hopping Mad Associate, Alexis Dent, is up next. For those of you who are regular listeners, you will notice that Joel has changed his name to Alexis and he begins his block by briefly telling us about that before talking about the current conversation which is everywhere these days, sexual harassment. Alexis is not sharing or commenting upon the latest stories or scandals, rather he is talking about what he believes to be a shift in some of the long-standing victim-blaming agendas and his concern about the inevitable backlash. He also takes a few minutes to address the fact that not all victims are women and while this is a time for women to have their say, all of those who have been the victims of predators are to be believed, supported and empowered. HM Associate David Paquette is back with us again to keep diving into health insurance related issues. This time he uses an excellent framing, likening health insurance to the fire department. I did not know anything about the insurance industry efficiency scoring of fire departments but Dave explains it well and appropriately. He moves from there to a discussion of the use of emergency rooms as primary insurance of last resort and how The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) came into being. Another fascinating story I did not know. Dave ties all of this back to the Donor's Relief Bill, currently known as the Republican Tax Plan, in a very timely way. In Extra Mad I close out the show with a terrific article, from SplinterNews.com, by Raúl Carrillo (@RaulACarrillo), of New Economy Project, and Jesse Myerson, of Hoosier Action, The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money'. This is an outstanding article about framing and how we talk about public money from the point of view of two experienced and accomplished activists. I recommend that you read it and share it WIDE. Will is back next week! Carrots! - Arliss
On this week's episode, a question of how we can use direct action to create and sustain long-range, inclusive and effective movements with guests L.A. Kauffman and Jesse Myerson and later in the show Looking for leadership towards a just transition? Community building tactics for survival resilience and peace? Don't look up, Look Down for expertise, say two organizers and they're upbeat! Esteban Kelly of the US Federation of Worker Owned Coops and Elizabeth Yampierre from UPROSE. Check out the Laura Flanders TV Show for the full interview with L.A. Kauffman and Jesse Myerson and a featured video on the 2017 Climate March. Stay tuned throughout the month of May for more from Esteban Kelly and Elizabeth Yampierre during our membership drive kicking off May Day 2017.
Jesse Myerson is a writer and activist whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Dissent, The Baffler, and many of other publications. We talk a lot about the contemporary left, Occupy Wall Street, the Bernie Sanders campaign, what to do with the awful Democratic Party, and much more.
I make guest co-host Jesse Myerson very uncomfortable through my analysis of the film Get Out. Then guest Matt Bruenig talks about why liberals are like conservatives but without the coherence. Also, check out our bonus ep with Nando Vila in which we talk about the #BernieAllIn Town Hall with coal miners in Kentucky & #MaddowGate https://www.patreon.com/posts/8465126
Guest host Jesse Myerson and I talk to Becky Bond about concrete ways to organize against Trump, what big organizing means and why the Revolution will be neither staffed nor exploitative. We also go over the role of podcast hosts and whether I can some how subsidize good organizations fighting against Trump by fighting with shills on Twitter. And then we talk about the #DNCchair race and how it reveals the utter stupidity of some establishment dems (my words not Becky's). We have great bonus content coming up tomorrow, which consists of my reading the best and worst tweets of the week, thoughts on Sally Albright and Jen Palmieri and a bonus interview with Sarah Jaffe. But we have a freebie bonus at the end of the episode in which Sarah shares her thoughts on the #DNCchair race.
Plus, some updates about the Trump Transition. The “Drain the Swamp” farce continues, as Trump touts an elitist Christian fundamentalist as Education Secretary.Then, a conversation with activist and journalist Jesse Myerson. We discuss left-wing strategy, over the next few years. Finally, the two Sams share some of the things they're thankful for, to help you prepare for Thanksgiving. Gobble Gobble!
Plus, some updates about the Trump Transition. The “Drain the Swamp” farce continues, as Trump touts an elitist Christian fundamentalist as Education Secretary.Then, a conversation with activist and journalist Jesse Myerson. We discuss left-wing strategy, over the next few years. Finally, the two Sams share some of the things they're thankful for, to help you prepare for Thanksgiving. Gobble Gobble!
There is no joy in Bernie-ville, the mighty Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton. The two Sams break down the maneuvering that went into Tuesday’s unity rally for Democrats, and talk with writer and activist Jesse Myerson about where the Sanders revolution goes from here. Also, a new report from Congressional Republicans suggests that former Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about why the DOJ didn’t prosecute a notorious mega-bank. It’s yet another story of elites getting off easy for their crimes.And finally, Senators are still beefing with the State Department over the release of the annual Trafficking in Persons report. We break down the latest on the situation in Malaysia.
There is no joy in Bernie-ville, the mighty Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton. The two Sams break down the maneuvering that went into Tuesday’s unity rally for Democrats, and talk with writer and activist Jesse Myerson about where the Sanders revolution goes from here. Also, a new report from Congressional Republicans suggests that former Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about why the DOJ didn’t prosecute a notorious mega-bank. It’s yet another story of elites getting off easy for their crimes.And finally, Senators are still beefing with the State Department over the release of the annual Trafficking in Persons report. We break down the latest on the situation in Malaysia.
We're back after a one month hiatus! On this week’s episode, we talked with activist and journalist Jesse Myerson about his recent exchange with the Forward’s JJ Goldberg, and the Jewish media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders. We took a new approach to describing the Shkoyach segment, Sam talked about a Chassidic gang in Borough Park, and David awarded his Shkoyach to a Montreal synagogue distancing themselves from an illegal kosher wine ring. For the interview, we were joined by Michelle Weiser from the new group If Not Now to talk about their origins, their Liberation Seder actions, and their strategy of confronting the institutional Jewish community. Finally, the deadline to submit to the new issue of Jenna Brager's Doykeit Zine is rapidly approaching - we spoke with her briefly for this week's recommendation. Show notes: https://www.treyfpodcast.com/2016/05/12/chassidic-gangs/
Jesse Myerson is a writer and activist from New York. He Tweets @JAMyerson and co-hosts Disorderly Conduct: http://tarbellnyc.com/discon His articles can be found here: http://www.salon.com/writer/jesse_myerson/ And here: http://www.rollingstone.com/contributor/jesse-myerson
Alexis Goldstein and Jesse Myerson host “Disorderly Conduct,” a podcast dedicated to making economic and financial news accessible. Gar Alperovitz spoke with Myerson for the program’s April 29 edition about the features of an alternative to capitalism: the Pluralist Commonwealth. Listen now: Download this segment [Subscribe on iTunes * Podcast link]