Podcast appearances and mentions of jim keady

I sat down with Jim Keady to talk about the Middle East. He & I are polar opposites on who's to blame and what to do. And it is such an emotional issue. It was a tough, honest, respectful conversation. But necessary.

In this episode of Opposing Views, I was joined by Benjamin Powell and Jim Keady to discuss third-world sweatshops and working conditions in developing countries. We cover wages, hours, conditions, and employment opportunities. We then discuss the effect of international business, the impact of stable social systems, practical solutions to poverty, and much more. Benjamin Powell is a professor of economics and executive director of the Free Market Institute. His research focuses on economic development, migration, and political economy. He's the author of The Economics of Immigration and Out of Poverty. Jim Keady is an anti-sweatshop activist and human rights advocate who has been exposing Nike's treatment of overseas workers since the ‘90s. He speaks all around the country on the morality of sweatshops in today's industry. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to hit subscribe! -- Sponsors: -NordVPN. Go to https://nordvpn.com/tmpp or use the code “tmpp” for up to 70% off your NordVPN Plan + 1 additional month for free. -Paleovalley. Try delicious and healthy products at https://paleovalley.com and use code “MP” for 15% off your first order. -- Follow Jim @JWKeady https://twitter.com/jwkeady Documentary by Jim Keady https://youtu.be/M5uYCWVfuPQ Books by Benjamin Powell https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Powell/e/B00FARNH8U/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_2 ___________ Follow Me On ___________ All Platforms: https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/mikhailapete​rson Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis​​ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikhailapeterson Telegram channel: https://t.me/mikhailapeterson​​ ____________ Timestamps ____________ [00:00] Intro [03:33] Benjamin Powell & exact definition of a sweatshop [04:07] “A sweatshop is a factory, usually in a third world country, often engaged in apparel manufacture… with very low wages, poor working conditions, extremely long hours, [and] sometimes child labor" - Benjamin Powell [05:11] Any arguable benefits? [05:28] “Sweatshops are part of the process of economic development" - Benjamin Powell [06:22] “I don't say sweatshops are good or bad, they are simply a part of the process of economic development - Benjamin Powell [06:56] Who do sweatshops serve? [08:41] What activists seem to miss from the moral high ground [09:44] “When a worker chooses to work [there]… that's the least bad option on the table"- Benjamin Powell [10:24] Is having a legal minimum wage a reasonable solution? [11:48] “A  legally binding rate will increase the wage of some workers [but] leads to unemploying others" - Benjamin Powell [15:35] What is price elasticity in economics? [17:43] “A lot of the reasons for low productivity have nothing to do with the workers" - Benjamin Powell [18:54] What are Benjamin Powell's thoughts on boycotts? [21:31] “[Take Bono:] there's a difference in helping poor people and singing about them" - Benjamin Powell [22:08] “Sweatshops bring in some of the things that are the proximate for economic development" - Benjamin Powell [23:20] Once all the countries develop, will the price of goods rise enormously? [25:54] Why don't sweatshop workers unionize? [28:59] Are there suicide prevention nets outside of factories? [32:09] Are there any legislative actions that might help? [35:08] Why do children work? [35:54] “You make people better by giving them better alternatives, not taking away already [bad ones]" - Benjamin Powell [36:09] Would an influx of cheaper workers negatively impact wages and living of American workers? [39:23] What's the strongest valid critique of the economic view of sweatshops? [41:11] Wrapping up with Benjamin Powell [43:29] Jim Keady's background [45:26] “I became and still am the first and only athlete to say no to Nike because of sweatshops" - Jim Keady [49:35] What's Jim's response to the claim that these sweatshops are the best opportunities for those people? [49:46] “It's a lazy argument—one that lacks imagination" - Jim Keady [53:06] “I believe we need to challenge the existing reality from the fundamental premise" - Jim Keady [55:19] Practical solutions [01:00:53] Does it make more sense to start improving the lives of the poor through basic social institutions? [01:02:58] “Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, is a psychopath" - Jim Keady [01:10:44] Is it possible that Nike has become a unique example because of their size and influence in so many small countries?  [01:15:10] “Sweatshops are a gateway drug to questioning the system" - Jim Keady [01:15:22] When corporations rule the world [01:20:37] Is there money to be made from treating employees better? [01:23:15] Wrapping up [01:24:02] Extras:Keady calls Powell out, &c. #Wages #BenjaminPowell #JimKeady #Sweatshops #Nike #Unions

Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss the arrests of former and current members of the military who identify with the Boogaloo movement. The US reduces troops in Afghanistan as part Taliban peace deal. Jim Keady talks about the pandemic’s impact on main street businesses.

Heidi Sloan and Jim Keady speak with Ana on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak about the new Nike ad campaign centered on Colin Kaepernick. We look at this collision of politics and commerce by speaking to Jim Keady, onetime soccer coach at St. John’s who lost his job after standing up to Nike’s deal with the university.  We also have commentary from Etan Thomas with a counter-view of this deal and what it means for the movement as well as Colin Kaepernick personally. I also have my own ‘Choice Words’ about the Nike deal, ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to the WNBA and the Washington Mystics and a racist politician. All that and much more! Jim Keady Twitter: @JWKeady http://www.villanovan.com/news/jim-keady-speaks-out-against-nike/article_9e6f7512-e353-5b69-a10c-35747d476267.html Zirin, On Colin Kaepernick’s Nike Ad: Will the Revolution Be Branded? https://www.thenation.com/article/on-colin-kaepernicks-nike-ad-will-the-revolution-be-branded/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Nikes On My Feet - Mac Miller | Shit ‘Em Down Remix - Public Enemy & Pete Rock | Pacifics (New York is Red Hot) - Digable Planets | Get Throwed - Bun B | Tour Stories - Souls of Mischief | Cocktales - Too-Short | 24s - T.I. | I’ll be Around - Cee Lo Feat. Timbaland | Got To Have It - Method Man | The Wire Theme

Jim Keady, will join us to discuss his run for congress in New Jersey's 4th District, and why running on strong progressive values this the key to victory. Heather “Digby” Parton from Salon will be here to breakdown all the big news stories from this busy week.

Villanova University presents Jim Keady for the Oscar Romero Solidarity Lecture.

Villanova University presents Jim Keady for the Oscar Romero Solidarity Lecture.

You might have seen him on the news challenging Gov. Chris Christie on his Hurricane Sandy record. You might have seen Christie telling him to "sit down and shut up." But Jim Keady is not ready to sit down and shut up. He is a fighter who spent the past 15 years contributing to the global movement for social justice and human rights. He was fired as a soccer coach at St. John's University for refusing to take part in a $3.5 million deal to endorse Nike. He has challenged corporations and governments. Join us for this inspiring conversation to witness Jim Keady's journey of faith and activism. 

The story behind the swoosh is much bigger than that of just Nike and its corporate policy of treating it’s workers as slaves: it’s a story that speaks to the working conditions of many of the products that you and I use every day, from iPhones to Droids, from large screen TV’s to these new tablet computers Steve Jobs keeps whining about.  What is the morally correct thing to do when we learn the truth about the working conditions for the people who make all this stuff we carry and use?  I can’t answer that for you, that’s something you have to figure out for yourself. I’m not here to talk philosophy with you; remember: I am just a doofus.  But I think that the very least any of us can do is to LEARN about what’s going on in places like Indonesia: just so we can answer the question, as athletes, regarding this aspect of the running shoes you and I wear every day. Think about it: right now you and I select our shoes based on fit, style, functionality, weight, price and reputation….what if we were to add to that list of aspects the adherence to social justice of the manufactures?  If, as runners, we focused on just one company: Nike, the leader in sportswear and running paraphernalia, and just learn more about how our shoes are made: that we might consider the treatment of workers in our formula for what we should be purchasing? No one is asking you to ban Nike products, this isn’t about you and I: this is all about learning…and I urge you to consider going to Teamsweat.org just as soon as you get back from your run today, and click on the upcoming events link: please, I’m asking this as a friend, and see when Jim Keady is going to be in your area next; in fact: I’ll go further: if you attend a College or University, why not contact Educating for Justice at and see about getting someone from that organization to come to your school to talk about these issues. This is important stuff, and I’m not telling you this to make myself feel better about myself as a runner: I’m telling you this because I think it will make us better athletes, plain and simple. This is not about me, and it’s not about you: it’s about the good people in countries like Indonesia who just want a little of the life that you and I enjoy.  I’ll spare you the angry rant about Nike or my firm belief that they are most certainly evil: but I hope you’ll listen to what Jim Keady is saying here, and I very much hope you’ll make an effort to go see him; I’m going to list some of the places where he’ll be speaking in the near future; he’s getting ready to head back over to Indonesia, so it’s important that we learn from what he finds there, and that we think for ourselves, using the information we can learn from his findings and those findings of other independent activists. More than anything, I hope that in listening to this small portion of Jim’s lecture: behind the swoosh, you will get at least a little: angry. Show Links: Free Audible Book download: “Justice Will Roll Down” was by Sandra McCracken;

 "There is a discrimination in this world and slavery and slaughter and starvation. Governments repress their people; and millions are trapped in poverty while the nation grows rich; and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere. These are differing evils, but they are common works of man. They reflect the imperfection of human justice, the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of sensibility toward the sufferings of our fellows.  But we can perhaps remember - even if only for a tirne - that those who live with us are our brothers; that they share with us the same short moment of life; that they seek - as we do - nothing but the chance to live out their lives in purpose and happiness, winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.” - Senator Robert F. Kennedy Please listen to this special episode of Phedippidations, and ask your friends (runners and non-runners alike) to listen to this interview with Jim Keady from Team Sweat and Educating for Justice.  If you never listen to another of my podcast episodes again, I’ll ask you to at least listen to this one with an open heart and mind.  As a member of our Run Net Community, you have the power and responsibility to force Nike (and other companies who take advantage of the poor) to treat their workers with dignity and respect.  Help Jim Keady and become a member of Team Sweat: to direct and encourage Nike to “just do it” and pay fair wages to their workers.  Show Links:      Recommended Reading: – by David C Korten – by John Perkins – by Joseph E. Stiglitz – by Dan La Botz Let Nike CEO and President know how you feel about Nike Sweatshops. FOLLOW TEAM SWEAT: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Sweat/50908420352 PLEASE donate what you can to the 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt Team Sweat. There is an immediate and urgent need for $3K so that Team Sweat can promote presentations and grass roots organizations at College and High School Campuses, as well as in Indonesia. Contribute online or send a check paid to the order of “Educating for Justice”. Mail to: Educating for Justice106 Meadow Point LanePoint Pleasant, NJ 08742 The song “Sweat” was by Darren Geffre