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Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast The labor organizer who led workers at the Staten Island Amazon warehouse to the first labor victory in the US against Amazon Christian Smalls returns to Bad Faith to discuss 2024 and labor's role in manufacturing consent for corporate candidates. The Amazon Labor Union co-founder weighs in on the claim that Biden-Harris has been the most "pro-union" administration of our lifetimes and whether Biden's relatively worker-friendly NLRB is sufficient reason to vote blue despite the Democrats' ongoing support for Israel's genocide in Gaza. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Broadcast on January 19, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith ATU 689 President Raymond Jackson gives us an update on the Loudoun County transit strike against Keolis; American Prospect Editor At Large Harold Meyerson explains The Holman Rule, which would empower Congress to fire, demote, reassign, or cut the pay of individual federal employees. Plus labor news headlines: Union membership grew by a quarter of a million workers in 2022; How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low; The Richest 1% of People Amassed Almost Two-Thirds of New Wealth Created in the Last Two Years, Oxfam Says; OSHA to fine Amazon after discovering warehouse workers have been exposed to unsafe working conditions; NLRB rules in favor of union victory at Staten Island Amazon warehouse, which may help move contract negotiations along. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @ATUComm @ATULocal689 @TheProspect @HaroldMeyerson

Amazon Labor Union scored a big victory for the labor movement last month when organized workers overwhelmingly won an NLRB election at a Staten Island Amazon facility. Yet most of Amazon and the private sector in general remains unorganized. Despite a valiant effort, ALU's next attempt at a different Amazon facility failed. What is to be done? Brian, a former Amazon worker and member of DSA Labor's logistics committee, joins us to discuss organizing at Amazon and the state of the labor movement.

In a word trading on Wall Street this week was…Turbulent. It's the business news headlines for Friday the 6th day of May, thanks for being with us everybody. And, a reminder, we're back on Sunday at Noon Central with the Business Week in Review and only on News/Talk 1540 KXEL...just in case you've missed some stuff. Here's what we've got for you today: Yes, it was...turbulent as the markets went south; Even in the tight job market a wave of layoffs; It was a great jobs report and we'll share the numbers; Boeing is moving and you won't guess to where; Vegans rejoice more places changing menus; A second Staten Island Amazon facility had a union vote; The Wall Street Report; A trend: New hires ghosting their employers on the first day. Thanks for coming by! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

France re-elects Emmanuel Macron, 58.5% to 41.5%, beating the far right candidate. The US increased its aid to Ukraine, with leaders meeting with Zelenskyy. Locally, Staten Island Amazon workers start voting today on whether to unionize. And over in our Good News Corner, we meet with Paul Sladkus, from Good News Planet/ Good News Broadcast about his work in putting together some great local events/benefits.

This is the full 4-17-2022 episode of the Labor Express Radio program. On the latest episode of Labor Express Radio, a historic union election victory at Staten Island Amazon warehouse and union election victory at Soho REI store in NYC! Are we in a period of possible labor movement resurgence? #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. News for working people, by working people. Labor Express Radio airs every Sunday at 8:00 PM on WLPN in Chicago, 105.5 FM. For more information, see our Facebook page... laborexpress.org and our homepage on Archive.org at: http://www.archive.org/details/LaborExpressRadio Labor Express is a member of the Labor Radio / Podcast Network, Working People's Voices – Broadcasting Worldwide 24 Hours A Day. laborradionetwork.org #laborradionetwork #LaborRadioPod #1u #UnionStrong

This week on Bad Faith podcast, I spoke to Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant about the rash of Starbucks coffee locations unionizing around the country, why the Staten Island Amazon unionization effort was successful, the problem with some professional organizers, Chris Smalls' Tucker Carlson appearance, the difference between DSA and Socialist Alternative, how and why Kshama stays accountable to Socialist Alternative (and how the left could keep the Squad accountable), whether the Congressional Progressive Caucus's endorsement of Shontel Brown was the final straw for leftists hoping to change the Democratic party from with in, Socialist Alternative's position on Russia/Ukraine, and more. Let's discuss. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast   This week, Briahna spoke to Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant about the rash of Starbucks coffee locations unionizing around the country, why the Staten Island Amazon unionization effort was successful, the problem with some professional organizers, Chris Smalls' Tucker Carlson appearance, the difference between DSA and Socialist Alternative, how and why Kshama stays accountable to Socialist Alternative (and how the left could keep the squad accountable), whether the Congressional Progressive Caucus's endorsement of Shontel Brown was the final straw for leftists hoping to change the Democratic party from with in, Socialist Alternative's position on Russia/Ukraine, and more. It's a rich, deeply reflective conversation, and you're going to want to listen through to the end. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Amazon labor organizer Christian Smalls joined Bad Faith podcast to discuss the Staten Island Amazon unionization victory, recent controversy over his Tucker Carlson appearance, the online dust-up with AOC, why Staten Island was successful when Bessemer, AL wasn't, the problem with "professional" organizers, and more. Let's discuss. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Amazon labor organizer Christian Smalls joins the podcast to discuss the Staten Island Amazon unionization victory, recent controversy over his Tucker Carlson appearance, the online dust-up with AOC, why Staten Island was successful when Bessemer, AL wasn't, the problem with "professional" organizers, and more. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod)and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Maria and Julio are joined by Ai-jen Poo, co-founder and executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Pablo Alvarado, co-executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, to discuss labor organizing for workers. They get into the pandemic's impact on informal economies, on-the-ground movements to protect low-wage workers, and what meaningful labor reforms would look like. ITT Staff Picks: Due to the caregiving crisis, Juanita Sharpe writes about having to choose between her career and caring for her aging mother in this column for Fortune. For The American Prospect, Jon Hiatt lays out how organizations like the AFL-CIO can transform the Staten Island Amazon worker's union success into a broader movement. On worker dissatisfaction, Timothy Noah writes for The New Republic that “nothing much will be done to relieve this misery until unions become powerful enough to reshape the industries in which they reside.” Photo credit: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

Join us as a business owner, a transportation logistics professional, a political science professor, & a tech expert sit down for a chat. Together they discuss the recent Staten Island Amazon fulfillment center's vote to unionize and the potential pros and cons the ripple effect could cause across the supply chain. Will more Amazon hubs follow Staten Island's lead? Will a wave of unionization efforts help usher in a new age of automation in the workplace? Take a listen as these four mull over the possibilities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joz-bytes/support

It’s April 11th, 2022 and this is the Watson Weekly - Your Essential eCommerce Digest! Today on the show: Cross-border Marketplace Farfetch Invests in Neiman Marcus Group Raj Subramaniam is Promoted to President and CEO of FedEx Macy’s, Inc. Expands Supply Chain Operations with New Fulfillment Center In North Carolina Amazon Workers in Staten Island Voted to Unionize And the Investor Minute which contains five items this week from the world of venture capital, acquisitions, and IPOs. For more news from Rick, check out: https://www.rmwcommerce.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwatsonecommerce/

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about Elon Musk taking a board seat on Twitter, a Staten Island Amazon warehouse's successful unionization, and whether individuals sending money to Ukraine is helpful.   In the Plus segment: Felix is bad at hotdesking.  Mentioned In the Show:  “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace” by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld “Worker-to-Worker Organizing May Finally Have Its Moment” by Steven Greenhouse “Jamie Dimon to Work-From-Homers: You Win” by Holden Walter-Warner “Amazon Workers' Union Victory is Turbocharging a New Labor Movement” by Emily Peck “How Governments Are Multiplying Aid to Ukraine” by Felix Salmon Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon and Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers talk about Elon Musk taking a board seat on Twitter, a Staten Island Amazon warehouse's successful unionization, and whether individuals sending money to Ukraine is helpful.   In the Plus segment: Felix is bad at hotdesking.  Mentioned In the Show:  “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace” by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld “Worker-to-Worker Organizing May Finally Have Its Moment” by Steven Greenhouse “Jamie Dimon to Work-From-Homers: You Win” by Holden Walter-Warner “Amazon Workers' Union Victory is Turbocharging a New Labor Movement” by Emily Peck “How Governments Are Multiplying Aid to Ukraine” by Felix Salmon Email: slatemoney@slate.com Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmin, Reese and Emily discuss Amazon workers voting to unionize on Staten Island, the five fetuses found in the home of a radical anti-abortion activist, Pope Francis apologizing for the Catholic Church's role in abusing indigenous children in Canada, and how methane is being used to make a plastic alternative.

Marianne talks to Real News Network editor-in-chief Max Alvarez in the wake of the historic vote to unionize a Staten Island Amazon warehouse. The two discuss the lead up to the vote, why it was successful as well as the history of labor in the United States. Read, listen to and watch Max Alvarez's work: https://therealnews.com   Follow Max on Twitter: @maximillian_alv Max's book "The Work of Living" will be released by OR books this June   

Destanni Henderson, Alyiah Boston, Dawn Staley, and the University of South Carolina women's basketball team handle Paige Bueckers and the University of Connecticut to take home the national championship. On the men's side, Jonah and Matthew feel different feels for departing Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Will MLB choke on the excess of its capitalist vomit, i.e. can Steve Cohen's spending overcome baseball's cheap, closed-market owners? All that, NBA playoff talk, and a shout-out the Staten Island Amazon workers who voted to form a union. Follow the Jacobin Sports Show on Twitter: @JacobinSports Email us: jacobinsports@gmail.com

Emma hosts Ken Klippenstein, investigative reporter at The Intercept, to discuss his recent piece "LEAKED: NEW AMAZON WORKER CHAT APP WOULD BAN WORDS LIKE “UNION,” “RESTROOMS,” “PAY RAISE,” AND “PLANTATION”.  Ken and Emma begin by summarizing the incredible culmination of the Staten Island Amazon unionization effort, beginning back in April 2020 with a walkout for MINIMAL safety protocols in the middle of a pandemic, resulting in the firing of Christian Smalls, only for the fight to completely turn on its head as employees found inspiration and a drive to solidarity with Christian and his other co-workers turning their attention to the creation of a new, independent union for Amazon laborers, combatting wildly offensive and dismissive attempts at union-busting by the company, leading up to last weeks astounding success. After briefly touching on the incredible response to the successful union vote, looking at it as one of the biggest labor victories in half a century, Ken dives into a few of the other investigations he has held into Amazon's poor safety regulation. They then get to the real reveal that Klippenstein discovered, as they dive into Amazon's leaked internal messaging server and its exhaustive list of banned words ranging from the obvious (racial epithets, slurs) to the obviously exploitative (union, fire, accessibility, freedom, slave labor, living wage, identity, FREEDOM). Ken walks through both the original senior meetings that saw internal social media as a solution to their inability to keep employees, and the revelation that was realizing such a platform would also have to guard against the “dark side” of social media (worker solidarity). They wrap up the interview with a little compare and contrast between Amazon's internal messaging and their external social media policy which is actual humans cranking out dissociatively positive tweets in support of management. Emma also dives into Howard Schultz's return to the podium of Starbucks Town Halls as he dangles shiny tokens of the non-fungible variety in the eyes of his “partners” to distract from the incredible wave of unionization efforts occurring in his coffee shops throughout the country, before touching on the information coming in about Russian war crimes, what their retreat from Kyiv might mean, and insights into the UN's new IPCC report. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Nomiki Konst as they show off their Elizabeth Holmes impressions, Justin from Georgia calls in to discuss the Amazon unionization victory, and how and WHY different media members tried to tie in AOC to the conversation. JD Vance discusses the bad hombres coming over the border, but just means the Sacklers, as Emma and Nomiki reflect on the absurdity of the liberal Hillbilly Elegy phase. Sarah Palin and Jesse Watters fantasize about AOC in a piece on the left just “pounding and pounding” ideas of sex and gender deeper and deeper into our heads, and Kenny from Berkeley discusses changing the conversation on electoralism. Evan from NJ talks about representations of Biden's weaknesses, Prager U says “let us into your kids' bed(times)” Kowalski talks about the YouTube channel “Knowing Better,” plus, your calls and IMs! 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Sam and Emma host John M. Schuessler, Associate Professor of Government and Public Service at Texas A & M University, to discuss his book Deceit On The Road To War: Presidents, Politics, and American Democracy, and how the blueprint to manufactured consent for US intervention developed over the last century. Professor Schuessler begins by situating his work coming out of graduate research on FDR and the leadup to WW2 in the early aughts, right as the debate around the Iraq war was peaking, and the inspiration he found in the parallels between how President Roosevelt and President Bush saw a window to get into war, and took it. Jumping back to 1941, Sam, Emma, and John look to FDR's perspective as the Second World War escalated, understanding that if the Nazis took control over the USSR or Europe our time at the top of the global stage would be over, while having to balance that with an anti-interventionist public that wanted no more than economic and military aid to the allies. They distill his plan into the sphere of the Atlantic, where FDR hoped to isolate any action, and the Pacific, where he wanted to avoid any military engagement. However, unable to find any excuses in the Atlantic to garner support for action against Germany, FDR's policy began to shift as he used an oil embargo to push Japan over the brink, expecting light retaliation and instead getting the Pearl Harbor attacks. Next, they walk through the state of the foreign policy elite at the time, who, much like the leaders of the Military-Industrial Complex today, were concerned with the downfall of the Liberal order above all, with much more invested in America's role as a global superpower than they have to lose in going to war. Jumping forwards, they contrast this with the tools George W. Bush had at his disposal, between a fully developed relationship between government, business, and the military, an incredibly homogenized media industry, and an ethos of “the end of history” in the air, all serving to bolster his choice to ride complete misinformation into decades of disaster and bloodshed in the Middle East. They wrap up by shifting to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as they unpack Biden's maneuvers to avoid joining the warfare compared with the complete lack of subtlety on Putin's end, as leak after leak reveals false flag plans and other clamors for justification, before they unpack the relationship between deceptions for war and deceptions for peace, and the similarities that intelligence disclosure plays among the two. Sam and Emma also touch on the updates to KBJ's nomination to the Supreme Court, the House's weed bill, and CNBC's unintelligible squawking about the Staten Island Amazon union win. 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The biggest story that we're still talking about from last week: The Oscars. But we take on the moments that we loved, that are not getting the attention they deserve. As we record, another award show is happening in real-time and we give our take on The Grammys. We also give an update on Ukraine, the MORE Act, and KBJ, who looks to have at least some bipartisan support. Lastly, in your Good News Corner, a beloved national park ranger retires at the age of 100, and a Staten Island Amazon facility voted to unionize.

The 94th academy awards aired last week and all anybody could talk about was The Slap Heard Round the world. After a Chris Rock told a distasteful joke aimed at Jada Pinkette-Smith, Will Smith defended his wife's honor by slapping her name out Chris' mouth on live tv in front of the whole world! Who's right? Who's wrong? Was this even called for? Soooooo many questions to answer. Soooooo much to unpack. We know y'all prolly sick of it but so what, ITS OUR TURN! A former Yale admin stole $40 million over 8 years. No PPP involved so y'all know we gotta follow this money trail. As reported last week a teen was tragically killed on a roller coaster. This week a young lady posed on TV actin like his family. Weird times. Staten Island Amazon workers led by Christian Smalls and all his splendor have themselves a union. Free Covid testing is OVER, cancer chemicals in fast food packaging and much much more!

Russia is withdrawing from the areas around Kyiv, claiming it to be a show of good faith as peace talks continue. In Hungary's election Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces opposition from parties on the right and the left. And in a historic vote, Staten Island Amazon workers are unionizing.

Russian officials say Ukraine launched cross-border attack, unemployment rate falls in March but soaring inflation still erases all wage gains, and Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers unionize.

Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize; Biden's answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production; Late-stage software startups might be in the most valuation trouble

Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize; Biden's answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production; Late-stage software startups might be in the most valuation trouble

Local labor organizers are reacting to the news of Amazon's first union in the U.S. This follows the successful election of a union at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse.

Live coverage of the Staten Island union drive and more news

On this week's episode of The Indy News Hour: Co-host Amba Guerguerian went out to the United Metro Energy Corporation Tuesday morning, where all workers have been on strike for 9 months. Their billionaire boss, John Catsimatidis, pays them $10 the industry average for their dangerous work transporting oil. We hear the voices of the strikers and learn how to support them. Chris Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, the grassroots union formed by Staten Island Amazon workers in protest of the company's handling of COVID and other workplace violations, updates us on the fight to be recognized as an official union by the National Labor Relations Board. The around 6000 employees at largest of the four Staten Island Amazon warehouses, JFK8, will vote on whether or not to unionize this spring. Keron Alleyne, Candidate for Assembly District 60 in an upcoming special election for the district that covers East New York and Brownsville. Alleyne has been endorsed by District 60 Assemblymember Charles Barron and his wife, Inez Barron. If Alleyne wins the upcoming special election, he will have to then be reelected in this summer's primary to carry out a full term. He plans to protect his predominantly Black district from gentrification and keep community spaces vibrant. Indy Contributing Editor and Eric Adams voter Nicholas Powers, who in his latest article does a fascinating job of exploring the political and cultural sources of Adams' deep popularity in the Black community, what left activists have failed to understand about Adams and his supporters and how our new mayor has already begun to betray his working class supporters in favor of his wealthy backers.

Chris Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, the grassroots union formed by Staten Island Amazon workers in protest of the company's handling of COVID and other workplace violations, updates us on the fight to be recognized as an official union by the National Labor Relations Board. The around 6000 employees at largest of the four Staten Island Amazon warehouses, JFK8, will vote on whether or not to unionize this spring. On WBAI-99.5 FM, Indypendent News Hour Tuesdays 5-6 p.m.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers, and host of the podcast “It's a Smalls World,” to discuss the struggle of Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers to unionize their workplace and the National Labor Relations Board's granting of an election to the workers of the warehouse, how this fits into the broader movement to organize Amazon workers and the resurgent labor movement, and the propaganda campaign Amazon has deployed in schools.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Stephen Gowans, author of the forthcoming book “The Killer's Henchman: Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster” to discuss the truth about the current tensions between the US and NATO and Russia over Ukraine, the media's demonization of Russia as an aggressor rather than acknowledging NATO's historic role as a threat to the sovereignty of other nations, and the role of Canada in aiding the US in playing up this crisis.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Jemima Pierre, Haiti/Americas Coordinator for the Black Alliance for Peace to discuss Joe Biden's cruel record on immigration one year into his presidency, the continuation of cruel policies like Title 42 and the Remain in Mexico policy, the particular issues faced by Black migrants at the border and in Mexico, and the cruelty of the Biden administration deporting Haitians back to Haiti as it continues to destabilize the country and create conditions for danger.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Daryle Lamont Jenkins, Executive Director of One People's Project to discuss the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and the hollow promise of Joe Biden to name a Black woman to the court as he continues to fail to deliver on other campaign promises, the upholding of small businesses and exploiting other people as the paragon of success, and efforts by right-wing school board officials around the country to whitewash history and erase lessons of enslavement and genocide from school cirricula.

This week on Indy News we speak with Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls and VP Derrick Palmer to update us on the struggle to unionize Amazon workers. On Dec. 22, for the second time in three months, Staten Island Amazon workers hand-delivered signed cards to a National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn, petitioning that the board authorize a union vote. The refiling comes after six weeks of furious organizing by the Amazon Labor Union after withdrawing their first petition. This time, the union is targeting only the largest facility on Staten Island, JFK8.

This week on Indy News we speak with: —Sean Petty, a pediatric emergency room nurse at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. He is also an activist in the New York State Nurses Association, the union that represents 42,000 nurses in New York. In a March 18, 2020 interview with the Indypendent at the onset of the Covid pandemic in New York, Sean warned “I'm running out of words to describe how dangerous and scary all of this is.” With the Omicron variant sweeping across New York City and the country, he is alarmed once again. — Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls and VP Derrick Palmer to update us on the struggle to unionize Amazon workers. On Dec. 22, for the second time in three months, Staten Island Amazon workers hand-delivered signed cards to a National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn, petitioning that the board authorize a union vote. The refiling comes after six weeks of furious organizing by the Amazon Labor Union after withdrawing their first petition. This time, the union is targeting only the largest facility on Staten Island, JFK8. —Julia Thomas, author of “Rikers Island Transferees Now Held in Maximum Security Prison Where Drinking Water Tastes Like Sewage” from the recent Dec. issue of The Indypendent. Bedford hills, a maximum-security prison in Westchester is experiencing an influx of women and transgender and non-binary people — all held pre-trial — who are being transferred from Rikers Island. The controversial and inhumane transfers, which began in October, come after renewed calls to close Rikers and address the increasingly inhumane conditions on the penal colony.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss the injustice of the imprisonment of Steven Donziger and the protection of wealthy interests over people under capitalism, how the brutality and inhumanity of the courts and the police are integral to the maintenance of capitalism, and how the capitalist state exercises its power to threaten those that challenge it with political imprisonment.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, founder of The Congress Of Essential Workers, and host of the podcast “It's a Smalls World,” to discuss an impending union vote among the Staten Island Amazon warehouse workers, the gap between the conditions that workers experience and Jeff Bezos' obscene wealth, Amazon's efforts to repress the union drive, and this struggle's place in the broader context of striketober.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Adrienne Pine, retired Associate Professor of Anthropology at American University and co-editor of the upcoming book Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry to discuss upcoming elections in Honduras and the historical context of the 2009 coup driving conditions in the country, the influence of the narco-state and drug money on the election, the electoral repression and red-baiting tactics the ruling party is using against the opposition, and the US government's targeting of Honduras as a strategic military point for imperialism in Latin America. Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rachel Hu, co-host of the podcast It's Not You, It's Capitalism to discuss a recent uptick in school violence and how the instability in society caused by the capitalist system has contributed to violence, the community programs that have sprung up in response to this violence and how they demonstrate the true purpose of police and school resource officers, the documented rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and the Biden administration's misdirected efforts to counteract these hate crimes by providing more funding to the police, attempts to scapegoat Black people for the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and the need for solidarity, and Andrew Yang's ridiculous new political party.

This week, we're reading a slightly futuristic, slightly sci-fi screenplay about a robot maid learning to be human by Michael Sparks. Michael talked to us about juggling ALL the roles on a film set, his Blade Runner theories, and so much about anime that we're giving his schpiel a separate bonus episode, coming soon! Detours: The King of Staten Island (Amazon); Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix-- the series, not the live action film!); Spirited Away (HBO Max-- one of the many anime films mentioned by Michael in the full version of the interview) Contact Michael Sparks: harrisonsparksm@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c