Topics: The Boston counter-demonstration to the far right after Charlottesville, Trump’s antagonism, the race relations challenge in present-day Boston, and the Confederate monuments debate. People: Bill and Nate. Produced: Aug 21st, 2017.
Episode 193 (55 min):
AFD 193
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The beginner’s guide to a pragmatic government purchase of the US oil and gas industry to wind down fossil fuel production rapidly in the global public interest.
People: Bill and Nate Produced: Aug 13th, 2017.
Episode 192 (51 min):
AFD 192
You can find a complete list of our reference materials here.
You might also want to listen to Ep. 178, on climate austerity in a state of emergency, which originally aired in April 2017.
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Topics: Rep. Barbara Lee’s AUMF repeal effort; Political influence of private utilities and FDR’s speech on that. People: Bill and Nate. Produced: July 31st, 2017.
Episode 190 (55 min):
AFD 190
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Topics: News media consolidation in the US (including University of Delaware research); legal protections for retail workers on part-time on-call/zero-hour contracts. People: Bill, Rachel, and Nate Produced: July 10th, 2017.
Episode 188 (47 min):
AFD 188
– NY Magazine on the Sinclair deal
– Research by Danilo Yanich for UD/CWA on Local TV Service Agreements, Duopolies, Mega-Mergers: (download the full paper, which is very readable)
Oregon: Oregon Passes Pioneering Worker-Rights Bill
NY: A.G. Schneiderman and Eight Other State Attorneys General Probe Retailers Over Use of On-Call Shifts
– Forbes: Is On-Call Scheduling In Retail Coming To An End?
– CNBC On-call scheduling debate: Where retailers stand
– National Jobs With Justice: Why It’s Time for Just Hours and Stable Schedules
– San Francisco JWJ: Full-Time Hours Offer, Predictable Scheduling, Minimum On-Call Pay
– Dissent magazine: “The New Working Class”
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Bill and Nate discuss the 1953 US-British coup in Iran following the June 2017 release of CIA and State Department documents about it. Produced: July 3rd, 2017.
Episode 187 (49 min):
AFD 187
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Big Idea for Reforming American Governance: The mounting crisis in U.S. long-term eldercare and our proposal for a universal public eldercare provider system funded by estate/inheritance taxes on the wealthy. People: Bill, Rachel, and Nate Produced: June 21st, 2017.
Episode 185 (52 min):
AFD 185
Selected reading materials and notes (PDF).
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Topics: Hunger crises in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria; Trump’s move to privatize air traffic control. People: Bill and Nate Produced: June 5th, 2017.
Episode 183 (50 min):
AFD 183
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– Washington Post: UN aid chief in Yemen warns of cholera rise without more aid
– Washington Post: UN: 3,000 to 5,000 suspected new Yemen cholera cases daily
– Washington Post: UN food agency warns South Sudan conflict is fueling famine
– Washington Post: The untold story of how Africa’s poor are rescuing people from famine
– Washington Post: UN food agency warns South Sudan conflict is fueling famine
– Washington Post: Somalis are fleeing famine — only to find death in a place of refuge
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