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A casual material history of the United States from Bill, Rachel, and guests. Recorded twice weekly in Newton, Massachusetts.

July 12, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 188

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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

Some links on US media consolidation

– 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)

Some links on on-call scheduling reform

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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July 5, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 187

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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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June 28, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 186

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Bill interviews returning guest Emily Robinson (@see_em_play), a Socialist organizer in Scottish Labour from the US, about the June 2017 UK election results and aftermath. Produced: June 25th, 2017.

Episode 186 (53 min):
AFD 186

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June 21, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 185 (Public Eldercare)

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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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June 14, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 184

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Topics: The complexity of the U.S. housing crisis and its solutions (construction, land trusts, public housing corporations, Georgism and more). This is hard to cover when everyone uses the same heated rhetoric on all sides. People: Bill, Rachel, and Jonathan Produced: June 14th, 2017.

Episode 184 (55 min):
AFD 184

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Selected reading materials

– Georgism (Wikipedia)
– YIMBY Darlings of the Real Estate Industry
– The Nation: Socialize American Housing
– Public housing authorities/affordable housing corporations in Austin TX
– Community Land Trusts: Building Livable Boston (PDF auto-download)
– Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
– Washington Monthly: The Decline of Black Business

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June 7, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 183

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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):
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Selected reading materials on the humanitarian crises

– 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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May 31, 2017 – Arsenal For Democracy Ep. 182

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Topics: The upcoming UK election and the Labour Party campaign manifesto, as well as recent developments in Central African Republic. People: Bill and Nate Produced: May 29th, 2017.

Episode 182 (51 min):
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