Empire's Mask Off in the Oval Office, Welcome to the Tariff-dome, and More

WMU SJP and AAUP respond the university administration's neutrality policy.

 

Me and Lawrence talk about geopolitics as reduced to crude gangsterism- what is different and what remains the same when US empire is administered by dull-witted goons via the Zelenskyy meeting.

 

The leopards are eating everyone's faces- and we talk about how DOGE cuts are immiserating Trump's electoral base along with everyone else and how the hysteria around "woke" and "DEI" is a long played tactic of the ruling class to smuggle austerity with bigotry.

 

Wayne State grad students are organizing, and we look at an article from the WSWS on Trump's North American tariffs, which went into effect Tuesday.

 

1:30- 5:00 WMU SJP & AAUP Respond to WMU Admin's Neutrality Policy

 

7:15- 27:10 Taking the Mask off of Empire- Oval Office Goons & Zelenskyy

 

27:45- 38:30 Reactionary Boomerang- DOGE Cuts Come For MAGA

 

39:20- 46:00 Hope Woods Seniors Unite and How Local Media Can Work For the Community

 

46:00- 50:25 Wayne State Grad Students Bargaining for New Contract

 

51:20- 58:45 Welcome the Tariff-dome, Trade Wars w/ Canada and Mexico Begin

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

Neutrality in the Face of Evil: An Open Letter to Western Michigan University’s Leaders
https://thewmuaaup.com/2025/02/13/neutrality-in-the-face-of-evil-an-open-letter-to-western-michigan-universitys-leaders/

 

BOOK CLUB#2: The War in Ukraine with Randy LaPrarie
https://mediacyphers.podbean.com/e/book-club2-the-war-in-ukraine-with-randy-laprairie/

 

Trump cuts hit Forest Service in Michigan; critics fear ‘catastrophic’ loss
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/trump-cuts-hit-forest-service-michigan-critics-fear-catastrophic-loss

 

Great Lakes scientists among latest round of Trump cuts in Michigan
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/great-lakes-scientists-among-latest-round-trump-cuts-michigan

 

Dozens fired from Michigan veteran care facilities as Trump cuts continue
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/dozens-fired-michigan-veteran-care-facilities-trump-cuts-continue

 

Hope Woods Apartments owner given deadline to turn over management
https://wwmt.com/news/local/hope-woods-apartments-eviction-deadline-management-oshtemo-township-seniors-lease-mshda

 

Wayne State University Graduate Employee Union Starts Bargaining for a New Contract
https://www.leftvoice.org/wayne-state-university-graduate-employee-union-starts-bargaining-for-a-new-contract

 

Trump’s 25 percent tariffs against Canada and Mexico to take effect Tuesday
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/04/ayvp-m04.html

 

Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
https://thedigradio.com/podcast/woke-wars-w-olufemi-taiwo-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-mike-mccarthy/