Ep. 20: Nurses & Baristas Organize in Michigan, Biden Visits the Saudi Prince, Uvalde Tape, and More

We start our show by shouting out Kalamazoo Non-Violent Opponents of War who recently co-sponsored a Palestinian Culture Festival at Bronson Park over the weekend. We talk about the importance of these fun, family events in a backdrop where the news we hear from the nation, under apartheid from Israel, is often dire and distressing.

 

We spend some time talking about recent media fallout from a viral story down in Ohio where a 10 year old had to cross state lines to seek an abortion after being assaulted. We look at the stages of grief exhibited by right-wing media outlets- denial, anger, acceptance, and deflection. Not wanting to engage with the brutal reality of what outlawing abortion really means right wing media was quick to call it a lie- and when it became impossible to do so pivot and hyper-focus on the immigration status of the attacker.

 

In Michigan labor news, we look at nurses at the University of Michigan fighting for better working conditions and quality of care for their patients. Also, just to the eastward in Detroit, employees at Great Lakes Coffee Roasters are uniting under the "Comrades in Coffee" banner to fight for a union.

 

We briefly talk about Herschel Walker, senate candidate in Georgia, and his "unique" observations on how he thinks air pollution works- and a bit more broadly about what it says about the hardcore "anti-intellectual" strain in American right-wing politics.

 

Joe Biden goes to Saudi Arabia and MBS basically points out that the U.S. is "the pot calling the kettle black" when it comes to human rights abuses. And we finish our show by talking about the tape from Uvalde and just what police were (and were not) doing while the active shooter was murdering kids.

 

1:45- 9:50  K.N.O.W. Organizes Palestine Cultural Festival at Bronson Park

10:00- 30:00 Media Coverage & Politics of a 10 Year Old Needing an Abortion

31:00- 43:50 Nurses Organize For Better Working Conditions & Quality of Care at University of Michigan

44:35- 56:00  "Comrades in Coffee" Organizing Baristas in Detroit

56:00- 1:04:15  Herschel Walker's Goofy Ideas on Air Pollution

1:04:30- 1:27:10 Biden Goes to Saudi Arabia 

1:27:20- 1:46:20 Uvalde Video Leaks- The Sound of Cops Doing Nothing Has Not Been Removed