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Media Cyphers is a weekly radio show out of Kalamazoo, MI where we discuss local issues, analyze and critique local and national media, cover important organizing in the SW Michigan region, and call out the establishment on its B.S. Listen to us live every Tuesday from 12PM-2PM on 89.1 WIDR or online at widrfm.org.
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Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
A few weeks ago, the Kalamazoo City Commission reduced the penalty for public urination and defecation from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. This effectively means that people caught doing their business in public won't be hit with criminal records. While initially a rather benign change to city code, some business owners downtown took issue with less punitive laws regarding bodily functions and tied it to their interactions with the homeless population. Commissioners responded by pointing out that helping people avoid criminal records is helpful for everyone and provides more equity in the community.
Like sharks to blood (or, in this case, dung beetles to dung), the right-wing corporate media erupted with coverage of our little town's minor legal changes- countless articles on the web that (not so subtly) used the instance to deride and ridicule the concept of "equity" itself and punch down on the homeless. Tucker Carlson himself spent time on his show to discuss it and literally called for a "sh*t hit" on City Commissioner Chris Praedel's front lawn.
We deep dive on how this procedural change got turned into a national media circus, and the motives and money behind the coverage.
Radiant Church breaks their silence with the local press after their local businesses were vandalized, and in national news we talk about Chick-Fil-A's insulting offer to the working class and several updates about what nonsense is happening in congress.
0:00- 30:00 The Sh*t Hits the Fan- The Class Politics & Propaganda Around Kzoo Decriminalizing
30:30- 43:00 Radiant Church Speaks to the Press
43:30- 47:40 Chick-fil-A Tries to Pay Workers in Chicken
47:50- 56:55 Republicans Vote AGAINST Bills for Human Trafficking Victims & Vets
57:00- 1:05:40 Congressional Hearing w/ Gun Manufacturers
Interview w/ Casey Grooten on Radiant Church
https://mediacyphers.podbean.com/e/ep-16-interview-w-casey-grooten-on-radiant-church-s-space-downtown-and-their-anti-lgbtq-bigotry/
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