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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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Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
We begin our show with a recent call to "boycott Water Street coffee" after allegations of overworked employees, low pay, and distressing working conditions.
We look at an article from the Kalamazoo Gazette detailing abuse at a Calhoun County ICE facility.
Lawrence joins us and we talk about the legacy of the Flint water crisis. While we may be more aware than we were a decade ago the systemic environmental racism and proliferation of "sacrifice zones" continues.
We look at protestors speaking truth to the western media at the White House Correspondents dinner and some stories detailing the brutality of the IDF against the people of Gaza.
We talk about the police murder of a black man at an Ohio bar and close by discussing the Gaza solidarity encampments spreading across the country- including right here at WMU.
2:30- 16:20 Water Street Blues- Workers Allege Poor Conditions, Low Pay at Local Coffee Joint
17:30- 26:30 Abuse Alleged at Calhoun County ICE Facility
30:30- 34:30 10 Years After Flint
34:40- 44:50 Resistance at the White House Correspondents Dinner
45:00- 1:15:00 Gaza, IDF Brutality, and the ICC
1:16:00- 1:28:40 Police Murder at an Ohio Bar
1:32:40- 1:51:40 Student Gaza Solidarity Encampments
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Can we talk about Waterstreet Coffee Joint?
https://www.reddit.com/r/kzoo/comments/1cb6pyu/can_we_talk_about_waterstreet_coffee_joint/
Michigan Residents Calling For a Boycott of This Popular Coffee Shop
https://wrkr.com/water-street-coffee-boycott
‘Troubling reports’ of abuse at Michigan ICE facility prompt call for investigation
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/04/troubling-reports-of-abuse-at-michigan-ice-facility-prompt-call-for-investigation.html
The United States’ Role in Colombia’s Forever War
https://progressive.org/latest/united-states-role-colombia-forever-war-brennan-211004/
Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/29/headlines/police_arrest_275_campus_protesters_as_student_uprising_for_gaza_shows_no_sign_of_slowing_down
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