Ep.10: Interviews Live From KPS Protest, Ukraine Updates, Banking While Black, and the Lack of Transparency in Lansing

We start our show by interviewing organizers at last week's protest at the Kalamazoo Public School administration building. A wide range of local organizations sponsored an event highlighting many different issues in our public schools, from KPS bus drivers demanding a living wage, the racial discrimination present in schools, to ensuring KPS follows the science of COVID safety and not the politicization of COVID that puts students at risk.

 

We then provide some pertinent updates about the situation in Ukraine. We look at the posturing of U.S. politicians and examine some hypocrisy from Biden and the current administration's perpetuation of war crimes in places like Afghanistan and Yemen, to a known conservative firebrand decrying U.S. support of Nazis in Ukraine while palling around with their U.S. equivalents.

 

We talk about some of the Russian government's recent speeches and actions and read between the lines, and spend time looking at how the U.S. backlash has had some fallout for press freedom here in the U.S. In particular we talk about the shuttering of RT America and how it has provided the perfect excuse for corporations like YouTube to expunge their platform of voices critical of U.S. capitalism and imperialism like Chris Hedges' "On Contact," Lee Camp's "Redacted Tonight," and Abby Martin's archived episodes of "Breaking the Set."

 

We talk about how Koch Industries is continuing to operate (and profit) in Russia and why a "No Fly Zone" is a potential recipe for nuclear disaster.

 

We then switch to the domestic sphere to talk about the broader cultural conversation around Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, the dangers of banking while black, and a recent article from MLive that sheds light on the lack of Michigan's transparency laws for its legislature and governor's office.

 

0:00- 18:50 Interview w/ Organizers @ KPS Protest

19:20 Ukraine Updates

--23:20- 29:50  U.S. Politicians and The Imperialist Pot Calling the Kettle Black

--29:50- 42:40 Peace Talks, A Look at Putin's Recent Speech & "De-Nazification"

--42:40- 1:00:00 RT America Shut Down and YouTube Pulls Videos Critical of U.S. Capitalism, Racism, and Imperialism

--1:00:00- 1:08:40 Koch Industries Continues Profiting in Russia

--1:08:40- 1:19:25 The Nuclear Danger of a No Fly Zone

1:19:25- 1:29:00 Kanye & Kim and How It Highlights Abusive Break-Ups

1:29:00- 1:41:00 The Dangers of Banking While Black

1:41:00- 1:46:20 Lack of Transparency in Michigan's State Gov't

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP WORKING CLASS FOLKS IN UKRAINE

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CdrWLAkEaOMV7fBbIWzHsgHmFz8s1GM6e_7a57oc3ug/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR0UIdzNIQhi5gi461peGMj9M9S5eZ1FYY1aQ5Gt8mfWdb6LmKGDdeD7x_k

 

"The Dawn of an Even More Dangerous Cold War"

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/more-dangerous-cold-war/?fbclid=IwAR3EKGkbshOcl7JIk-dH4WH_ITgtV6Wms-h-uVCH5NfNiTjwu-ptDdfooe8

"Michigan Legislature leaves Sunshine Week in the dark with no reform to transparency laws"

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/03/michigan-legislature-leaves-sunshine-week-in-the-dark-with-no-reform-to-transparency-laws.html?fbclid=IwAR2vjlmrYk94fz89_WBwg6nBWiy94ZKKklE5UCCb-j18V4dV_JD9WCe6jUs