UnitedHealthcare CEO Got Got, U of M Backtracking on DEI, and More

Me and Lawrence open with some quick hits about legislation grassroots organizers are pushing Democrats in Lansing to pass during the lame duck session and Kendrick.

 

We spend most of the hour discussing the vigilante incident in New York- what the near universal celebration says about the state of the working class and class consciousness in the U.S., the media reaction, individual revenge killings vs. the "social murder" of the ruling class, and how the energy from this event should be channeled into mass action (i.e., medical debt strikes).

 

We discuss a report from Amnesty International calling what is occurring in Gaza a genocide, and look at how the University of Michigan is shying away from its commitments to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

 

We talk with Vine Neighborhood Association Executive Director Steve Walsh about Kalamazoo Public Schools' recently published intentions to relocate El Sol Elementary School and put up a parking lot. The sudden move has been met with backlash from neighborhood residents and brings up critical issues around local democracy, neighborhood planning, and the relationship between local residents and school administrators.

 

0:00- 14:00 Legislation in Lansing, Kendrick

 

14:00- 37:30 UnitedHealthcare CEO Got Got

 

37:30- 44:00 Amnesty International Declares IDF Committing Genocide

 

45:00- 54:50  U of M Dropping DEI in Hiring

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

No Lone Avenger Can Free Us: A Marxist Position on the CEO Shooting
https://www.leftvoice.org/marxist-position-on-the-ceo-shooting/

 

Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/6/amnesty_genocide

 

Facing DEI scrutiny, University of Michigan abandons ‘diversity statements’ in hiring
https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/facing-dei-scrutiny-university-michigan-abandons-diversity-statements-hiring