Striketober
@JonahFurman
10,000 John Deere UAW workers set to strike tonight at midnight.
60,000 film and TV IATSE workers set to strike on Monday
37,000 Kaiser workers have authorized, close behind.
60,000 Film and TV workers set 10/18 strike date
10,000 John Deere workers strike deadline tonight
2k hospital workers in Buffalo already on strike
1,400 Kellogg’s cereal workers
1,100 coal miners in Alabama
30k+ Kaiser Permanente health workers authorized strike
@Independent
Russian spy ‘stole AstraZeneca vaccine blueprint and used it to develop Sputnik jab’
@ScottHech
Not only did NYT publish a front page story 2 days ago about how police were “defunded” when every police department everywhere got increases — they blamed rising crime (also a lie — only homicides increased) on “defunding” of police!
Main segment
We spent the majority of the episode listening to some excerpts I chose from the audiobook of David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5,000 Years. In the end we discuss the implications of this information and why I (Scott) felt it was so important to discuss.
Other sources which influenced the production of this episode:
- Congressional Dish #201: WTF Is The Federal Reserve?
- Chapo Trap House #540: It’s Coming Rome (with Patrick Wyman)
- Some More News: The Racist History of Austerity Politics in America
Suggested Reading:
- Patrick Wyman: The Verge
- David Graeber: Debt: The First 5,000 Years