Worker Movement
By Worker Movement
Leftist cohosts discuss a wide range of topics through the lens of the left / communist / socialist.
Worker MovementFeb 24, 2021
School is Cool
Educating future members of the working class is our best hope.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=69
New Imperialism
Extracting resources for use by the imperial core has traditionally required the enactment of acute violence, but through recent advancements in exploitation, chronic violence has become the preferred method.
Dinner and a Show
The debt ceiling spectacle obscures the complexity of competently investing in public infrastructure.
Inferred Justification
COVID-19 deaths are no laughing matter, but it will happen when ethical systems defer to the free market.
Doing the Same Thing
People vote based on material conditions, and when material conditions don't improve, you get to vote again later!
T-Shirts Don't Vote
AOC's accrual of national publicity has diverted campaign resources that should be spent on local causes.
A Different Theory
Conspiracy theories are to America, as 9/11 is to imperialism.
https://www.nist.gov/el/final-reports-nist-world-trade-center-disaster-investigation
Burden Shifting
Technological advancement benefits the ruling class, but when there is an issue in the supply chain, the working class is punished.
Twenty Years Later
For the vast majority of Americans (including us), nothing changed on 9/11, but it would change the future.
Welcome to the Herd
Both neoliberal parties are advocating for Herd Immunity as a strategy rather than an objective.
Super Necessary
The US Supreme Court allowed Texas' anti-abortion legislation, SB8, to take effect and they ended the CDC's eviction moratorium citing a lack of authority in 361(a).
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a24_8759.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf
Capital Needs a Boost
Vaccine durability is waning along with the inoculation rate, but corporations stand ready to keep you safe if it helps their profits.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02261-8
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.31.21261387v1
Automating Exploitation
The American automotive industry is a jobs program that doesn't benefit the working class.
Radical Imperialism
Extremism is a consequence of foreign interference with self-determination.
The End of Forever
Imperialism without colonization is foreign occupation.
Peak Internet
Twitter needs more users, Google wants to pay workers less based on where they work and job qualifications are biased towards class interests.
Don't Blink First
When an industry's rate of growth declines, the industry's rate of worker exploitation must increase to compensate.
Race to Infect
The cost of covid mutating will be borne by the working class, not the ruling class.
Extending Executive Power
The new eviction moratorium is intended to preserve the for-profit housing system.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/Signed-CDC-Eviction-Order.pdf
The Dream, Withdrawn
The exploitation of Olympic athletes forced capital to pretend to care about mental health.
For the Love of the Game
Discussion on the exploitive nature of the Olympics and why NBC only airs swimming on prime-time.
Just Eat It
Fight Capitalism by growing your own food. You can grow your own tomatoes for under $20 anywhere in the USA.
Propaganda for Thee, Not for Me
The US is ready and willing to run propaganda campaigns against foreign countries, but they're unwilling to convince US citizens to take a vaccine.
Hyperthermia
When your cause of death is being poor, you're a statistic.
https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/preliminary-review-heat-wave-deaths-shows-most-were-older-lived-alone-had-no
Free Market Collapsing
If the government doesn't regulate corporations, who is accountable when a building literally collapses?
https://www.wfla.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2021/06/8777-collins-ave-structural-field-survey-report.pdf
Chauvin v. State: Day 11
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 12, 2021.
Placating the Masses
Absolving renters debt is a bailout for capital, whereas preserving student debt is beneficial to capital. We also discuss the Democratic Theater Company's For the People Act.
Chauvin v. State: Sentenced
George Floyd's murderer is sentenced and the Mayor of Minneapolis hires a private police force using coronavirus pandemic emergency authority.
https://mn.gov/msgc-stat/documents/Guidelines/2020/2020StandardSentencingGuidelinesGrid.pdf
https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/27-CR-20-12646/MCRO_27-CR-20-12646_Sentencing-Order_2021-06-25_20210625145755.pdf
Dear Exploited Workers
The sooner you understand worker exploitation, the sooner you can do something about it.
Avoid the Noid
Doing something easy multiple times is more profitable than doing something hard once.
Origin Story
We take a trip down memory lane exploring our political past while expanding on our theory of local electoralism.
The Poor Line
The unintended consequences of increasing the minimum wage.
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resources/how-is-poverty-measured/
On the Basis of Vaccination
Capital doesn't care about your health, but they'd prefer if you're vaccinated.
My Brother's Keeper
The Obama Foundation held a forum on May 26, 2021 to discuss the progress (or lack thereof) towards racial justice.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201500033/pdf/DCPD-201500033.pdf
To Win, Or Not To Win
Attacking capital requires a sophisticated game plan.
Post-Covid Economy
Capital hasn't defined the new steady state, but it's going to be exploitive.
Normal is Coming
Imperialism is normal. Political theater is normal. Exploiting workers is normal.
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When people hold a corporation hostage that's a problem, but when people are held hostage by a corporation that's capitalism.
The Invisible Enemy
The distinction between conservative and neoliberal policy is imaginary, but the suffering from acute and chronic violence is real. #theory
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/20/e2013637118
Exploitation Rate
Institutions of capital perpetuate modern slave labor with success measured in unemployment and inflation.
Capital's Pipeline
When privatized infrastructure is incompetently managed, exploited labor can't serve the ruling class.
Open Source Insecurity
Researchers at the University of Minnesota wrote an academic paper illustrating that the Linux Kernel is vulnerable to exploitation. Then while defending their institution, capital proved their conclusion.
https://github.com/QiushiWu/QiushiWu.github.io/blob/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf
State of Violence
A merger of state and corporate power occurs under Neoliberalism and perpetuates chronic violence. #theory
Chauvin v. State: Day 10
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 9, 2021.
https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf
Apportioning Power
The 2020 Census Apportionment Results were released on Monday and mark the start of the once-every-ten-year redistricting process. Federal districts are often the focus, but new state level boundaries are most important in securing worker power.
The Absence of Data, Is Data
The CDC's Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System just isn't good enough.
https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.html
Chauvin v. State: Verdict
The verdict in the trial of George Floyd's murderer is discussed.
Herd Asymptote
Approaching herd immunity and reaching herd immunity are very different concepts.
Chauvin v. State: Day 8-9
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 7-8, 2021.
Chauvin v. State: Day 6-7
Witness testimony continues in the trial of George Floyd's murderer; this episode covers April 5-6, 2021.