In today's episode we begin with an update to a story we have been following for the past year. Last fall protestors stood with the houseless population to prevent the city-sanctioned eviction of the Ampersee encampment. They were pushed around and pushed out by police, and several of them were arrested. Local organizer Monica Padula is facing charges from KDPS from the incident, and local organizations like Revolutionary People's League and Black Lives Matter Battle Creek/ Kalamazoo are standing with them and pointing out some very unjust...
In today's episode we begin with an update to a story we have been following for the past year. Last fall protestors stood with the houseless population to prevent the city-sanctioned eviction of the Ampersee encampment. They were pushed around and pushed out by police, and several of them were arrested. Local organizer Monica Padula is facing charges from KDPS from the incident, and local organizations like Revolutionary People's League and Black Lives Matter Battle Creek/ Kalamazoo are standing with them and pointing out some very unjust contradictions (such as evicting houseless people off of stolen land).
We then look at how conservative litigators were working to kill the Reproductive Rights For All ballot initiative with- we kid you not- typesetting errors. As of our recording this was still in the courts, but GOOD NEWS UPDATE, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled to allow it on the November ballot.
At University of Michigan nurses have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike.
In national news, the Warner Bros/ Discovery merger is playing out on the neoliberal news network CNN with corporate leadership that would like to see their coverage take a far-right turn. We look at and analyze this confluence of media, politics, and commerce.
1:40- 12:20 Local Groups Rally For Indigenous Activist Charged by KDPS
13:00- 29:10 The Attempt to Overturn Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative Because of... Typos???
30:10- 38:25 University of Michigan Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Go on Strike
38:50- 54:00 New Owners at CNN Want Them to Be More Like FOX News
SOURCES
Statement From Revolutionary People's League on Monica Padula's Charges
https://www.facebook.com/kzoorpl/posts/pfbid02zVCGzJATh2sBL9gXP1ZiSKLhEFQy9PBr97qvxhg7LPTJv1V57XYevv7rLcykMMb6l
"735K signed abortion-rights petition. How word spaces may keep it off ballot"
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/735k-signed-abortion-rights-petition-how-word-spaces-may-keep-it-ballot?fbclid=IwAR04U4EciTV7pC6YniiCTGrFX9to0f4sMzJzQyd-xPhS71zwbx1ui2H5i-A
"Michigan Supreme Court Revives Abortion Rights Amendment For November's Ballot"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michigan-abortion-amendment-supreme-court-november-ballot_n_63191369e4b046aa0230bd0e
"Nurses vote by 96 percent for strike action against Michigan Medicine"
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/03/srnu-s03.html?fbclid=IwAR3A6n5S6Nn2xOabrzv8vP3W1TfT_ZwmQVHgz8__PpBFrL9E06YnA1yZ8BM
"The changes at CNN look politically motivated. That should concern us all"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/24/the-changes-at-cnn-look-politically-motivated-that-should-concern-us-all?fbclid=IwAR1C7jzu4s8z2PTG3dLyyMIPX1zehOnK6PTB90uKCu-iflq6n2oYwl29rqQ
RECOMMENDED READING
"The New States of Abortion Politics" by Joshua C Wilson
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=24837
Recorded Live on 89.1 WIDR 9/6/2022
Background Music by Quantum Fleek
