(2013/06/28) Positive ideas and protests for change (Economics)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 28 June 2013
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #730
Positive ideas and protests for change
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: It's Not Your Fault - Lee Camp - Air Date: 04-16-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Don't blame yourself - Sixpence null the Richer
Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Wireless Is a Utility, Not a Luxury (with Susan Crawford) - Majority Report - Air Date: 03-28-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: The internet is for porn - Rick Lyon & Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Ch. 6: Act 3: Time to Break Up the Telecom Industry - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 03-13-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: In the beginning - K'naan
Ch. 8: Act 4: Democracy In The Workplace - Moyers And Company - Air Date 3-22-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Take 'Em Down - Dropkick Murphys
Ch. 10: Act 5: OUR Walmart - UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 11: Song 5: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman
Ch. 12: Act 6: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p1 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13
Ch. 14: Act 7: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights p2 - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-07-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Talented tailor - Laura Hocking
Ch. 16: Act 8: Federal Judge Rules Against Unpaid Internships - Citizen Radio - Air Date: 6-13-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Self-fulfilling prophecy - Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Ch. 18: Act 9: Wow! MD Goes Holistic: Replaces GDP w/ GDI - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-20-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: My wealth comes to me - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Ch. 20: Act 10: Protestors Put the Pressure on the Brazilian Government - Young Turks - Air Date: 06-19-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 20: Racial inequity is a fact, not a belief - Colin from Cleveland, OH
Ch. 20: The merits of the lack of nuance in constitutional arguments - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Leave a message at 202-999-3991
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 20: Final comments on the value of stripping away peripheral ideas to get to the foundation of your beliefs
Activism:
Join the fight to raise the American standard of living!
OURWalmart:
https://www.facebook.com/OURWMT
Making Change at Wal-Mart:
http://makingchangeatwalmart.org &
https://www.facebook.com/MakingChangeWMT
Information for this segment can be found at:
http://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-employees-pay http://robertreich.tumblr.com/post/36219730368
http://jobs.stateuniversity.com/pages/16/American-Workplace-SHIFT-SERVICE-ECONOMY.html
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.5 | the membership tab at BestofalF.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestofalF podcast with Cubsiday from Comedian Lee Camp, |
| 0:13.2 | the Majority Report, the Tom Hartman Program, Moyers & Company, the Unfucked Up Project, |
| 0:17.8 | Citizen Radio, and the Young Turks. |
| 0:20.0 | And a note that this episode with stories of positive ideas and protests for change |
| 0:24.2 | is about as happy as this show ever is. |
| 0:26.9 | So, so good end. |
| 0:30.0 | This is your moment of clarity from Lee Camp.net. |
| 0:33.6 | It's not your fault. |
| 0:35.1 | It's really not your fault. |
| 0:38.2 | The United States, more than any other country, has this motto, this theme of personal responsibility, |
| 0:43.9 | right? |
| 0:44.9 | You often can't see it, but it's actually tattooed on the bald eagle's ass. |
| 0:48.2 | Uncle Sam is pointing at you saying, take responsibility. |
| 0:51.8 | Pull yourself up by your bootstrap, stand up on your own to feet. |
| 0:55.5 | If you want your bushwack, you've got to do it yourself. |
| 0:58.0 | I don't think that's an expression, but it should be. |
| 1:00.6 | Roughly 28 million Americans can't find worker and stop looking all together. |
| 1:05.7 | And we're told to believe that there's something wrong with 28 million Americans, or we |
| 1:11.2 | believe that there's something wrong with the millions upon millions of homeowners who |
| 1:15.4 | went into foreclosure after being tricked and deluded, hustled and bamboozled in designing |
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