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Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: An Autopsy on the Democratic Party; Sexual Harassment and Inequality

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🗓️ 20 November 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Norman Solomon on the findings of a recently released report he co-authored, "Autopsy: The Democratic Party in Crisis." It examines the continuing crises within the Democratic Party with the aim of stimulating a nationwide discussion and a stimulus for action of the kind that challenges the nature of the party. Then, Guardian columnist Alissa Quart on her recent article, "What's the common denominator among sexual harassers? Too often, it's money," which looks at sexual harassment's roots in inequality and power imbalances.

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I'm Susie Wiseman and this is Jack-Ein radio. Norman Solomon is with us to discuss the findings of a recently released report he co-authored called

0:15.8

Autopsy, the Democratic Party in crisis. It examines the continuing crises within the Democratic Party

0:22.4

with the aim of stimulating a nationwide

0:24.8

discussion and a stimulus for action of the kind that challenges the corporate nature of the party,

0:30.8

tied to Wall Street and the military industrial complex in order to have it

0:34.6

returned to being the party of working-class families.

0:38.2

And we speak to Alyssa Quart, the author and guardian writer of the inequality outclass column,

0:44.2

Alyssa recently took on the sexual harassment issue in a column called

0:48.4

What's the Common Denominator among sexual harassers?

0:51.9

And the answer too often is money. among sexual harassment

0:54.0

harassment

0:55.0

harassment feeds on income inequality and power imbalance

1:00.0

and that ensures that too many women will continue to not come forward a

1:04.8

sickening prospect. All this welcome to Jackubin Radio.

1:25.0

Very excited to have Norman Solomon with us. He is the co-founder and coordinator of Roots Action.org.

1:29.0

He was also the coordinator of the Task Force for Autopsy,

1:32.0

and that's what we're going to be talking about and also a national coordinator for the Bernie delegates network.

1:39.0

I should also say that Norman Solomon is a media critic and a long time associate of the Watch Group Fairness

1:45.7

and Accuracy in Reporting.

1:47.2

That's where he's got to be most infamous and famous at the same time and he founded

1:51.4

the Institute for Public Accuracy.

1:53.4

He's authored a lot of books and we're very glad that he's out there as a media watchdog and

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