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Rev Left Radio

Means TV: Anti-Capitalist and Worker-Owned

Rev Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Naomi and Nick from Means TV join Breht to discuss their incredible project, which is attempting to create an anti-capitalist and worker-owned media streaming site made by and for the revolutionary left!

Find Means TV on twitter here: https://twitter.com/means_tv?lang=en

Donate to their fundraiser here: https://means.media

Email them at: [email protected]

Outro Music: "Radicalized" by Desaparecidos (an Omaha band, btw). Find and support them here: https://desaparecidos.bandcamp.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.

0:10.0

Today we have a shorter than usual episode for you.

0:12.4

It's with Nick and Naomi from MeansTV.

0:15.2

They're talking about this new anti-capitalist worker-owned streaming platform project.

0:20.0

They're trying to get off the ground and expand the entire landscape of left wing media

0:23.5

and creativity in our society.

0:25.6

It was really exciting, very awesome to have these two folks on to discuss these issues

0:30.6

and I really encourage people to go check out MeansTV.

0:33.6

If you believe in what they're doing, definitely support them.

0:35.6

Like I say in this episode, nobody's going to come to our rescue.

0:39.6

Nobody's going to fund our projects. Nobody's going to sponsor us.

0:42.6

We have to build everything that we have to build from the ground up and we have to do it ourselves.

0:46.6

And so that sort of solidarity is absolutely essential in building anything,

0:50.6

even resembling dual power in our society.

0:52.6

And as always, if you like what we do here at Revolutionary Left Radio,

0:55.6

you can support us and get bonus content at patreon.com forward slash Rev Left Radio.

1:00.6

Now let's get into this awesome episode with Nick and Naomi.

1:08.6

My name is Nick Hayes. I'm a filmmaker.

1:12.6

I was like a commercial producer and stuff like that for a long time.

1:16.6

And now I'm one of the founding members of MeansTV.

1:21.6

And my name is Naomi Burton. I'm the other co-founder of MeansTV.

1:25.6

And I have a background in marketing and digital media,

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