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The Katie Halper Show

To General Strike Or Not To General Strike, That Is The Question.

The Katie Halper Show

Katie Halper

News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On this very exciting episode of the Katie Halper Show, Gabe Pacheco and I talk about the Trump administration's decision to omit the words "Jews" and"antisemitism" from its Holocaust Memorial Day statement. While the administration seriously pretends they did so because they have an intersectional understand of the Holocaust and want to honor all victims, we're pretty sure it's because they're Nazi-courting. Then we talk to journalist Eoin Higgins about why he called for a general strike. We bring in journalists Natasha Lennard and Arun Gupta to debate the if, when, why and how of a general strike and what opposition to Trump can and will look like. Check out the bonus debate between Gupta and Lennard over the role of black block, violence and Nazi-punching in organizing against Trump. https://www.patreon.com/posts/7982160 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hi guys welcome to the Katie Halber show now I'm doing something I don't normally do which is I'm adding a very last minute update to our episode

0:07.6

Make sure you listen to the whole episode because we speak to Owen Higgins the journalist who put the idea of the General Strike into the

0:15.4

ether.

0:16.4

After this discussion, he kind of evolved his position on what the General Strike would look

0:21.8

like and also when it would be.

0:24.8

So make sure you listen.

0:25.8

And you can tell from the interview, during the interview you'll see that he's a very

0:29.3

thoughtful guy and very reflective person.

0:31.4

So it totally makes sense that he would come up with

0:33.4

something a little bit modified so make sure you listen to this discussion you

0:37.8

actually kind of see him work through some of the ideas and then I will read

0:41.6

you his latest piece because we couldn't get him back onto the show because he was at work.

0:47.0

But for now, I read his latest piece where he modifies his argument for General Strike.

0:52.0

Hi guys, welcome to the Katie helper show.

0:55.0

On this episode, Gabe and I start off talking about Trump's Nazi

0:58.2

signaling Holocaust Memorial Day statement, and we are joined by Arun Gupta, a journalist whose work you can find at The Guardian and

1:04.8

Washington Post.

1:05.8

Then we speak to Owen Higgins, an independent journalist from Western Massachusetts and frequent

1:10.8

contributor to Pace magazine about his viral post suggesting it's

1:14.2

time for a general strike. Then we had Natasha Leonard, a writer for places like

1:18.0

The Nation and the New York Times, into the mix for a very exciting debate on the general strike.

1:24.0

Then you're definitely going to want to join our Patreon so you can hear the bonus

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