Name: Rings of Hell VIII: The Exploitation Olympics by Knock LA
Duration: 1 h

The Olympics pose monumental risks to everyone unfortunate enough to be in their orbit, and this is true especially for workers – from the workers who help make the games happen (construction, service industry, volunteers) to the athletes themselves. Labor exploitation and the Olympics are synonymous, and @nolympicsla has charted this history of rampant harm – everything from wage theft to psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse – in the modern Olympics, even the beloved 1984 games. This week NOlympics LA is joined by members of the @dsa_la Labor and Healthcare committees to explore how the Olympics are always sold as being “good for labor,” while the receipts show the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.

Rings of Hell VIII: The Exploitation Olympics

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Renegade Culture is hosted by Kalonji Changa and Kamau Franklin.
Recorded at Playback Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.

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A short term, daily podcast from Molly, covering the three-week trial of James Alex Fields. Episode Zero is a preview of the upcoming trial.

Everyone listening to this podcast already knows what James Alex Fields is accused of. 

In August 2017, Nazis marched on our streets. They came with shields and guns and hate. They came ready to commit violence, and some of them did. Some of these men have already been convicted.

The Trial of James Alex Fields is about the attack that changed the meaning of the word Charlottesville.

This trial belongs to the people of Charlottesville. Convicting Fields would not heal the people he hurt nor bring back the life he took. But by bearing witness to these proceedings, we'll make whatever closure is possible accessible to more people than will fit in that courtroom.

Heads up: coverage of this trial will include graphic descriptions of the events that happened in downtown Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

An approximate transcript of this episode is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-LPJYHtQXDY9mK2gzo_26W55tvvrkLkN2RSBF00NXUo/edit?usp=sharing

The Trial Of James Alex Fields - Nov 24 - Episode Zero

Anti-poor shaming at Fox News is nothing new. But in recent years, with the rise of Trump and his more explicit brand of white nationalism, their tone on homelessness has grown more aggressive, exterminationist, and urgent. Tales of feces and liberal decay––peppered with immigrants, LGBTQ, and racist subtext––have contributed to a larger US media war on the houseless.

In Part II of our two part episode on media incitement against the homeless, we discuss the ramped up panic at Fox News surrounding the indigent and its parallels with nazi rhetoric. 

We are joined by Madeline Peltz, researcher and writer at Media Matters.

Episode 86: Incitement Against the Homeless (Part II) - The Exterminationist Rhetoric of Fox News

Knock is a journalism and commentary project by Ground Game LA, a community organization that fosters civic empowerment and political engagement.

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