You know what would've been a lot worse than a vile McCarthyite smear against an important antiwar journalist igniting an ugly war in online left media circles? A vile McCarthyite smear against an important antiwar journalist being tolerated by online left media circles.

Reading by Tim Foley.
Article with links and sources: https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/tyt-jimmy-dore-and-other-notes-from

TYT, Jimmy Dore, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the people of Cuba demonstrated in support of their revolution and government over the weekend, new environmental disasters brought about by climate change, efforts to prohibit the teaching of the history of racism in America, a new global spying scandal involving an Israeli company, and more.

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Cuba: How the CIA Manipulates Social Media and All Media

Hva gjorde Laila ute med en bensinkanne den kvelden?

Bensinkanne Busklusker (TPC 203)

Today's episode covers the struggle to stop the impending massive wave of evictions. After public outrage and protest, including a sit-in outside Congress led by Rep. Cori Bush, Biden relented and extended the eviction moratorium.

Brian is joined by Lee Camp, host of the TV show Redacted Tonight and author of the book Bullet Points & Punch Lines.

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People's Struggle Forces Biden to Extend Eviction Moratorium

It's another addition of Thank You For Your Service, the podcast series about how restaurant workers are braver than the troops. Today we are joined by former Jimmy John's worker and current actor of the THEATER, Ben Yela, to discuss his part in the 2011 attempt to unionize Jimmy John's workers in the Twin Cities.

read about it here:
https://archive.iww.org/category/campaigns/current-campaigns/food-retail-workers-organizing/jimmy-johns/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-johns-union-fight_n_5707e5f4e4b0447a7dbc2d17

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare 
September 2-12

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TYFYS VI: Free Smells for All w/ Ben Yela

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the end to the 20-year U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. The government of Afghanistan has collapsed without a fight, in the face of a lightning offensive by the Taliban following the announcement that US forces were leaving Afghanistan. Joe Biden went on national television yesterday to defend his decision to end the war. Biden acknowledged, in essence, that the US had been defeated and retaining military forces in Afghanistan would never change the outcome. The panel also discusses the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the new court ruling on the federal eviction moratorium, the latest on the rise of the far right, and more.

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More than 71,000 Civilians Were Killed in the U.S. War in Afghanistan

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how trillions of dollars to address the needs of working people in the areas of education, childcare, health, housing and more are on the line as a crucial struggle unfolds in Congress and in the streets. They also discuss the Biden administration’s brutal treatment of thousands of Haitian refugees seeking asylum in Texas, the latest on the pandemic as COVID spreads virtually unchecked in large parts of the country, and more.

The following articles are referenced in today's episode:

The U.S.’s Long History of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-uss-long-history-of-mistreating-haitian-migrants

Covid Gets Redder
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/covid-red-states-vaccinations.html

Covid’s Hidden Toll: One Million Children Who Lost Parents
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-children-orphans-parent-deaths-million-11632675021

Supreme Court observers see trouble ahead as public approval of justices erodes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-public-opinion/2021/09/25/379b51ec-1c6c-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html

Keystroke tracking, screenshots, and facial recognition: The boss may be watching long after the pandemic ends
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/24/remote-work-from-home-surveillance/

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Cutting Through the Spin: What the Showdown in Congress Means for Workers

On today's episode we discuss the frantic effort by pharmaceutical corporations to keep prescription drug prices -- and their profits -- sky high. As part of the proposed social spending budget, Congress is considering a measure to negotiate hundreds of billions of dollars of savings on prescriptions covered by Medicare. This would fund major expansions to Medicaid and Medicare services, but right-wing Democrats backed by big pharma are doing everything they can to block it.

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com. 

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Seize Big Pharma: Nationalize and Internationalize All Medicine!

Charles Bukowski has a quote: “We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”

Terrorized and flattened by trivialities, eaten up by nothing. I think about this quote a lot not just as pertains to the inevitability of our individual deaths, but to the looming death of the entire world.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Impending Planetary Disaster Should Unite Us, Yet We Remain More Divided Than Ever

We live in an era when non-musical sounds no longer exist. Each musician in this compilation comprehends the concept of noise in their own way: the noise of traffic, the grinding of strings, the sounds of nature, the hiss of the tape.

released December 17, 2021

Toni Dimitrov (Macedonia) The owner of the labels: www.post-global.com and elanvital.bandcamp.com

Dionisaf (USA) dionisaf.bandcamp.com

NK x [Ųvás Gøød It] (Ukraine) nkxmusic.bandcamp.com

Fine Resonance (Russia)

Alessandro Barbanera (Italy) alessandrobarbanera.bandcamp.com

DRGBL5 (Russia) soundcloud.com/drgbl5

Boban Ristevski (Macedonia) soundcloud.com/boban-ristevski

Macrogramma (Italy) soundcloud.com/macrogramma

Mastering: Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Photo, artwork and cover design: Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)

Label playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6NhkzsiLGCStuOkSjCfvso

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Noises of Nature

House In The Wind

This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World” and the guest is Katy Stoll. 

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Katy Stoll: https://twitter.com/katystoll 

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